arXiv:cs.AI· Yuquan Xiao, Qinghe Du, Chaoyang Zhang, Wenchi Cheng, Jingqing Wang, Tao Chen, Jiangzhou Wang·· 10 小时前
队列感知 Token 通信:打通 AI 表征与无线服务
Queue-Aware Token Communications: Bridging AI Representation and Wireless Service
AI 导读
现有 Token 通信(TokenCom)研究通常假设生成的 token 可立即传输,忽略了 token 工作负载生成与无线服务能力时变之间的失配所引发的排队动态。
正文
Abstract:The rapid advancement of foundation models and edge intelligence is transforming wireless networks from data-oriented communication systems into artificial intelligence (AI)-native service platforms. Token communications (TokenCom) has emerged as a promising paradigm that directly transmits task-oriented AI representations. However, existing studies typically assume that generated tokens can be transmitted immediately, overlooking the queueing dynamics arising from the mismatch between token workload generation and time-varying wireless service capability. To address this limitation, we introduce Queue-Aware TokenCom, which explicitly incorporates token queues into the AI service pipeline. We present an end-to-end architecture integrating AI representation generation, token workload management, wireless transmission, and downstream task inference. We then discuss two key design directions: budget-aware token representation optimization and queue-aware token service optimization, with the token budget serving as a critical interface between AI performance and communication efficiency. Moreover, we investigate fixed and adaptive token budget strategies to characterize the fundamental tradeoff between AI performance and communication efficiency in dynamic wireless environments. Finally, we outline research directions toward closed-loop, task-aware, and scalable TokenCom systems.
| Subjects: | Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2610.16730 [cs.AI] |
| (or arXiv:2610.16730v1 [cs.AI] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.16730 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) |
Submission history
From: Yuquan Xiao [view email]
[v1]
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:21 UTC (966 KB)
来源:arXiv:cs.AI · arxiv.org