Modulation and signal class labelling with active learning and classification using machine learning

Abstract

Supervised learning in machine learning (ML) requires labelled data set. Further real-time data classification requires an easily available methodology for labelling. Wireless modulation and signal classification find their application in plenty of areas such as military, commercial and electronic reconnaissance and cognitive radio. This paper mainly aims to solve the problem of real-time wireless modulation and signal class labelling with an active learning framework. Further modulation and signal classification is performed with machine learning algorithms such as KNN, SVM, Naive Bayes. Active learning helps in labelling the data points belonging to different classes with the least amount of data samples trained. An accuracy of 86 percent is obtained by the active learning algorithm for the signal with SNR 18 dB. Further, KNN based model for modulation and signal classification perform well over a range of SNR, and an accuracy of 99.8 percent is obtained for 18 dB signal. The novelty of this work exists in applying active learning for wireless modulation and signal class labelling. Both modulation and signal classes are labelled at a given time with help of couplet formation from the data samples. © 2022 IEEE.