conveytransmit

Conveytransmit is a conceptual framework in information and communications theory that describes the integrated process by which an intended meaning or information payload is prepared for transmission and then delivered over a communication channel to a receiver. The term blends convey, meaning to communicate an idea, with transmit, meaning to send a signal through a medium. In this framework, encoding, semantics, and pragmatics are distinguished from the physical or modulation layer of the channel.

The concept emphasizes the interplay between semantic fidelity and channel reliability. A system practicing conveytransmit aims to maximize the accurate recovery of the conveyed content at the receiver while minimizing bandwidth, latency, or energy costs. Measures may include semantic fidelity metrics, traditional error rates, and end-to-end latency. The approach supports joint consideration of what is being conveyed and how it is transmitted, rather than treating them as separate stages.

Applications include multimedia communications, telepresence, and human–robot interaction, where preserving meaning as well as signal integrity matters. In practice, conveytransmit can guide the design of semantic-aware encoding, joint source-channel coding, and feedback mechanisms that adjust transmission parameters based on decoded meaning rather than raw signal quality alone.

Relation to existing ideas includes connections to information theory, semantical communications, and end-to-end system design. Criticisms focus on the ambiguity of the term and the difficulties of quantifying conveyed meaning across diverse domains. See also semantic communications, information theory, and end-to-end design.