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Semantic communication (SemCom) improves transmission efficiency by focusing on task-relevant information. However, transmitting semantic-rich data over insecure channels introduces privacy risks. This paper proposes a novel SemCom…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Weixuan Chen , Shunpu Tang , Qianqian Yang , Zhiguo Shi , Dusit Niyato

The recent emergence of 6G raises the challenge of increasing the transmission data rate even further in order to break the barrier set by the Shannon limit. Traditional communication methods fall short of the 6G goals, paving the way for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Sachin Kadam , Dong In Kim

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

Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising architecture in the realm of intelligent communication paradigms. SemCom involves extracting and compressing the core information at the transmitter while enabling the receiver to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-23 Yiru Wang , Wanting Yang , Pengxin Guan , Yuping Zhao , Zehui Xiong

Semantic communication (SemCom), as a typical paradigm of deep integration between artificial intelligence (AI) and communication technology, significantly improves communication efficiency and resource utilization efficiency. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-08 Zhidi Zhang , Rui Meng , Song Gao , Haixiao Gao , Xiaodong Xu

As one of the most promising technologies for intellicise (intelligent and consice) wireless networks, Semantic Communication (SemCom) significantly improves communication efficiency by extracting, transmitting, and recovering semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Rui Meng , Song Gao , Haixiao Gao , Yinqiu Liu , Ruichen Zhang , Mengying Sun , Xiaodong Xu , Ping Zhang , Dusit Niyato

Semantic communication (SemCom) emerges as a transformative paradigm for traffic-intensive visual data transmission, shifting focus from raw data to meaningful content transmission and relieving the increasing pressure on communication…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Runze Cheng , Yao Sun , Ahmad Taha , Xuesong Liu , David Flynn , Muhammad Ali Imran

Recently proliferated semantic communications (SC) aim at effectively transmitting the semantics conveyed by the source and accurately interpreting the meaning at the destination. While such a paradigm holds the promise of making wireless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Xinghan Liu , Guoshun Nan , Qimei Cui , Zeju Li , Peiyuan Liu , Zebin Xing , Hanqing Mu , Xiaofeng Tao , Tony Q. S. Quek

Satellite-based Communication systems are gaining renewed momentum in Industry and Academia, thanks to innovative services introduced by leading tech companies and the promising impact they can deliver towards the global connectivity…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Pietro Tedeschi , Savio Sciancalepore , Roberto Di Pietro

Video semantic communication, praised for its transmission efficiency, still faces critical challenges related to privacy leakage. Traditional security techniques like steganography and encryption are challenging to apply since they are not…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Zhihan Cao , Xiao Yang , Gaolei Li , Jun Wu , Jianhua Li , Yuchen Liu

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

While semantic communication (SemCom) improves transmission efficiency by focusing on task-relevant information, it also raises critical privacy concerns. Many existing secure SemCom approaches rely on restrictive or impractical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Weixuan Chen , Qianqian Yang , Shuo Shao , Shunpu Tang , Zhiguo Shi , Shui Yu

Semantic Edge Computing (SEC) and Semantic Communications (SemComs) have been proposed as viable approaches to achieve real-time edge-enabled intelligence in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. On one hand, SemCom leverages the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Milin Zhang , Mohammad Abdi , Venkat R. Dasari , Francesco Restuccia

Semantic communication is deemed as a revolution of Shannon's paradigm in the six-generation (6G) wireless networks. It aims at transmitting the extracted information rather than the original data, which receivers will try to recover.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-08 Yang Li , Xinyu Zhou , Jun Zhao

Semantic communication, regarded as the breakthrough beyond the Shannon paradigm, aims at the successful transmission of semantic information conveyed by the source rather than the accurate reception of each single symbol or bit regardless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Zhijin Qin , Xiaoming Tao , Jianhua Lu , Wen Tong , Geoffrey Ye Li

With the exponential surge in traffic data and the pressing need for ultra-low latency in emerging intelligence applications, it is envisioned that 6G networks will demand disruptive communication technologies to foster ubiquitous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Youlong Wu , Yuanmin Shi , Shuai Ma , Chunxiao Jiang , Wei Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Semantic communications have been envisioned as a potential technique that goes beyond Shannon paradigm. Unlike modern communications that provide bit-level security, the eaves-dropping of semantic communications poses a significant risk of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Yongkang Li , Zheng Shi , Han Hu , Yaru Fu , Hong Wang , Hongjiang Lei

Recent developments in machine learning (ML) techniques enable users to extract, transmit, and reproduce information semantics via ML-based semantic communication (SemCom). This significantly increases network spectral efficiency and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Guhan Zheng , Qiang Ni , Aryan Kaushik , Lixia Yang , Yushi Wang , Charilaos Zarakovitis

Despite progress in semantic communication (SemCom), research on SemCom security is still in its infancy. To bridge this gap, we propose a general covert SemCom framework for wireless networks, reducing eavesdropping risk. Our approach…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Yansheng Liu , Jinbo Wen , Zongyao Zhang , Kun Zhu , Yang Zhang , Jiangtian Nie , Jiawen Kang

As semantic communication (SemCom) attracts growing attention as a novel communication paradigm, ensuring the security of transmitted semantic information over open wireless channels has become a critical issue. However, traditional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Weixuan Chen , Qianqian Yang , Shuo Shao , Zhiguo Shi , Jiming Chen , Xuemin , Shen