[B1] Yong Zeng, Ismail Guvenc, Rui Zhang, Giovanni Geraci, and David W. Matolak (Editors), UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond, Wiley, 2020.

Submitted Papers

[SJ2] Z. Xiao and Y. Zeng, "Waveform Design and Performance Analysis for Full-Duplex Integrated Sensing and Communication," submitted for publication, available online at https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06449

[SC1] H. Wang and Y. Zeng, "SNR Scaling Laws for Radio Sensing with Extremely Large-Scale MIMO," submitted for publication, available online at https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05651

[SJ1] C. You, Z. Kang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Enabling smart reflection in integrated air-ground wireless network: IRS meets UAV," submitted for publication, available online at https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07151

Published/Accepted

• Editorial:

[E2] Y. Zeng, M. Debbah, D. Gesbert, I. Guvenc, S. Jin, and J. Xu, "Guest editorial: Integrating UAVs into 5G and beyond," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 26, no.1, pp. 10-11, Feb. 2019

[E1] J. Xu, B. Clerckx, Z. Ding, X. Wang, and Y. Zeng, "IEEE ACCESS special section editorial: Energy efficient wireless communications with energy harvesting and wireless power transfer," IEEE Access, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 72041-72045, Nov. 2018.

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• Journal Publications:

[J76] H. Lu and Y. Zeng*, "Near-Field Modeling and Performance Analysis for Multi-User Extremely Large-Scale MIMO Communication," accepted by IEEE Commun. Letters, available online at https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.06901

[J75] H. Lu and Y. Zeng*, "Communicating with Extremely Large-Scale Array/Surface: Unified Modelling and Performance Analysis," accepted by IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., available online at https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13162

[J74] B. Li, Q. Li, Y. Zeng*, R. Yue, and R. Zhang, "3D Trajectory Optimization for Energy-Efficient UAV Communication: A Control Design Perspective," accepted by IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun.

[J73] Q. Wu, J. Xu, Y. Zeng, D. W. K. Ng, N. A. Dhahir, R. Schober, and A. L. Swindlehurst, “A Comprehensive Overview on 5G-and-Beyond Networks With UAVs: From Communications to Sensing and Intelligence,” IEEE J. Sel. Commun., vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 2912-2945, Oct. 2021

[J72] Z. Xiao and Y. Zeng*, "An overview on integrated localization and communication towards 6G," Science China Information Sciences (SCIS), vol. 65, no. 3, Mar 2022

[J71] Y. Zeng, X. Xu, S. Jin, and R. Zhang, “Simultaneous navigation and radio mapping for cellular-connected UAV with deep reinforcement learning,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vo. 20, no. 7, pp. 4205 - 4220, Jul. 2021

[J70] Y. Zeng and X. Xu, "Toward environment-aware 6G communications via channel knowledge map," IEEE Wireless Commun. Mag., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 84-91, Jun. 2021

[J69] H. Lu, Y. Zeng*, S. Jin, and R. Zhang, "Aerial intelligent reflecting surface: joint placement and passive beamforming design with 3D beam flattening ," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 4128 - 4143 , Jul. 2021

[J68] N. Gao, Y. Zeng*, J. Wang, D. Wu, C. Zhang, Q. Song, J. Qian, and S. Jin, "Energy model for UAV communications: experimental validation and model generalization," accepted by China Communications., available on arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01305

[J67] J. Yang, Y. Zeng, S. Jin, C. K. Wen, and P. Xu, "Communication and localization with extremely large lens antenna array," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 3031 - 3048 , May, 2021.

[J66] W. Huang, Y. Zeng, and Y. Huang, “Achievable rate region of MISO interference channel aided by intelligent reflecting surface," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 16264-16269, Dec. 2020.

