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  1. A Novel OTFS-Based Massive Random Access Scheme in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems for High-Speed Mobility

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, March 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  2. Unsourced Random Access for mmWave Massive MIMO-OFDM Over Doubly-Selective Channel

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, March 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  3. Robust Secure Design and Analysis of Active RIS Assisted Communication With Hardware Impairments

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  4. Theoretic Analysis on Deterministic Reliability of Finite Blocklength Massive MIMO Transmission

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  5. Local Partial RZF in Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A Deterministic Equivalent Analysis

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  6. Performance Analysis and Pilot Length Optimization for Multi-Dimensional Sensing in Uplink CF-ISAC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  7. Deterministic Equivalent-Based Resource Allocation for Cell-Free Massive MIMO

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  8. Hierarchical Computing Architecture for mURLLC in Cell-Free Systems: Load Computation, Demand Mapping, and Resource Allocation

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  9. A Scalable Semi-Grant-Free Access Scheme in Cell-Free Massive MIMO System

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  10. Energy-Efficient Resource Orchestration for URLLC in Cell-Free RANs via GNNs With Reliability Enforcement

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  11. Grant-Free NOMA in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Over Universal Filtered Multicarrier for mURLLC

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  12. Scalable Distributed User Scheduling for Low-Altitude Wideband Cell-Free RAN

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  13. Toward Deterministic 6G HRLLC: A Multi-Agent DRL-Based Traffic Scheduling Method in HRLLC and TSN Converged Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  14. Towards URLLC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Interference Cancellation

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  15. Routing and Scheduling of Hybrid Traffic for URLLC Industrial Network Under Timing Analysis

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  16. Adaptive Finite-Blocklength Optimization for the Communication–Sensing Tradeoff in Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free ISAC Systems With URLLC Users

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  17. Multi-dimensional Resource-based Hybrid QoS Massive Grant-Free Random Access

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  18. Optimal Local Precoding for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Under the UatF Bound

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  19. Target Tracking in Cell-Free Multi-Static ISAC Systems With Network-Assisted Full-Duplex

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  20. Joint Long-Term Energy Efficiency Optimization in Hybrid RIS-Aided Cell-Free Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, November 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  21. Long-Term Energy-Efficient Duplex Mode Optimization for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Network-Assisted Full-Duplex

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, September 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  22. Scalable Active User Detection Based on Federated Learning in Cell-Free Massive MIMO System

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, September 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  23. Hybrid Precoding for mmWave Massive MIMO With Finite Blocklength

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, August 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  24. Joint Beamforming Design and Trajectory Optimization for UAV-Enabled Cell-Free ISAC MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, August 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  25. STAR-RIS-Aided NOMA for Secured xURLLC

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, August 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  26. Transmit Power Minimization for Double-RIS-Enabled Multi-User ISAC System in Vehicular Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, July 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  27. Mixed Traffic Scheduling With Latency and Jitter Analysis in URLLC Industrial Automation

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  28. Enhanced Codebook of Sparse Vector Coding Based on Mean-Variance Trade-Off Model for URLLC

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  29. Rate-splitting multiple access-assisted ISAC design in NAFD cell-free mMIMO systems

    Article • Digital Communications and Networks, June 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  30. Min-Max Decoding Error Probability Oriented Beamforming for Downlink Multiuser URLLC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, June 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  31. Resource Allocation for eMBB/URLLC Coexistence in Massive MIMO Industrial Automation

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, May 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  32. On Maximal Achievable Rate With Finite Blocklength in Quasi-Static SIMO/MIMO Channels

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, May 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  33. Improved Devices Activity Detection for Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, April 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  34. AP Working Mode Selection and Blocklength Optimization for Industrial URLLC in Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, March 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  35. Effective Energy Efficiency of Cell-Free mMIMO Systems for URLLC With Probabilistic Delay Bounds and Finite Blocklength Communications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, March 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  36. Stochastic Geometry Analysis of Scalable Cell-Free RAN With Dynamic Association and Deployment

