2025

Fan, Yixuan, Wu, Huanyu, Dong, Zhongxu, Li, Zongyao and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2025) From human to machine networks: a framework for integrating consensus approaches. IEEE Network, (doi: 10.1109/MNET.2025.3559378) (Early Online Publication)

Li, Qiming, Lin, Xinyi, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) Probing Power and Minimum Rate Maximization for RIS-Aided ISAC System. In: WS23: Fourth Workshop on Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous Connectivity for 6G and Beyond, Montreal, Canada, 08-12 Jun 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Cheng, Runze ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Zhang, Lan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) A wireless AI-generated content (AIGC) provisioning framework empowered by semantic communication. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24(3), 2137 -2150. (doi: 10.1109/TMC.2024.3493375)

Yang, Mingjie, Liang, Guangming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3260-0353, Liu, Dongzhu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7820-9531, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Huang, Kaibin (2025) Channel Capacity-Aware Distributed Encoding for Multi-View Sensing and Edge Inference. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 8–12 June 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Nawaz, Muhammad Waqas, Zhang, Wanquan, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Swash, Rafiq, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Popoola, Olaoluwa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-3567 (2024) 6G edge-networks and multi-UAV knowledge fusion for urban autonomous vehicles. Physical Communication, 67, 102479. (doi: 10.1016/j.phycom.2024.102479)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Dayán-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638, Dickson, Euan, Wang, Ruiyu, Wang, Mingkang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3(3), 100147. (doi: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100147)

Zhou, Ziyi, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Slotted ALOHA based Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) blockchain networks: performance analysis and optimization. Sensors, 24(23), 7688. (doi: 10.3390/s24237688) (PMID:39686225) (PMCID:PMC11644896)

Lin, Xinyi, Fan, Yixuan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ma, Kairong, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Tukmanov, Anvar, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Resource allocation for RIS-aided mmWave system with cooperative and non-cooperative base stations. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3493772) (Early Online Publication)

Wu, Huanyu, Yue, Chentao, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Li, Yonghui and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) When distributed consensus meets wireless connected autonomous systems: a review and a DAG-based approach. IEEE Network, (doi: 10.1109/mnet.2024.3482273) (Early Online Publication)

Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Lin, Xinyi, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Implementing practical Byzantine fault tolerance over cellular networks. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, pp. 6546-6560. (doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3477930)

Wang, Ruiyu, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Chao, Yang, Bowen, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2024) A novel handover scheme for millimeter wave network: an approach of integrating reinforcement learning and optimization. Digital Communications and Networks, 10(5), pp. 1493-1502. (doi: 10.1016/j.dcan.2023.08.002)

Kaur, Jaspreet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9241, Lin, Xinyi, Tan, Kang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-0516, Popoola, Olaoluwa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-3567, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Abbas, Hasan T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2024) Location-based adaptive beamforming and beam steering for mobile communication in multipath environments. London Journal of Engineering Research, 24(6), pp. 41-49.

Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) AI and blockchain enabled future wireless networks: a survey and outlook. Distributed Ledger Technologies, 3(3), 22. (doi: 10.1145/3644369)

Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Lin, Xinyi, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) On the performance of wireless PBFT-based blockchain network with IEEE 802.11. IEEE Systems Journal, 18(3), pp. 1786-1797. (doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2024.3443541)

Xia, Le ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4956-4574, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Zhang, Lan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Hybrid Semantic/Bit Communication Based Networking Problem Optimization. In: 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Next-Generation Networking and Internet (GLOBECOM 2024), Cape Town, South Africa, 08–12 Dec 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Fan, Yixuan, Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Qiao, Zhixiang and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2024) Decentralized Governance and Technology Integration in DAOs within the Web3 Ecosystem. In: IEEE Global Blockchain Conference 2024, Shanghai, China, 14-16 Nov 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Lin, Xinyi, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Tukmanov, Anvar, Liu, Yihong, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) On the design of broadbeam of reconfigurable intelligent surface. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 72(5), pp. 3079-3094. (doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3354200)

Jian, Jiangwei, Wang, Wen-Qin, Huang, Bang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Huang, Qimao (2024) MIMO-FDA communications with frequency offsets index modulation. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(5), pp. 4580-4595. (doi: 10.1109/twc.2023.3320129)

Gou, Yan, Weng, Shangyin, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2024) Voting consensus-based decentralized federated learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(9), pp. 16267-16278. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3355853)

Lin, Xinyi, Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Tukmanov, Anvar, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Joint Wide Illumination and Null Insertion Design in RIS-assisted System. In: 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Glasgow, Scotland, 17-22 Mar 2024, ISBN 9788831299091 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501227)

Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-4749, Fan, Yixuan, Lin, Xinyi, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333 (2024) Base Station-Enabled PBFT Consensus Network: An Outlook and Performance Analysis. In: 2024 Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2024), Valencia, Spain, 02-05 Sep 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Weng, Shangyin, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhang, Xiaoshuai and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Faster convergence on differential privacy based federated learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (doi: 10.1109/jiot.2024.3383226) (Early Online Publication)

Omeke, Kenechi, Mollel, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-3685, Shah, Syed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Towards a sustainable Internet-of-Underwater-Things based on AUVs, SWIPT and reinforcement learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(5), pp. 7640-7651. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3319250)

Lin, Xinyi, Zhou, Ziyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8971-9614, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Tukmanov, Anvar, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) RIS-assisted Resource Allocation under Base Stations' Non-cooperation Scheme. In: 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Mobile and Wireless Networks (Globecom 2023), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-8 Dec 2023, pp. 7237-7242. ISBN 9798350310900 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437328)

