Semantic Reliability Maximization: A Cooperative Perspective in Integrated Sensing, Communication and Computation Networks

Globecom, pp. 5073–5079

Abstract

Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computation (ISCC) multi-functional networks represent a new paradigm in wireless communications, enabling comprehensive environmental perception, data processing, and communication. However, realizing the full potential of these networks requires addressing cooperative gain-a challenge given the competitive nature of the tasks associated with the various functionalities. This paper investigates the concept of semantic communication as a potential pathway towards achieving this cooperative gain. Despite the considerable body of research in semantic communications, the area of semantic reliability remains relatively unexplored, and characterization of semantic reliability within ISCC networks is particularly limited. In this study, we focus on the performance of semantic reliability within the ISCC framework. We formulate a joint resource allocation problem aimed at maximizing semantic reliability, thereby addressing the trade-off between different functionalities with limited resources. This approach transforms the traditionally competitive objectives into a cooperative framework from the perspective of semantic communications. Our analytical findings validate the efficacy of this approach, highlighting the benefits of focusing on semantic communication over traditional data communication in ISCC networks.

Authors 4

1. Yao Lin Zhu Aachen Chair of INDA

   Wuhan University · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University,China

   Chair of INDA, RWTH Aachen, Germany

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, China

2. Xiaopeng Yuan Aachen Chair of INDA

   Wuhan University · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University,China

   Chair of INDA, RWTH Aachen, Germany

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, China

3. Yulin Hu Aachen Chair of INDA

   Wuhan University · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University,China

   Chair of INDA, RWTH Aachen, Germany

   School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, China

4. Anke Schmeink Aachen Chair of INDA

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen,Chair of INDA,Germany

   Chair of INDA, RWTH Aachen, Germany