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This paper investigates an information-theoretic model of secure semantic-aware communication. For this purpose, we consider the lossy joint source-channel coding (JSCC) of a memoryless semantic source transmitted over a memoryless wiretap…

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Sensing and communication are fundamental enablers of next-generation networks. While communication technologies have advanced significantly, sensing remains limited to conventional parameter estimation and is far from fully explored.…

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Achieving artificially intelligent-native wireless networks is necessary for the operation of future 6G applications such as the metaverse. Nonetheless, current communication schemes are, at heart, a mere reconstruction process that lacks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Christina Chaccour , Walid Saad

Molecular communication (MC) provides a foundational framework for information transmission in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), where efficiency and reliability are crucial. However, the inherent limitations of molecular channels,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-02 Hanlin Cai , Ozgur B. Akan

Semantic communication (SemCom) is an emerging paradigm that leverages semantic-level understanding to improve communication efficiency, particularly in resource-constrained scenarios. However, existing SemCom systems often overlook diverse…

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Semantic communication (SemCom) aims to convey the meaning behind a transmitted message by transmitting only semantically-relevant information. This semantic-centric design helps to minimize power usage, bandwidth consumption, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-26 Tilahun M. Getu , Georges Kaddoum , Mehdi Bennis

Image transmission for vehicle-to-vehicle collaborative perception in autonomous driving faces challenges including limited on-board terminal resources, time-varying wireless channel fading, and poor robustness under low signal-to-noise…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Ruixing Ren , Minjie Wei , Junhui Zhao

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…

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Metaverse over wireless networks is an emerging use case of the sixth generation (6G) wireless systems, posing unprecedented challenges in terms of its multi-modal data transmissions with stringent latency and reliability requirements.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-15 Jihong Park , Jinho Choi , Seong-Lyun Kim , Mehdi Bennis

Semantic communication focuses on transmitting task-relevant semantic information, aiming for intent-oriented communication. While existing systems improve efficiency by extracting key semantics, they still fail to deeply understand and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Peigen Ye , Jingpu Duan , Hongyang Du , Yulan Guo

While existing speech audio codecs designed for compression exploit limited forms of temporal redundancy and allow for multi-scale representations, they tend to represent all features of audio in the same way. In contrast, generative voice…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Ryan Collette , Ross Greenwood , Serena Nicoll

Quantum communication networks (QCNs) utilize quantum mechanics for secure information transmission, but the reliance on fragile and expensive photonic quantum resources renders QCN resource optimization challenging. Unlike prior QCN works…

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Semantic communication initiates a new direction for future communication. In this paper, we aim to establish a systematic framework of semantic information theory (SIT). First, we propose a semantic communication model and define the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

Semantic communications have shown promising advancements by optimizing source and channel coding jointly. However, the dynamics of these systems remain understudied, limiting research and performance gains. Inspired by the robustness of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-29 Hanju Yoo , Linglong Dai , Songkuk Kim , Chan-Byoung Chae

Semantic communication is envisioned as a promising technique to break through the Shannon limit. However, the existing semantic communication frameworks do not involve inference and error correction, which limits the achievable…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Fuhui Zhou , Yihao Li , Xinyuan Zhang , Qihui Wu , Xianfu Lei , Rose Qingyang Hu

Future wireless networks must support real-time, data-driven cyber-physical systems in which communication is tightly coupled with sensing, inference, control, and decision-making. Traditional communication paradigms centered on accuracy,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Jiping Luo , Erfan Delfani , Mehrdad Salimnejad , Nikolaos Pappas

Joint source-channel coding (JSCC) is a promising paradigm for next-generation communication systems, particularly in challenging transmission environments. In this paper, we propose a novel standard-compatible JSCC framework for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Xue Han , Yongpeng Wu , Zhen Gao , Biqian Feng , Yuxuan Shi , Deniz Gündüz , Wenjun Zhang

Semantic communication is widely touted as a key technology for propelling the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. However, providing effective semantic representation is quite challenging in practice. To address this issue, this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Jinke Ren , Zezhong Zhang , Jie Xu , Guanying Chen , Yaping Sun , Ping Zhang , Shuguang Cui

Semantic communication is not focused on improving the accuracy of transmitted symbols, but is concerned with expressing the expected meaning that the symbol sequence exactly carries. However, the measurement of semantic messages and their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Gangtao Xin , Pingyi Fan

Semantic communication has emerged as a promising technology for enhancing communication efficiency. However, most existing research emphasizes single-task reconstruction, neglecting model adaptability and generalization across multi-task…

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