# ModFus-DM: Explore the Representation in Modulated Signal Diffusion Generated Models

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01719 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.01719/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Diffusion for compression and wireless, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models.
- Builds on 11 of its 40 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 3 Aug 2025.

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- Diffusion models / [Diffusion for compression and wireless](https://mlsanity.com/diffusion/diffusion-for-compression-and-wireless/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 11 of 11)

- [Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.02502/) (2020)
- [Representation Learning with Contrastive Predictive Coding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1807.03748/) (2018)
- [Video Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.03458/) (2022)
- [Denoising Diffusion Autoencoders are Unified Self-supervised Learners](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.09769/) (2023)
- [Over the Air Deep Learning Based Radio Signal Classification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1712.04578/) (2017)
- [Convolutional Radio Modulation Recognition Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1602.04105/) (2016)
- [Diffusion Model as Representation Learner](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.10916/) (2023)
- [Real-Time Radio Technology and Modulation Classification via an LSTM Auto-Encoder](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.08295/) (2020)
- [Deep Neural Network Architectures for Modulation Classification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1712.00443/) (2017)
- [An Efficient Deep Learning Model for Automatic Modulation Recognition Based on Parameter Estimation and Transformation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.04980/) (2021)
- [Self-Contrastive Learning based Semi-Supervised Radio Modulation Classification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.15932/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Automatic modulation classification (AMC) is essential for wireless communication systems in both military and civilian applications. However, existing deep learning-based AMC methods often require large labeled signals and struggle with non-fixed signal lengths, distribution shifts, and limited labeled signals. To address these challenges, we propose a modulation-driven feature fusion via diffusion model (ModFus-DM), a novel unsupervised AMC framework that leverages the generative capacity of diffusion models for robust modulation representation learning. We design a modulated signal diffusion generation model (MSDGM) to implicitly capture structural and semantic information through a progressive denoising process. Additionally, we propose the diffusion-aware feature fusion (DAFFus) module, which adaptively aggregates multi-scale diffusion features to enhance discriminative representation. Extensive experiments on RML2016.10A, RML2016.10B, RML2018.01A and RML2022 datasets demonstrate that ModFus-DM significantly outperforms existing methods in various challenging scenarios, such as limited-label settings, distribution shifts, variable-length signal recognition and channel fading scenarios. Notably, ModFus-DM achieves over 88.27% accuracy in 24-type recognition tasks at SNR ≥  12dB with only 10 labeled signals per type.