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, March 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  37. WMMSE-Based Processing in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, February 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  38. Cell-Free Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Enabled Short-Packet Communications Towards Energy Efficiency in IIoT Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  39. Frequency Domain Differential Modulation for URLLC: Analysis and Dynamic Activation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  40. Gradient-Based Task-Aware Meta-Learning for Fingerprint-Based Localization in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  41. Improved Low-Complexity Sparse Bayesian Learning With Embedded Bayesian Threshold

    Article • IEEE Signal Processing Letters, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  42. Interference Management and Joint Precoding Design for Multi-Static ISAC and Full-Duplex Communication Cell-Free Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  43. Joint Asynchronous Activity Detection and Delay Estimation for Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  44. Massive Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free Massive MIMO URLLC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  45. Mobility Management in Low-Altitude Cell-Free Radio Access Network

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  46. Performance Analysis and Optimization for Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free Multi-Static ISAC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  47. Performance Analysis of BDMA Transmission in Asynchronous Scalable CF-RAN Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  48. Performance Analysis of uRLLC in A Scalable Cell-free Radio Access Network System

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  49. Mobility Management Framework for Cooperative Cell-Free ISAC Systems

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  50. Transmit Beamformer Design for Multiuser MISO URLLC Systems: A FBL Decoding Error Probability Minimization Solution

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  51. Martingale-Based Scheduling of Deterministic Delay Traffic for HRLLC Industrial Automation

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  52. Hybrid Precoding with Per-Beam Timing Advance for Asynchronous Scalable Cell-free mmWave Massive MIMO-OFDM Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  53. Performance Analysis of Local Partial MMSE Precoding Based User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems and Deployment Optimization

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  54. User Association and Handover in User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Under Dynamic Scenarios

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  55. Localization-Driven 3D Codebook Design and Intelligent Beam Training for Millimeter-Wave Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  56. Multi-Source Asynchronous Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems for mURLLC: Performance Analysis and Optimization

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  57. Power Allocation for Multi-Static Cooperative ISAC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  58. An Open-Loop URLLC Framework Using Massive MIMO with Integrated Power Control

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  59. Duplex Mode Selection and Distributed Association for Cell-Free RAN with Network-Assisted Free Duplex

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  60. Iterative Communication-Sensing Optimization Framework for Uplink ISAC in Cell-Free Systems

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  61. UADFormer: A Transformer-Based Deep Learning Method for User Activity Detection in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  62. Downlink Performance Analysis of CF-MMIMO With RCEs and LO Phase Drift: A Stochastic Geometry Approach

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  63. Joint Phase-Noise and Channel Estimation in mmWave Massive MIMO Systems With Hybrid Structures Using Nested Tensor Decomposition

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  64. Joint Uplink and Downlink Nonorthogonal Resource Allocation for URLLC in Distributed Antenna Systems

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  65. Enabling mURLLC in Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free Networks by Dual Time-Scale Resource Scheduling

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, November 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  66. Fast Adaptive Intelligent Beam Training Method for mmWave Networks

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, November 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  67. Implementation of 6G TKμ Extreme Connectivity via Cell-Free Massive MIMO System: A Theoretical Evaluation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, November 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  68. On the Spectral and Energy Efficiency of RSMA-Based Cell-Free Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, November 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  69. Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV in Cell-Free Radio Access Network With Network-Assisted Full-Duplex

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  70. Cross-Region Fusion and Fast Adaptation for Multi-Scenario Fingerprint-Based Localization in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  71. Joint Power Optimization and Subcarrier Allocation for URLLC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO System

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  72. Spatial-Separable NOMA-Based Intelligent Hierarchical Fast Uplink Grant for mURLLC Over Cell-Free Networks

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  73. Performance Analysis of Multi-UAV Aided Cell-Free Radio Access Network With Network-Assisted Full-Duplex for URLLC

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  74. Performance of Spectral and Energy Efficiency in Cell-Free Massive MIMO-Aided URLLC System With Short Blocklength Communications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  75. Trainable Joint Channel Estimation, Detection, and Decoding for MIMO URLLC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  76. Energy-Efficient Joint AP Selection and Power Control in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems: A Hybrid Action Space-DRL Approach