[J65] W. Tang, M. Z. Chen, X. Chen, J. Y. Dai, Y. Han, M. D. Renzo, Y. Zeng, S. Jin, Q. Cheng, and T. J. Cui, "Wireless Communications with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Path Loss Modeling and Experimental Measurement", accepted by IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., available on arXiv https://arxiv.org/pdf/1911.05326.pdf

[J64] W. Tang, M. Z. Chen, J. Y. Dai, Y. Zeng, X. Zhao, S. Jin, Q. Cheng, and T. J. Cui, "Wireless communications with programmable metasurface: New paradigms, opportunities, and challenges on transceiver design," IEEE Wireless Commun., vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 180-187, April. 2020.

[J63] J. Zhang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Multi-Antenna UAV Data Harvesting: Joint Trajectory and Communication Optimization," Journal of Communications and Information Networks, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 86-99, Mar., 2020.

[J62] Q. Song, Y. Zeng*, J. Xu and S. Jin, “A Survey of prototype and experiment for UAV Communications,”, accepted by Science China Information Sciences.

[J61] C. Zhan and Y. Zeng, "Energy-efficient data uploading for cellular-connected UAV systems," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7279-7292, Nov. 2020.

[J60] X. Xu, Y. Zeng*, Y. Li, and B. Vucetic, "Minimum-latency FEC design with delayed feedback: mathematical modeling and efficient algorithms," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7210-7223, Nov. 2020.

[J59] L. Xie, J. Xu, and Y. Zeng, "Common Throughput Maximization for UAV-Enabled Interference Channel With Wireless Powered Communications," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 3197-3212, May, 2020.

[J58] J. Zhang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, “Receding horizon optimization for energy-efficient UAV communication,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 490-494, April, 2020.

[J57] C. Zhang and Y. Zeng*, “Aerial-ground cost tradeoff for multi-UAV enabled data collection in wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Trans. Commun. vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 1937-1950, Mar. 2020.

[J56] L. Xiao, Y. Xu, D. Yang, and Y. Zeng, "Secrecy energy efficiency maximization for UAV-enabled mobile relaying," IEEE Trans. Green Commun. and Networking, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 180-193, Mar. 2020.

[J55] C. Shen, T.-H. Chang, J. Gong, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Multi-UAV interference coordination via joint trajectory and power control," IEEE Trans. Signal. Process, vol. 68, pp. 843-858, Jan. 2020.

[J54] Y. Zeng, Q. Wu, and R. Zhang, “Accessing from the sky: a tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond,’’ Proceedings of the IEEE (Invited Paper), vol. 107, no. 12, pp. 2327-2375, Dec. 2019 (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J53] C. Zhan and Y. Zeng*, "Completion time minimization for multi-UAV enabled data collection," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 4859-4872, Jul., 2019

[J52] Y. Zeng, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Energy minimization for wireless communication with rotary-wing UAV,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 2329 - 2345, Apr. 2019 (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J51] W. Tang, X. Li, J. Y. Dai, S. Jin, Y. Zeng, Q. Cheng, and T. J. Cui, “Wireless communications with programmable metasurface: Transceiver design and experimental results,” China Communications, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 46-61, May, 2019

[J50] G. Ma, J. Xu, Y. Zeng, and M. R. V. Moghadam, "A generic receiver architecture for MIMO wireless power transfer with non-linear energy harvesting", IEEE Signal Process. Letters, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 312-316, Feb. 2019.

[J49] Q. Song, F.-C. Zheng, Y. Zeng, and J. Zhang, "Joint beamforming and power allocation for UAV-enabled full-duplex relay", IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1657-1671, Feb. 2019

[J48] S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Cellular-Enabled UAV Communication: A Connectivity-Constrained Trajectory Optimization Perspective," IEEE Trans. Commun. (EIC Invited Paper), vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2580-2604, Mar. 2019 (ESI highly cited paper)

[J47] R. Parisa, Y. Zeng, and A. Jamalipour, "Optimal resource allocation for multiuser Internet of Things network with single wireless-powered relay," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 3132-3142, Apr. 2019

[J46] C. You, Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and K. Huang, “Asynchronous mobile-edge computation offloading: energy-efficient resource management,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 7590 - 7605, Nov. 2018.

