With the rapid advancement of wireless communication technology, automatic modulation classification (AMC) plays a crucial role in drone communication systems, ensuring reliable and efficient communication in various non-cooperative environments. Deep learning technology has demonstrated significant advantages in the field of AMC, effectively and accurately extracting and classifying modulation signal features. However, existing deep learning models often have high computational costs, making them difficult to deploy on resource-constrained drone communication devices. To address this issue, this study proposes a lightweight Mobile Automatic Modulation Classification Transformer (MobileAmcT). This model combines the advantages of lightweight convolutional neural networks and efficient Transformer modules, incorporating the Token and Channel Conv (TCC) module and the EfficientShuffleFormer module to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the automatic modulation classification task. The TCC module, based on the MetaFormer architecture, integrates lightweight convolution and channel attention mechanisms, significantly improving local feature extraction efficiency. Additionally, the proposed EfficientShuffleFormer innovatively improves the traditional Transformer architecture by adopting Efficient Additive Attention and a novel ShuffleConvMLP feedforward network, effectively enhancing the global feature representation and fusion capabilities of the model. Experimental results on the RadioML2016.10a dataset show that compared to MobileNet-V2 (CNN-based) and MobileViT-XS (ViT-based), MobileAmcT reduces the parameter count by 74% and 65%, respectively, and improves classification accuracy by 1.7% and 1.09% under different SNR conditions, achieving an accuracy of 62.93%. This indicates that MobileAmcT can maintain high classification accuracy while significantly reducing the parameter count and computational complexity, clearly outperforming existing state-of-the-art AMC methods and other lightweight deep learning models.


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    Title :

    MobileAmcT: A Lightweight Mobile Automatic Modulation Classification Transformer in Drone Communication Systems


    Contributors:
    Hongyun Fei (author) / Baiyang Wang (author) / Hongjun Wang (author) / Ming Fang (author) / Na Wang (author) / Xingping Ran (author) / Yunxia Liu (author) / Min Qi (author)


    Publication date :

    2024




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown






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