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In the ensuing ultra-dense and diverse environment in future \ac{6G} communication networks, it will be critical to optimize network resources via mechanisms that recognize and cater to the diversity, density, and dynamicity of system…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Mayukh Roy Chowdhury , Eman Hammad , Lauri Loven , Susanna Pirttikangas , Aloizio P da Silva , Walid Saad

Semantic communication has become a popular research area due its high spectrum efficiency and error-correction performance. Some studies use deep learning to extract semantic features, which usually form end-to-end semantic communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-04 Peiwen Jiang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li

Semantic communication has gained attention as a key enabler for intelligent and context-aware communication. However, one of the key challenges of semantic communications is the need to tailor the resource allocation to meet the specific…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Ouiame Marnissi , Hajar EL Hammouti , El Houcine Bergou

Semantic communication has emerged as a transformative paradigm in next-generation communication systems, leveraging advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models to extract and transmit semantic representations for efficient information…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Zhiyuan Xi , Kun Zhu , Yuanyuan Xu

Semantic communication (SemCom) is accelerating its momentum to catch up with the massive increase in users' demands in both quantity and quality, with the assistance of advanced deep learning (DL) techniques. Specifically, SemCom can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Loc X. Nguyen , Phuong-Nam Tran , Trung Thanh Pham , Avi Deb Raha , Eui-Nam Huh , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Recently, deep learned enabled end-to-end (E2E) communication systems have been developed to merge all physical layer blocks in the traditional communication systems, which make joint transceiver optimization possible. Powered by deep…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Huiqiang Xie , Zhijin Qin , Geoffrey Ye Li , Biing-Hwang Juang

Different from data-oriented communication systems that primarily focus on how to accurately transmit every bit of data, task-oriented semantic communication systems only transmit the specific semantic information required by downstream…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Wenbo Yu , Bin Chen , Qinshan Zhang , Shu-Tao Xia

Semantic communications (SCs) aim to transmit only the essential information required to perform given tasks, thereby improving communication efficiency. Deep learning-based joint source-channel coding (deep JSCC) has emerged as a promising…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Eunhye Hong , Taewoo Park , Yongjune Kim

Digital and analog semantic communications (SemCom) face inherent limitations such as data security concerns in analog SemCom, as well as leveling-off and cliff-edge effects in digital SemCom. In order to overcome these challenges, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-29 Huiqiang Xie , Zhijin Qin , Zhu Han , Khaled B. Letaief

Semantic communication is viewed as a revolutionary paradigm that can potentially transform how we design and operate wireless communication systems. However, despite a recent surge of research activities in this area, the research…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Christina Chaccour , Walid Saad , Merouane Debbah , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Semantic communication is an emerging paradigm that focuses on understanding and delivering semantics, or meaning of messages. Most existing semantic communication solutions define semantic meaning as the meaning of object labels recognized…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Jingming Liang , Yong Xiao , Yingyu Li , Guangming Shi , Mehdi Bennis

In this paper, we propose a novel semantic-aided image communication framework for supporting the compatibility with practical separation-based coding architectures. Particularly, the deep learning (DL)-based joint source-channel coding…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Mingkai Xu , Yongpeng Wu , Yuxuan Shi , Xiang-Gen Xia , Merouane Debbah , Wenjun Zhang , Ping Zhang

Semantic communication aims to facilitate purposeful information exchange among diverse intelligent entities, including humans, machines, and organisms. It emphasizes precise semantic transmission over data fidelity, striving for meaningful…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Yuntao Wang

Deep learning enabled semantic communications have shown great potential to significantly improve transmission efficiency and alleviate spectrum scarcity, by effectively exchanging the semantics behind the data. Recently, the emergence of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-20 Huiqiang Xie , Zhijin Qin , Xiaoming Tao , Zhu Han

Semantic communication (SC) is an emerging intelligent paradigm, offering solutions for various future applications like metaverse, mixed reality, and the Internet of Everything. However, in current SC systems, the construction of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Feibo Jiang , Yubo Peng , Li Dong , Kezhi Wang , Kun Yang , Cunhua Pan , Xiaohu You

Semantic communication has emerged as a pillar for the next generation of communication systems due to its capabilities in alleviating data redundancy. Most semantic communication systems are built upon advanced deep learning models whose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Loc X. Nguyen , Huy Q. Le , Ye Lin Tun , Pyae Sone Aung , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Semantic communication can significantly improve bandwidth utilization in wireless systems by exploiting the meaning behind raw data. However, the advancements achieved through semantic communication are closely dependent on the development…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Loc X. Nguyen , Ji Su Yoon , Huy Q. Le , Yu Qiao , Avi Deb Raha , Eui-Nam Huh , Walid Saad , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

In this work, a self-attention based conditional generative adversarial network (SA-cGAN) framework for the sixth generation (6G) semantic communication system is proposed, explicitly designed to balance the trade-off between distortion…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Faizan Shafi , Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Sridhar Iyer

Semantic communication and edge-cloud collaborative intelligence are increasingly recognized as foundational enablers for next-generation intelligent services operating under stringent bandwidth, latency, and resource constraints. By…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Murdadha Nasif , Ahmed Refaey Hussein

Semantic communications represent a new paradigm of next-generation networking that shifts bit-wise data delivery to conveying the semantic meanings for bandwidth efficiency. To effectively accommodate various potential downstream tasks at…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Fupei Guo , Achintha Wijesinghe , Songyang Zhang , Zhi Ding