Automatic modulation classification: Sixth-order cumulant features as a solution for real-world challenges

2012 20th Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 392-399

  Orlic, Vladimir D ^a   Dukic, Miroslav L ^b  

^a Artificial Intelligence Department   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

channel estimation; cumulants; interference; Modulation classification; multipath

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE WHITE NOISE; ALGORITHM'S PERFORMANCE; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATIC MODULATION CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATION; CUMULANTS; DATA SAMPLE; DIGITAL RESOURCES; LOW COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MODULATION CLASSIFICATION; MODULATION FORMATS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPATH; NEW CHANNELS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REAL-WORLD; SIGNAL MODULATION FORMAT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WHITE NOISE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84874165442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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