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most citedFairness for Freshness: Optimal Age of Information Based OFDMA Scheduling with Minimal Knowledge

24 citations · 79 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cs.IT2026

Litter-Masked Block z-Channel: Designing Cover Distributions Against Public-Design Observers

Bin Han, Wenwen Chen, Yao Zhu +3

Networking defenses against traffic analysis fill idle slots with cover traffic, yet the physical layer carrying it still hands upper layers the erasure-only model of a silent-idle…

cs.IT2026

Analytically Characterized Optimal Power Control for Signal-Level-Integrated Sensing, Computing and Communication in Federated Learning

Paul Zheng, Yao Zhu, Xiaopeng Yuan +2

In the Internet-of-Things (IoT) era, efficient functionality integration is essential to address the growing demands of communication, computation, and sensing. Signal-level integr…

cs.IT2026

Confusions and Erasures of Error-Bounded Block Decoders with Finite Blocklength

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Rafael F. Schaefer +4

This paper investigates two distinct types of block errors - undetected errors (confusions) and erasures - in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels with error-bounded block…

eess.SP2025

On Signal Peak Power Constraint of Over-the-Air Federated Learning

Lorenz Bielefeld, Paul Zheng, Oner Hanay +3

Federated learning (FL) has been considered a promising privacy preserving distributed edge learning framework. Over-the-air computation (AirComp) leveraging analog transmission en…

eess.SY2025

Joint Optimization for Security and Reliability in Round-Trip Transmissions for URLLC services

Xinyan Le, Yao Zhu, Yulin Hu +1

Physical layer security (PLS) is a potential solution for secure and reliable transmissions in future Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC). This work jointly optim…

cs.CR2025

Physical Layer Deception as a Stackelberg Game: Strategy Regimes, Equilibrium, and Robust Design

Wenwen Chen, Bin Han, Yao Zhu +3

Physical layer deception (PLD) combines physical layer security (PLS) with deception: the transmitter actively misleads the eavesdropper with falsified information. We model the tr…

eess.SY2025★ 1 cited

Joint Communication Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Distributed Edge Learning: Seamless Integration in Next-Generation Wireless Networks

Paul Zheng, Navid Keshtiarast, Pradyumna Kumar Bishoyi +4

Distributed edge learning (DL) is considered a cornerstone of intelligence enablers, since it allows for collaborative training without the necessity for local clients to share raw…

eess.SY2025

Efficient Integration of Distributed Learning Services in Next-Generation Wireless Networks

Paul Zheng, Navid Keshtiarast, Pradyumna Kumar Bishoyi +4

Distributed learning (DL) is considered a cornerstone of intelligence enabler, since it allows for collaborative training without the necessity for local clients to share raw data…

cs.IT2024

Physical Layer Deception in OFDM Systems

Wenwen Chen, Bin Han, Yao Zhu +2

As a promising technology, physical layer security (PLS) enhances security by leveraging the physical characteristics of communication channels. However, it commonly takes the legi…

cs.IT2024

A Semantic Model for Physical Layer Deception

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Anke Schmeink +2

Physical layer deception (PLD) is a novel security mechanism that combines physical layer security (PLS) with deception technologies to actively defend against eavesdroppers. In th…

cs.CR2024

Physical Layer Deception with Non-Orthogonal Multiplexing

Wenwen Chen, Bin Han, Yao Zhu +3

Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising technology to secure wireless communications by exploiting the physical properties of the wireless channel. However, the passive nature…

cs.IT2024

Fairness-aware Age-of-Information Minimization in WPT-Assisted Short-Packet Data Collection for mURLLC

Yao Zhu, Xiaopeng Yuan, Yulin Hu +4

The technological landscape is rapidly evolving toward large-scale systems. Networks supporting massive connectivity through numerous Internet of Things (IoT) devices are at the fo…

cs.IT2023

Non-Orthogonal Multiplexing in the FBL Regime Enhances Physical Layer Security with Deception

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Anke Schmeink +1

We propose a new security framework for physical layer security (PLS) in the finite blocklength (FBL) regime that incorporates deception technology, allowing for active countermeas…

cs.IT2023★ 2 cited

Trade Reliability for Security: Leakage-Failure Probability Minimization for Machine-Type Communications in URLLC

Yao Zhu, Xiaopeng Yuan, Yulin Hu +2

How to provide information security while fulfilling ultra reliability and low-latency requirements is one of the major concerns for enabling the next generation of ultra-reliable…

cs.IT2022

DMH-HARQ: Reliable and Open Latency-Constrained Wireless Transport Network

Bin Han, Muxia Sun, Yao Zhu +6

The extreme requirements for high reliability and low latency in the upcoming Sixth Generation (6G) wireless networks are challenging the design of multi-hop wireless transport net…

cs.IT2022★ 1 cited

Low-Latency Hybrid NOMA-TDMA: QoS-Driven Design Framework

Yao Zhu, Xiaopeng Yuan, Yulin Hu +3

Enabling ultra-reliable and low-latency communication services while providing massive connectivity is one of the major goals to be accomplished in future wireless communication ne…

cs.IT2022★ 3 cited

Joint Convexity of Error Probability in Blocklength and Transmit Power in the Finite Blocklength Regime

Yao Zhu, Yulin Hu, Xiaopeng Yuan +3

To support ultra-reliable and low-latency services for mission-critical applications, transmissions are usually carried via short blocklength codes, i.e., in the so-called finite b…

cs.IT2021

Time-Energy-Constrained Closed-Loop FBL Communication for Dependable MEC

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Anke Schmeink +1

The deployment of multi-access edge computing (MEC) is paving the way towards pervasive intelligence in future 6G networks. This new paradigm also proposes emerging requirements of…

cs.IT2021★ 8 cited

CLARQ: A Dynamic ARQ Solution for Ultra-high Closed-loop Reliability

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Muxia Sun +3

Emerging wireless control applications demand for extremely high closed-loop reliability under strict latency constraints, which the conventional Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) sol…

cs.IT2020★ 24 cited

Fairness for Freshness: Optimal Age of Information Based OFDMA Scheduling with Minimal Knowledge

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Zhiyuan Jiang +2

It is becoming increasingly clear that an important task for wireless networks is to minimize the age of information (AoI), i.e., the timeliness of information delivery. While main…

cs.IT2020★ 16 cited

Robustness Analysis of Networked Control Systems with Aging Status

Bin Han, Siyu Yuan, Zhiyuan Jiang +2

As an emerging metric of communication systems, Age of Information (AoI) has been derived to have a critical impact in networked control systems with unreliable information links.…

cs.IT2019

Recursive Optimization of Finite Blocklength Allocation to Mitigate Age-of-Information Outage

Bin Han, Zhiyuan Jiang, Yao Zhu +1

As an emerging metric for the timeliness of information delivery, Age-of-Information (AoI) raises a special interest in the research area of tolerance-critical communications, wher…

eess.SP2019★ 24 cited

Optimal Blocklength Allocation towards Reduced Age of Information in Wireless Sensor Networks

Bin Han, Yao Zhu, Zhiyuan Jiang +2

The freshness or timeliness of data at server is a significant key performance indicator of sensor networks, especially in tolerance critical applications such as factory automatio…