Presentation 2023-08-31
Semantic Communication with Masked Autoencoders: Enhancing Efficiency in Image Transmission
Jiale Wu, Zhaoyang Du, Celimuge Wu, Tsutomu Yoshinaga,
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Abstract(in English) Semantic communication, a promising candidate for 6G technology, has become a research hot spot. However, existing studies tend to focus more on image reconstruction rather than accurately transmitting semantic information at the pixel level. This paper introduces a novel approach using codec-based Masked AutoEncoders (MAE) for efficient image transmission. The proposed system compresses local information into low-dimensional latent vectors, improving system efficiency. We also design a selective module for enhanced image reconstruction and implement Noise Adversarial Training (NAT) to increase the system's resilience to channel noise. Experimental results show that our method effectively improves downstream tasks while preserving image quality.
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Keyword(in English) Semantic Communication / Masked Image Modeling / Generative Models / Deep Learning
Paper # CQ2023-29
Date of Issue 2023-08-24 (CQ)

Conference Information
Committee CQ
Conference Date 2023/8/31(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Tenjin-Misaki Sports Park
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Wireless Communications Quality, 6G, IoT, Resource Management, Wireless Transmission, Cross layer Technologies, etc.
Chair Takefumi Hiraguri(Nippon Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Takahiro Matsuda(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) / Gou Hasegawa(Tohoku Univ.) / Sumaru Niida(KDDI Research)
Secretary Takahiro Matsuda(NTT) / Gou Hasegawa(Tama Univ.) / Sumaru Niida(Tsukuba Univ.)
Assistant Ryo Nakamura(Fukuoka Univ.) / Toshiro Nakahira(NTT) / Kenta Tsukatsune(Okayama Univ. of Science)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Communication Quality
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Semantic Communication with Masked Autoencoders: Enhancing Efficiency in Image Transmission
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Semantic Communication
Keyword(2) Masked Image Modeling
Keyword(3) Generative Models
Keyword(4) Deep Learning
1st Author's Name Jiale Wu
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications(UEC)
2nd Author's Name Zhaoyang Du
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications(UEC)
3rd Author's Name Celimuge Wu
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications(UEC)
4th Author's Name Tsutomu Yoshinaga
4th Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications(UEC)
Date 2023-08-31
Paper # CQ2023-29
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) CQ-174
Page pp.pp.20-25(CQ),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-08-24 (CQ)