no code implementations • 18 Apr 2024 • Shiqi Zeng, Xiaoli Xu, Yong Zeng
Predictive millimeter-wave (mmWave) beamforming is a promising technique to enable low-latency and high-rate ground-air communications for cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
no code implementations • 16 Apr 2024 • Jingran Xu, Huizhi Wang, Yong Zeng, Xiaoli Xu
First, compared to the conventional channel estimation methods purely relying on channel training, much fewer parameters need to be estimated once the multi-path angles are accurately estimated.
no code implementations • 29 Mar 2024 • Zhiwen Zhou, Zhiqiang Xiao, Yong Zeng
We first analyze the impact of fractional multi-path delays on the existing DAM design, termed integer DAM (iDAM), which can only achieve delay compensations that are integer multiples of the sampling interval.
no code implementations • 13 Mar 2024 • Zhuoyin Dai, Di wu, Zhenjun Dong, Kun Li, Dingyang Ding, Sihan Wang, Yong Zeng
In this paper, to alleviate the large training overhead in millimeter wave (mmWave) beam alignment, an environment-aware and training-free beam alignment prototype is established based on a typical CKM, termed beam index map (BIM).
no code implementations • 16 Jan 2024 • Lihao Zhang, Haijian Sun, Yong Zeng, Rose Qingyang Hu
As 5G technology becomes increasingly established, the anticipation for 6G is growing, which promises to deliver faster and more reliable wireless connections via cutting-edge radio technologies.
no code implementations • 7 Jan 2024 • Yilong Chen, Zixiang Ren, Jie Xu, Yong Zeng, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Shuguang Cui
Specifically, a multi-functional base station (BS) can enable multi-functional transmission, by exploiting the same radio signals to perform target/environment sensing, wireless communication, and wireless power transfer (WPT), simultaneously.
no code implementations • 17 Jul 2023 • Jieni Zhang, Yong Zeng
The analog and digital beamforming matrices are designed to achieve performance close to DAM based on fully digital beamforming.
no code implementations • 28 Jun 2023 • Changsheng You, Yunpu Zhang, Chenyu Wu, Yong Zeng, Beixiong Zheng, Li Chen, Linglong Dai, A. Lee Swindlehurst
Extremely large-scale arrays (XL-arrays) have emerged as a promising technology to achieve super-high spectral efficiency and spatial resolution in future wireless systems.
no code implementations • 9 May 2023 • Chaoyue Zhang, Zhiwen Zhou, Huizhi Wang, Yong Zeng
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology to simultaneously provide high-performance wireless communication and radar sensing services in future networks.
no code implementations • 8 Jul 2022 • Zhiqiang Xiao, Yong Zeng
Delay alignment modulation (DAM) has been recently proposed to enable manipulable channel delay spread for efficient single- or multi-carrier communications.
no code implementations • 6 Jul 2022 • Xiaoye Jing, Fan Liu, Christos Masouros, Yong Zeng
In this paper, we consider an airborne integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system where a UAV, which acts both as a communication BS and a mono-static radar, flies over a given area to transmit downlink signal to a ground communication user.
no code implementations • 27 Jun 2022 • Jingran Xu, Zhuoyin Dai, Yong Zeng
Symbiotic radio has emerged as a promising technology for spectrum- and energy-efficient wireless communications, where the passive secondary backscatter devices (BDs) reuse not only the spectrum but also the power of the active primary users to transmit their own information.
no code implementations • 8 Jun 2022 • Zhiqiang Xiao, Yong Zeng
Delay alignment modulation (DAM) has been recently proposed to enable inter-symbol interference (ISI)-free single-carrier (SC) communication without relying on sophisticated channel equalization.
no code implementations • 17 May 2022 • Zhuoyin Dai, Ruoguang Li, Jingran Xu, Yong Zeng, Shi Jin
We first derive the achievable communication rates of the active primary user and passive secondary user under the assumption of perfect channel state information (CSI), based on which the transmit beamforming of the cellfree APs is optimized to characterize the achievable rate-region of cell-free symbiotic communication systems.
1 code implementation • 19 Mar 2022 • Jie Pan, Jingwei Huang, Gengdong Cheng, Yong Zeng
This paper proposes, implements, and evaluates a reinforcement learning (RL)-based computational framework for automatic mesh generation.
no code implementations • 14 Aug 2021 • Zhiqiang Xiao, Yong Zeng
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising technology to fully utilize the precious spectrum and hardware in wireless systems, which has attracted significant attentions recently.
no code implementations • 10 Jun 2021 • Huizhi Wang, Yong Zeng
On the other hand, for XL-MIMO radar, while the same SNR scaling as XL-phased-array radar is obeyed for N, the SNR first increases and then decreases with M.
no code implementations • 10 Jun 2021 • Jingran Xu, Zhuoyin Dai, Yong Zeng
To address this issue and enable full mutualism of symbiotic radio, in this paper, we study symbiotic radio with massive number of BDs.
no code implementations • 19 Feb 2021 • Di wu, Yong Zeng, Shi Jin, Rui Zhang
Two instances of CKM are proposed for beam alignment in mmWave massive MIMO systems, namely channel path map (CPM) and beam index map (BIM).
no code implementations • 19 Oct 2020 • Qingqing Wu, Jie Xu, Yong Zeng, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Naofal Al-Dhahir, Robert Schober, A. Lee Swindlehurst
On the other hand, providing such communication services simultaneously for both UAV and ground users poses new challenges due to the need for ubiquitous 3D signal coverage as well as the strong air-ground network interference.
no code implementations • 27 Jul 2020 • Haiquan Lu, Yong Zeng, Shi Jin, Rui Zhang
Specifically, we aim to maximize the worst-case signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over all locations in a target area by jointly optimizing the transmit beamforming for the source node and the placement as well as 3D passive beamforming for the AIRS.
no code implementations • 2 Jun 2020 • Zhiqiang Xiao, Yong Zeng
In this regard, a unified study on integrated localization and communication (ILAC) is necessary to unlock the full potential of wireless networks for the best utilization of network infrastructure and radio resources for dual purposes.
no code implementations • 19 May 2020 • Wei Huang, Yong Zeng, Yongming Huang
This paper investigates the achievable rate region of the multiple-input single-output (MISO) interference channel aided by intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs).
no code implementations • 4 May 2020 • Ning Gao, Yong Zeng, Jian Wang, Di wu, Chaoyue Zhang, Qingheng Song, Jiachen Qian, Shi Jin
In this paper, via extensive flight experiments, we aim to firstly validate the recently derived theoretical energy model for rotary-wing UAVs, and then develop a general model for those complicated flight scenarios where rigorous theoretical model derivation is quite challenging, if not impossible.
1 code implementation • 17 Mar 2020 • Yong Zeng, Xiaoli Xu, Shi Jin, Rui Zhang
Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a promising technology to unlock the full potential of UAVs in the future.
no code implementations • 13 Nov 2019 • Wankai Tang, Ming Zheng Chen, Xiangyu Chen, Jun Yan Dai, Yu Han, Marco Di Renzo, Yong Zeng, Shi Jin, Qiang Cheng, Tie Jun Cui
The measurement results match well with the modeling results, thus validating the proposed free-space path loss models for RIS, which may pave the way for further theoretical studies and practical applications in this field.
no code implementations • 9 May 2019 • Yong Zeng, Xiaoli Xu
This paper studies the path design problem for cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which aims to minimize its mission completion time while maintaining good connectivity with the cellular network.