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Semantic communication is an increasingly popular framework for wireless image transmission due to its high communication efficiency. With the aid of the joint-source-and-channel (JSC) encoder implemented by neural network, semantic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Maojun Zhang , Yang Li , Zezhong Zhang , Guangxu Zhu , Caijun Zhong

In next-generation wireless networks, supporting real-time applications such as augmented reality, autonomous driving, and immersive Metaverse services demands stringent constraints on bandwidth, latency, and reliability. Existing semantic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Guangyuan Liu , Yinqiu Liu , Jiacheng Wang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Abbas Jamalipour

We propose CAST, a dual-stream architecture that utilizes channel-aware spatial transfer learning for isolated sign language recognition addressing the challenges of magnitude-only 60~GHz radar Range-Time Maps (RTM). The proposed framework…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Md. Shakhoyat Rahman Shujon , Sheikh Md. Galib Mahim , Md. Milon Islam , Md Rezwanul Haque , Md Rabiul Islam , Hamdi Altaheri , Fakhri Karray

Semantic communications aim to enhance transmission efficiency by jointly optimizing source coding, channel coding, and modulation. While prior research has demonstrated promising performance in simulations, real-world implementations often…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Hanju Yoo , Dongha Choi , Yonghwi Kim , Yoontae Kim , Songkuk Kim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Robert W. Heath

Transfer Learning (TL) offers the potential to accelerate learning by transferring knowledge across tasks. However, it faces critical challenges such as negative transfer, domain adaptation and inefficiency in selecting solid source…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Alessandro Capurso , Elia Piccoli , Davide Bacciu

Generative foundation models can revolutionize the design of semantic communication (SemCom) systems allowing high fidelity exchange of semantic information at ultra low rates. In this work, a generative SemCom framework with pretrained…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-15 Chunmei Xu , Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli , Jiangzhou Wang

Attributes are semantically meaningful characteristics whose applicability widely crosses category boundaries. They are particularly important in describing and recognizing concepts where no explicit training example is given, \textit{e.g.,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-01 Mahdi M. Kalayeh , Boqing Gong , Mubarak Shah

This paper describes a fast and accurate semantic image segmentation approach that encodes not only the discriminative features from deep neural networks, but also the high-order context compatibility among adjacent objects as well as low…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-16 Falong Shen , Gang Zeng

Despite the transmission efficiency gains of semantic communication (SemCom) over traditional methods, most existing SemCom schemes still operate at a fixed transmission rate regardless of channel conditions and transmitted content,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-11 Weixuan Chen , Qianqian Yang , Yuhao Chen , Chongwen Huang , Qian Wang , Zehui Xiong , Zhaoyang Zhang

The evolution of semantic communications has profoundly impacted wireless video transmission, whose applications dominate driver of modern bandwidth consumption. However, most existing schemes are predominantly optimized for simple additive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Bingyan Xie , Yongpeng Wu , Wenjun Zhang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Merouane Debbah

This paper presents a Semantic Feature Multiple Access (SFMA) framework for multi-user semantic communication in downlink wireless systems. By extending SwinJSCC to a two-user superimposition paradigm, SFMA enables simultaneous semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Jiaxiang Wang , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

Satellite-ground semantic communication (SemCom) is expected to play a pivotal role in convergence of communication and AI (ComAI), particularly in enabling intelligent and efficient multi-user data transmission. However, the inherent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Hui Cao , Rui Meng , Shujun Han , Song Gao , Xiaodong Xu , Ping Zhang

Generative foundation AI models have recently shown great success in synthesizing natural signals with high perceptual quality using only textual prompts and conditioning signals to guide the generation process. This enables semantic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Li Qiao , Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Zhen Gao , Chuan Heng Foh , Pei Xiao , Mehdi Bennis

Semantic communication represents a promising roadmap toward achieving end-to-end communication with reduced communication overhead and an enhanced user experience. The integration of semantic concepts with wireless communications presents…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Hossein Rezaei , Thushan Sivalingam , Nandana Rajatheva

Semantic communication, as a promising technology, has emerged to break through the Shannon limit, which is envisioned as the key enabler and fundamental paradigm for future 6G networks and applications, e.g., smart healthcare. In this…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-27 Jiawen Kang , Hongyang Du , Zonghang Li , Zehui Xiong , Shiyao Ma , Dusit Niyato , Yuan Li

In audio classification, developing efficient and robust models is critical for real-time applications. Inspired by the design principles of MobileViT, we present FAST (Fast Audio Spectrogram Transformer), a new architecture that combines…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Anugunj Naman , Gaibo 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

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

A novel scenario-adapted distributed signaling technique in the context of opportunistic communications is presented in this work. Each opportunistic user acquires locally sampled observations from the wireless environment to determine the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Jordi Borras , Gregori Vazquez

3D semantic maps have played an increasingly important role in high-precision robot localization and scene understanding. However, real-time construction of semantic maps requires mobile edge devices with extremely high computing power,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Jiaxing Zhang , Luosong Guo , Kun Zhu , Houming Qiu