arXiv Computer Vision
4d ago

Joint Semantic-Channel Coding and Modulation for Generative Image Transmission

The paper introduces SemQAM, a joint semantic-channel coding and modulation framework for generative image transmission that converts source representations directly into modulated QAM symbols. By vector‑quantizing latent features and mapping each index to a QAM symbol, SemQAM allows channel impairments to influence codebook learning and employs conditional expectations of received codewords to mitigate error propagation in autoregressive decoding. Experiments demonstrate that SemQAM-C matches or surpasses conventional source coding methods while reducing channel uses by 18.57% compared to separated schemes, highlighting its efficiency and effectiveness in joint coding.

By Hao Cao, Jingkai Ying, Yinhuan Huang, Zhijin Qin, Yuan Shen
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 18

In-Context Source and Channel Coding

arXiv:2601. 10267v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Separate Source-Channel Coding (SSCC) remains attractive for text transmission due to its modularity and compatibility with mature entropy coders and powerful channel codes.

By Ziqiong Wang, Tianqi Ren, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Honggang Zhang