Dong, Zhongxu, Wu, Huanyu, Li, Zongyao, Mi, De, Popoola, Olaoluwa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-3567 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2024) Trustworthy VANET: Hierarchical DAG-Based Blockchain Solution With Proof of Reputation Consensus Algorithm. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (BSS2023), Danzhou, Hainan, China, 17-21 December, 2023, pp. 127-132. ISBN 9798350319293 (doi: 10.1109/Blockchain60715.2023.00030)

Yu, Dachao, Wu, Huanyu, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Adaptive protocol of raft in wireless network. Ad Hoc Networks, 154, 103377. (doi: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2023.103377)

Li, Zongyao, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Wireless Intelligent Distributed Consensus Assisted On-ramp Merging for Autonomous Driving. 40th Anniversary of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA@40), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 23-26 Sept 2024.

2023

Lin, Xinyi, Liu, Yihong, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Tukmanov, Anvar, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Beamforming on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: a Codebook Design for Spatial Coverage with Beam Squint Effect. WS19 ICC'2023 Workshop - ULMC6GN, Rome, Italy, 28 May – 01 June 2023. ISBN 9798350333077 (doi: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283606)

Yang, Shubo, Han, Han, Liu, Yihong, Guo, Weisi, Pang, Zhibo and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-induced Randomness for mmWave Key Generation. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications 2023, Rome, Italy, 28 May - 01 Jun 2023, pp. 2909-2914. ISBN 9781538674628 (doi: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10278950)

Wang, Ruiyu, Dong, Zhongxu, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Sambo, Yusuf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-6800, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Intelligent Beam Management for Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks in IoT System. In: 9th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (IEEE WFIoT2023), Aveiro, Portugal, 12-27 October 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

Yu, Dachao, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Li, Yuetai, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Communication resource allocation of raft in wireless network. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(17), pp. 19398-19408. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3293715)

Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zhu, Ziming (2023) A privacy-preserving blockchain platform for a data marketplace. Distributed Ledger Technologies, 2(1), 7. (doi: 10.1145/3573894)

Zhou, Zihan, Guo, Chenxiao, Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoshuai, Fan, Yixuan and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) BE-DNS: Blockchain-enabled Decentralized Name Services and P2P Communication Protocol. In: 9th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (IEEE WFIoT2023), Aveiro, Portugal, 12-27 October 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

Abubakar, Attai Ibrahim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3288-4950, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Sambo, Yusuf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-6800, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ragesh, G.K. and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Energy Efficiency of Open Radio Access Network: A Survey. In: 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring), Florence, Italy, 20-23 Jun 2023, ISBN 9798350311143 (doi: 10.1109/VTC2023-Spring57618.2023.10200477)

Xu, Zhangchen, Li, Yuetai, Feng, Chenglin and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) Exact Fault-Tolerant Consensus With Voting Validity. In: 2023 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 15-19 May 2023, pp. 842-852. ISBN 9798350337662 (doi: 10.1109/IPDPS54959.2023.00089)

Li, Yuetao, Fan, Yixuan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Crowcroft, John (2023) RAFT consensus reliability in wireless networks: probabilistic analysis. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(14), pp. 12839-12853. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3257402)

Fan, Yixuan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Wang, Ruiyu and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Insight into voting in DAOs: conceptual analysis and a proposal for evaluation framework. IEEE Network, (doi: 10.1109/MNET.137.2200561) (Early Online Publication)

Xu, Hao, Sun, Yunqing, Li, Zihao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2109-9196, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Zhang, Xiaoshuai (2023) deController: a Web3 native cyberspace infrastructure perspective. IEEE Communications Magazine, 61(8), pp. 68-74. (doi: 10.1109/MCOM.005.2200481)

Feng, Chenglin, Xu, Zhangchen, Zhu, Xincheng, Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) Wireless distributed consensus in vehicle to vehicle networks for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(6), pp. 8061-8073. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3243995)

Wang, Yu, Zhang, Yu’ang, Song, Yujie, Cao, Yue, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Ren, Xuefeng (2023) Appeal-Based Distributed Trust Management Model in VANETs Concerning Untrustworthy RSUs. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2023), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 26-29 March 2023, ISBN 9781665491228 (doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118674)

Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905, Fan, Yixuan, Li, Wenyu and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) Wireless distributed consensus for connected autonomous systems. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(9), pp. 7786-7799. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3229746)

Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Tukmanov, Anvar, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Fully-Addressable Varactor-Based Reflecting Metasurface with Dual-Linear Polarisation for Low Power Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. In: 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2023), Florence, Italy, 26-31 Mar 2023, ISBN 9781665475419 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133408)

Chu, Yinghao, Feng, Daquan, Liu, Zuozhu, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhao, Zizhou, Wang, Zhenzhong, Feng, Zhiyong and Xia, Xianggen (2023) A fine-grained attention model for high accuracy operational robot guidance. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(2), pp. 1066-1081. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3206388)

Cao, Bin, Wang, Zixin, Zhang, Long, Feng, Daquan, Peng, Mugen, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Han, Zhu (2023) Blockchain systems, technologies and applications: a methodology perspective. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 25(1), pp. 353-385. (doi: 10.1109/COMST.2022.3204702)

Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Tukmanov, Anvar, Cui, Tie Jun, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) High-resolution programmable scattering for wireless coverage enhancement: an indoor field trial campaign. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71(1), pp. 518-530. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3216555)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, You, Chaoqun, Feng, Gang and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2023) Federated Learning for Future Intelligent Wireless Networks. Wiley. ISBN 9781119913894 (Accepted for Publication)

