SANEmerg: An Emergent Communication Framework for Semantic-aware Agentic AI Networking

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Main Authors: Xiao, Yong, Zhou, Haoran, Zhou, Yujie, Krunz, Marwan
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author Xiao, Yong
Zhou, Haoran
Zhou, Yujie
Krunz, Marwan
author_facet Xiao, Yong
Zhou, Haoran
Zhou, Yujie
Krunz, Marwan
contents Future networking systems are envisioned to become part of an agentic AI-native ecosystem in which a vast number of heterogeneous and specialized AI agents cooperate seamlessly to fulfill complex user requirements in real time. However, traditional networking paradigms are characterized by a rigid decoupling of communication and computation, which often leads to significant inefficiencies in large-scale agentic AI networking (AgentNet) systems. Emergent communication offers a novel solution by enabling autonomous agents that support task-specific signaling protocols for information exchange and collaborative coordination. In this paper, we consider a multi-agent emergent communication framework, tailored for semantic-aware AgentNet systems in which the user's semantic intent can be automatically detected, inferred, and linked to a set of sub-tasks to be assigned to a set of agents. We investigate how communication and signaling protocols can emerge among collaborative agents with computationally bounded intelligence under stringent bandwidth constraints. Our proposed framework, called SANEmerg, is designed to facilitate the emergence of communication for collaborative task fulfillment while adhering to the physical limits of AgentNet. SANEmerg incorporates a bandwidth-adaptable importance-filter that dynamically prioritizes the transmission of higher-contribution message dimensions, ensuring robust performance in bandwidth-limited environments. Furthermore, SANEmerg integrates a complexity-regularizer grounded in the Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle to facilitate the emergence of computationally bounded signaling. Evaluated via an AgentNet prototype and extensive experimentation, SANEmerg demonstrates significant performance improvements over state-of-the-art solutions, achieving superior task accuracy while significantly reducing bandwidth and computational overhead.
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spellingShingle SANEmerg: An Emergent Communication Framework for Semantic-aware Agentic AI Networking
Xiao, Yong
Zhou, Haoran
Zhou, Yujie
Krunz, Marwan
Artificial Intelligence
Networking and Internet Architecture
Future networking systems are envisioned to become part of an agentic AI-native ecosystem in which a vast number of heterogeneous and specialized AI agents cooperate seamlessly to fulfill complex user requirements in real time. However, traditional networking paradigms are characterized by a rigid decoupling of communication and computation, which often leads to significant inefficiencies in large-scale agentic AI networking (AgentNet) systems. Emergent communication offers a novel solution by enabling autonomous agents that support task-specific signaling protocols for information exchange and collaborative coordination. In this paper, we consider a multi-agent emergent communication framework, tailored for semantic-aware AgentNet systems in which the user's semantic intent can be automatically detected, inferred, and linked to a set of sub-tasks to be assigned to a set of agents. We investigate how communication and signaling protocols can emerge among collaborative agents with computationally bounded intelligence under stringent bandwidth constraints. Our proposed framework, called SANEmerg, is designed to facilitate the emergence of communication for collaborative task fulfillment while adhering to the physical limits of AgentNet. SANEmerg incorporates a bandwidth-adaptable importance-filter that dynamically prioritizes the transmission of higher-contribution message dimensions, ensuring robust performance in bandwidth-limited environments. Furthermore, SANEmerg integrates a complexity-regularizer grounded in the Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle to facilitate the emergence of computationally bounded signaling. Evaluated via an AgentNet prototype and extensive experimentation, SANEmerg demonstrates significant performance improvements over state-of-the-art solutions, achieving superior task accuracy while significantly reducing bandwidth and computational overhead.
title SANEmerg: An Emergent Communication Framework for Semantic-aware Agentic AI Networking
topic Artificial Intelligence
Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05861