[J45] G. Zhang, H, Yan, Y. Zeng*, M. Cui, and Y. Liu, "Trajectory optimization and power allocation for multi-hop UAV relaying communications," IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 48566 - 48576, Aug. 2018

[J44] L. Yang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, “Wireless power transfer with hybrid beamforming: how many RF chains do we need?” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 6972 - 6984, Oct. 2018.

[J43] Y. Zeng, J. Lyu, and R. Zhang, "Cellular-connected UAV: potentials, challenges and promising technologies," IEEE Wireless Commun., vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 120-127, Feb. 2019 (ESI highly cited paper)

[J42] J. Zhang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "UAV-enabled radio access network: multi-mode communication and trajectory design," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 66, no. 20, pp. 5269 - 5284, Oct. 2018.

[J41] W. Huang, Y. Huang, Y. Zeng, and L. Yang, "Wideband millimeter wave communication with lens antenna array: Joint beamforming and antenna selection with group sparse optimization", accepted by IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun.

[J40] C. Zhan, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, “Trajectory design for distributed estimation in UAV enabled wireless sensor network,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 67,no. 10, pp. 10155 - 10159, Oct. 2018.

[J39] J. Xu, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "UAV-enabled wireless power transfer: trajectory design and energy optimization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 5092-5106, Aug., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J38] X. Xu, Y. Zeng*, Y. L. Guan, and R. Zhang, "Overcoming Endurance Issue: UAV-Enabled Communications with Proactive Caching", IEEE J. Sel. Areas on Commmun., vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1231-1244, Jun., 2018.

[J37] J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, "UAV-aided offloading for cellular hotspot," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 3988-4001, Jun., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J36] D. Yang, Q, Wu, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, “Energy trade-off in ground-to-UAV communication via trajectory design,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 6721-6726, Jul. 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J35] Y. Zeng, L. Yang, and R. Zhang, “Multi-user millimeter wave MIMO with full-dimensional lens antenna array,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2800-2814, Apr., 2018.

[J34] Y. Zeng, X. Xu, and R. Zhang, "Trajectory design for completion time minimization in UAV-enabled multicasting"，IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2233-2246, Apr., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J33] Q. Wu, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Joint trajectory and communication design for multi-UAV enabled wireless networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 3, 2109-2121, Mar., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J32] L. Yang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Channel Estimation for Millimeter-Wave MIMO Communications With Lens Antenna Arrays," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 3239-3251, Apr., 2018.

[J31] C. Zhan, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Energy-efficient data collection in UAV enabled wireless sensor network," IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 328-331, Jun., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J30] H. He, S. Zhang, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Joint altitude and beamwidth optimization for UAV-enabled multiuser communications," IEEE Commun. Letters. vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 344-347, Feb., 2018. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J29] S. Lee, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Retrodirective multi-user wireless power transfer with massive MIMO," IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters. vol. 7. no. 1, pp. 54-57, Feb., 2018.

[J28] Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Cost-effective millimeter wave communications with lens antenna array", IEEE Wireless Commun., vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 81-87, Aug., 2017.

[J27] X. Luo, Y. Zeng*, and R. Zhang, "Cognitive wireless power transfer with information helping", IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 346 - 349, Jun., 2017.

[J26] Y. Zeng, B. Clerckx, and R. Zhang, “Communications and signals design for wireless power transmission,” IEEE Trans. Commun. (EIC Invited Paper), vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 2264-2290, May, 2017. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J25] X. Xu, Y. L. Guan, and Y. Zeng*, "Batched network coding with adaptive recoding for multi-hop erasure channels with memory", IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 1042-1052, Mar., 2018.

[J24] J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Placement Optimization of UAV-Mounted Mobile Base Stations", IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 604-607, Mar., 2017. (ESI highly cited paper, IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award)

[J23] X. Xu, Y. Zeng*, Y. L. Guan, and L. Yuan, “Expanding-window BATS code for scalable video multicasting over erasure networks”, IEEE Trans. Multimedia, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 271-281, Feb., 2018.

