arXiv (Cornell University)
Resilient LLM-Empowered Semantic MAC Protocols via Zero-Shot Adaptation and Knowledge Distillation
May 2025 • Yong-Jun Kim, Jihong Park, Mehdi Bennis, Junil Choi
Neural network-based medium access control (MAC) protocol models (NPMs) improve goodput through site-specific operations but are vulnerable to shifts from their training network environments, such as changes in the number of user equipments (UEs) severely degrade goodput. To enhance resilience against such environmental shifts, we propose three novel semantic MAC protocol frameworks empowered by large language models (LLMs). First, we introduce a token-based protocol model (TPM), where an LLM generates MAC signali…