Classification using wavelet packet decomposition and support vector machine for digital modulations

To make the modulation classification system more suitable for signals in a wide range of signal to noise rate (SNR), a feature extraction method based on signal wavelet packet transform modulus maxima matrix (WPTMMM) and a novel support vector machine fuzzy network (SVMFN) classifier is presented. The WPTMMM feature extraction method has less computational complexity, more stability, and has the preferable advantage of robust with the time parallel moving and white noise. Further, the SVMFN uses a new definition of fuzzy density that incorporates accuracy and uncertainty of the classifiers to improve recognition reliability to classify nine digital modulation types (i.e. 2ASK, 2FSK, 2PSK, 4ASK, 4FSK, 4PSK, 16QAM, MSK, and OQPSK). Computer simulation shows that the proposed scheme has the advantages of high accuracy and reliability (success rates are over 98% when SNR is not lower than 0 dB), and it adapts to engineering applications.