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  77. Energy-Efficient Optimization in User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems for URLLC With Finite Blocklength Communications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  78. Scheduling of Time-Triggered Traffic for Deterministic URLLC in Industrial Automation

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  79. Differential Modulation for Short Packet Transmission in URLLC

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  80. Cross-Layer Resource Allocation for URLLC Industrial Automation Over Multi-Connectivity

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  81. Optimization of Node Duplex Mode for Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Low-Altitude CF-RAN Systems With UAVs

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, June 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  82. Adaptive Feedback-Aided Hybrid Random Access for mURLLC Service Over Cell-Free Networks

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, June 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  83. Cell-Free mMIMO Systems in Short Packet Transmission Regime: Pilot and Power Allocation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, June 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  84. Intelligent Hierarchical NOMA-Based Network Slicing in Cell-Free RAN for 6G Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, May 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  85. Enhancing Energy-Efficient URLLC in Cell-Free mMIMO Systems With Transceiver Impairments: An RSMA-DRL Based Approach

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, May 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  86. Energy Efficiency Enhancement in User-Centric and Cell-Free Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems With Hybrid Beamforming

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, April 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  87. Outage Probability Analysis and Bit Allocation for Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Low-Precision ADCs

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, March 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  88. Density-Based Clustering Resolution for Grant-Free Preamble Collision in Cell-Free mURLLC Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, March 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  89. Joint Long-Term Energy Efficient Scheduling and Beamforming Design for URLLC in Cell-Free MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  90. A HARQ Assisted Grant-Free Access Scheme in Cell-Free Massive MIMO System

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  91. Objective-Driven Differentiable Optimization of Traffic Prediction and Resource Allocation for Split AI Inference Edge Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  92. Closed-Form Approximation for Performance Bound of Finite Blocklength Massive MIMO Transmission

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  93. Low Altitude 3-D Coverage Performance Analysis of Cell-Free RAN for 6G Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  94. Spectral Efficiency and Scalability Analysis for Multi-Level Cooperative Cell-Free Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  95. A Scalable Deep-Learning-Based Active User Detection Approach for SEU-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, November 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  96. Beamforming Design in Short-Packet Transmission for URLLC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO System

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, September 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  97. Intelligent Hierarchical Network Slicing Based on Dynamic Multi-Connectivity in Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, September 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  98. Beam Image Stacking-Based Interactive Beam Tracking for Cell-Free mmWave Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  99. Energy-Efficient Optimization in Distributed Massive MIMO Systems for Slicing eMBB and URLLC Services

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  100. Joint Uplink and Downlink Resource Allocation Toward Energy-Efficient Transmission for URLLC

    Article • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  101. Performance of Multidevice Downlink Cell-Free System Under Finite Blocklength for uRLLC With Hard Deadlines

    Article • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  102. Performance Analysis and Optimization of Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Systems Under Low-Resolution ADCs

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, June 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  103. Resource Allocation for IRS-Assisted Uplink URLLC Systems

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, June 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  104. Beyond Turbo: An Integrated ADMM Receiver for URLLC MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, May 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  105. High-Performance Channel Estimation for mmWave Wideband Systems With Hybrid Structures

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, April 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  106. Robust Hybrid Beamforming for Outage-Constrained Multigroup Multicast mmWave Transmission With Phase Shifter Impairments

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, March 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  107. Content Popularity Prediction Based on Quantized Federated Bayesian Learning in Fog Radio Access Networks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, February 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  108. Joint User Association and Beamforming Multi-Objective Optimization for Distributed mmWave Networks

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, February 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  109. Covariance-Based Activity Detection With Orthogonal Pilot Sequences for Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  110. Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems With Imperfect Covariance Matrix

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, December 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  111. Spectral Efficiency of Unicast and Multigroup Multicast Transmission in Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, December 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  112. Energy-Efficient Optimization via Joint Power and Subcarrier Allocation for eMBB and URLLC Services

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, November 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  113. Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Enabled Ultrareliable and Low-Latency Communications

