CISR24 Dataset Specification
1. Scope
CISR24 is a native 24-class complex-baseband IQ benchmark for
unified recognition of:
- communication waveforms
- radar sensing waveforms
- ISAC waveforms
The public release ID is CISR24. It is not a filtered view
of a larger label space. All manifests, HDF5 files, class IDs, and label names
are generated directly in the 24-class label space defined by the paper.
2. Final Taxonomy
2.1 Communication classes: 10
BPSKQPSK8PSK16QAM4FSK8FSKGMSKOFDM-BPSKOFDM-QPSKOFDM-16QAM
2.2 Radar sensing classes: 6
RectBarkerLFMCostasFrankP4
2.3 ISAC classes: 8
LFM-BPSKLFM-QPSKLFM-8PSKLFM-MSKLFM-GMSKOFDM-LFM-BPSKOFDM-LFM-QPSKOFDM-LFM-16QAM
3. Global Record Definition
- sampling rate:
fs = 10 MHz - record length:
L = 1024 - record duration:
102.4 us - representation: complex baseband IQ
- numeric type:
float32
4. Clean Release Rules
These rules apply to every class.
4.1 Baseband only
All classes are generated and stored in complex baseband.
- no class-specific fixed carriers
- no superclass-specific center-frequency assignments
4.2 Power normalization and SNR definition
For every example:
- generate the active waveform burst
- apply random initial phase
- normalize the active burst to unit average power
- embed the burst into the
1024-sample record with random start offset - add complex AWGN using the active-burst power as the SNR reference
The release audit verifies this convention independently from the nominal SNR labels. It gates every class/SNR cell using the inactive interval's pure-noise power, then pools records at each split/SNR level to check unit-power active burst normalization with an active-minus-inactive estimate.
Interpretation:
snr_dbin the manifest refers to active-burst SNReffective_snr_basis = active_burst
4.3 Clean-version randomization only
Allowed:
- random symbol realization or code realization
- random pulse or burst start offset
- random initial phase
- AWGN at target
snr_db - waveform-internal parameter draws from small discrete sets
Not included in this clean release:
- CFO
- IQ imbalance
- multipath fading
- delayed radar echoes
- clipping
- quantization stress
These remain evaluation-time or future robust-variant factors.
5. Split Policy
Balanced IID benchmark:
- train:
1000examples per class per SNR - val:
200examples per class per SNR - test:
200examples per class per SNR
SNR grid:
-20, -18, ..., 20 dB- total SNR levels:
21
Independent generation:
- train/val/test are generated independently
- different splits use different seeds
- no split is obtained by slicing the same mother waveform bank
6. Activity-Length Control
To reduce activity-length leakage, the rebuild intentionally increases overlap between waveform families.
6.1 Support policy
- communication single-carrier bursts use active support from
{576, 640, 704, 768, 832} - radar pulse-like classes also concentrate in the same broad support range
- OFDM uses native packet lengths from
2or3OFDM symbols - OFDM-LFM shares the same native packet lengths, avoids standalone preamble concatenation, and uses a hybrid partial chirp-subcarrier design on data carriers
6.2 Release criterion
The release must be accompanied by a shortcut audit. At minimum:
active_lenbw95- spectral centroid
- spectral spread
- crest factor
- envelope sparsity
- peak count in the periodogram
7. Waveform-Specific Design
7.1 Communication: single-carrier classes
Applies to:
BPSKQPSK8PSK16QAM4FSK8FSKGMSK
Linear modulations
Applies to:
BPSKQPSK8PSK16QAM
Rules:
sps = 4andRs = 2.5 Msps- Gray mapping
- root-raised-cosine pulse shaping
beta in {0.25, 0.35}- span
= 8symbols 16QAMuses unit-average-power normalization before pulse shaping
4FSK / 8FSK
Implementation:
- canonical CPFSK construction with continuous phase
sps = 8andRs = 1.25 Msps- modulation index
h = 0.5 - adjacent tone spacing
Δf = h * Rs = 0.625 MHz - tone spacing is stored in metadata as
cpfsk_tone_spacing_hz
GMSK
Rules:
BT = 0.3sps = 4Rs = 2.5 Msps
7.2 Communication: OFDM classes
Applies to:
OFDM-BPSKOFDM-QPSKOFDM-16QAM
Default numerology:
N_fft = 256N_cp = 32N_active in {96, 128}- OFDM symbols per packet
M in {2, 3}
Subcarrier layout:
- occupied subcarriers are symmetric around DC
- DC is always null
4fixed pilot tones are inserted within the occupied subcarriers- the remaining occupied subcarriers carry BPSK / QPSK / 16QAM data symbols
Time-domain lengths:
2symbols ->5763symbols ->864
7.3 Radar sensing classes
All radar examples are treated as single-pulse intrapulse snapshots.
