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Token communications (TokCom) is an emerging generative semantic communication concept that reduces transmission rates by using context and multimodal large language model (MLLM)-based token processing, with tokens serving as universal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Li Qiao , Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Zhen Gao , Robert Schober , Deniz Gündüz

This paper studies the design of a decentralized multiuser multi-antenna (MIMO) system for spectrum sharing over a fixed narrow band, where the coexisting users independently update their transmit covariance matrices for individual…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-05-22 Rui Zhang , John M. Cioffi

Deep learning (DL)-based Semantic Communications (SemCom) is becoming critical to maximize overall efficiency of communication networks. Nevertheless, SemCom is sensitive to wireless channel uncertainties, source outliers, and suffer from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Jianhua Pei , Cheng Feng , Ping Wang , Hina Tabassum , Dongyuan Shi

In high-mobility scenarios with time-frequency doubly-selective channels, existing semantic communication systems suffer significant performance degradation. To address this issue, we propose a semantic communication framework that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-29 Yu Zhang , Jiarui Yan , Yue Liu , Tenglun Ke , Yimeng Wang , Zhijin Qin

Differing from the conventional communication system paradigm that models information source as a sequence of (i.i.d. or stationary) random variables, the semantic approach aims at extracting and sending the high-level features of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Mingxiao Li , Kaiming Shen , Shuguang Cui

Space-Division Multiple Access (SDMA) utilizes linear precoding to separate users in the spatial domain and relies on fully treating any residual multi-user interference as noise. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) uses linearly precoded…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-22 Yijie Mao , Bruno Clerckx , Victor O. K. Li

Semantic communications are expected to become the core new paradigms of the sixth generation (6G) wireless networks. Most existing works implicitly utilize channel information for codecs training, which leads to poor communications when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Lan Lin , Wenjun Xu , Fengyu Wang , Yimeng Zhang , Wei Zhang , Ping Zhang

Multi-user Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple Output Multiple Output (MIMO) have been widely adopted to enhance the system throughput and combat the detrimental effects of wireless channels. Recently,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-18 Yi Xu , Shiwen Mao , Xin Su

In this letter, we propose a group-wise semantic splitting multiple access framework for multi-user semantic communication in downlink scenarios. The framework begins by applying a balanced clustering mechanism that groups users based on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Jungyeon Koh , Hyeonho Noh , Hyun Jong Yang

In this paper, we propose a digital semantic feature division multiple access (SFDMA) paradigm in multi-user broadcast (BC) networks for the inference and the image reconstruction tasks. In this SFDMA scheme, the multi-user semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-07 Shuai Ma , Zhiye Sun , Bin Shen , Youlong Wu , Hang Li , Guangming Shi , Shiyin Li , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this paper, we propose a semantic-aware waveform design framework for AI-native 6G networks that jointly optimizes physical layer resource usage and semantic communication efficiency and robustness, while explicitly accounting for the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Nour Hello , Mohamed Amine Hamoura , Francois Rivet , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Ishtiaque Ahmed , Yingzhuo Sun , Jingwen Fu , Alper Kose , Leila Musavian , Ming Xiao , Berna Ozbek

Massive multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) systems with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are foundational for downlink multi-user (MU) communication in future wireless networks, for their ability to enhance spectral…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-30 Erdeng Zhang , Shuntian Zheng , Sheng Wu , Haoge Jia , Zhe Ji , Ailing Xiao

This paper considers the security issue of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks with massive connections, where multiple eavesdroppers aim to intercept the confidential messages through active eavesdropping. To realize secure massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-23 Xiaoming Chen , Zhaoyang Zhang , Caijung Zhong , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Rundong Jia

In this work, we study the use of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication network where mobile users (MUs) with different mobility…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 Wafa Hedhly , Leila Musavian , Nikolaos Thomos

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) is a multiple access scheme to mitigate the effects of the multi-user interference (MUI) in multi-antenna systems. In this study, we leverage the interference management capabilities of RSMA to tackle…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Mehmet Mert Sahin , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx , Huseyin Arslan

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

Next-generation multiple access (NGMA) serves as an umbrella term for transmission schemes distinct from conventional orthogonal methods. A key candidate of NGMA, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), emerges as a solution to enhance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Hamid Jafarkhani , Hossein Maleki , Mojtaba Vaezi

This paper studies a downlink system that combines orthogonal-time-frequency-space (OTFS) modulation and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) to support massive connectivity in high-mobility environments. We propose a cross-domain receiver…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Haifeng Wen , Weijie Yuan , Zilong Liu , Shuangyang Li

Semantic communication (SemCom) is accelerating its momentum to catch up with the massive increase in users' demands in both quantity and quality, with the assistance of advanced deep learning (DL) techniques. Specifically, SemCom can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Loc X. Nguyen , Phuong-Nam Tran , Trung Thanh Pham , Avi Deb Raha , Eui-Nam Huh , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong