Hierarchy-Aware and Channel-Adaptive Semantic Communication for Bandwidth-Limited Data Fusion

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Main Authors: Guo, Lei, Chen, Wei, Sun, Yuxuan, Ai, Bo, Pappas, Nikolaos, Quek, Tony
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author Guo, Lei
Chen, Wei
Sun, Yuxuan
Ai, Bo
Pappas, Nikolaos
Quek, Tony
author_facet Guo, Lei
Chen, Wei
Sun, Yuxuan
Ai, Bo
Pappas, Nikolaos
Quek, Tony
contents Obtaining high-resolution hyperspectral images (HR-HSI) is costly and data-intensive, making it necessary to fuse low-resolution hyperspectral images (LR-HSI) with high-resolution RGB images (HR-RGB) for practical applications. However, traditional fusion techniques, which integrate detailed information into the reconstruction, significantly increase bandwidth consumption compared to directly transmitting raw data. To overcome these challenges, we propose a hierarchy-aware and channel-adaptive semantic communication approach for bandwidth-limited data fusion. A hierarchical correlation module is proposed to preserve both the overall structural information and the details of the image required for super-resolution. This module efficiently combines deep semantic and shallow features from LR-HSI and HR-RGB. To further reduce bandwidth usage while preserving reconstruction quality, a channel-adaptive attention mechanism based on Transformer is proposed to dynamically integrate and transmit the deep and shallow features, enabling efficient data transmission and high-quality HR-HSI reconstruction. Experimental results on the CAVE and Washington DC Mall datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms single-source transmission, achieving up to a 2 dB improvement in peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). Additionally, it reduces bandwidth consumption by two-thirds, confirming its effectiveness in bandwidth-constrained environments for HR-HSI reconstruction tasks.
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spellingShingle Hierarchy-Aware and Channel-Adaptive Semantic Communication for Bandwidth-Limited Data Fusion
Guo, Lei
Chen, Wei
Sun, Yuxuan
Ai, Bo
Pappas, Nikolaos
Quek, Tony
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Obtaining high-resolution hyperspectral images (HR-HSI) is costly and data-intensive, making it necessary to fuse low-resolution hyperspectral images (LR-HSI) with high-resolution RGB images (HR-RGB) for practical applications. However, traditional fusion techniques, which integrate detailed information into the reconstruction, significantly increase bandwidth consumption compared to directly transmitting raw data. To overcome these challenges, we propose a hierarchy-aware and channel-adaptive semantic communication approach for bandwidth-limited data fusion. A hierarchical correlation module is proposed to preserve both the overall structural information and the details of the image required for super-resolution. This module efficiently combines deep semantic and shallow features from LR-HSI and HR-RGB. To further reduce bandwidth usage while preserving reconstruction quality, a channel-adaptive attention mechanism based on Transformer is proposed to dynamically integrate and transmit the deep and shallow features, enabling efficient data transmission and high-quality HR-HSI reconstruction. Experimental results on the CAVE and Washington DC Mall datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms single-source transmission, achieving up to a 2 dB improvement in peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). Additionally, it reduces bandwidth consumption by two-thirds, confirming its effectiveness in bandwidth-constrained environments for HR-HSI reconstruction tasks.
title Hierarchy-Aware and Channel-Adaptive Semantic Communication for Bandwidth-Limited Data Fusion
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17777