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Although existing semantic communication systems have achieved great success, they have not considered that the channel is time-varying wherein deep fading occurs occasionally. Moreover, the importance of each semantic feature differs from…

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Multi-node communication, which refers to the interaction among multiple devices, has attracted lots of attention in many Internet-of-Things (IoT) scenarios. However, its huge amounts of data flows and inflexibility for task extension have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Bingyan Xie , Yongpeng Wu , Yuxuan Shi , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Wenjun Zhang

In this paper, we introduce a large model-empowered streaming semantic communication system for speech transmission across various languages, named LSSC-ST. Specifically, we devise an edge-device collaborative semantic communication…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-24 Zhenzi Weng , Zhijin Qin , Geoffrey Ye Li

Image semantic communication (ISC) has garnered significant attention for its potential to achieve high efficiency in visual content transmission. However, existing ISC systems based on joint source-channel coding face challenges in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Xijun Wang , Dongshan Ye , Chenyuan Feng , Howard H. Yang , Xiang Chen , Tony Q. S. Quek

Semantic communications have shown great potential to boost the end-to-end transmission performance. To further improve the system efficiency, in this paper, we propose a class of novel semantic coded transmission (SCT) schemes over…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Shengshi Yao , Sixian Wang , Jincheng Dai , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

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

Semantic communication is expected to be one of the cores of next-generation AI-based communications. One of the possibilities offered by semantic communication is the capability to regenerate, at the destination side, images or videos…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Eleonora Grassucci , Sergio Barbarossa , Danilo Comminiello

The burgeoning generative artificial intelligence technology offers novel insights into the development of semantic communication (SemCom) frameworks. These frameworks hold the potential to address the challenges associated with the…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Wanting Yang , Zehui Xiong , Hongyang Du , Yanli Yuan , Tony Q. S. Quek

Semantic communications mark a paradigm shift from bit-accurate transmission toward meaning-centric communication, essential as wireless systems approach theoretical capacity limits. The emergence of generative AI has catalyzed generative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-08 Hai-Long Qin , Jincheng Dai , Guo Lu , Shuo Shao , Sixian Wang , Tongda Xu , Wenjun Zhang , Ping Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Generative diffusion models (GDMs) have recently shown great success in synthesizing multimedia signals with high perceptual quality, enabling highly efficient semantic communications in future wireless networks. In this paper, we develop…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Xinkai Liu , Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Li Qiao , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli , Mehdi Bennis

Recently, generative semantic communication models have proliferated as they are revolutionizing semantic communication frameworks, improving their performance, and opening the way to novel applications. Despite their impressive ability to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Giovanni Pignata , Eleonora Grassucci , Giordano Cicchetti , Danilo Comminiello

Due to the challenges of satisfying the demands for communication efficiency and intelligent connectivity, sixth-generation (6G) wireless network requires new communication frameworks to enable effective information exchange and the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Yuzhou Fu , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang , Jingqing Wang

Semantic communication is a new paradigm that aims at providing more efficient communication for the next-generation wireless network. It focuses on transmitting extracted, meaningful information instead of the raw data. However, deep…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Yang Li , Xinyu Zhou , Jun Zhao

Employing massive Mobile AI-Generated Content (AIGC) Service Providers (MASPs) with powerful models, high-quality AIGC services can become accessible for resource-constrained end users. However, this advancement, referred to as mobile AIGC,…

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Advancements in text-to-image generative AI with large multimodal models are spreading into the field of image compression, creating high-quality representation of images at extremely low bit rates. This work introduces novel components to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Cheng-Lin Wu , Hyomin Choi , Ivan V. Bajić

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionize the design, optimization and management of next-generation communication systems. In this article, we explore the integration of large AI models (LAMs) into semantic communications…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-31 Wanli Ni , Zhijin Qin , Haofeng Sun , Xiaoming Tao , Zhu Han

As communication systems transition from symbol transmission to conveying meaningful information, sixth-generation (6G) networks emphasize semantic communication. This approach prioritizes high-level semantic information, improving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-27 Zhe Xiang , Fei Yu , Quan Deng , Yuandi Li , Zhiguo Wan

Efficient video transmission is essential for seamless communication and collaboration within the visually-driven digital landscape. To achieve low latency and high-quality video transmission over a bandwidth-constrained noisy wireless…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Nan Li , Yansha Deng , Dusit Niyato

Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising paradigm for achieving unprecedented communication efficiency in sixth-generation (6G) networks by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to extract and transmit the underlying…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Jianhao Huang , Qunsong Zeng , Hongyang Du , Kaibin Huang

Generative Semantic Communication (GSC) is a promising solution for image transmission over narrow-band and high-noise channels. However, existing GSC methods rely on long, indirect transport trajectories from a Gaussian to an image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Dahua Gao , Ruichao Liu , Minxi Yang , Shuai Ma , Youlong Wu , Guangming Shi