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Computation-Resource-Efficient Task-Oriented Communications
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0009-0002-5897-4636
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5407-0835
KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9096-8792
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Information Science and Engineering. KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Centres, Digital futures.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7926-5081
2025 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Communications, ISSN 0090-6778, E-ISSN 1558-0857, Vol. 73, no 11, p. 10631-10646Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The rapid development of deep-learning enabled task-oriented communications (TOC) significantly shifts the paradigm of wireless communications. However, the high computation demands, particularly in resource-constrained systems e.g., mobile phones and UAVs, make TOC challenging for many tasks. To address the problem, we propose a novel TOC method with two models: a static and a dynamic model. In the static model, we apply a neural network (NN) as a task-oriented encoder (TOE) when there is no computation budget constraint. The dynamic model is used when device computation resources are limited, and it uses dynamic NNs with multiple exits as the TOE. The dynamic model sorts input data by complexity with thresholds, allowing the efficient allocation of computation resources. Furthermore, we analyze the convergence of the proposed TOC methods and show that the model converges at rate O (1/√T) with an epoch of length T. Experimental results demonstrate that the static model outperforms baseline models in terms of transmitted dimensions, floating-point operations (FLOPs), and accuracy simultaneously. The dynamic model can further improve accuracy and computational demand, providing an improved solution for resource-constrained systems.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2025. Vol. 73, no 11, p. 10631-10646
Keywords [en]
Task-oriented communication, dynamic neural network, multiple exits, wireless communication
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-384493DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3587076ISI: 001616587100043Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010214172OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-384493DiVA, id: diva2:2090236
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Available from: 2026-08-06 Created: 2026-08-06 Last updated: 2026-08-06Bibliographically approved

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