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A Mathematical Framework of Semantic Communication based on Category Theory
Shuheng Hua, Yao Sun, Kairong Ma +2
While semantic communication (SemCom) has recently demonstrated great potential to enhance transmission efficiency and reliability by leveraging machine learning (ML) and knowledge…
Wireless Resource Optimization in Hybrid Semantic/Bit Communication Networks
Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato +2
Recently, semantic communication (SemCom) has shown great potential in significant resource savings and efficient information exchanges, thus naturally introducing a novel and prac…
Blockchain-Enhanced UAV Networks for Post-Disaster Communication: A Decentralized Flocking Approach
Sana Hafeez, Runze Cheng, Lina Mohjazi +2
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have significant potential for agile communication and relief coordination in post-disaster scenarios, particularly when ground infrastructure is co…
BETA-UAV: Blockchain-based Efficient Authentication for Secure UAV Communication
Sana Hafeez, Mahmoud A. Shawky, Mohammad Al-Quraan +3
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), an emerging architecture that embodies flying ad-hoc networks, face critical privacy and security challenges, mainly when engaged in data-sensitive…
A Blockchain-Enabled Framework of UAV Coordination for Post-Disaster Networks
Sana Hafeez, Runze Cheng, Lina Mohjazi +2
Emergency communication is critical but challenging after natural disasters when ground infrastructure is devastated. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer enormous potential for a…
Blockchain-enabled Clustered and Scalable Federated Learning (BCS-FL) Framework in UAV Networks
Sana Hafeez, Lina Mohjazi, Muhammad Ali Imran +1
Privacy, scalability, and reliability are significant challenges in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks as distributed systems, especially when employing machine learning (ML) t…
Blockchain-Empowered Immutable and Reliable Delivery Service (BIRDS) Using UAV Networks
Sana Hafeez, Habib Ullah Manzoor, Lina Mohjazi +3
Exploiting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for delivery services is expected to reduce delivery time and human resource costs. However, the proximity of these UAVs to the ground ca…
Knowledge Base Aware Semantic Communication in Vehicular Networks
Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato +3
Semantic communication (SemCom) has recently been considered a promising solution for the inevitable crisis of scarce communication resources. This trend stimulates us to explore t…
xURLLC-Aware Service Provisioning in Vehicular Networks: A Semantic Communication Perspective
Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato +3
Semantic communication (SemCom), as an emerging paradigm focusing on meaning delivery, has recently been considered a promising solution for the inevitable crisis of scarce communi…
Blockchain-Assisted Intelligent Symbiotic Radio in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
Runze Cheng, Yao Sun, Lina Mohjazi +2
In a space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN), managing resources for the growing number of highly-dynamic and heterogeneous radios is a challenging task. Symbiotic communicatio…
WiserVR: Semantic Communication Enabled Wireless Virtual Reality Delivery
Le Xia, Yao Sun, Chengsi Liang +4
Virtual reality (VR) over wireless is expected to be one of the killer applications in next-generation communication networks. Nevertheless, the huge data volume along with stringe…
Secure and Efficient Federated Learning Through Layering and Sharding Blockchain
Shuo Yuan, Bin Cao, Yao Sun +2
Introducing blockchain into Federated Learning (FL) to build a trusted edge computing environment for transmission and learning has attracted widespread attention as a new decentra…
Smart and Secure CAV Networks Empowered by AI-Enabled Blockchain: The Next Frontier for Intelligent Safe Driving Assessment
Le Xia, Yao Sun, Rafiq Swash +3
Securing safe driving for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) continues to be a widespread concern, despite various sophisticated functions delivered by artificial intelligenc…
An Interleaving Hybrid Consensus Protocol
Yao Sun, Aayush Rajasekaran
We introduce Unity Interleave, a new consensus algorithm for public blockchain settings. It is an eventual consistency protocol merging the Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (…
A Unifying Hybrid Consensus Protocol
Yulong Wu, Yunfei Zha, Yao Sun
We introduce Unity, a new consensus algorithm for public blockchain settings. Unity is an eventual consistency protocol merging the Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) int…