Abstract
The problem of automatic classification of digital communication modulation schemes is considered in this work. Firstly, the maximum likelihood (ML) classifier for classifying phase-amplitude modulated schemes in coherent environment is presented. It is well known that the ML classifier requires the knowledge of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and has a higher computational complexity. To relax the first requirement, we introduce a novel idea to estimate the SNR and this gives rise to a novel estimated ML (EsML) classifier. After which, in an attempt to reduce the computational complexity of the EML and EsML classifiers, we propose a simplified minimum distance (MD) classifier. The performance of these classifiers are compared against each other's under the ideal channel condition as well as under a channel condition with an unknown carrier phase offset. In the second part of the paper, we adapt a closed form blind source separation (BSS) algorithm for rectifying the carrier phase offset prior to the actual classification procedures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 209-227 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Digital Signal Processing |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- Independent component analysis
- Maximum likelihood methods
- Modulation classification
- Phase offset removal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering