Pragmatic Semantic Communication Through Quantum Channel

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Abstract

The paradigm of semantic and goal-oriented communication offers a transition toward highly efficient AI-native connect-compute-actuate 6G networks. Unlike current content-blind communication and ML/AI training, interactions among intelligent agents capture essential information properties, facilitating practical support for understanding and effective goal attainment. However, its full potential is hindered by excessive energy consumption, wireless system resource consumption, and computational limitations. Graph-based knowledge and communication systems effectively represent, communicate, and process complex, causal, structural, and multidimensional semantic meanings. Operating in terms of semantic entities, relationships, contextual logic, and reasoning rules, these systems face challenges in transmitting graphs over classical wireless channels, given the associated resource costs. To overcome this, we explore integrating quantum technology into semantic communication, presenting a novel approach - quantum semantic communications. In our study, we focus on sharing semantic knowledge graphs through quantum mechanical principles, utilizing remote state preparation within quantum protocols. We evaluate the tradeoffs between semantic graphs and quantum channel costs to determine the feasibility of our protocol. Additionally, we explore the scalability of the quantum approach and demonstrate the computational gains achievable in polynomial time.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on 6G Networking, 6GNet 2024
EditorsProsper Chemouil, Muriel Medard, Anna Brunstrom, Anna Brunstrom, Frank Fitzek, Razvan Stanica
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages189-195
Number of pages7
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3503-7859-7
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title3rd International Conference on 6G Networking
Abbreviated title6GNet 2024
Conference number3
Duration21 - 24 October 2024
Website
LocationOrange Gardens
CityChâtillon
CountryFrance

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8469-9573/work/184003914

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • 6G, conceptual graphs, Knowledge based systems, quantum communications, remote state preparation, Semantic communications