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Sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks must support heterogeneous services: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) requiring 1 Tbps data rates, massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) supporting 10 million devices per km, and Ultra-Reliable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Daniel Benniah John

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

Goal-oriented semantic communication (SC) aims to revolutionize communication systems by transmitting only task-essential information. However, current approaches face challenges such as joint training at transceivers, leading to redundant…

In the new paradigm of semantic communication (SC), the focus is on delivering meanings behind bits by extracting semantic information from raw data. Recent advances in data-to-text models facilitate language-oriented SC, particularly for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Giordano Cicchetti , Eleonora Grassucci , Jihong Park , Jinho Choi , Sergio Barbarossa , Danilo Comminiello

Real-time and contactless monitoring of vital signs, such as respiration and heartbeat, alongside reliable communication, is essential for modern healthcare systems, especially in remote and privacy-sensitive environments. Traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-15 Yinchao Yang , Yahao Ding , Zhaohui Yang , Chongwen Huang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

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

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, supporting spectrum sharing and hardware integration. Beyond communication enhancement, ISAC also enables high-accuracy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Haoyang Weng , Haisu Wu , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Jiangzhou Wang

Exploring the mutual benefit and reciprocity of sensing and communication (S\&C) functions is fundamental to realizing deeper integration for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. This paper investigates a novel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-29 Fuwang Dong , Fan Liu , Shihang Lu , Yifeng Xiong , Qixun Zhang , Zhiyong Feng , Feifei Gao

In this paper, the problem of semantic-based efficient image transmission is studied over the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). In the considered model, a vehicle shares massive amount of visual data perceived by its visual sensors to assist…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Qiang Pan , Haonan Tong , Jie Lv , Tao Luo , Zhilong Zhang , Changchuan Yin , Jianfeng Li

Motivated by the need for increased spectral efficiency and the proliferation of intelligent applications, the sixth-generation (6G) mobile network is anticipated to integrate the dual-functions of communication and sensing (C&S). Although…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Yifei Zhang , Zhen Gao , Jingjing Zhao , Ziming He , Yunsheng Zhang , Chen Lu , Pei Xiao

Semantic communication has attracted significant interest recently due to its capability to meet the fast growing demand on user-defined and human-oriented communication services such as holographic communications, eXtended reality (XR),…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Jingxuan Chai , Yong Xiao , Guangming Shi , Walid Saad

Semantic Communication (SC) combined with Vehicular edge computing (VEC) provides an efficient edge task processing paradigm for Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Focusing on highway scenarios, this paper proposes a Tripartite Cooperative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Jingbo Zhang , Maoxin Ji , Qiong Wu , Pingyi Fan , Kezhi Wang , Wen Chen

In this paper, the authors present a Radio Access Network (RAN) concept for future mobile communication systems beyond 5G. The concept is based on knowledge of the environment. The three conceptual applications RAN authentication, beam…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Lukas Brechtel , Christof A. O. Rauber , Christoph Fischer

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

Sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to support autonomous, immersive, and mission-critical services that require not only extreme data rates and ultra-low latency but also adaptive reasoning, cross-domain coordination, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Ian F. Akyildiz , Tuğçe Bilen

Future mobile networks in the sixth generation (6G) are poised for a paradigm shift from conventional communication services toward comprehensive information services, driving the evolution of radio access network (RAN) architectures toward…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-06 Xiaoyun Wang , Yutong Zhang , Sen Wang , Sun Qi , Hanning Wang , Qixing Wang , Jing Jin , Jiwei He , Nan Li

Semantic communication has gained significant attention recently due to its advantages in achieving higher transmission efficiency by focusing on semantic information instead of bit-level information. However, current AI-based semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-04 Shuyi Chen , Yingzhe Hui , Yifan Qin , Yueyi Yuan , Weixiao Meng , Xuewen Luo , Hsiao-Hwa Chen

A novel semantic communication (SC)-assisted secrecy transmission framework is proposed. In particular, the legitimate transmitter (Tx) sends the superimposed semantic and bit stream to the legitimate receiver (Rx), where the information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

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

Driven by the vision of "intelligent connection of everything" toward 6G, the collective intelligence of networked machines can be fully exploited to improve system efficiency by shifting the paradigm of wireless communication design from…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-03 Ping Zhang , Heng Yang , Zhiyong Feng , Yanpeng Cui , Jincheng Dai , Xiaoqi Qin , Jinglin Li , Qixun Zhang