[J22] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, "Energy-Efficient UAV Communication with Trajectory Optimization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 3747-3760, Jun., 2017. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper, IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award)

[J21] W. Wu, B. Wang, Y. Zeng, H. Zhang, Z. Yang, and Z. Deng, “Robust secure beamforming for wireless powered full-duplex systems with self-energy recycling”, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol. vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 10055-10069, Nov., 2017.

[J20] X. Xu, Y. L. Guan, Y. Zeng*, and C.-C. Chui, "Spatial-temporal network coding based on BATS code", IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 620-623, Mar., 2017.

[J19] L. Yang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "In-band wireless information and power transfer with lens antenna array", IEEE Commun. Letters,vol. 2 1, no. 1, pp. 100-103, Jan., 2017.

[J18] J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Cyclical multiple access in UAV-aided communications: a throughput delay tradeoff'', IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 600-603, Dec., 2016.

[J17] Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled mobile relaying systems," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 4983-4996, Dec., 2016. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J16] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, "Wireless information surveillance via proactive eavesdropping with spoofing relay", IEEE J. Sel. Topics Signal Process., vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1449-1461, Aug., 2016.

[J15] X. Xu, Y. L. Guan, Y. Zeng, and C. C. Chui, “Quasi-universal BATS code,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.,vol. 66, no. 4, pp.3497-3501, Apr. 2017.

[J14] Y. Zeng, H. Chen, and R. Zhang, "Bidirectional wireless information and power transfer with a helping relay", IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 862-865, May, 2016.

[J13] Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Wireless communications with unmanned aerial vehicles: opportunities and challenges," IEEE Commun. Mag.,vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 36-42, May, 2016. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

[J12] S. Bi, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Wireless powered communication networks: an overview," IEEE Wireless Commun. Mag., vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 10-18, Apr., 2016. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J11] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, “Millimeter wave MIMO with lens antenna array: a new path division multiplexing paradigm,” IEEE Trans. Commun. vol. 64, no. 4. pp. 1557-1571, Apr. 2016. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J10] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, “Optimized training for net energy maximization in multi-antenna wireless energy transfer over frequency-selective channel,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2360-2373, Jun., 2015.

[J9] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, “Full-duplex wireless-powered relay with self-energy recycling,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 201-204, April 2015. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper, IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award)

[J8] Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, “Optimized training design for wireless energy transfer,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 536-550, Feb., 2015. (ESI highly cited paper)

[J7] X. Xu, Y. Zeng, and Y. L. Guan, "Performance Analysis of Finite-Length Spatial-Temporal Network Coding," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 1163-1166, Jul., 2014.

[J6] X. Xu, Y. Zeng, Y. L. Guan, and T. Ho, "An Achievable Region for Double-Unicast Networks with Linear Network Coding," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 3621-3630, Oct., 2014.

[J5] Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and Z. N. Chen, "Electromagnetic Lens-focusing Antenna Enabled Massive MIMO: Performance Improvement and Cost Reduction,'' IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on 5G Wireless Communication Systems, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1194-1206, June, 2014.

[J4] Y. Zeng, X. Xu, Y. L. Guan, E. Gunawan, and C. Wang, "Degrees of freedom of the three-user rank-deficient MIMO interference channel," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 4179-4192, Aug. 2014.

[J3] Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, E. Gunawan, and Y. L. Guan, "Optimized transmission with improper Gaussian signaling in the K-user MISO interference channel," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 6303-6313, Dec. 2013.

[J2] Y. Zeng, C. M. Yetis, E. Gunawan, Y. L. Guan, and R. Zhang, "Transmit optimization with improper Gaussian signaling for interference channels,'' IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 2899-2913, Jun. 2013.

[J1] Y. Zeng, E. Gunawan, and Y. L. Guan, "Modified block diagonalization precoding in multi-cell cooperative networks," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 3819-3824, Oct. 2012.