2022

Tan, Kang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-0516, Bremner, Duncan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-4925, Le Kernec, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-6803, Sambo, Yusuf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-6800, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Graph neural network-based cell switching for energy optimization in ultra-dense heterogeneous networks. Scientific Reports, 12, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25800-3) (PMID:36517543) (PMCID:PMC9751127)

Cao, Jiayu, Leng, Supeng, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Chai, Haoye (2022) A V2V Empowered Consensus Framework for Cooperative Autonomous Driving. In: 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 04-08 Dec 2022, pp. 5729-5734. ISBN 9781665435406 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10000723)

Li, Zongyao, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhang, Xiaoshuai and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Design and Implementation of a Raft based Wireless Consensus System for Autonomous Driving. In: 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 04-08 Dec 2022, pp. 3736-3741. ISBN 9781665435406 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10000789)

Omeke, Kenechi G., Abubakar, Attai I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3288-4950, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) How reinforcement learning is helping to solve internet-of-underwater-things problems. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 5(4), pp. 24-29. (doi: 10.1109/IOTM.001.2200129)

Omeke, Kenechi G., Mollel, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-3685, Shah, Syed Tariq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1786, Arshad, Kamran, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Dynamic Clustering and Data Aggregation for the Internet-of-Underwater-Things Networks. In: 2022 14th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN), Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 04-06 Dec 2022, pp. 322-328. ISBN 9781665487719 (doi: 10.1109/CICN56167.2022.10008249)

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Wang, Ruiyu, Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2021) Deep learning enabled beam tracking for non-line of sight millimeter wave communications. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2, pp. 1710-1720. (doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2021.3096118)

2020

Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2020) Grand challenges in IoT and sensor networks. Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 1, 619452. (doi: 10.3389/frcmn.2020.619452)

Buchanan, William J., Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ur Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Chrysoulas, Christos, Haynes, David, Pitropakis, Nikolaos and Papadopoulos, Pavlos (2020) Review and critical analysis of privacy-preserving infection tracking and contact tracing. Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 1, 583376. (doi: 10.3389/frcmn.2020.583376)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Jiang, Wei, Feng, Gang, Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Liang, Ying-Chang (2020) Efficient handover mechanism for radio access network slicing by exploiting distributed learning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 17(4), pp. 2620-2633. (doi: 10.1109/TNSM.2020.3031079)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Farhang, Arman, Feng, Gang and Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333 (Eds.) (2020) Radio Access Network Slicing and Virtualization for 5G Vertical Industries. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ. ISBN 9781119652380

Cao, Bin, Zhang, Zhenghui, Feng, Daquan, Zhang, Shengli, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Peng, Mugen and Li, Yun (2020) Performance analysis and comparison of PoW, PoS and DAG based blockchains. Digital Communications and Networks, 6(4), pp. 480-485. (doi: 10.1016/j.dcan.2019.12.001)

Mao, Juquan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Xiao, Pei (2020) Filtered OFDM: an insight into intrinsic in-band interference. In: Zhang, Lei, Farhang, Arman, Feng, Gang and Onireti, Oluwakayode (eds.) Radio Access Network Slicing and Virtualization for 5G Vertical Industries. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 25-41. ISBN 9781119652380 (doi: 10.1002/9781119652434.ch2)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Feng, Gang and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Access control and handoff policy design for RAN slicing. In: Zhang, Lei, Farhang, Arman, Feng, Gang and Onireti, Oluwakayode (eds.) Radio Access Network Slicing and Virtualization for 5G Vertical Industries. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 167-187. ISBN 9781119652380 (doi: 10.1002/9781119652434.ch9)

Yang, Bowen, Zhang, Xiaoying, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Farhang, Arman, Xiao, Pei and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Windowed OFDM for mixed-numerology 5G and beyond systems. In: Zhang, Lei, Farhang, Arman, Feng, Gang and Onireti, Oluwakayode (eds.) Radio Access Network Slicing and Virtualization for 5G Vertical Industries. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 43-61. ISBN 9781119652380 (doi: 10.1002/9781119652434.ch3)

Li, Yixin, Cao, Bin, Liang, Liang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Peng, Mugen and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) A Block Access Control in Wireless Blockchain Networks. In: 5th International Conference on the UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2020), Glasgow, UK, 20-21 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728194899 (doi: 10.1109/UCET51115.2020.9205366)

Omeke, Kenechi G., Mollel, Michael S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-3685, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Energy Optimisation Through Path Selection for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. In: 5th International Conference on the UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2020), Glasgow, UK, 20-21 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728194899 (doi: 10.1109/UCET51115.2020.9205429)

Liu, Wei, Anbiyaei, Mohammad Reza, Jiang, Xue, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Marcenaro, Lucio (2020) Let there be a beam: highlights from the 2020 IEEE Five-Minute Video Clip contest. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 37(5), pp. 157-162. (doi: 10.1109/MSP.2020.3002485)

Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhou, Bingpeng, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Privacy-preserving contact tracing and public risk assessment using blockchain for COVID-19 pandemic. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 3(3), pp. 58-63. (doi: 10.1109/IOTM.0001.2000078)

Li, Yixin, Cao, Bin, Peng, Mugen, Long, Zhang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Feng, Daquan and Yu, Jihong (2020) Direct acyclic graph-based ledger for internet of things: performance and security analysis. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 28(4), pp. 1643-1656. (doi: 10.1109/TNET.2020.2991994)

Mao, Juquan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2020) Interference analysis and power allocation in the presence of mixed numerologies. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 19(8), pp. 5188-5203. (doi: 10.1109/TWC.2020.2990717)

Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905, Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Cao, Bin, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2020) Blockchain-enabled resource management and sharing for 6G communications. Digital Communications and Networks, 6(3), pp. 261-269. (doi: 10.1016/j.dcan.2020.06.002)

Yang, Bowen, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Xiao, Pei, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Tafazolli, Rahim (2020) Mixed-numerology signals transmission and interference cancellation for radio access network slicing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 19(8), pp. 51321-5147. (doi: 10.1109/TWC.2020.2989399)

Liu, Weikang, Cao, Bin, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Peng, Mugen and Daneshmand, Mahmoud (2020) A Distributed Game Theoretic Approach for Blockchain-based Offloading Strategy. In: 54th IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, 7-11 June 2020, ISBN 9781728150901 (doi: 10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9149311)

McWade, Stephen, Flanagan, Mark F., Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Farhang, Arman (2020) Interference and Rate Analysis of Multinumerology NOMA. In: 54th IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, 7-11 June 2020, ISBN 9781728150895 (doi: 10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9149041)

Zhu, Jingxin, Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Cao, Bin, Feng, Gang and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Blockchain-enabled Wireless IoT Networks with Multiple Communication Connections. In: 54th IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, 7-11 June 2020, ISBN 9781728150895 (doi: 10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148856)

Cao, Bin, Li, Mengyang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Li, Yixin and Peng, Mugen (2020) How does CSMA/CA affect the performance and security in wireless blockchain networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16(6), pp. 4270-4280. (doi: 10.1109/TII.2019.2943694)

Li, Chenxi, Li, Zan, Shi, Jia, Guan, Lei and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2020) Intelligent spectrum control in heterogeneous networks with high security capability. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 9(6), pp. 830-833. 8986601. (doi: 10.1109/LWC.2020.2972272)

Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Ali and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Outage probability in the uplink of multitier millimeter wave cellular networks. IEEE Systems Journal, 14(2), pp. 2520-2531. (doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2020.2965001)

Xu, Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-7905, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Yinuo and Cao, Bin (2020) RAFT based wireless blockchain networks in the presence of malicious jamming. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 9(6), pp. 817-821. (doi: 10.1109/LWC.2020.2971469)

Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Souza, Richard D., Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) An overview of machine learning applied in wireless UAV networks. In: Tafazolli, Rahim, Wang, Chin-Liang and Chatzimisios, Periklis (eds.) Wiley 5G Ref: The Essential 5G Reference Online. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. ISBN 9781119471509 (doi: 10.1002/9781119471509.w5GRef231)

Liu, Xiaoran, Zhang, Xiaoying, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei, Wei, Jibo, Zhang, Haijun and Leung, Victor C.M. (2020) PAPR reduction using iterative clipping/filtering and ADMM approaches for OFDM-based mixed-numerology systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 19(4), pp. 2586-2600. (doi: 10.1109/TWC.2020.2966600)

Chang, Bo, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Chen, Zhi and Li, Liying ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4200-0669 (2020) Dynamic communication QoS design for real-time wireless control systems. IEEE Sensors Journal, 10(6), pp. 3005-3015. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2957569)

Liu, Yihong, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Yang, Bowen, Guo, Weisi and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Programmable Wireless Channel for Multi-user MIMO Transmission Using Meta-surface. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 09-13 Dec 2019, ISBN 9781728109626 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9013433)

Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) On the Viable Area of Wireless Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) Blockchain Networks. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 09-13 Dec 2019, ISBN 9781728109626 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9013778)

Liu, Xiaoran, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiong, Jun, Zhang, Xiaoying, Zhou, Li and Wei, Jibo (2020) Peak-to-average power ratio analysis for OFDM-based mixed-numerology transmissions. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(2), pp. 1802-1812. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2960801)

Cao, Bin, Huang, Shouming, Feng, Daquan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhang, Shengli and Peng, Mugen (2020) Impact of Network Load on Direct Acyclic Graph Based Blockchain for Internet of Things. In: CyberC 2019 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, Guilin, China, 17-19 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781728125428 (doi: 10.1109/CyberC.2019.00044)

Ding, Ting, Zhao, Yongjun, Lixin, Li, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Hu, Dexiu (2020) Energy-efficient Based Hybrid Precoding for Beamspace MIMO Systems with Lens Array. In: 19th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT 2019), Xi'an, China, 16-19 Oct 2019, pp. 628-632. ISBN 9781728105352 (doi: 10.1109/ICCT46805.2019.8947212)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Feng, Gang, Yang, Bowen, Cao, Bin and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2020) Performance Analysis for Blockchain Driven Wireless IoT Systems Based on Tempo-Spatial Model. In: CyberC 2019 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, Guilin, China, 17-19 Oct 2019, pp. 348-353. ISBN 9781728125428 (doi: 10.1109/CyberC.2019.00066)

Liao, Xiaomin, Shi, Jia, Li, Zan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Xia, Baiqiang (2020) A model-driven deep reinforcement learning heuristic algorithm for resource allocation in ultra-dense cellular networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(1), pp. 983-997. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2954538)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (Eds.) (2020) Internet of Things and Sensors Networks in 5G Wireless Communications. MDPI. ISBN 9783039281480

Mao, Juquan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2020) Filtered OFDM: an insight into intrinsic in-band interference and filter frequency response selectivity. IEEE Access, 8, pp. 100670-100683. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2997316)

2019

Wu, Longzhe, Li, Lixin, Li, Xu, Yu, Ye, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Pan, Miao and Han, Zhu (2019) Resource Allocation in Blockchain System Based on Mobile Edge Computing Networks. In: 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2019), Xi'an, China, 23-25 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781728135557 (doi: 10.1109/WCSP.2019.8927902)

