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The classification performance and the generalization abilities of the proposed approach were tested using two distinct datasets that contained the same types of digitally modulated signals, but had distinct generation parameters. The results showed that the classification of digitally modulated signals using CAPs and CCs proposed in the paper outperformed alternative approaches for classifying digitally modulated signals that included conventional classifiers that employed CSP-based techniques, as well as alternative DL-based classifiers that used convolutional neural networks (CNNs) or residual networks (RESNETs) with the in-phase\/quadrature (I\/Q) data used for training and classification.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23125735","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,21]],"date-time":"2023-06-21T02:30:51Z","timestamp":1687314651000},"page":"5735","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Digitally Modulated Signals Using Capsule Networks and Cyclic Cumulants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8541-9764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John A.","family":"Snoap","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2102-8139","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dimitrie C.","family":"Popescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6854-8932","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"James A.","family":"Latshaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7681-0614","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chad M.","family":"Spooner\u00a0","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NorthWest Research Associates, Monterey, CA 93940, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Dobre, O., Abdi, A., Bar-Ness, Y., and Su, W. 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