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Semantic Communication (SC) is an emerging technology aiming to surpass the Shannon limit. Traditional SC strategies often minimize signal distortion between the original and reconstructed data, neglecting perceptual quality, especially in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Kexin Zhang , Lixin Li , Wensheng Lin , Yuna Yan , Rui Li , Wenchi Cheng , Zhu Han

We introduce deep learning based communication methods for successive refinement of images over wireless channels. We present three different strategies for progressive image transmission with deep JSCC, with different…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-30 David Burth Kurka , Deniz Gunduz

Deep learning based joint source-channel coding (JSCC) has demonstrated significant advancements in data reconstruction compared to separate source-channel coding (SSCC). This superiority arises from the suboptimality of SSCC when dealing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Matin Mortaheb , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour , Srimat T. Chakradhar , Sennur Ulukus

To enable critical applications such as remote diagnostics, image classification must be guaranteed under bandwidth constraints and unreliable wireless channels through joint source and channel coding (JSCC) design. However, most existing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Wenchao Wu , Min Qiu , Yansha Deng , Jinhong Yuan

We present a novel adaptive deep joint source-channel coding (JSCC) scheme for wireless image transmission. The proposed scheme supports multiple rates using a single deep neural network (DNN) model and learns to dynamically control the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Mingyu Yang , Hun-Seok Kim

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

Motivated by surveillance applications with wireless cameras or drones, we consider the problem of image retrieval over a wireless channel. Conventional systems apply lossy compression on query images to reduce the data that must be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Mikolaj Jankowski , Deniz Gunduz , Krystian Mikolajczyk

Conventional communication systems, including both separation-based coding and AI-driven joint source-channel coding (JSCC), are largely guided by Shannon's rate-distortion theory. However, relying on generic distortion metrics fails to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Tong Wu , Zhiyong Chen , Guo Lu , Li Song , Feng Yang , Meixia Tao , Wenjun Zhang

This paper investigates a key challenge faced by joint source-channel coding (JSCC) in digital semantic communication (SemCom): the incompatibility between existing JSCC schemes that yield continuous encoded representations and digital…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yujie Zhou , Rulong Wang , Yong Xiao , Yingyu Li , Guangming Shi

Nowadays, the demand for image transmission over wireless networks has surged significantly. To meet the need for swift delivery of high-quality images through time-varying channels with limited bandwidth, the development of efficient…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Mohammad Amin Jarrahi , Eirina Bourtsoulatze , Vahid Abolghasemi

Recent studies in joint source-channel coding (JSCC) have fostered a fresh paradigm in end-to-end semantic communication. Despite notable performance achievements, present initiatives in building semantic communication systems primarily…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Guangyi Zhang , Pujing Yang , Yunlong Cai , Qiyu Hu , Guanding Yu

Semantic communication has emerged as a promising technology for enhancing communication efficiency. However, most existing research emphasizes single-task reconstruction, neglecting model adaptability and generalization across multi-task…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Weiwen Yuan , Jinke Ren , Chongjie Wang , Ruichen Zhang , Jun Wei , Dong In Kim , Shuguang Cui

Semantic communication (SemCom) aims to convey the intended meaning of messages rather than merely transmitting bits, thereby offering greater efficiency and robustness, particularly in resource-constrained or noisy environments. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Chengyang Liang , Dong Li

Semantic communication has been introduced into collaborative perception systems for autonomous driving, offering a promising approach to enhancing data transmission efficiency and robustness. Despite its potential, existing semantic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Jipeng Gan , Le Liang , Hua Zhang , Chongtao Guo , Shi Jin

Collaborative Intelligence (CI) has emerged as a promising framework for deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) models on resource-constrained edge devices. In CI, the AI model is partitioned between the edge device and the cloud, with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Mengyang Wang , Jiahui Li , Mengyao Ma , Xiaopeng Fan

Semantic communication technology emerges as a pivotal bridge connecting AI with classical communication. The current semantic communication systems are generally modeled as an Auto-Encoder (AE). AE lacks a deep integration of AI principles…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-12 Yulong Feng , Jing Xu , Liujun Hu , Guanghui Yu , Xiangyang Duan

Recent works have shown that modern machine learning techniques can provide an alternative approach to the long-standing joint source-channel coding (JSCC) problem. Very promising initial results, superior to popular digital schemes that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Tze-Yang Tung , David Burth Kurka , Mikolaj Jankowski , Deniz Gunduz

Despite significant advancements in deep learning based CSI compression, some key limitations remain unaddressed. Current approaches predominantly treat CSI compression as a source-coding problem, thereby neglecting transmission errors.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Sravan Kumar Ankireddy , Heasung Kim , Joonyoung Cho , Hyeji Kim

Recent progress in deep learning (DL)-based joint source-channel coding (DeepJSCC) has led to a new paradigm of semantic communications. Two salient features of DeepJSCC-based semantic communications are the exploitation of semantic-aware…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Yulin Shao , Deniz Gunduz

Recent developments in Deep learning based Joint Source-Channel Coding (DeepJSCC) have demonstrated impressive capabilities within wireless semantic communications system. However, existing DeepJSCC methodologies exhibit limited…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-18 Liang Zhang , Danlan Huang , Xinyi Zhou , Feng Ding , Sheng Wu , Zhiqing Wei