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To reduce network traffic and support environments with limited resources, a method for transmitting images with minimal transmission data is required. Several machine learning-based image compression methods, which compress the data size…

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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…

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Recent deep learning methods have led to increased interest in solving high-efficiency end-to-end transmission problems. These methods, we call nonlinear transform source-channel coding (NTSCC), extract the semantic latent features of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Sixian Wang , Jincheng Dai , Xiaoqi Qin , Zhongwei Si , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

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

Different from data-oriented communication systems that primarily focus on how to accurately transmit every bit of data, task-oriented semantic communication systems only transmit the specific semantic information required by downstream…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Wenbo Yu , Bin Chen , Qinshan Zhang , Shu-Tao Xia

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

Deep learning (DL) based semantic communication methods have been explored for the efficient transmission of images, text, and speech in recent years. In contrast to traditional wireless communication methods that focus on the transmission…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-26 Tianxiao Han , Qianqian Yang , Zhiguo Shi , Shibo He , Zhaoyang Zhang

Semantic communication has emerged as a promising paradigm for next-generation wireless systems, improving the communication efficiency by transmitting high-level semantic features. However, reliance on unimodal representations can degrade…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-11 Haoran Chang , Mingzhe Chen , Huaxia Wang , Qianqian Zhang

Task-oriented semantic communications have achieved significant performance gains. However, the employed deep neural networks in semantic communications have to be updated when the task is changed or multiple models need to be stored for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Guangyi Zhang , Qiyu Hu , Zhijin Qin , Yunlong Cai , Guanding Yu , Xiaoming Tao

In this paper, we propose a novel semantic-aided image communication framework for supporting the compatibility with practical separation-based coding architectures. Particularly, the deep learning (DL)-based joint source-channel coding…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Mingkai Xu , Yongpeng Wu , Yuxuan Shi , Xiang-Gen Xia , Merouane Debbah , Wenjun Zhang , Ping Zhang

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

We propose to employ a saliency-driven hierarchical neural image compression network for a machine-to-machine communication scenario following the compress-then-analyze paradigm. By that, different areas of the image are coded at different…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Kristian Fischer , Fabian Brand , Christian Blum , André Kaup

With the booming development of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a new paradigm for reliable and efficient communication. This paper considers a multi-user downlink SemCom system,…

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Semantic communications target to reliably convey the semantic meaning of messages. It is different from existing communication systems focusing on reliable bit transmission. To achieve the goal of semantic communications, we propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-19 Shuaishuai Guo , Yanhu Wang , Peng Zhang

The growing integration of distributed integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) with closed-loop control in intelligent networks demands efficient information transmission under stringent bandwidth constraints. To address this challenge,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-26 Guangjin Pan , Ayça Özçelikkale , Christian Häger , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch

Vector quantization-based image semantic communication systems have successfully boosted transmission efficiency, but face challenges with conflicting requirements between codebook design and digital constellation modulation. Traditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Yingbin Zhou , Yaping Sun , Guanying Chen , Xiaodong Xu , Hao Chen , Binhong Huang , Shuguang Cui , Ping Zhang

The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced significant opportunities for enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of image transmission within semantic communication systems. Despite these advancements,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Qiyu Ma , Wanli Ni , Zhijin Qin

Discrete representation has emerged as a powerful tool in task-oriented semantic communication (ToSC), offering compact, interpretable, and efficient representations well-suited for low-power edge intelligence scenarios. Its inherent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-07 Anbang Zhang , Shuaishuai Guo , Chenyuan Feng , Hongyang Du , Haojin Li , Chen Sun , Haijun Zhang

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