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Collaborative inference systems are one of the emerging solutions for deploying deep neural networks (DNNs) at the wireless network edge. Their main idea is to divide a DNN into two parts, where the first is shallow enough to be reliably…

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In this paper, we study the framework of collaborative inference, or edge ensembles. This framework enables multiple edge devices to improve classification accuracy by exchanging intermediate features rather than raw observations. However,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Mateus P. Mota , Mattia Merluzzi , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

Edge perception has emerged as a foundational capability for future wireless networks, enabling the network edge to proactively sense, interpret, and interact with the physical environment in a task-oriented and resource-aware manner. This…

Mass data traffics, low-latency wireless services and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have driven the emergence of a new paradigm for wireless networks, namely edge-intelligent networks, which are more efficient and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Qiao Qi , Xiaoming Chen

The network edge's role in Artificial Intelligence (AI) inference processing is rapidly expanding, driven by a plethora of applications seeking computational advantages. These applications strive for data-driven efficiency, leveraging…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Roberto Morabito , Mallik Tatipamula , Sasu Tarkoma , Mung Chiang

Mobile edge devices (e.g., AR/VR headsets) typically need to complete timely inference tasks while operating with limited on-board computing and energy resources. In this paper, we investigate the problem of collaborative inference in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Fatemeh Zahra Safaeipour , Jacob Chakareski , Morteza Hashemi

There is a broad consensus that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a defining component of the sixth-generation (6G) networks. As a specific instance, AI-empowered sensing will gather and process environmental perception data at the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Zhanwei Wang , Anders E. Kalør , You Zhou , Petar Popovski , Kaibin Huang

The evolution of wireless networks gravitates towards connected intelligence, a concept that envisions seamless interconnectivity among humans, objects, and intelligence in a hyper-connected cyber-physical world. Edge artificial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Yifei Shen , Jiawei Shao , Xinjie Zhang , Zehong Lin , Hao Pan , Dongsheng Li , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Semantic communication is emerging as a key enabler for distributed edge intelligence due to its capability to convey task-relevant meaning. However, achieving communication-efficient training and robust inference over wireless links…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Hang Zhao , Hongru Li , Dongfang Xu , Shenghui Song , Khaled B. Letaief

Wireless systems are expanding their purposes, from merely connecting humans and things to connecting intelligence and opportunistically sensing of the environment through radio-frequency signals. In this paper, we introduce the concept of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Mattia Merluzzi , Miltiadis C. Filippou , Paolo Di Lorenzo , George C. Alexandropoulos

Future wireless networks demand increasingly powerful intelligence to support sensing, communication, and autonomous decision-making. While scaling laws suggest improving performance by enlarging model capacity, practical edge deployments…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Changyuan Zhao , Jiacheng Wang , Yunting Xu , Geng Sun , Dusit Niyato , Zan Li , Abbas Jamalipour , Dong In Kim

With the advent of emerging IoT applications such as autonomous driving, digital-twin and metaverse etc. featuring massive data sensing, analyzing and inference as well critical latency in beyond 5G (B5G) networks, edge artificial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Hong Xing , Guangxu Zhu , Dongzhu Liu , Haifeng Wen , Kaibin Huang , Kaishun Wu

Edge computing is an emerging concept based on distributing computing, storage, and control services closer to end network nodes. Edge computing lies at the heart of the fifth generation (5G) wireless systems and beyond. While current…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Mohammed S. Elbamby , Cristina Perfecto , Chen-Feng Liu , Jihong Park , Sumudu Samarakoon , Xianfu Chen , Mehdi Bennis

Task-oriented integrated sensing, communication, and computation (ISCC) is a key technology for achieving low-latency edge inference and enabling efficient implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial cyber-physical systems…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Jiacheng Yao , Wei Xu , Guangxu Zhu , Kaibin Huang , Shuguang Cui

The rapid growth of IoT devices has led to an enormous amount of sensor data that requires transmission to cloud servers for processing, resulting in excessive network congestion, increased latency and high energy consumption. This is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Dora Krekovic , Mario Kusek , Ivana Podnar Zarko , Danh Le-Phuoc

The success of deep neural networks (DNNs) is heavily dependent on computational resources. While DNNs are often employed on cloud servers, there is a growing need to operate DNNs on edge devices. Edge devices are typically limited in their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-08 May Malka , Erez Farhan , Hai Morgenstern , Nir Shlezinger

With the great success of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in pattern recognitions and signal processing, it is interesting to introduce AI technologies into wireless communication systems. Currently, most of studies are focused on…

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Edge intelligence enables AI inference at the network edge, co-located with or near the radio access network, rather than in centralized clouds or on mobile devices. It targets low-latency, resource-constrained applications with large data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Jaume Anguera Peris , Joakim Jaldén

Large artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibit remarkable capabilities in various application scenarios, but deploying them at the network edge poses significant challenges due to issues such as data privacy, computational resources, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Wanli Ni , Haofeng Sun , Huiqing Ao , Hui Tian

AI-based sensing at wireless edge devices has the potential to significantly enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, particularly for vision and perception tasks such as in autonomous driving and environmental monitoring. AI…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Mohamed Seif , Malcolm Egan , Andrea J. Goldsmith , H. Vincent Poor