On the Role of ViT and CNN in Semantic Communications: Analysis and Prototype Validation
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| author | Yoo, Hanju Dai, Linglong Kim, Songkuk Chae, Chan-Byoung |
| author_facet | Yoo, Hanju Dai, Linglong Kim, Songkuk Chae, Chan-Byoung |
| contents | Semantic communications have shown promising advancements by optimizing source and channel coding jointly. However, the dynamics of these systems remain understudied, limiting research and performance gains. Inspired by the robustness of Vision Transformers (ViTs) in handling image nuisances, we propose a ViT-based model for semantic communications. Our approach achieves a peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) gain of +0.5 dB over convolutional neural network variants. We introduce novel measures, average cosine similarity and Fourier analysis, to analyze the inner workings of semantic communications and optimize the system's performance. We also validate our approach through a real wireless channel prototype using software-defined radio (SDR). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first investigation of the fundamental workings of a semantic communications system, accompanied by the pioneering hardware implementation. To facilitate reproducibility and encourage further research, we provide open-source code, including neural network implementations and LabVIEW codes for SDR-based wireless transmission systems. |
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| spellingShingle | On the Role of ViT and CNN in Semantic Communications: Analysis and Prototype Validation Yoo, Hanju Dai, Linglong Kim, Songkuk Chae, Chan-Byoung Signal Processing Semantic communications have shown promising advancements by optimizing source and channel coding jointly. However, the dynamics of these systems remain understudied, limiting research and performance gains. Inspired by the robustness of Vision Transformers (ViTs) in handling image nuisances, we propose a ViT-based model for semantic communications. Our approach achieves a peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) gain of +0.5 dB over convolutional neural network variants. We introduce novel measures, average cosine similarity and Fourier analysis, to analyze the inner workings of semantic communications and optimize the system's performance. We also validate our approach through a real wireless channel prototype using software-defined radio (SDR). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first investigation of the fundamental workings of a semantic communications system, accompanied by the pioneering hardware implementation. To facilitate reproducibility and encourage further research, we provide open-source code, including neural network implementations and LabVIEW codes for SDR-based wireless transmission systems. |
| title | On the Role of ViT and CNN in Semantic Communications: Analysis and Prototype Validation |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02759 |