ZoomSpec: A Physics-Guided Coarse-to-Fine Framework for Wideband Spectrum Sensing

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Main Authors: Yang, Zhentao, Luomei, Yixiang, Liu, Zhuoyang, Liu, Zhenyu, Xu, Feng
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author Yang, Zhentao
Luomei, Yixiang
Liu, Zhuoyang
Liu, Zhenyu
Xu, Feng
author_facet Yang, Zhentao
Luomei, Yixiang
Liu, Zhuoyang
Liu, Zhenyu
Xu, Feng
contents Wideband spectrum sensing for low-altitude monitoring is critical yet challenging due to heterogeneous protocols,large bandwidths, and non-stationary SNR. Existing data-driven approaches treat spectrograms as natural images,suffering from domain mismatch: they neglect time-frequency resolution constraints and spectral leakage, leading topoor narrowband visibility. This paper proposes ZoomSpec, a physics-guided coarse-to-fine framework integrating signal processing priors with deep learning. We introduce a Log-Space STFT (LS-STFT) to overcome the geometric bottleneck of linear spectrograms, sharpening narrowband structures while maintaining constant relative resolution. A lightweight Coarse Proposal Net (CPN) rapidly screens the full band. To bridge coarse detection and fine recognition, we design an Adaptive Heterodyne Low-Pass (AHLP) module that executes center-frequency aligning, bandwidth-matched filtering, and safe decimation, purifying signals of out-of-band interference. A Fine Recognition Net (FRN) fuses purified time-domain I/Q with spectral magnitude via dual-domain attention to jointly refine temporal boundaries and modulation classification. Evaluations on the SpaceNet real-world dataset demonstrate state-of-the-art 78.1 mAP@0.5:0.95, surpassing existing leaderboard systems with superior stability across diverse modulation bandwidths.
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spellingShingle ZoomSpec: A Physics-Guided Coarse-to-Fine Framework for Wideband Spectrum Sensing
Yang, Zhentao
Luomei, Yixiang
Liu, Zhuoyang
Liu, Zhenyu
Xu, Feng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Wideband spectrum sensing for low-altitude monitoring is critical yet challenging due to heterogeneous protocols,large bandwidths, and non-stationary SNR. Existing data-driven approaches treat spectrograms as natural images,suffering from domain mismatch: they neglect time-frequency resolution constraints and spectral leakage, leading topoor narrowband visibility. This paper proposes ZoomSpec, a physics-guided coarse-to-fine framework integrating signal processing priors with deep learning. We introduce a Log-Space STFT (LS-STFT) to overcome the geometric bottleneck of linear spectrograms, sharpening narrowband structures while maintaining constant relative resolution. A lightweight Coarse Proposal Net (CPN) rapidly screens the full band. To bridge coarse detection and fine recognition, we design an Adaptive Heterodyne Low-Pass (AHLP) module that executes center-frequency aligning, bandwidth-matched filtering, and safe decimation, purifying signals of out-of-band interference. A Fine Recognition Net (FRN) fuses purified time-domain I/Q with spectral magnitude via dual-domain attention to jointly refine temporal boundaries and modulation classification. Evaluations on the SpaceNet real-world dataset demonstrate state-of-the-art 78.1 mAP@0.5:0.95, surpassing existing leaderboard systems with superior stability across diverse modulation bandwidths.
title ZoomSpec: A Physics-Guided Coarse-to-Fine Framework for Wideband Spectrum Sensing
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13568