    Article • Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, October 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  114. Structured Tensor CP Decomposition-Aided Pilot Decontamination for UAV Communication in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, September 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  115. On Performance Loss of DOA Measurement Using Massive MIMO Receiver With Mixed-ADCs

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, August 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  116. Antenna Selection for Full-Duplex Distributed Massive MIMO via the Elite Preservation Genetic Algorithm

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, April 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  117. Beam Tracking for Distributed Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems Based on the Unscented Kalman Filter

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, April 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  118. Robust Downlink Transmission for 6G LEO-MIMO Satellite Systems

    Article • Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, March 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  119. Joint Transceiver Design for Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Systems With SWIPT

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, March 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  120. Optimization of the energy efficiency in Smart Internet of Vehicles assisted by MEC

    Article • EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  121. Fingerprint-Based Covariance Matrix Estimation for Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, February 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  122. Load-Aware Dynamic Mode Selection for Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free Large-Scale Distributed MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  123. Optimization of The Energy Efficiency in Smart Internet of Vehicles Assisted By MEC

    Article • December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  124. Joint User Selection and Transceiver Design for Cell-Free With Network-Assisted Full Duplexing

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, December 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  125. Fuzzy Logic Guided Load-Balanced User Association and Beamforming for Distributed mmWave Networks

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, November 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  126. Optimization of Duplex Mode Selection for Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, November 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  127. Impacts of Asynchronous Reception on Cell-Free Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, October 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  128. Privacy-Preserving Channel Estimation in Cell-Free Hybrid Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  129. Network-Assisted Full-Duplex Distributed Massive MIMO Systems With Beamforming Training Based CSI Estimation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, April 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  130. Analysis and Optimization of Fog Radio Access Networks With Hybrid Caching: Delay and Energy Efficiency

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  131. Scalable Pilot Assignment Scheme for Cell-Free Large-Scale Distributed MIMO With Massive Access

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  132. Joint Long-Term Energy Efficiency Optimization in C-RAN With Hybrid Energy Supply

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, October 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  133. Joint Sparse Beamforming and Power Control for a Large-Scale DAS With Network-Assisted Full Duplex

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, July 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  134. Performance of Network-Assisted Full-Duplex for Cell-Free Massive MIMO

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, March 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  135. Secrecy Energy Efficiency Optimization for Multi-User Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Communications, February 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  136. Analysis and Optimization of Ambiguity Function in Radar-Communication Integrated Systems Using MPSK-DSSS

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, December 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  137. Deep Learning-Based Pilot Design for Multi-User Distributed Massive MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, August 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  138. DOTS: Delay-Optimal Task Scheduling Among Voluntary Nodes in Fog Networks

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, April 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  139. A Pilot Allocation Algorithm Based on Coalitional Game Theory for Distributed MIMO Systems

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  140. Energy Efficiency Optimization of Distributed Massive MIMO Systems Under Ergodic QoS and Per-RAU Power Constraints

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  141. Energy Optimization Algorithms for MIMO-OFDM Based Downlink C-RAN System

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  142. Large System Performance and Distributed Scheme of Downlink Beamforming in F-RANs With Distributed Antennas

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  143. Sparse Beamforming for an Ultradensely Distributed Antenna System With Interlaced Clustering

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  144. Energy Efficient Joint Energy Cooperation and Power Allocation in Multiuser Distributed Antenna Systems With Hybrid Energy Supply

    Article • IET Communications, October 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Jiamin Li, HuanHuan Mao, Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  145. Downlink Spectral Efficiency of Distributed Massive MIMO Systems With Linear Beamforming Under Pilot Contamination

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, February 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  146. Energy consumption index minimized resource allocation in hybrid energy multiuser OFDM system with distributed antennas

    Article • ITM Web of Conferences, January 2018, EDP Sciences

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  147. Downlink Transmission Strategies in Power-Splitting SWIPT Distributed MISO Systems

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  148. Energy Efficiency Optimization for MIMO Distributed Antenna Systems With Pilot Contamination

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu

  149. Spectral Efficiency Analysis for Bidirectional Dynamic Network With Massive MIMO Under Imperfect CSI

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Pengcheng Zhu