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20202026
most citedDistributed Traffic Synthesis and Classification in Edge Networks: A Federated Self-supervised Learning Approach

48 citations · 144 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

cs.CR2026

Skillsets on the Chain: A Blockchain-based Zero-Trust Framework for Agentic AI Networking

Yayu Gao, Yong Xiao, Hao Hu +5

Agentic AI networking (AgentNet) systems rely heavily on third-party skillset implementations and distributed multi-agent collaboration, yet they face major claim-to-capability inc…

cs.AI2026

Implicit Semantic-Aware Communication Based on Hypergraph Reasoning

Yiwei Liao, Shurui Tu, Yong Xiao +2

Semantic-aware communication has emerged as a transformative paradigm for next-generation communication systems, shifting the fundamental goal from transmitting bit-level symbols t…

cs.AI2025★ 2 cited

SANet: A Semantic-aware Agentic AI Networking Framework for Cross-layer Optimization in 6G

Yong Xiao, Xubo Li, Haoran Zhou +5

Agentic AI networking (AgentNet) is a novel AI-native networking paradigm in which a large number of specialized AI agents collaborate to perform autonomous decision-making, dynami…

cs.IT2025★ 1 cited

Implicit Semantic Communication Based on Bayesian Reconstruction Framework

Yiwei Liao, Shurui Tu, Yujie Zhou +3

Semantic communication is a novel communication paradigm that focuses on the transportation and delivery of the \emph{meaning} of messages. Recent results have verified that a grap…

cs.IT2025

Variable-Length Joint Source-Channel Coding for Semantic Communication

Yujie Zhou, Rulong Wang, Yong Xiao +2

This paper investigates a key challenge faced by joint source-channel coding (JSCC) in digital semantic communication (SemCom): the incompatibility between existing JSCC schemes th…

cs.IT2025

Distributed Information Bottleneck Theory for Multi-Modal Task-Aware Semantic Communication

Yujie Zhou, Cheng Peng, Rulong Wang +4

Semantic communication shifts the focus from bit-level accuracy to task-relevant semantic delivery, enabling efficient and intelligent communication for next-generation networks. H…

cs.LG2025

Robust Federated Learning against Model Perturbation in Edge Networks

Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li

Federated Learning (FL) is a promising paradigm for realizing edge intelligence, allowing collaborative learning among distributed edge devices by sharing models instead of raw dat…

cs.DC2024

SANSee: A Physical-layer Semantic-aware Networking Framework for Distributed Wireless Sensing

Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +2

Contactless device-free wireless sensing has recently attracted significant interest due to its potential to support a wide range of immersive human-machine interactive application…

cs.NI2024★ 25 cited

Towards Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in Network AI for 6G and Beyond

Peng Zhang, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +3

A global effort has been initiated to reduce the worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily carbon emissions, by half by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. The development o…

cs.NI2023

Physical-Layer Semantic-Aware Network for Zero-Shot Wireless Sensing

Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +2

Device-free wireless sensing has recently attracted significant interest due to its potential to support a wide range of immersive human-machine interactive applications. However,…

cs.NI2023

Reasoning over the Air: A Reasoning-based Implicit Semantic-Aware Communication Framework

Yong Xiao, Yiwei Liao, Yingyu Li +5

Semantic-aware communication is a novel paradigm that draws inspiration from human communication focusing on the delivery of the meaning of messages. It has attracted significant i…

cs.LG2023★ 48 cited

Distributed Traffic Synthesis and Classification in Edge Networks: A Federated Self-supervised Learning Approach

Yong Xiao, Rong Xia, Yingyu Li +5

With the rising demand for wireless services and increased awareness of the need for data protection, existing network traffic analysis and management architectures are facing unpr…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Adversarial Learning for Implicit Semantic-Aware Communications

Zhimin Lu, Yong Xiao, Zijian Sun +5

Semantic communication is a novel communication paradigm that focuses on recognizing and delivering the desired meaning of messages to the destination users. Most existing works in…

cs.LG2023★ 37 cited

Time-sensitive Learning for Heterogeneous Federated Edge Intelligence

Yong Xiao, Xiaohan Zhang, Guangming Shi +3

Real-time machine learning has recently attracted significant interest due to its potential to support instantaneous learning, adaptation, and decision making in a wide range of ap…

cs.NI2022★ 1 cited

Life-long Learning for Reasoning-based Semantic Communication

Jingming Liang, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +2

Semantic communication is an emerging paradigm that focuses on understanding and delivering semantics, or meaning of messages. Most existing semantic communication solutions define…

cs.NI2022

Reasoning on the Air: An Implicit Semantic Communication Architecture

Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi +1

Semantic communication is a novel communication paradigm which draws inspiration from human communication focusing on the delivery of the meaning of a message to the intended users…

cs.IT2022★ 1 cited

Rate-Distortion Theory for Strategic Semantic Communication

Yong Xiao, Xu Zhang, Yingyu Li +2

This paper analyzes the fundamental limit of the strategic semantic communication problem in which a transmitter obtains a limited number of indirect observation of an intrinsic se…

cs.NI2021

Optimizing Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Base Station Association for Mobile Networks

Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +2

This paper studies a multi-Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs)-assisted wireless network consisting of multiple base stations (BSs) serving a set of mobile users. We focus on th…

cs.LG2021

Federated Traffic Synthesizing and Classification Using Generative Adversarial Networks

Chenxin Xu, Rong Xia, Yong Xiao +3

With the fast growing demand on new services and applications as well as the increasing awareness of data protection, traditional centralized traffic classification approaches are…

eess.SP2021★ 1 cited

Spatio-temporal Modeling for Large-scale Vehicular Networks Using Graph Convolutional Networks

Juntong Liu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +3

The effective deployment of connected vehicular networks is contingent upon maintaining a desired performance across spatial and temporal domains. In this paper, a graph-based fram…

cs.NI2020★ 9 cited

From Semantic Communication to Semantic-aware Networking: Model, Architecture, and Open Problems

Guangming Shi, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +1

Existing communication systems are mainly built based on Shannon's information theory which deliberately ignores the semantic aspects of communication. The recent iteration of wire…

cs.DC2020★ 1 cited

Optimizing Resource-Efficiency for Federated Edge Intelligence in IoT Networks

Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi +1

This paper studies an edge intelligence-based IoT network in which a set of edge servers learn a shared model using federated learning (FL) based on the datasets uploaded from a mu…

cs.NI2020★ 3 cited

Towards Self-learning Edge Intelligence in 6G

Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, Yingyu Li +2

Edge intelligence, also called edge-native artificial intelligence (AI), is an emerging technological framework focusing on seamless integration of AI, communication networks, and…

eess.SP2020

A Generative Learning Approach for Spatio-temporal Modeling in Connected Vehicular Network

Rong Xia, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li +2

Spatio-temporal modeling of wireless access latency is of great importance for connected-vehicular systems. The quality of the molded results rely heavily on the number and quality…