让传输协议理解语义端口,提升6G时代通信的鲁棒性与效率。
SPAT: A Semantic Port-Aware Adaptive-Rate Transmission Protocol for Semantic Communication

- 将源/目的端口信息融入语义表示,减少对显式端口头依赖。
- 在不同信噪比下,重建质量优于TCP、UDP和SITP,且延迟低。
- 适合6G语义通信场景,尤其对实时性与抗干扰要求高的应用。
随着6G的发展,语义通信作为一种新兴范式,优先传输任务相关的语义信息而非严格的比特正确性。然而,现有传输机制仍依赖显式端口头和比特级校验,易受头信息损坏导致丢包。为此,本文提出一种面向语义通信的语义端口感知自适应速率传输协议(SPAT)。该框架将源端口与目的端口信息联合嵌入语义表征中,降低对显式端口头的依赖,同时实现鲁棒的端口感知传输。针对上行与下行场景,设计差异化语义处理机制:上行引入端口识别以实现服务识别,下行采用目标感知的条件门控进行选择性解码。此外,引入自适应速率控制器,根据信道状态与特征重要性动态调整传输语义通道数,从而提升鲁棒性与传输效率。在AFHQ与ImageNet-10数据集上的实验及真实环境测量结果表明,SPAT在不同信噪比下均持续优于TCP、UDP和SITP,在保持低延迟的同时显著提升重建质量。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
With the evolution of 6G, semantic communication has emerged as a promising paradigm by prioritizing the delivery of task-relevant meaning over strict bit-level correctness. However, existing transport mechanisms still rely on explicit port headers and bit-level validation, making them vulnerable to header corruption and the resulting packet loss. To address this issue, this paper proposes a Semantic Port-Aware Adaptive-Rate Transmission Protocol (SPAT) for semantic communication. The proposed framework jointly embeds source and destination port information into semantic representations, thereby reducing dependence on explicit port headers while enabling robust port-aware transmission. Furthermore, a differentiated semantic processing mechanism is developed for uplink and downlink scenarios, where port identification is introduced for uplink service recognition and destination-aware conditional gating is designed for downlink selective decoding. In addition, an adaptive-rate controller is incorporated to dynamically adjust the number of transmitted semantic channels according to channel conditions and feature importance, thereby improving both robustness and transmission efficiency. Experimental results on the AFHQ and ImageNet-10 datasets, together with real-world experimental measurements, demonstrate that SPAT consistently outperforms TCP, UDP, and SITP in reconstruction quality across different SNRs while maintaining low-latency transmission.
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