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20162026
most citedJoint Transmit Waveform and Passive Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided DFRC Systems

329 citations · 685 across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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48 papers

eess.SP2026

Cooperative OFDM-ISAC Networks: Performance Analysis and Resource Allocation

Shoushuo Zhang, Rang Liu, Qian Liu +1

Cooperative integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) enables network-wide sensing by exploiting the spatial diversity…

eess.SP2025

Distributed Distortion-Aware Beamforming Designs for Cell-Free mMIMO Systems

Mengzhen Liu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +1

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (CF-mMIMO) systems have emerged as a promising paradigm for next-generation wireless communications, offering enhanced spectral efficienc…

eess.SP2025

Tri-timescale Beamforming Design for Tri-hybrid Architectures with Reconfigurable Antennas

Mengzhen Liu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +1

Reconfigurable antennas possess the capability to dynamically adjust their fundamental operating characteristics, thereby enhancing system adaptability and performance. To fully ex…

eess.SP2024

Joint Space-Time Adaptive Processing and Beamforming Design for Cell-Free ISAC Systems

Rang Liu, Ming Li, Qian Liu

In this paper, we explore cooperative sensing and communication within cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. Specifically, multiple transmit access points…

eess.SP2024

DOA Estimation-Oriented Joint Array Partitioning and Beamforming Designs for ISAC Systems

Rang Liu, Ming Li, Qian Liu +1

Integrated sensing and communication has been identified as an enabling technology for forthcoming wireless networks. In an effort to achieve an improved performance trade-off betw…

cs.IR2024

Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Empowered Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging

Yifan Sun, Rang Liu, Zhiping Lu +3

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) utilizes the movement of the radar antenna over a specific area of interest to achieve higher spatial resolution imaging. In this paper, we aim to in…

eess.SP2024

Dynamic Hybrid Beamforming Designs for ELAA Near-Field Communications

Mengzhen Liu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +1

Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) is a key candidate technology for the sixth generation (6G) mobile networks. Nevertheless, using substantial numbers of antennas to trans…

eess.SP2024

MIMO-OFDM ISAC Waveform Design for Range-Doppler Sidelobe Suppression

Peishi Li, Ming Li, Rang Liu +2

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key enabling technique for future wireless networks owing to its efficient hardware and spectrum utilization. In this paper, we foc…

eess.SP2024

End-to-End Learning for SLP-Based ISAC Systems

Yixian Zheng, Rang Liu, Ming Li +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is an encouraging wireless technology which can simultaneously perform both radar and communication functionalities by sharing the same…

eess.SP2024

A Practical Beamforming Design for Active RIS-assisted MU-MISO Systems

Yun Yang, Zhiping Lu, Ming Li +2

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) have been proposed as a revolutionary technology with the potential to address several critical requirements of 6G communication systems.…

eess.SP2023

Joint Sensing and Communication Optimization in Target-Mounted STARS-Assisted Vehicular Networks: A MADRL Approach

Haocheng Zhang, Rang Liu, Ming Li +2

The utilization of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology has the potential to enhance the communication performance of road side units (RSUs) through the active se…

eess.SP2023

Cramer-Rao Bound Optimization for Active RIS-Empowered ISAC Systems

Qi Zhu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), which simultaneously performs sensing and communication functions within a shared frequency band and hardware platform, has emerged as…

eess.SP2023

Low-Range-Sidelobe Waveform Design for MIMO-OFDM ISAC Systems

Peishi Li, Zichao Xiao, Ming Li +2

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology in future wireless systems owing to its efficient hardware and spectrum utilization. In this paper, we conside…

eess.SP2023

RIS-Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication: Joint Beamforming and Reflection Design

Honghao Luo, Rang Liu, Ming Li +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned as a promising technique to alleviate the spectrum congestion problem. Inspired by the applications of reconfigurabl…

eess.SP2023

Joint Transceiver Beamforming and Reflecting Design for Active RIS-Aided ISAC Systems

Qi Zhu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is recognized as a promising technology with great potential in saving hardware and spectrum resources, since it simultaneously realizes…

eess.SP2023★ 169 cited

SNR/CRB-Constrained Joint Beamforming and Reflection Designs for RIS-ISAC Systems

Rang Liu, Ming Li, Qian Liu +1

In this paper, we investigate the integration of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) for providing wide-coverage and ultra-rel…

eess.SP2022★ 1 cited

Joint Secure Transmit Beamforming Designs for Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems

Jinjin Chu, Rang Liu, Ming Li +2

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), which allows individual radar and communication systems to share the same spectrum bands, is an emerging and promising technique for al…

cs.IT2022

Joint BS-RIS-User Association and Beamforming Design for RIS-assisted Cellular Networks

Sifan Liu, Rang Liu, Ming Li +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a revolutionary technology for sixth-generation (6G) networks owing to its ability to manipulate wireless environments. As a frequency-s…

eess.SP2022★ 14 cited

End-to-End Learning for Symbol-Level Precoding and Detection with Adaptive Modulation

Rang Liu, Zhu Bo, Ming Li +1

Conventional symbol-level precoding (SLP) designs assume fixed modulations and detection rules at the receivers for simplifying the transmit precoding optimizations, which greatly…

eess.SP2022

Joint Beamforming Designs for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: A Sub-Connected Array Architecture

Qi Zhu, Ming Li, Rang Liu +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is regarded as a promising technology with great potential to boost wireless networks. Affected by the "double fading" effect, however, con…

eess.SP2022

Optimization for Reflection and Transmission Dual-Functional Active RIS-Assisted Systems

Yanan Ma, Ming Li, Yang Liu +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been deemed as one of potential components of future wireless communication systems because it can adaptively manipulate the wireless p…

eess.SP2022

Non-Cooperative Resource Management for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Networks

Wenhao Cai, Ming Li, Qian Liu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has emerged as a promising and revolutionizing technology for future wireless networks. Most existing IRS studies focus on simple cooperative s…

eess.SP2022★ 1 cited

Joint Beamforming Design for Intelligent Omni Surface Assisted Wireless Communication Systems

Wenhao Cai, Ming Li, Yang Liu +2

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been widely considered as one of the key enabling techniques for future wireless communication networks owing to its ability of dynamically…

eess.SP2022★ 20 cited

User Association and Hybrid Beamforming Designs for Cooperative mmWave MIMO Systems

Pengfei Ni, Rang Liu, Ming Li +1

Hybrid analog and digital beamforming has emerged as a key enabling technology for millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems sinc…