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Publications (12)

cs.IT2022

Performance Analysis for Covert Communications Under Faster-than-Nyquist Signaling

Yuan Li, Yuchen Zhang, Wanyu Xiang +4

In this letter, we analyze the performance of covert communications under faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) signaling in the Rayleigh block fading channel. Both Bayesian criterion- and Kul…

cs.IT2023

Robust Transceiver Design for Covert Integrated Sensing and Communications With Imperfect CSI

Yuchen Zhang, Wanli Ni, Jianquan Wang +4

We propose a robust transceiver design for a covert integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system with imperfect channel state information (CSI). Considering both bounded and…

eess.SP2023

Near-Field Wideband Secure Communications: An Analog Beamfocusing Approach

Yuchen Zhang, Haiyang Zhang, Sa Xiao +2

In the rapidly advancing landscape of 6G, characterized by ultra-high-speed wideband transmission in millimeter-wave and terahertz bands, our paper addresses the pivotal task of en…

cs.IT2016

Estimating the Distance Between Macro Base Station and Users in Heterogeneous Networks

Lin Zhang, Wenli Zhou, Wanbin Tang +2

In underlay heterogeneous networks (HetNets), the distance between a macro base station (MBS) and a macro user (MU) is crucial for a small-cell based station (SBS) to control the i…

cs.IT2026

Artificial Noise Versus Artificial Noise Elimination: Redefining Scaling Laws of Physical Layer Security

Hong Niu, Tuo Wu, Xia Lei +4

Artificial noise (AN) is a key physical-layer security scheme for wireless communications over multiple-input multiple-output wiretap channels. Recently, artificial noise eliminati…

eess.SP2024

Intra-symbol Differential Amplitude Shift Keying-aided Blind Detector for Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems

Shuaijun Ma, Peng Wei, Sa Xiao +3

Ambient backscatter communications (AmBC) are a promising technology for addressing the energy consumption challenge in wireless communications through the reflection or absorption…

cs.IT2022

UAV-Enabled Cooperative Jamming for Covert Communications

Hangmei Rao, Sa Xiao, Shihao Yan +2

This work employs an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a jammer to aid a covert communication from a transmitter Alice to a receiver Bob, where the UAV transmits artificial noise (A…

eess.SP2026

6D Movable Antenna Enhanced Cell-free MIMO: Two-timescale Decentralized Beamforming and Antenna Movement Optimization

Yichi Zhang, Yuchen Zhang, Wenyan Ma +4

This paper investigates a six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided cell-free multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. In this system, each distrib…

cs.IT2022

Energy-Efficient UAV Communications: A Generalised Propulsion Energy Consumption Model

Xinhong Dai, Bin Duo, Xiaojun Yuan +1

This paper proposes a generalised propulsion energy consumption model (PECM) for rotary-wing ummanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under the consideration of the practical thrust-to-weig…

eess.SP2024

6DMA-Aided Hybrid Beamforming with Joint Antenna Position and Orientation Optimization

Yichi Zhang, Yuchen Zhang, Lipeng Zhu +4

This paper studies a sub-connected six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided multi-user communication system. In this system, each sub-array is connected to a dedicated radio fr…

cs.ET2024

Self-Evolving Wireless Communications: A Novel Intelligence Trend for 6G and Beyond

Liangxin Qian, Ping Yang, Jun Zhao +2

Wireless communication is rapidly evolving, and future wireless communications (6G and beyond) will be more heterogeneous, multi-layered, and complex, which poses challenges to tra…

cs.IT2024

Movable Antenna-Aided Hybrid Beamforming for Multi-User Communications

Yichi Zhang, Yuchen Zhang, Lipeng Zhu +4

In this correspondence, we propose a movable antenna (MA)-aided multi-user hybrid beamforming scheme with a sub-connected structure, where multiple movable sub-arrays can independe…