Rect
- active support drawn from
{576, 640, 704, 768, 832}
Barker
Lb in {7, 11, 13}- chip counts and chip durations are chosen to overlap the support range of the other radar classes
LFM
- chirp bandwidth
B in {2, 3, 4} MHz - chirp direction random in
{up, down} - active support drawn from
{576, 640, 704, 768, 832}
Costas
Nc in {7, 11, 13}- frequency step
Df in {0.25, 0.5} MHz - one valid Costas base permutation per length, plus symmetry-derived variants
- chosen permutation ID is written as
costas_perm_id
Frank
- order
M = 4 16phase chips- chip samples in
{36, 40, 44, 48, 52}
P4
- code length
N in {16, 32} - chip samples chosen so total support stays close to the shared radar support range
7.4 ISAC classes
ISAC examples are defined as short packet-level or burst-level snapshots.
LFM-single-carrier ISAC
Applies to:
LFM-BPSKLFM-QPSKLFM-8PSK
Construction:
- generate a centered baseband LFM chirp over the target support
- apply symbol-wise PSK phase coding on top of the chirp
- chirp bandwidth
B in {2, 3, 4} MHz - chirp direction random
- this family is retained as a sensing-centric chirp-carried communication variant
Signal model:
x(t) = c_lfm(t) * exp(j*phi_k)
LFM-CPM ISAC
Applies to:
LFM-MSKLFM-GMSK
Construction:
- generate a constant-envelope CPM waveform (
MSKorGMSK) - multiply it by a baseband LFM chirp over the same support
- chirp bandwidth
B in {2, 3, 4} MHz - chirp direction random
Signal model:
x(t) = s_cpm(t) * c_lfm(t)
OFDM-LFM ISAC
Applies to:
OFDM-LFM-BPSKOFDM-LFM-QPSKOFDM-LFM-16QAM
Construction:
- use the same OFDM packet structure as the communication OFDM classes
- retain the same OFDM numerology and pilot layout as the communication OFDM classes
- keep the same OFDM active-bin layout as the communication OFDM classes
- retain regular OFDM pilots on all pilot bins
- select a comb-interleaved subset of data carriers as chirp-enhanced carriers
- synthesize the final time-domain symbol as a hybrid mixture of regular OFDM and chirp-shaped basis functions on that data-carrier subset
- keep inactive bins and DC null consistent with the communication OFDM classes
- retain
chirp_bw_hzandchirp_dirin metadata - no fixed chirp preamble is used
8. Release Storage
Full release root:
$CISR24_OUTPUT_ROOT(ordataset/releases/CISR24)
Files:
hdf5/cisr24_train.h5hdf5/cisr24_val.h5hdf5/cisr24_test.h5manifests/cisr24_train_manifest.csvmanifests/cisr24_val_manifest.csvmanifests/cisr24_test_manifest.csvlabel_names.txtclasses.csv
9. Manifest Schema
Core fields:
sample-idsplith5-rel-pathh5-dataseth5-indexclass-idsuper-classclass-namewaveform-familysnr-dbfs-hzn-samplesseedactive-lenstart-offsetchannel-profilerelease-nameiid-or-ood
Waveform-parameter fields:
symbol-rate-hzspsnfftcp-lenn-activechirp-bw-hzchirp-dirpulse-width-usbarker-lencostas-lenfrank-orderp4-lenrrc-betaofdm-num-symbolscostas-df-hzcostas-perm-idchip-samplesgmsk-btcpfsk-modulation-indexcpfsk-tone-spacing-hzeffective-snr-basis
10. Validation and Audit
Bundled tooling in tools/ is expected to check:
- split sizes
- class balance
- per-class/per-SNR balance
- HDF5 index consistency
- split seed disjointness
- seed uniqueness within each split
- effective SNR consistency
- shortcut-feature baselines
11. Paper Framing
Recommended wording:
24-class unified waveform recognition across communication, radar sensing, and ISAC signalsclean synthetic complex-baseband benchmark
Avoid:
real-world datasetfully realistic RF capture benchmarkcomplete ISAC channel benchmark