activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

cs.IT2026

Task-Oriented Precoding for Edge Inference over Large-Scale MIMO Systems

Hongru Li, Zeyan Zhuang, Zixin Wang +4

Future wireless networks are expected to support networked artificial intelligence (AI) services, where multiple devices transmit learned features to an edge server for distributed…

cs.LG2026

Communication-Efficient Multi-Modal Edge Inference via Uncertainty-Aware Distributed Learning

Hang Zhao, Hongru Li, Dongfang Xu +2

Semantic communication is emerging as a key enabler for distributed edge intelligence due to its capability to convey task-relevant meaning. However, achieving communication-effici…

cs.IT2025

Mutual Information-Empowered Task-Oriented Communication: Principles, Applications and Challenges

Hongru Li, Songjie Xie, Jiawei Shao +5

Mutual information (MI)-based guidelines have recently proven to be effective for designing task-oriented communication systems, where the ultimate goal is to extract and transmit…

cs.CV2025

Multi-Modal Self-Supervised Semantic Communication

Hang Zhao, Hongru Li, Dongfang Xu +2

Semantic communication is emerging as a promising paradigm that focuses on the extraction and transmission of semantic meanings using deep learning techniques. While current resear…

cs.IT2025

Remote Training in Task-Oriented Communication: Supervised or Self-Supervised with Fine-Tuning?

Hongru Li, Hang Zhao, Hengtao He +3

Task-oriented communication focuses on extracting and transmitting only the information relevant to specific tasks, effectively minimizing communication overhead. Most existing met…

eess.SP2024

Tackling Distribution Shifts in Task-Oriented Communication with Information Bottleneck

Hongru Li, Jiawei Shao, Hengtao He +3

Task-oriented communication aims to extract and transmit task-relevant information to significantly reduce the communication overhead and transmission latency. However, the unpredi…