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most citedPower-Efficient Optimization for Coexisting Semantic and Bit-Based Users in NOMA Networks

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quant-ph2026

QAOA-Based Pilot Assignment for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

Xiaoyu Ma, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

Pilot contamination is a major challenge in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the limited number of orthogonal pilots makes pilot reuse unavoid…

cs.ET2026

EQE-QAOA: An Equivalence-Preserving Qubit Efficient Framework for Combinatorial Optimization

Xiaoyu Ma, Fang Fang, Ximing Xie +2

The limited number of qubits is a major bottleneck in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) for large-scale combinatorial optimization in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Q…

cs.CR2026

Secure Semantic Communications via AI Defenses: Fundamentals, Solutions, and Future Directions

Lan Zhang, Chengsi Liang, Zeming Zhuang +4

Semantic communication (SemCom) redefines wireless communication from reproducing symbols to transmitting task-relevant semantics. However, this AI-native architecture also introdu…

cs.IT2025

Straggler-Resilient Federated Learning over A Hybrid Conventional and Pinching Antenna Network

Bibo Wu, Fang Fang, Ming Zeng +1

Leveraging pinching antennas in wireless network enabled federated learning (FL) can effectively mitigate the common "straggler" issue in FL by dynamically establishing strong line…

cs.IT2025

Energy-Efficient Design for Downlink Pinching-Antenna Systems with QoS Guarantee

Ming Zeng, Ji Wang, Gui Zhou +2

Pinching antennas have recently garnered significant attention due to their ability to dynamically reconfigure wireless propagation environments. Despite notable advancements in th…

eess.SP2025

A Low-Complexity Placement Design of Pinching-Antenna Systems

Ximing Xie, Fang Fang, Zhiguo Ding +1

Pinching-antenna systems have recently been proposed as a new candidate for flexible-antenna systems, not only inheriting the reconfiguration capability but also offering a unique…

cs.NI2025

Dynamic Authentication and Granularized Authorization with a Cross-Domain Zero Trust Architecture for Federated Learning in Large-Scale IoT Networks

Xiaoyu Ma, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

With the increasing number of connected devices and complex networks involved, current domain-specific security techniques become inadequate for diverse large-scale Internet of Thi…

cs.LG2025

Optimizing Value of Learning in Task-Oriented Federated Meta-Learning Systems

Bibo Wu, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

Federated Learning (FL) has gained significant attention in recent years due to its distributed nature and privacy preserving benefits. However, a key limitation of conventional FL…

eess.SP2025

Collaborative Knowledge Sharing-empowered Effective Semantic Rate Maximization for Two-tier Semantic-Bit Communication Networks

Hong Chen, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

Effective task-oriented semantic communications relies on perfect knowledge alignment between transmitters and receivers for accurate recovery of task-related semantic information,…

eess.SP2025

Knowledge Sharing-enabled Semantic Rate Maximization for Multi-cell Task-oriented Hybrid Semantic-Bit Communication Networks

Hong Chen, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

In task-oriented semantic communications, the transmitters are designed to deliver task-related semantic information rather than every signal bit to receivers, which alleviates the…

eess.SP2025★ 4 cited

Power-Efficient Optimization for Coexisting Semantic and Bit-Based Users in NOMA Networks

Ximing Xie, Fang Fang, Lan Zhang +1

Semantic communications, which focus on transmitting the semantic meaning of data, have been proposed as a novel paradigm for achieving efficient and relevant communication. Meanwh…

cs.IT2024

Improving Channel Resilience for Task-Oriented Semantic Communications: A Unified Information Bottleneck Approach

Shuai Lyu, Yao Sun, Linke Guo +4

Task-oriented semantic communications (TSC) enhance radio resource efficiency by transmitting task-relevant semantic information. However, current research often overlooks the inhe…

cs.NI2024

Semantic Extraction Model Selection for IoT Devices in Edge-assisted Semantic Communications

Hong Chen, Fang Fang, Xianbin Wang

Semantic communications offer the potential to alleviate communication loads by exchanging meaningful information. However, semantic extraction (SE) is computationally intensive, p…