Semantic Communication with Networked AI in 6G: Application Scenarios, Insights from Practical Experiments, Standardization Aspects

This paper presents the nascent paradigm of Semantic Communication under the larger context of the Native AI & ML as promised by 6G networks. Two typical applications scenarios are presented from education and disaster tracking domains which are relevant for India. Furthermore, we share our experiences, lessons learnt and gaps in terms of practical deployment of an initial PoC towards realizing one of the narrated use cases. We also indicate with practical results how the splitting of AI operations, under the realm of AI native network. Finally, we present the standardization scopes with a note on different recent standardization efforts.