Nonlinear transform coding for semantic communications
The modular design and limited processing mechanism of traditional communication systems limit the continuous improvement of end-to-end data transmission capability.For this reason, a new nonlinear transform coding framework for semantic communications was proposed.First, an end-to-end rate distorti...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | zho |
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Editorial Department of Journal on Communications
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Tongxin xuebao |
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| Online Access: | http://www.joconline.com.cn/zh/article/doi/10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2023087/ |
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| Summary: | The modular design and limited processing mechanism of traditional communication systems limit the continuous improvement of end-to-end data transmission capability.For this reason, a new nonlinear transform coding framework for semantic communications was proposed.First, an end-to-end rate distortion optimization criterion for semantic communication was derived based on variational theory.Based on this, a nonlinear transform was designed to extract the compact representation of source data in the semantic latent space, and variable-rate nonlinear joint source-channel coding was implemented through the guidance of variational entropy model.Experiments show that semantic nonlinear transform coding can significantly improve the end-to-end data transmission performance and robustness, and is one of the key technologies to catalyze future semantic communications. |
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| ISSN: | 1000-436X |