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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems rely on digital or hybrid digital and analog designs for beamforming against frequency-selective fading, which suffer from high hardware…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-26 Zheao Li , Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen

In this letter, we study the problem of cooperative sensing design for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiple base stations (MBS) system. We consider a practical scenario where the base stations (BSs) exploit certain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-02 Xinghe Li , Kainan Cheng , Hongzhi Guo , Huiyong Li , Ziyang Cheng

**PLEASE FIND THE FULL EXTENDED ARTICLE "From OTFS to AFDM: A Comparative Study of Next-Generation Waveforms for ISAC in Doubly-Dispersive Channels" (Accepted for publication at the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine - Special Issue on Signal…

Nowadays, waveforms of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) are almost based on conventional communication and sensing signal, which bounds both the communication and sensing performance. To deal with this issue, in this paper, a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Xi Nan , Rugui Yao , Ye Fan , Ruikang Zhong , Xiaoya Zuo , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been widely applied in current communication systems. The artificial intelligence (AI)-aided OFDM receivers are currently brought to the forefront to replace and improve the traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Peiwen Jiang , Tianqi Wang , Bin Han , Xuanxuan Gao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication systems require large antenna arrays and use narrow directive beams to ensure sufficient receive signal power. However, selecting the optimal beams for these large antenna arrays…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Shoaib Imran , Gouranga Charan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

With the ever-increasing user density and quality of service (QoS) demand,5G networks with limited spectrum resources are facing massive access challenges. To address these challenges, in this paper, we propose a novel discrete semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Shuai Ma , Chuanhui Zhang , Bin Shen , Youlong Wu , Hang Li , Shiyin Li , Guangming Shi , Naofal Al-Dhahir

The increasing deployment of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems has intensified the demand for efficient agent to agent communication, particularly over bandwidth limited wireless links. In embodied AI applications, agents must…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Peiwen Jiang , Yushuo Feng , Jiajia Guo , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

The emergence of the metaverse has boosted productivity and creativity, driving real-time updates and personalized content, which will substantially increase data traffic. However, current bit-oriented communication networks struggle to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Zhe Wang , Nan Li , Yansha Deng , A. Hamid Aghvami

Recently, learning-based semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising approach in the upcoming 6G network and researchers have made remarkable efforts in this field. However, existing works have yet to fully explore the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Shunpu Tang , Qianqian Yang , Deniz Gündüz , Zhaoyang Zhang

At the confluence of 6G, deep learning (DL), and natural language processing (NLP), DL-enabled text semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a 6G enabler since it minimizes bandwidth consumption, transmission delay, and power usage.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Tilahun M. Getu , Georges Kaddoum , Mehdi Bennis

Most current Deep Learning-based Semantic Communication (DeepSC) systems are designed and trained exclusively for particular single-channel conditions, which restricts their adaptability and overall bandwidth utilization. To address this,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Yuna Yan , Lixin Li , Xin Zhang , Wensheng Lin , Wenchi Cheng , Zhu Han

We propose a novel neural waveform compression method to catalyze emerging speech semantic communications. By introducing nonlinear transform and variational modeling, we effectively capture the dependencies within speech frames and…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-12-14 Shengshi Yao , Zixuan Xiao , Sixian Wang , Jincheng Dai , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

Semantic communications have gained significant attention as a promising approach to address the transmission bottleneck, especially with the continuous development of 6G techniques. Distinct from the well investigated physical channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Xiang Peng , Zhijin Qin , Xiaoming Tao , Jianhua Lu , Khaled B. Letaief

Recent advances in Wireless Physical Layer Foundation Models (WPFMs) promise a new paradigm of universal Radio Frequency (RF) representations. However, these models inherit critical limitations found in deep learning such as the lack of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-21 Jaron Fontaine , Mohammad Cheraghinia , John Strassner , Adnan Shahid , Eli De Poorter

Semantic Communication (SC) is a novel paradigm for data transmission in 6G. However, there are several challenges posed when performing SC in 3D scenarios: 1) 3D semantic extraction; 2) Latent semantic redundancy; and 3) Uncertain channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Feibo Jiang , Yubo Peng , Li Dong , Kezhi Wang , Kun Yang , Cunhua Pan , Xiaohu You

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

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

Semantic communication aims to transmit meaningful and effective information, rather than focusing on individual symbols or bits. This results in benefits like reduced latency, bandwidth usage, and higher throughput compared with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Shubhabrata Mukherjee , Cory Beard , Sejun Song

Semantic communication, an intelligent communication paradigm that aims to transmit useful information in the semantic domain, is facilitated by deep learning techniques. Robust semantic features can be learned and transmitted in an analog…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-05 Lei Guo , Wei Chen , Yuxuan Sun , Bo Ai