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This study utilizes higher order spectrum in order to achieve satisfactory probability of correct classification of M-ary Frequency Shift Keying (MFSK) modulated signals even at low signal to noise ratios. MFSK modulated signals are characterized by a single feature, spectral centroid, which is defined as the centroid value of the diagonal vector of bispectrum matrix. It is observed that conventional K-means clustering is sufficient to achieve satisfactory modulation classification performance using this single feature. The parameters such as bandwidth and chosen FFT size which affect the correct classification ratio at a certain signal to noise ratio are analysed in order to optimize the performance of the proposed method.
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Baris, B., Cek, M.E. & Kuntalp, D.G. Modulation Classification of MFSK Modulated Signals Using Spectral Centroid. Wireless Pers Commun 119, 763–775 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-08236-2
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