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The last seventy years have witnessed the transition of communication from Shannon's theoretical concept to current high-efficient practical systems. Classical communication systems address the capability-deficiency issue mainly by…

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In future 6G wireless networks, semantic and effectiveness aspects of communications will play a fundamental role, incorporating meaning and relevance into transmissions. However, obstacles arise when devices employ diverse languages,…

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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

SemCom and goal-oriented SemCom are designed to transmit only semantically-relevant information and hence help to minimize power usage, bandwidth consumption, and transmission delay. Consequently, SemCom and goal-oriented SemCom embody a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Tilahun M. Getu , Georges Kaddoum , Mehdi Bennis

The exponential growth of wireless users and bandwidth constraints necessitates innovative communication paradigms for next-generation networks. Semantic Communication (SemCom) emerges as a promising solution by transmitting extracted…

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Several speculative visions are conjecturing on what 6G services will be able to offer at the horizon of 2030. Nevertheless, the 6G design process is at its preliminary stages. The reality today is that hardware, technologies and new…

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Recent advances in AI technologies have notably expanded device intelligence, fostering federation and cooperation among distributed AI agents. These advancements impose new requirements on future 6G mobile network architectures. To meet…

Recently, learning-based semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising approach in the upcoming 6G network and researchers have made remarkable efforts in this field. However, existing works have yet to fully explore the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Shunpu Tang , Qianqian Yang , Deniz Gündüz , Zhaoyang Zhang

Driven by the interplay among artificial intelligence, digital twin, and wireless networks, 6G is envisaged to go beyond data-centric services to provide intelligent and immersive experiences. To efficiently support intelligent tasks with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou , Dingzhu Wen , Youlong Wu , Chunxiao Jiang , Khaled B. Letaief

The increasing popularity of applications like the Metaverse has led to the exploration of new, more effective ways of communication. Semantic communication, which focuses on the meaning behind transmitted information, represents a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Wenhan Yu , Jun Zhao

Semantic communication is emerging as the next pillar in wireless communication technology due to its transformative capabilities in reducing communication overhead, enhancing robustness, and enabling intelligent information exchange. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Loc X. Nguyen , Avi Deb Raha , Pyae Sone Aung , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Semantic communication is a novel communication paradigm which draws inspiration from human communication focusing on the delivery of the meaning of a message to the intended users. It has attracted significant interest recently due to its…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Yong Xiao , Yingyu Li , Guangming Shi , H. Vincent Poor

Semantic communication is envisioned as a promising technique to break through the Shannon limit. However, semantic inference and semantic error correction have not been well studied. Moreover, error correction methods of existing semantic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-16 Fuhui Zhou , Yihao Li , Ming Xu , Lu Yuan , Qihui Wu , Rose Qingyang Hu , Naofal Al-Dhahir

As digital technologies advance, communication networks face challenges in handling the vast data generated by intelligent devices. Autonomous vehicles, smart sensors, and IoT systems necessitate new paradigms. This thesis addresses these…

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Semantic communication represents a promising technique towards reducing communication costs, especially when dealing with image segmentation, but it still lacks a balance between computational efficiency and bandwidth requirements while…

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Intent-based networks that integrate sophisticated machine reasoning technologies will be a cornerstone of future wireless 6G systems. Intent-based communication requires the network to consider the semantics (meanings) and effectiveness…

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Semantic-aware communication is a novel paradigm that draws inspiration from human communication focusing on the delivery of the meaning of messages. It has attracted significant interest recently due to its potential to improve the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Yong Xiao , Yiwei Liao , Yingyu Li , Guangming Shi , H. Vincent Poor , Walid Saad , Merouane Debbah , Mehdi Bennis

At the confluence of 6G, deep learning (DL), and natural language processing (NLP), DL-enabled text semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a 6G enabler since it minimizes bandwidth consumption, transmission delay, and power usage.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Tilahun M. Getu , Georges Kaddoum , Mehdi Bennis

Modern communications are usually designed to pursue a higher bit-level precision and fewer bits while transmitting a message. This article rethinks these two major features and introduces the concept and advantage of semantics that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-09 Kun Lu , Qingyang Zhou , Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Xianfu Chen , Jianjun Wu , Honggang Zhang

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) identifies "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Communication" as one of six key usage scenarios for 6G. Agentic AI, characterized by its ca-pabilities in multi-modal environmental sensing,…