Cao, Bin, Li, Yixin, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhang, Long, Mumtaz, Shahid, Zhou, Zhenyu and Peng, Mugen (2019) When Internet of Things meets blockchain: challenges in distributed consensus. IEEE Network, 33(6), pp. 133-139. (doi: 10.1109/MNET.2019.1900002)

Chang, Bo, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Chen, Zhi (2019) Optimal resource allocation in URLLC for real-time wireless control systems. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC 2019), Marrakech, Morocco, 15-18 April 2019, ISBN 9781538676462 (doi: 10.1109/WCNC.2019.8886036)

Zhang, Xiaoying, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Wei, Jibo (2019) Fine timing synchronization based on modified expectation maximization clustering algorithm for OFDM systems. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 8(5), pp. 1452-1455. (doi: 10.1109/LWC.2019.2921957)

Chang, Bo, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Li, Liying ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4200-0669, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244 and Chen, Zhi (2019) Optimizing resource allocation in URLLC for real-time wireless control systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 68(9), pp. 8916-8927. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2930153)

Nadas, João, Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Souza, Richard (2019) Performance Analysis of Early-HARQ for Finite Block-Length Packet Transmission. In: IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS 2019), Taipei, Taiwan, 06-09 May 2019, pp. 391-396. ISBN 9781538685006 (doi: 10.1109/ICPHYS.2019.8780207)

Wang, Liang, Huang, Peiqiu, Wang, Kezhi, Zhang, Guopeng, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Aslam, Nauman and Yang, Kun (2019) RL-Based User Association and Resource Allocation for Multi-UAV enabled MEC. In: 15th International Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2019), Tangier, Morocco, 24-28 Jun 2019, ISBN 9781538677483 (doi: 10.1109/IWCMC.2019.8766458)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Feng, Gang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Valente Klaine, Paulo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-9160, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Liang, Ying-Chang (2019) Distributed Learning Based Handoff Mechanism for Radio Access Network Slicing with Data Sharing. In: 53rd IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, 20-24 May 2019, ISBN 9781538680889 (doi: 10.1109/ICC.2019.8761736)

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Feng, Gang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Yan, Mu, Qin, Shuang and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) User Access Control and Bandwidth Allocation for Slice-Based 5G-and-Beyond Radio Access Networks. In: 53rd IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, 20-24 May 2019, ISBN 9781538680889 (doi: 10.1109/ICC.2019.8761841)

Yang, Bowen, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Deng, Yansha, Qiao, Deli and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Algorithms and performance analysis for narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) and broadband LTE coexisting system. In: Wu, Yulei, Huang, Haojun, Wang, Cheng-Xiang and Pan, Yi (eds.) 5G-Enables Internet of Things. CRC Press: Boca Raton. ISBN 9780429199820

Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Feng, Gang, Yang, Bowen, Cao, Bin and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Blockchain-enabled wireless internet of things: performance analysis and optimal communication node deployment. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6(3), pp. 5791-5802. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2905743)

He, Chang, Cao, Aijun, Xiao, Lixia, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2019) Enhanced DCT-OFDM system with index modulation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 68(5), pp. 5134-5138. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2893684)

Ding, Ting, Zhao, Yongjun, Li, Lixin, Hu, Dexiu and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2019) Hybrid precoding for beamspace MIMO systems with sub-connected switches: a machine learning approach. IEEE Access, 7, pp. 143273-143281. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2944061)

He, Chang, Cao, Aijun, Xiao, Lixia, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2019) Index Modulation Assisted DCT-OFDM with Enhanced Transceiver Design. In: 53rd IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, 20-24 May 2019, ISBN 9781538680889 (doi: 10.1109/ICC.2019.8761474)

Li, Dan, Qiao, Deli, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Li, Geoffrey Ye (2019) Performance Analysis of Indoor THz Communications with One-Bit Precoding. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 09-13 Dec 2018, ISBN 9781538647271 (doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8648135)

Ma, Jingxiao, Liu, Wei and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2019) Iterative Transceiver Beamforming of Distributed Relay Networks in Cognitive Radio Networks. In: 2019 IEEE 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, 08-11 Sep 2019, ISBN 9781538681107 (doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2019.8904092)

Mi, De, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Dianati, Mehrdad, Muhaidat, Sami, Xiao, Pei and Tafazolli, Rahim (2019) Self-Calibration for Massive MIMO with Channel Reciprocity and Channel Estimation Errors. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 09-13 Dec 2018, ISBN 9781538647271 (doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647759)

Omeke, Kenechi G., Abohmra, Abdoalbaset, Imran, Muhammad A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2019) Characterization of RF signals in Different Types of Water. In: Antennas and Propagation Conference 2019, Birmingham, UK, 11-12 Nov 2019, ISBN 9781839531705 (doi: 10.1049/cp.2019.0695)

Turkmen, Aysenur, Mollel, Michael S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-3685, Ozturk, Metin, Yao, Sun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ghannam, Rami ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-9280 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Coverage Analysis for Indoor-Outdoor Coexistence for Millimetre-Wave Communication. In: 4th International Conference on UK - China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2019), Glasgow, UK, 21-22 Aug 2019, ISBN 9781728127972 (doi: 10.1109/UCET.2019.8881890)

Wang, Qi, Xie, Sha, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Chen, Zhi (2019) URLLC packet management for packetized predictive control. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC 2019), Marrakech, Morocco, 15-18 April 2019, ISBN 9781538676462 (doi: 10.1109/WCNC.2019.8885924)

