6G Networks: Beyond Shannon Towards Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.14844v3
• Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:38:38 GMT
• Title: 6G Networks: Beyond Shannon Towards Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications
• Authors: Emilio Calvanese Strinati and Sergio Barbarossa
• Abstract summary: 6G semantic networks can bring semantic learning mechanisms at the edge of the network. Semantic learning can help 6G networks to improve their efficiency and sustainability.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The goal of this paper is to promote the idea that including semantic and goal-oriented aspects in future 6G networks can produce a significant leap forward in terms of system effectiveness and sustainability. Semantic communication goes beyond the common Shannon paradigm of guaranteeing the correct reception of each single transmitted packet, irrespective of the meaning conveyed by the packet. The idea is that, whenever communication occurs to convey meaning or to accomplish a goal, what really matters is the impact that the correct reception/interpretation of a packet is going to have on the goal accomplishment. Focusing on semantic and goal-oriented aspects, and possibly combining them, helps to identify the relevant information, i.e. the information strictly necessary to recover the meaning intended by the transmitter or to accomplish a goal. Combining knowledge representation and reasoning tools with machine learning algorithms paves the way to build semantic learning strategies enabling current machine learning algorithms to achieve better interpretation capabilities and contrast adversarial attacks. 6G semantic networks can bring semantic learning mechanisms at the edge of the network and, at the same time, semantic learning can help 6G networks to improve their efficiency and sustainability.

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