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2005

Pattern recognition systems

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Modification Of A Modulation Recognition Algorithm To Enable Multi-Carrier Recognition, Angela M. Waters Mar 2005

Modification Of A Modulation Recognition Algorithm To Enable Multi-Carrier Recognition, Angela M. Waters

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Modulation recognition is important for both military and commercial communication applications, particularly in cases where enhanced situation awareness and/or channel assessment is required to mitigate intentional or collateral interference. Modulation recognition via template matching or statistical analysis is a key aspect of non-cooperative (nonmatched filtering) signal interception, classification, and exploitation. This research concerns the evaluation and modification of a conventional Digitally Modulated Signal Recognition Algorithm (DMRA) to enable multi-carrier, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), waveform recognition. The original DMRA architecture was developed to classify communication signals for three fundamental data modulations, i.e., Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK), Phase Shift Keying (PSK), …