Wang, Ruiyu, Onireti, Oluwakayode ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-0333, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ren, Guangmei, Qiu, Jing and Tian, Tingjian (2019) Reinforcement Learning Method for Beam Management in Millimeter-Wave Networks. In: 4th International Conference on UK - China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2019), Glasgow, UK, 21-22 Aug 2019, ISBN 9781728127972 (doi: 10.1109/UCET.2019.8881841)

Xiao, Yong, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Active Constellation Extension for Peak Power Reduction Based on Positive and Negative Iterations in OFDM Systems. In: 4th International Conference on UK - China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2019), Glasgow, UK, 21-22 Aug 2019, ISBN 9781728127972 (doi: 10.1109/UCET.2019.8881859)

Yang, Bowen, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Qiao, Deli, Zhao, Guodong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-8244 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and LTE Systems Co-existence Analysis. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 09-13 Dec 2018, ISBN 9781538647271 (doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647484)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei, Wang, Kezhi, Qiao, Deli and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2019) Optimal filter length and zero padding length design for Universal Filtered Multi-carrier (UFMC) system. IEEE Access, 7, pp. 21687-21701. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2898322)

Zhang, Xiaoying, Mei, Kai, Liu, Xiaoran, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Wei, Jibo (2019) Model classification-and-selection assisted robust receiver for OFDM systems. IEEE Access, 7, pp. 85746-85754. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2924347)

2018

Pan, Zhipeng, Li, Erbao, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Lei, Jing and Tang, Chaojing (2018) Design and optimization of joint iterative detection and decoding receiver for uplink polar coded SCMA system. IEEE Access, 6, pp. 52014-52026. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2869906)

Taheri, S., Ghoraishi, M., Xiao, P., Zhang, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Xin, Y. (2018) Square-root Nyquist filter design for QAM-based filter bank multicarrier systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(9), pp. 9006-9010. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2018.2847730)

Mi, D., Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Dianati, M., Muhaidat, S. and Xiao, P. (2018) A Self-Calibration Scheme for TDD Massive MIMO with Imperfect Channel Estimation. In: 10th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM 2018), Sheffield, UK, 8-11 July 2018, pp. 89-93. ISBN 9781538647530 (doi: 10.1109/SAM.2018.8448522)

Yang, B., Molu, M. and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2018) Advanced Hybrid Beamforming Design for MIMO Systems. In: 10th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM 2018), Sheffield, UK, 8-11 July 2018, pp. 80-83. ISBN 9781538647530 (doi: 10.1109/SAM.2018.8448989)

Zhang, Xiaoying, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei, Ma, Dongtang, Wei, Jibo and Xin, Yu (2018) Mixed numerologies interference analysis and inter-numerology interference cancellation for windowed OFDM systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(8), pp. 7047-7061. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2018.2826047)

Jafri, Atif Raza, Majid, Javaria, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Najam-ul-islam, M. (2018) FPGA Implementation of UFMC based baseband transmitter: case study for LTE 10MHz channelization. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018, 2139794. (doi: 10.1155/2018/2139794)

Yang, Shufan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-2903, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2018) Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Rotational Focus Groups. 11th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Mar 2018.

He, Chang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Mao, Juquan, Cao, Aijun, Xiao, Pei and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2018) Performance analysis and optimization of DCT-based multicarrier system on frequency-selective fading channels. IEEE Access, 6, pp. 13075-13089. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2806318)

Molu, Mehdi M., Xiao, Pei, Khalily, Mohsen, Cumanan, Kanapathippillai, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Tafazolli, Rahim (2018) Low-complexity and robust hybrid beamforming design for multi-antenna communication systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 17(3), pp. 1445-1459. (doi: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2778258)

Zafar, Adnan, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2018) Spectrum efficient MIMO-FBMC system using filter output truncation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(3), pp. 2367-2381. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2771531)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei, Molu, Mehdi and Tafazolli, Rahim (2018) Filtered OFDM systems, algorithms and performance analysis for 5G and beyond. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 66(3), pp. 1205-1218. (doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2017.2771242)

He, Chang, Xiao, Pei, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Mao, Juquan, Cao, Aijun and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2018) Efficient DCT-MCM Detection for Single and Multi-Antenna Wireless Systems. In: 28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2017), Montreal, QC, Canada, 08-13 Oct 2017, ISBN 9781538635315 (doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2017.8292604)

Mao, Juquan, Wang, Chin-Liang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, He, Chang, Xiao, Pei and Nikitopoulos, Konstantinos (2018) A DHT-Based Multicarrier Modulation System with Pairwise ML Detection. In: IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 8-13 Oct 2017, ISBN 9781538635315 (doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2017.8292580)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, He, Chang, Mao, Juquan, Ijaz, Ayesha and Xiao, Pei (2018) Channel Estimation and Optimal Pilot Signals for Universal Filtered Multi-Carrier (UFMC) Systems. In: 2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 8-13 Oct 2017, ISBN 9781538635315 (doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2017.8292777)

Zhang, Jian, Zhao, Minjian, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Zong, Jie and Yu, Tianhang (2018) Circular Convolution Filter Bank Multicarrier (FBMC) System with Index Modulation. In: 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2017-Fall, Toronto, ON, Canada, 24-27 Sep 2017, ISBN 9781509059355 (doi: 10.1109/VTCFall.2017.8287935)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Mao, Juquan, Xiao, Pei and Tafazolli, Rahim (2018) Multi-service Signal Multiplexing and Isolation for Physical-Layer Network Slicing (PNS). In: 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2017-Fall, Toronto, ON, Canada, 24-27 Sep 2017, ISBN 9781509059355 (doi: 10.1109/VTCFall.2017.8288105)

Jiang, Nan, Deng, Yansha, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Nallanathan, Arumugam (2018) Random Access Model in cellular-based massive IoT. In: 5G-Enabled Internet of Things. CRC Press.

