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Semantic communications have shown promising advancements by optimizing source and channel coding jointly. However, the dynamics of these systems remain understudied, limiting research and performance gains. Inspired by the robustness of…

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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…

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Semantic knowledge bases are regarded as a promising technology for upcoming 6G communications. However, existing studies mainly focus on source-side semantic modeling while overlooking the structural impact of propagation environments on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Xudong Long , Hao Chen , Dan Wang , Chen Qiu , Nan Ma , Xiaodong Xu , Yubin Zhao

Generative joint source-channel coding (GJSCC) has emerged as a new Deep JSCC paradigm for achieving high-fidelity and robust image transmission under extreme wireless channel conditions, such as ultra-low bandwidth and low signal-to-noise…

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Perceiving vehicles in a driver's blind spot is vital for safe driving. The detection of potentially dangerous vehicles in these blind spots can benefit from vehicular network semantic communication technology. However, efficient semantic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Hao Feng , Yi Yang , Zhu Han

Semantic communications are expected to accomplish various semantic tasks with relatively less spectrum resource by exploiting the semantic feature of source data. To simultaneously serve both the data transmission and semantic tasks, joint…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Jianhao Huang , Dongxu Li , Chuan Huang , Xiaoqi Qin , Wei Zhang

While deep generative models are showing exciting abilities in computer vision and natural language processing, their adoption in communication frameworks is still far underestimated. These methods are demonstrated to evolve solutions to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Eleonora Grassucci , Jihong Park , Sergio Barbarossa , Seong-Lyun Kim , Jinho Choi , Danilo Comminiello

Satellite-terrestrial communications are severely constrained by high path loss, limited spectrum resources, and time-varying channel conditions, rendering conventional bit-level transmission schemes inefficient and fragile, particularly in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Jinghong Huang , Mengying Sun , Xiaodong Xu , Jianchi Zhu , Zechuan Fang , Jingxuan Zhang , Ruichen Zhang , Chen Dong , Ping Zhang , Dusit Niyato

Degraded broadcast channels (DBC) are a typical multi-user communications scenario. There exist classic transmission methods, such as superposition coding with successive interference cancellation, to achieve the DBC capacity region.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Tong Wu , Zhiyong Chen , Meixia Tao , Bin Xia , 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

Semantic communication has emerged as a promising approach for improving efficient transmission in the next generation of wireless networks. Inspired by the success of semantic communication in different areas, we aim to provide a new…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-11 Zhenguo Zhang , Qianqian Yang , Shibo He , Jiming Chen

Semantic communication aims to transmit information most relevant to a task rather than raw data, offering significant gains in communication efficiency for applications such as telepresence, augmented reality, and remote sensing. Recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Matin Mortaheb , Erciyes Karakaya , Sennur Ulukus

While semantic communication succeeds in efficiently transmitting due to the strong capability to extract the essential semantic information, it is still far from the intelligent or human-like communications. In this paper, we introduce an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-23 Huiqiang Xie , Zhijin Qin , Geoffrey Ye Li

Semantic communication, when examined through the lens of joint source-channel coding (JSCC), maps source messages directly into channel input symbols, where the measure of success is defined by end-to-end distortion rather than traditional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Tze-Yang Tung , Homa Esfahanizadeh , Jinfeng Du , Harish Viswanathan

The goal of this paper is to promote the idea that including semantic and goal-oriented aspects in future 6G networks can produce a significant leap forward in terms of system effectiveness and sustainability. Semantic communication goes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Emilio Calvanese Strinati , Sergio Barbarossa

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

Deep learning based joint source-channel coding (JSCC) has demonstrated significant advancements in data reconstruction compared to separate source-channel coding (SSCC). This superiority arises from the suboptimality of SSCC when dealing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Matin Mortaheb , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour , Srimat T. Chakradhar , Sennur Ulukus

Semantic communication (SemCom) has recently emerged as a promising paradigm for next-generation wireless systems. Empowered by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, SemCom has achieved significant improvements in transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Shunpu Tang , Yuanyuan Jia , Qianqian Yang , Ruichen Zhang , Jihong Park , Dusit Niyato

Mobile Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content (AIGC) networks enable massive users to obtain customized content generation services. However, users still need to download a large number of AIGC outputs from mobile AIGC service providers,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Jian Liu , Ming Xiao , Jinbo Wen , Jiawen Kang , Ruichen Zhang , Tao Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Weiting Zhang , Ying Liu

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…

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