提出新指标QSAoI,优化6G语义通信中的实时性与语义效率。
Minimizing Quantized Semantic Age of Information (QSAoI) in Foundation Model-Based Semantic Communications

- 基于基础模型设计联合优化框架,动态调整量化精度与传输块长。
- 在低延迟有限块长下,相比基线降低预期QSAoI达35%以上。
- 适合关注6G语义通信、低时延系统优化的研究者与工程师。
6G网络中语义通信与边缘计算的兴起,要求面向短包传输实现语义感知与自适应资源分配的协同设计。然而,在低延迟有限块长(FBL)条件下,语义层与物理层间存在根本性脱节。为此,本文提出量化语义信息年龄(QSAoI)这一新度量,严格刻画实时通信中高层特征的新鲜度与语义效率之间的权衡。基于该度量,我们设计了一种基于基础模型的高效协同框架,以最小化无线衰落信道下时延约束语义通信中的期望QSAoI。具体地,构建了一个非线性联合优化问题,动态优化分块混合精度量化(MPQ)策略与物理块长。为高效求解该复杂问题,提出一种基于不动点检测与二分搜索的高效率低复杂度算法。大量仿真验证表明,所提算法能根据信道状态动态调整语义量化精度,显著降低期望QSAoI,优于现有基线方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The emerging techniques of semantic communications and edge computing in 6G networks necessitate a paradigm shift toward co-designed semantic-aware and adaptive resource allocation for short-packet transmissions. However, there is a fundamental gap between the semantic layer and the physical layer under low-latency finite blocklength (FBL) effects. To bridge this gap, we introduce the Quantized Semantic Age of Information (QSAoI), a novel metric that rigorously captures the trade-offs among freshness and semantic efficiency of high-level features in real-time communication in the FBL regime. Guided by this metric, we propose a novel foundation model-based efficient co-designed framework to minimize the expected QSAoI over wireless fading channels in latency-constrained semantic communication. Specifically, we formulate a non-linear joint optimization problem to dynamically optimize the block-wise mixed-precision quantization (MPQ) strategy and the physical blocklength. To efficiently resolve this complex problem, we develop a high-efficiency low-complexity algorithm based on fixpoint inspection and bisection search. Extensive simulations validate that our proposed algorithm dynamically adapts the semantic quantization precision to varying channel conditions, effectively minimizing the expected QSAoI compared to baselines.
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