I.  Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Communication

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• Z. Wang, L. Liu, S. Zhang, and S. Cui, "Massive MIMO communication with intelligent reflecting surface," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., under revision. [arXiv]

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• R. Wang, L. Liu, S. Zhang, and C. Yu, "A new channel estimation strategy in intelligent reflecting surface assisted networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Dec. 2021.

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• Y. Han, S. Zhang*, L. Duan, and R. Zhang, "Double-IRS aided MIMO communication under LoS channels: Capacity maximization and scaling," IEEE Trans. Commun., under revision. [arXiv]

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• Q. Tao, S. Zhang, C. Zhong, W. Xu, H. Lin, and Z. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided multiuser downlink transmission: Analysis and design," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., accepted to appear.

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided multi-user communication: Capacity region and deployment strategy," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 5790-5806, Sep. 2021. [arXiv]

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• Q. Tao, S. Zhang, C. Zhong, and R. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided multicasting with random passive beamforming," IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 92-96, Jan. 2021. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• Q. Wu, S. Zhang, B. Zheng, C. You, and R. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided wireless communications: A tutorial," IEEE Trans. Commun., accepted to appear. (ESI Hot Paper, Invited Paper) [arXiv]

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• Y. Han, S. Zhang, L. Duan, and R. Zhang, "Cooperative double-IRS aided communication: Beamforming design and power scaling," IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 1206-1210, Aug. 2020. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• Y. Yang, S. Zhang*, and R. Zhang, "IRS-enhanced OFDMA: Joint resource allocation and passive beamforming optimization," IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 760-764, Jun. 2020. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Capacity characterization for intelligent reflecting surface aided MIMO communication," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1823-1838, Aug. 2020. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv] (ESI Hot Paper, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

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• Y. Yang, B. Zheng, S. Zhang*, and R. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface meets OFDM: Protocol design and rate maximization," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4522-4535, Jul. 2020. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv] (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "On the capacity of intelligent reflecting surface aided MIMO communication," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory (ISIT), Jun. 2020. [IEEEXplore] (Top 3 Popular Article on ISIT Proceedings, Oct. 2020)

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided multiple access: Capacity region and deployment strategy," in Proc. IEEE Int. Wkshps. Signal Process. Adv. Wireless Commun. (SPAWC), May 2020. (Invited Paper) [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• Y. Yang, S. Zhang, and R. Zhang, "IRS-enhanced OFDM: Power allocation and passive array optimization," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Dec. 2019. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

   

   II. Cellular-Enabled UAV Communication

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Radio map based 3D path planning for cellular-connected UAV," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1975-1989, Mar. 2021. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Trajectory optimization for cellular-connected UAV under outage duration constraint," J. Commun. Inf. Network., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 55-71, Dec. 2019. (Invited Paper) [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Cellular-enabled UAV communication: A connectivity-constrained trajectory optimization perspective,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2580-2604, Mar. 2019. (Editor-in-Chief Invited Paper, Top 10 Popular Article on TCOM from April to July 2019) (ESI Highly-Cited Paper) [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Radio map based path planning for cellular-connected UAV," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Dec. 2019. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang and R. Zhang, "Trajectory design for cellular-connected UAV under outage duration constraint," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), May 2019.

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• S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, "Cellular-enabled UAV communication: Trajectory optimization under connectivity constraint," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), May 2018.

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• L. Liu, S. Zhang*, and R. Zhang, "Multi-beam UAV communication in cellular uplink: Cooperative interference cancellation and sum-rate maximization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 4679-4691, Oct. 2019. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• L. Liu, S. Zhang, and R. Zhang, "Exploiting NOMA for multi-beam UAV communication in cellular uplink," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), May 2019. [arXiv]

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• L. Liu, S. Zhang, and R. Zhang, "Cooperative interference cancellation for multi-beam uplink UAV communication: A DoF analysis," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom) Wkshps., Dec. 2018.

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   III. UAV-Assisted Cellular Communication

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• L. Liu, S. Zhang*, and R. Zhang, "CoMP in the sky: UAV placement and movement optimization for multi-user communications," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 5645-5658, Aug. 2019. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• H. He, S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Joint altitude and beamwidth optimization for UAV-enabled multiuser communications,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 344-347, Feb. 2018. (ESI Highly-Cited Paper) [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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   IV. Constant Envelope Transmission

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Constant envelope transmission in MISO system with adaptive online constellation,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., under revision.

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Constant envelope precoding for MIMO systems,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 66, no, 1, pp. 149-162, Jan. 2018. [IEEEXplore]

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “MISO multicasting with constant envelope precoding,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 588-591, Dec. 2016. [IEEEXplore]

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Constant envelope precoding with adaptive receiver constellation in MISO fading channel,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 6871-6882, Oct. 2016. [IEEEXplore] [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Constant envelope transmission in MISO system with adaptive online constellation," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), May 2017.

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Receive beamforming optimization for MIMO system with constant envelope precoding," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), May 2016.

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, "Constant envelope precoding with adaptive receiver constellation in fading channel," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Dec. 2015.

 

    V. Other Topics   

                                                                                         

• X.-W. Tang, C. You, S. Zhang*, X.-L. Huang, and R. Zhang, "3D trajectory design for UAV-assisted oblique image acquisition," IEEE Signal Process. Lett.​, under review.

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• L. Liu and S. Zhang, "A two-stage radar sensing approach based on MIMO-OFDM technology," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom) Wkshps., Dec. 2020. [arXiv]

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• S. Zhang, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Massive MIMO with per-antenna power constraint," in Proc. IEEE Global Conf. Signal Inf. Process. (GlobalSIP), Dec. 2014.

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• Y. Yang, S. Zhang*, J. P. Lie, and R. Zhang, "Flexible multi-group single-carrier modulation: Subcarrier mapping and power allocation optimization," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2002-2014, Mar. 2019. [IEEEXplore]

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• Y. Yang, S. Zhang, J. P. Lie, and R. Zhang, "Flexible multi-group single carrier modulation: Optimal subcarrier grouping and rate maximization," in Proc. Int. Conf. Acoustics Speech Signal Process. (ICASSP), Apr. 2018.

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• A. Zhang, S. Zhang, P. Zhu, and X. You, "Power consumption analysis and modeling of mobile communication architecture," in Proc. Int. Conf. Computer Science Inf. Technol. (ICCSIT), 2014.

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