Li, Dan, Qiao, Deli and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2018) Achievable Rate of Indoor THz Communication Systems with Finite-Bit ADCs. In: 10th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2018), Hangzhou, China, 18-20 Oct 2018, ISBN 9781538661192 (doi: 10.1109/WCSP.2018.8555900)

Nwankwo, Chinaemerem David, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Quddus, Atta, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Tafazolli, Rahim (2018) A survey of self-interference management techniques for single frequency full duplex systems. IEEE Access, 6, pp. 30242-30268. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2774143)

2017

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) Multi-service systems: an enabler of flexible 5G air-interface. IEEE Communications Magazine, 55(10), pp. 152-159. (doi: 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600916)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) Channel equalization and interference analysis for uplink Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT). IEEE Communications Letters, 21(10), pp. 2206-2209. (doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2017.2705710)

Cao, Y,, Mi, D., Wang, T. and Zhang, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2017) Enabling geo-centric communication technologies in opportunistic networks. In: Sun, H., Wang, C. and Ahmad, B.I. (eds.) From the Internet of Things to Smart Cities: Enabling Technologies. Series: Chapman and Hall/CRC computer and information science series. CRC Press. ISBN 9781498773782

Mi, De, Dianati, Mehrdad, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Muhaidat, Sami and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) Massive MIMO performance with imperfect channel reciprocity and channel estimation error. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 65(9), pp. 3734-3749. (doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2017.2676088)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Pateromichelakis, E. and Quddus, A. (2017) Interference management and resource allocation in backhaul/access networks. In: Imran, M.A., Zaidi, S.A.R. and Shakir, M.Z. (eds.) Access, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G and Beyond. Series: IET telecommunications series (74). IET: London. ISBN 9781785612138

Molu, Mehdi M., Xiao, Pei, Khalily, Mohsen, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) A novel equivalent definition of modified Bessel functions for performance analysis of multi-hop wireless communication systems. IEEE Access, 5, pp. 7594-7605. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2685085)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei, Zafar, Adnan, ul Quddus, Atta and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) FBMC system: an insight into doubly dispersive channel impact. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 66(5), pp. 3942-3956. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2016.2602096)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei, Quddus, Atta and Tafazolli, Rahim (2017) Subband filtered multi-carrier systems for multi-service wireless communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 16(3), pp. 1893-1907. (doi: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2656904)

Taheri, Sohail, Ghoraishi, Mir, Xiao, Pei and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2017) Efficient implementation of filter bank multicarrier systems using circular fast convolution. IEEE Access, 5, pp. 2855-2869. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2670922)

2016

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Ijaz, Ayesha, Xiao, Pei, Quddus, Atta and Tafazolli, Rahim (2016) Single-Rate and Multi-Rate Multi-Service Systems for Next Generation and Beyond Communications. In: 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, 04-08 Sep 2016, ISBN 9781509032549 (doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794635)

Ijaz, Ayesha, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Tafazolli, Rahim (2016) Analysis of candidate waveforms for 5G cellular systems. In: Bizaki, H.K. (ed.) Towards 5G Wireless Networks - A Physical Layer Perspective. InTech. ISBN 9789535128335 (doi: 10.5772/66051)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Xiao, Pei and Quddus, Atta (2016) Cyclic prefix-based universal filtered multicarrier system and performance analysis. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 23(9), pp. 1197-1201. (doi: 10.1109/LSP.2016.2590830)

Ijaz, Ayesha, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Grau, Maxime, Mohamed, Abdelrahim, Vural, Serdar, Quddus, Atta U., Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Foh, Chuan Heng and Tafazolli, Rahim (2016) Enabling massive IoT in 5G and beyond systems: PHY radio frame design considerations. IEEE Access, 4, pp. 3322-3339. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2584178)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Quddus, Atta Ul, Katranaras, Efstathios, Wubben, Dirk, Qi, Yinan and Tafazolli, Rahim (2016) Performance analysis and optimal cooperative cluster size for randomly distributed small cells under cloud RAN. IEEE Access, 4, pp. 1925-1939. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2550758)

Ijaz, Ayesha, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Quddus, Atta ul and Tafazolli, Rahim (2016) HARQ in relay-assisted transmission for machine type communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 5(2), pp. 172-175. (doi: 10.1109/LWC.2016.2514423)

He, Chang, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Mao, Juquan, Cao, Aijun, Xiao, Pei and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2016) Output SNR Analysis and Detection Criteria for Optimum DCT-Based Multicarrier System. In: 2016 International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems (ISWCS), Poznań, Poland, 20-23 Sep 2016, pp. 59-64. ISBN 9781509020614 (doi: 10.1109/ISWCS.2016.7600875)

University of Surrey (2016) Estimating Data Symbols from a Filter Bank Multicarrier (FBMC) Signal. .

University of Surrey (2016) Multi-rate Wireless Communication Networks. .

Sony Corporation, Sony Europe Limited (2016) Infrastructure equipment and methods. .

University of Surrey (2016) Systems and Methods for Universal Filtered Multicarrier Systems. .

