Semantic Communications for Future Internet: Fundamentals, Applications, and Challenges

With the increasing demand for intelligent services, the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks will shift from a traditional architecture that focuses solely on a high transmission rate to a new architecture that is based on the intelligent connection of everything. Semantic communication (SemCom), a revolutionary architecture that integrates user as well as application requirements and the meaning of information into data processing and transmission, is predicted to become a new core paradigm in 6G. While SemCom is expected to progress beyond the classical Shannon paradigm, several obstacles need to be overcome on the way to a SemCom-enabled smart Internet. In this paper, we first highlight the motivations…

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  National Research Foundation Singapore
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  DSO National Laboratories - Singapore

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  National Natural Science Foundation of China

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  China Scholarship Council

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  Singapore University of Technology and Design

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  Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province

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  Jilin Scientific and Technological Development Program

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