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Traditional modulation recognition techniques often rely on expert experience to construct likelihood functions or manually extract relevant features, involving cumbersome steps and low efficiency. In contrast, deep learning-based modulation recognition replaces manual feature extraction with an end-to-end feature extraction and recognition integrated architecture, where neural networks automatically extract signal features, significantly enhancing recognition efficiency. Current deep learning-based modulation recognition research primarily focuses on conventional fixed-frequency signals, leaving gaps in intelligent modulation recognition for frequency-hopping signals. This paper aims to summarise the current research progress in intelligent modulation recognition for frequency-hopping signals. It categorises intelligent modulation recognition for frequency-hopping signals into two mainstream approaches, analyses them in conjunction with the development of intelligent modulation recognition, and explores the close relationship between intelligent modulation recognition and parameter estimation for frequency-hopping signals. Finally, the paper summarises and outlines future research directions and challenges in the field of intelligent modulation recognition for frequency-hopping signals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bdcc9120318","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,11]],"date-time":"2025-12-11T12:57:41Z","timestamp":1765457861000},"page":"318","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Intelligent Modulation Recognition of Frequency-Hopping Communications: Theory, Methods, and Challenges"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Mengxuan","family":"Lan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Yibin 644000, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1767-1831","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhongqiang","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Yibin 644000, China"},{"name":"Intelligent Perception and Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Yibin 644000, China"}]},{"given":"Mingjun","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Yibin 644000, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109246","DOI":"10.1016\/j.comnet.2022.109246","article-title":"Satellite-based communications security: A survey of threats, solutions, and research challenges","volume":"216","author":"Tedeschi","year":"2022","journal-title":"Comput. 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