2015

Wang, Dongyao, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Qi, Yinan and Quddus, Atta Ul (2015) Localized Mobility Management for SDN-Integrated LTE Backhaul Networks. In: 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-14 May 2015, ISBN 9781479980888 (doi: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145916)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei, Quddus, Atta ul, Dianati, Mehrdad and Tafazolli, Rahim (2015) Adaptive distributed beamforming for relay networks based on local channel state information. IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, 1(2), pp. 117-128. (doi: 10.1109/TSIPN.2015.2463076)

Sony Corporation, Sony Europe Limited (2015) Communications Device, Communications Apparatus Operating as a Relay Node, Infrastructure Equipment and Methods. .

2013

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Li, Jian (2013) Low-complexity distributed beamforming for relay networks with real-valued implementation. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 61(20), pp. 5039-5048. (doi: 10.1109/TSP.2013.2274957)

2012

Zhang, Jiayin, Soldati, Pablo, Liang, Yongming, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Chen, Kuilin (2012) Pathloss Determination of Uplink Power Control for UL CoMP in Heterogeneous Network. In: 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, Anaheim, CA, USA, 03-07 Dec 2012, pp. 250-254. ISBN 9781467349420 (doi: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2012.6477578)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2012) Robust beamforming for coherent signals based on the spatial-smoothing technique. Signal Processing, 92(11), pp. 2747-2758. (doi: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2012.05.008)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2012) A Class of Robust Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms for Coherent Interference Suppression. In: 2012 Proceedings of the 20th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Bucharest, Romania, 27-31 Aug 2012, pp. 1349-1353. ISBN 9781467310680

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2012) A Reference Signal Based Beamforming Scheme for Relay Networks with Local Channel State Information. In: 7th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), Kun Ming, China, 08-10 Aug 2012, pp. 338-342. ISBN 9781467326995 (doi: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417503)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2012) Robust Beamforming for Coherent Signals in the Presence of Steering Vector and Correlation Matrix Errors. In: 7th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), Kun Ming, China, 08-10 Aug 2012, pp. 352-355. ISBN 9781467326995 (doi: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417506)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Peng, Bo (2012) Generalized eigenvector problem for Hermitian Toeplitz matrices and its application to beamforming. Signal Processing, 92(2), pp. 374-380. (doi: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2011.08.002)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2012) Robust forward backward based beamformer for a general-rank signal model with real-valued implementation. Signal Processing, 92(1), pp. 163-169. (doi: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2011.07.001)

2011

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Liu, Wei (2011) Lowcomplexity Robust Beamformer for General-Rank Signal Model Based on Uniform Linear Array. In: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD 2011), London, UK, 27-29 Sep 2011, ISBN 9781849196611 (doi: 10.1049/ic.2011.0165)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Peng, Bo (2011) Zero Location Study of the Beam Response of the Maximum Output SINR Beamformer. In: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD 2011), London, UK, 27-29 Sep 2011, ISBN 9781849196611 (doi: 10.1049/ic.2011.0157)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2011) Low-Complexity Constant Modulus Algorithms for Blind Beamforming Based on Symmetrically Distributed Arrays. In: 2011 IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP), Nice, France, 28-30 Jun 2011, pp. 385-388. ISBN 9781457705694 (doi: 10.1109/SSP.2011.5967711)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Yu, Lei (2011) Statistical analysis of the finite sample forward-backward MVDR beamformer. In: 2011 IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP), Nice, France, 28-30 Jun 2011, pp. 421-424. ISBN 9781457705694 (doi: 10.1109/SSP.2011.5967721)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2011) Low-Complexity Narrowband Adaptive Beamforming Based on Symmetrically Distributed Arrays. In: Wireless Sensing, Localization, and Processing VI, Orlando, FL, USA, 25 Apr 2011, 80610F. (doi: 10.1117/12.885269)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Yu, Lei (2011) Performance analysis for finite sample MVDR beamformer with forward backward processing. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 59(5), pp. 2427-2431. (doi: 10.1109/TSP.2011.2109957)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2011) Adaptive beamforming with real-valued coefficients based on uniform linear arrays. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 59(3), pp. 1047-1053. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2103037)

2010

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2010) A Constrained Reference Signal Based Beamformer Based on Symmetrically Distributed Antenna Arrays. In: 2010 Loughborough Antennas Propagation Conference, Loughborough, UK, 08-09 Nov 2010, pp. 121-124. ISBN 9781424473076 (doi: 10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666788)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2010) A class of constant modulus algorithms for uniform linear arrays with a conjugate symmetric constraint. Signal Processing, 90(9), pp. 2760-2765. (doi: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2010.04.003)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2010) A class of constrained adaptive beamforming algorithms based on uniform linear arrays. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 58(7), pp. 3916-3922. (doi: 10.1109/TSP.2010.2046078)

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2010) A Constrained Constant Modulus Algorithm Based on Uniform Linear Arrays. In: 2010 4th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), Limassol, Cyprus, 03-05 Mar 2010, ISBN 9781424462872 (doi: 10.1109/ISCCSP.2010.5463479)

2009

Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Liu, Wei and Langley, Richard J. (2009) A Minimum Variance Beamformer with Linear and Quadratic Constraints Based on Uniform Linear Antenna Arrays. In: 2009 Loughborough Antennas Propagation Conference, Loughborough, UK, 16-17 Nov 2009, pp. 585-588. ISBN 9781424427208 (doi: 10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352375)

Articles

Fan, Yixuan, Wu, Huanyu, Dong, Zhongxu, Li, Zongyao and Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 (2025) From human to machine networks: a framework for integrating consensus approaches. IEEE Network, (doi: 10.1109/MNET.2025.3559378) (Early Online Publication)

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