The paper introduces the first bound‑propagation framework for verifying the decoder of Deep Joint Source‑Channel Coding (DeepJSCC), providing worst‑case reconstruction error guarantees over a specified wireless channel noise region. It extends existing DNN verification techniques to handle PReLU activations, transposed convolutions, and Rayleigh fading, and incorporates Lipschitz‑regularized global robustness training (GloRo) to tighten certification bounds. Experiments on image transmission models show significant improvements in certified safety and real‑world OFDM validation confirms the theoretical guarantees.
By Thanh Le, Hai Duong, Takeshi Matsumura, ThanhVu Nguyen
LRConv-NeRV introduces low‑rank separable convolutions into the NeRV neural video decoder, replacing selected dense 3x3 layers to reduce computational load and memory usage. By applying low‑rank factorization progressively from the largest to earlier decoder stages, the method offers controllable trade‑offs between reconstruction quality and efficiency. Experiments show that applying LRConv only to the final decoder stage cuts decoder complexity by 68% and model size by 9.3% with negligible quality loss, while INT8 quantization preserves performance close to the dense baseline.
By Tamer Shanableh
arXiv:2609.31620v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Representation autoencoders (RAEs) reuse features from a pretrained visual encoder as reconstruction and diffusion latents, integrating strong visual r...
By Hongyang Du, Yunfei Xie, Junjie Ye, Jiawei Yang, Xiaoyan Cong, Haodong Zhang, Yongchao Huang, Haiyu Wu, Zongxia Li, Shihang Gui, Dawei Liu, Runhao Li, Jingcheng Ni, Chen Wei, Randall Balestriero, Yue Wang
The paper proposes a new strategy for merging layers in deep neural networks, enabling depth compression without requiring an analytical solution for convolutions with padding and without increasing kernel size. This approach addresses limitations of previous methods that struggled with padded convolutions and larger kernels, and it is validated across various architectures and datasets with measured inference speed-ups on embedded platforms.
By Petro Shulzhenko, Gabriele Spadaro, Enzo Tartaglione
The paper introduces MIRC, an overfitted image codec that quantizes and entropy‑codes all components—including latents, synthesis network, and entropy models—within a single end‑to‑end rate‑distortion framework inspired by NVRC. It adds a multi‑scale representation with cross‑stage parameter sharing to capture cross‑scale redundancy, yielding a 10.5 % BD‑rate saving over VVC on the CLIC2020 professional set. MIRC offers multiple configurations ranging from 1.2 to 2.9 kMAC per pixel, allowing decoding complexity to be tuned to deployment needs.
By Tianhao Peng, Ho Man Kwan, Fan Zhang, Shan Liu, David Bull
arXiv:2609.39296v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Video semantic communication has attracted increasing attention as a promising approach to improving video transmission efficiency. However, most exist...
By Xiangben Zhu, Caili Guo, Yang Yang, Chuanhong Liu, Meiyi Zhu
arXiv:2607. 06982v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated encouraging results in image classification tasks.
By Hao Kong, Di Liu, Shuo Huai, Xiangzhong Luo, Ravi Subramaniam, Christian Makaya, Qian Lin, Weichen Liu
Scalable Neural Video Representation Compression (S-NVRC) introduces a scalable implicit neural representation (INR) video codec that supports fine-grained bitrate and decoding‑complexity scalability from a single embedded bitstream. It uses a coarse‑to‑fine prefix for feature grids and a nested prefix for network layers, enabling a wide range of operating points while maintaining a single encoding. On the UVG dataset, S‑NVRC outperforms SHM 12.4 and multi‑layer VTM‑20.0 by 43.7 % and 5.6 % in BD‑rate, respectively, and offers flexible complexity scalability.
By Tianhao Peng, Ho Man Kwan, Fan Zhang, Shan Liu, David Bull
The paper introduces MIRC, an overfitted image codec that quantizes all components—including latents, synthesis network, and entropy models—within a single rate‑distortion objective, following the neural video representation codec NVRC. It adds a multi‑scale representation with cross‑stage parameter sharing to capture cross‑scale redundancy, achieving a 10.5% BD‑rate saving over VVC on the CLIC2020 professional validation set. MIRC also offers configurable decoding complexity ranging from 1.2 to 2.9 kMAC per pixel, allowing deployment to match specific resource budgets.
arXiv:2610.15092v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Quantization plays a crucial role in efficiently deploying deep learning models on resource-constrained devices. Post-training quantization does not...
By Reem Abdel-Salam, Ahmed H. Abdel-Gawad, Amr G. Wassal
arXiv:2607. 22637v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep learning has shown strong potential for massive multiple-input multiple-output (Massive MIMO) physical-layer tasks, including channel state information (CSI) feedback and channel estimation.
By Xudong Zou, Siyu Wu, Zunlei Feng, Jie Song, Yuanyu Wan, Mingli Song, Jiacong Hu
The paper introduces PRESLEY, an end‑to‑end video streaming pipeline that uses generative AI layers to selectively degrade and restore less important regions of a frame. By replacing destructive block removal with adaptive in‑place degradation and signaling block strength via a side channel, PRESLEY achieves significant bitrate savings and improved background quality compared to its predecessor and pristine baselines. The authors also analyze the theoretical headroom of this architecture, quantifying remaining cost‑axis headroom and modeling post‑restoration damage to guide future rate‑distortion‑restoration selection.
By Emanuele Artioli, Farzad Tashtarian, Christian Timmerer