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Existing deep learning-enabled semantic communication systems often rely on shared background knowledge between the transmitter and receiver that includes empirical data and their associated semantic information. In practice, the semantic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Hongwei Zhang , Shuo Shao , Meixia Tao , Xiaoyan Bi , Khaled B. Letaief

The semantic technologies pose new challenge for the way in which we built and operate systems. They are tools used to represent significances, associations, theories, separated from data and code. Their goal is to create, to discover, to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2009-03-26 Ioan Despi , Lucian Luca

This paper explores opportunities and challenges of task (goal)-oriented and semantic communications for next-generation (NextG) communication networks through the integration of multi-task learning. This approach employs deep neural…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Yalin E. Sagduyu , Tugba Erpek , Aylin Yener , Sennur Ulukus

Semantic communication (SemCom) redefines wireless communication from reproducing symbols to transmitting task-relevant semantics. However, this AI-native architecture also introduces new vulnerabilities, as semantic failures may arise from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Lan Zhang , Chengsi Liang , Zeming Zhuang , Yao Sun , Fang Fang , Xiaoyong Yuan , Dusit Niyato

Semantic communication (SemCom) is regarded as a promising and revolutionary technology in 6G, aiming to transcend the constraints of ``Shannon's trap" by filtering out redundant information and extracting the core of effective data.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Rui Meng , Song Gao , Dayu Fan , Haixiao Gao , Yining Wang , Xiaodong Xu , Bizhu Wang , Suyu Lv , Zhidi Zhang , Mengying Sun , Shujun Han , Chen Dong , Xiaofeng Tao , Ping Zhang

The Internet of Senses (IoS) holds the promise of flawless telepresence-style communication for all human `receptors' and therefore blurs the difference of virtual and real environments. We commence by highlighting the compelling use cases…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-22 Roghayeh Joda , Medhat Elsayed , Hatem Abou-zeid , Ramy Atawia , Akram Bin Sediq , Gary Boudreau , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Lajos Hanzo

Several speculative visions are conjecturing on what 6G services will be able to offer at the horizon of 2030. Nevertheless, the 6G design process is at its preliminary stages. The reality today is that hardware, technologies and new…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Emilio Calvanese Strinati , Didier Belot , Alexis Falempin , Jean-Baptiste Doré

Does semantic communication require a semantic information theory parallel to Shannon's information theory, or can Shannon's work be generalized for semantic communication? This paper advocates for the latter and introduces a semantic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Chenguang Lu

Emerging services such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have increased the volume of data transmitted in wireless communication systems, revealing the limitations of traditional Shannon theory. To address these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Shavbo Salehi , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Dusit Niyato

The traditional role of a communication engineer is to address the technical problem of transporting bits reliably over a noisy channel. With the emergence of 5G, and the availability of a variety of competing and coexisting wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-05 Petar Popovski , Osvaldo Simeone , Federico Boccardi , Deniz Gunduz , Onur Sahin

The sixth generation (6G) network is expected to deploy larger multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) arrays to support massive connectivity, which will increase overhead and latency at the physical layer. Meanwhile, emerging 6G demands such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Keke Ying , Zhen Gao , Tingting Yang , Jianhua Zhang , Xiang Cheng , Tony Q. S. Quek , H. Vincent Poor

Future networking systems are envisioned to become part of an agentic AI-native ecosystem in which a vast number of heterogeneous and specialized AI agents cooperate seamlessly to fulfill complex user requirements in real time. However,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Yong Xiao , Haoran Zhou , Yujie Zhou , Marwan Krunz

In this article, we present a novel framework, named distributed task-oriented communication networks (DTCN), based on recent advances in multimodal semantic transmission and edge intelligence. In DTCN, the multimodal knowledge of semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-22 Jie Guo , Hao Chen , Bin Song , Yuhao Chi , Chau Yuen , Fei Richard Yu , Geoffrey Ye Li , Dusit Niyato

This letter proposes a novel relaying framework, semantic-forward (SF), for cooperative communications towards the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. The SF relay extracts and transmits the semantic features, which reduces forwarding…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Wensheng Lin , Yuna Yan , Lixin Li , Zhu Han , Tad Matsumoto

In the context of emerging 6G services, the realization of everything-to-everything interactions involving a myriad of physical and digital entities presents a crucial challenge. This challenge is exacerbated by resource scarcity in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Masoud Shokrnezhad , Hamidreza Mazandarani , Tarik Taleb , Jaeseung Song , Richard Li

The recent revival of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing almost every branch of science and technology. Given the ubiquitous smart mobile gadgets and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it is expected that a majority of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Guangxu Zhu , Dongzhu Liu , Yuqing Du , Changsheng You , Jun Zhang , Kaibin Huang

Improving sustainability, enhancing spectral and energy efficiency, and bringing in-network intelligence and reasoning are the driving forces for 6G. In this context, semantic communications (SemCom) and open radio access networks (Open…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Peizheng Li , Adnan Aijaz

Semantic communication, an intelligent communication paradigm that aims to transmit useful information in the semantic domain, is facilitated by deep learning techniques. Robust semantic features can be learned and transmitted in an analog…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-05 Lei Guo , Wei Chen , Yuxuan Sun , Bo Ai

This work designs a novel semantic communication (SemCom) framework for the next-generation wireless network to tackle the challenges of unnecessary transmission of vast amounts that cause high bandwidth consumption, more latency, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Avi Deb Raha , Md. Shirajum Munir , Apurba Adhikary , Yu Qiao , Choong Seon Hong

Semantic communication (SC) enables bandwidth-efficient coordination in multi-agent systems by transmitting meaning rather than raw bits. However, when agents employ heterogeneous sensing modalities and AI architectures, perfect bit-level…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Mingzhe Chen