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Semantic communication focuses on conveying the task-relevant meaning rather than exact bitwise recovery. For image transmission with a generative receiver, relying only on text descriptions can be insufficient to preserve instance-specific…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Xuesong Wang , Xinyan Xie , Mo Li , Zhaoqian Liu

Semantic communications (SC) is an emerging communication paradigm in which wireless devices can send only relevant information from a source of data while relying on computing resources to regenerate missing data points. However, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Walid Saad

The Metaverse represents a transformative shift beyond traditional mobile Internet, creating an immersive, persistent digital ecosystem where users can interact, socialize, and work within 3D virtual environments. Powered by large models…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Yuntao Wang , Qinnan Hu , Zhou Su , Linkang Du , Qichao Xu , Weiwei Li

For vehicular metaverses, one of the ultimate user-centric goals is to optimize the immersive experience and Quality of Service (QoS) for users on board. Semantic Communication (SemCom) has been introduced as a revolutionary paradigm that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Jiawen Kang , Jiayi He , Hongyang Du , Zehui Xiong , Zhaohui Yang , Xumin Huang , Shengli Xie

Semantic communications can reduce the resource consumption by transmitting task-related semantic information extracted from source messages. However, when the source messages are utilized for various tasks, e.g., wireless sensing data for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-28 Hongyang Du , Jiacheng Wang , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Junshan Zhang , Xuemin , Shen

The Metaverse through VR headsets is a rapidly growing concept, but the high cost of entry currently limits access for many users. This project aims to provide an accessible entry point to the immersive Metaverse experience by leveraging…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Joseph Chang

In this paper, a semantic-aware joint communication and computation resource allocation framework is proposed for mobile edge computing (MEC) systems. In the considered system, each terminal device (TD) has a computation task, which needs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-22 Yihan Cang , Ming Chen , Zhaohui Yang , Yuntao Hu , Yinlu Wang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Kai-Kit Wong

In the evolving landscape of 6G networks, semantic communications are poised to revolutionize data transmission by prioritizing the transmission of semantic meaning over raw data accuracy. This paper presents a Vision Transformer…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-24 Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Muhammad Jazib , Zeeshan Alam , Muhmmad Farhan Khan , Muhammad Saad , Muhammad Ali Jamshed

Recent advancements in diffusion models have made a significant breakthrough in generative modeling. The combination of the generative model and semantic communication (SemCom) enables high-fidelity semantic information exchange at…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 Chunmei Xu , Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli

With the aim of accomplishing intelligence tasks, semantic communications transmit task-related information only, yielding significant performance gains over conventional communications. To guarantee user requirements for different types of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-12 Lei Yan , Zhijin Qin , Rui Zhang , Yongzhao Li , Geoffrey Ye Li

The wireless metaverse will create diverse user experiences at the intersection of the physical, digital, and virtual worlds. These experiences will enable novel interactions between the constituents (e.g., extended reality (XR) users and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Omar Hashash , Christina Chaccour , Walid Saad , Tao Yu , Kei Sakaguchi , Merouane Debbah

In virtual reality (VR) applications, 360-degree images play a pivotal role in crafting immersive experiences and offering panoramic views, thus improving user Quality of Experience (QoE). However, the voluminous data generated by…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-10 Yang Ma , Wenchi Cheng , Jingqing Wang , Wei Zhang

Semantic communication (SemCom) has recently been considered a promising solution to guarantee high resource utilization and transmission reliability for future wireless networks. Nevertheless, the unique demand for background knowledge…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Le Xia , Yao Sun , Dusit Niyato , Xiaoqian Li , Muhammad Ali Imran

Existing communication systems are mainly built based on Shannon's information theory which deliberately ignores the semantic aspects of communication. The recent iteration of wireless technology, the so-called 5G and beyond, promises to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Guangming Shi , Yong Xiao , Yingyu Li , Xuemei Xie

In this paper, we address the problem of designing incentive mechanisms by a virtual service provider (VSP) to hire sensing IoT devices to sell their sensing data to help creating and rendering the digital copy of the physical world in the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Ismail Lotfi , Dusit Niyato , Sumei Sun , Dong In Kim , Xuemin Shen

Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising paradigm that leverages Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) to extract task-relevant information, thereby substantially reducing the volume of transmitted data. In existing implementations,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Xingqiu He , Chaoqun You , Zihan Chen , Yao Sun , Dongzhu Liu , Tony Q. S. Quek , Yue Gao

In multi-user semantic communication, language mismatche poses a significant challenge when independently trained agents interact. We present a novel semantic equalization algorithm that enables communication between agents with different…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Tomás Hüttebräucker , Simone Fiorellino , Mohamed Sana , Paolo Di Lorenzo , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

The rapid advancement of immersive technologies has propelled the development of the Metaverse, where the convergence of virtual and physical realities necessitates the generation of high-quality, photorealistic images to enhance user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Guangyuan Liu , Hongyang Du , Jiacheng Wang , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

Semantic communication has been increasingly integrated into edge computing systems for reconstruction tasks, owing to its advantages in source compression, robustness to channel noise, and task execution efficiency. However, the black-box…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Huawei Hou , Suzhi Bi , Xian Li , Haixia Zhang , Zhi Quan

The increasing deployment of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems has intensified the demand for efficient agent to agent communication, particularly over bandwidth limited wireless links. In embodied AI applications, agents must…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Peiwen Jiang , Yushuo Feng , Jiajia Guo , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin