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most citedToken Communications: A Large Model-Driven Framework for Cross-modal Context-aware Semantic Communications

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20 papers

cs.CV2026

SPARE: Shared Perception and Adaptive Retrieval of Evidence for Streaming Video Understanding

Senbin Xu, Zijun Zhang, Xinhua Wu +7

Streaming video understanding requires answering questions from the observed video, with evidence drawn from recent observations or earlier events. Historical context can improve r…

eess.SP2026

From Semantic to Token Communication: The Next Paradigm for Large-Model-Driven 6G Intelligent Connectivity

Yu Ma, Zhen Gao, Li Qiao +11

The ambitious requirements of sixth-generation (6G) networks are driving communication systems from reliable bit delivery toward meaning-aware and task-oriented connectivity. Large…

cs.IT2026

TokenComSR: Task-Sensitivity-Guided Token Communication for Wireless Image Super-Resolution

Ye Wang, Li Qiao, Zhen Gao +1

For resource-constrained wireless edge devices over bandwidth-limited fading channels, wireless image transmission using traditional separate coding suffers from the cliff-effect c…

cs.IT2026

Ada-TokenCom: Rate-Adaptive Token Communications via Large-Model-Driven Token Compression and Generation

Zijun Zhang, Li Qiao, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi +3

Token Communications (TokenCom) has recently emerged as a new paradigm in which tokens serve as unified units for communication and computation, enabling efficient multimodal seman…

eess.IV2026

AirTF: Over-the-Air Token Fusion for Task-Oriented Multi-Modal Token Communications

Bole Liu, Li Qiao, Minghui Wu +2

In the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), transmitting high-dimensional multi-modal sensory data to edge servers for time-sensitive tasks faces severe spectrum bottlenecks. To address thi…

cs.IT2026

Knowledge Distillation Driven Semantic NOMA with GAN Refinement for 6G Robotic Vehicle Networks

Qifei Wang, Zhen Gao, Li Qiao +4

To achieve sustainable intelligent mobility, 6G-empowered robotic vehicles (RVs) require high-fidelity visual perception under stringent bandwidth and energy constraints. Semantic…

eess.SP2026

LGVSC: A Large-Model-Driven Generative Video Semantic Communication Framework

Yu Ma, Hang Yin, Li Qiao +4

Driven by the massive video transmission requirements in the Internet of Everything, semantic communication holds great promise for striking a balance between transmission efficien…

eess.SP2026

MD-AirComp+: Adaptive Quantization for Blind Massive Digital Over-the-Air Computation

Li Qiao, Yueqing Wang, Hanjun Jiang +4

Recent research has shown that unsourced massive access (UMA) is naturally well-suited for over-the-air computation (AirComp), as it does not require knowledge of each individual s…

cs.IT2025

Text-Guided Token Communication for Wireless Image Transmission

Bole Liu, Li Qiao, Ye Wang +4

With the emergence of 6G networks and proliferation of visual applications, efficient image transmission under adverse channel conditions is critical. We present a text-guided toke…

cs.LG2025

Residual Cross-Attention Transformer-Based Multi-User CSI Feedback with Deep Joint Source-Channel Coding

Hengwei Zhang, Minghui Wu, Li Qiao +3

This letter proposes a deep-learning (DL)-based multi-user channel state information (CSI) feedback framework for massive multiple-input multiple-output systems, where the deep joi…

eess.SP2025

Generative Video Semantic Communication via Multimodal Semantic Fusion with Large Model

Hang Yin, Li Qiao, Yu Ma +4

Despite significant advancements in traditional syntactic communications based on Shannon's theory, these methods struggle to meet the requirements of 6G immersive communications,…

cs.MM2025★ 4 cited

Token Communications: A Large Model-Driven Framework for Cross-modal Context-aware Semantic Communications

Li Qiao, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Zhen Gao +3

In this paper, we introduce token communications (TokCom), a large model-driven framework to leverage cross-modal context information in generative semantic communications (GenSC).…

cs.IT2025★ 1 cited

Token-Domain Multiple Access: Exploiting Semantic Orthogonality for Collision Mitigation

Li Qiao, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Zhen Gao +1

Token communications is an emerging generative semantic communication concept that reduces transmission rates by using context and transformer-based token processing, with tokens s…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

Communicate Less, Synthesize the Rest: Latency-aware Intent-based Generative Semantic Multicasting with Diffusion Models

Xinkai Liu, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Li Qiao +3

Generative diffusion models (GDMs) have recently shown great success in synthesizing multimedia signals with high perceptual quality, enabling highly efficient semantic communicati…

cs.IT2024

Generative Semantic Communication via Textual Prompts: Latency Performance Tradeoffs

Mengmeng Ren, Li Qiao, Long Yang +6

This paper develops an edge-device collaborative Generative Semantic Communications (Gen SemCom) framework leveraging pre-trained Multi-modal/Vision Language Models (M/VLMs) for ul…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

CSI-GPT: Integrating Generative Pre-Trained Transformer with Federated-Tuning to Acquire Downlink Massive MIMO Channels

Ye Zeng, Li Qiao, Zhen Gao +5

In massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, how to reliably acquire downlink channel state information (CSI) with low overhead is challenging. In this work, by integr…

cs.IT2024

Massive Digital Over-the-Air Computation for Communication-Efficient Federated Edge Learning

Li Qiao, Zhen Gao, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi +1

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) is a promising technology converging communication and computation over wireless networks, which can be particularly effective in model training,…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

Latency-Aware Generative Semantic Communications with Pre-Trained Diffusion Models

Li Qiao, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Zhen Gao +3

Generative foundation AI models have recently shown great success in synthesizing natural signals with high perceptual quality using only textual prompts and conditioning signals t…

cs.IT2024

Near-Space Communications: the Last Piece of 6G Space-Air-Ground-Sea Integrated Network Puzzle

Hongshan Liu, Tong Qin, Zhen Gao +16

This article presents a comprehensive study on the emerging near-space communications (NS-COM) within the context of space-air-ground-sea integrated network (SAGSIN). Specifically,…

cs.IT2023★ 2 cited

Compressive Sensing-Based Grant-Free Massive Access for 6G Massive Communication

Zhen Gao, Malong Ke, Yikun Mei +4

The advent of the sixth-generation (6G) of wireless communications has given rise to the necessity to connect vast quantities of heterogeneous wireless devices, which requires adva…