Staff profile

I received my B.Eng. degree and M.Eng. degree from the Department of Electronics Engineering at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. 

I received my Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2006. I then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the iCORE Wireless Communications Laboratory at the same department.

From 2007 to 2022, I worked as an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor and then a Reader in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. Currently, I am working as a Professor of Signal Processing and Communications in the Department of Engineering at the University of Durham.

• Wireless System Design and Analysis
• 6G
• Integrated Sensing and Communications
• UAV Communications
• Energy Harvesting Communications
• Hybrid Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks
• Machine Learning for Wireless

• 2000:

  Honors and Awards

  • Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, 2020 - 2022
  • World’s Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University, USA, 2020 - 2022
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “On-Demand Coverage for Maritime Hybrid Satellite-UAV-Terrestrial Networks,” the 12th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2020)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Power Allocation for Maritime Cognitive Satellite-UAV-Terrestrial Networks,” the 19th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC’20)
  • Co-recipient of Excellent Paper Award, “Cost-effective hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks: optimal beamforming with nonlinear PA and imperfect CSIT,” the 4th Space Information Networks Forum 2019, Natural Science Foundation of China.
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Secure transmission for UAV-aided NOMA networks with SWIPT via precoding optimization,” the 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2019)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “UAV-enabled accompanying coverage for hybrid satellite-UAV-terrestrial maritime communications,” the 28th Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2019)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Caching UAV assisted secure transmission in small-cell networks,” the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2018)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Internal Collusive Eavesdropping of Interference Alignment Networks,” the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference-Spring (VTC-Spring), 2017
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Energy-Spectral Efficiency in Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer,” the IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC 2016)

  Professional Activities

  • Senior Member of IEEE
  • Fellow of IET
  • Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems 2020 – 2022
  • Associate Editor, Aerial and Space Networks in Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2020 - present
  • Editor, Nature Scientific Reports, 2021 - present
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters 2009-2012
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications 2012 - 2014
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 2011 – 2014
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016, 2017
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 2015
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Communications Letters 2015, 2016
  • TPC Chair, the 2nd Symposium on Signal Processing Systems (SSPS2020)
  • Chair of IoT5G Workshop for the 19th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom 2019)
  • Program co-chair for the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI 2014)
  • Track Chair of Next-Generation Wireless Networks for 11th and 13th IEEE International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2017, CISIS 2019)
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Cognition and cooperation in advanced wireless and mobile information systems,” Hindawi Mobile Information System, 2016
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer enabled wireless networks,” Elsevier Physical Communications, 2018
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Cloud and big data-based next-generation cognitive radio networks,” IEEE Access, 2018.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Ultra-Reliable-and-Available Low-Latency Communications for 5G/B5G-enabled IoT”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2018
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Communications and Networking”, Elsevier Physical Communications, 2019
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Social and Cognitive Mobile Computing in Industrial Internet of Things”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2019
  • Guest Editor, “Networking, Caching and Computation Issues in UAV-Enabled B5G Wireless Communication,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2019
  • Guest Editor, “Enabling Technologies for Agile Maritime Communication Networks,” China Communications, 2020
  • Guest Editor, “Integrated Space-Ground-Sea Wireless Networks for B5G,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2021
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  Honors and Awards

  • Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, 2020 - 2022
  • World’s Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University, USA, 2020 - 2022
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “On-Demand Coverage for Maritime Hybrid Satellite-UAV-Terrestrial Networks,” the 12th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2020)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Power Allocation for Maritime Cognitive Satellite-UAV-Terrestrial Networks,” the 19th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC’20)
  • Co-recipient of Excellent Paper Award, “Cost-effective hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks: optimal beamforming with nonlinear PA and imperfect CSIT,” the 4th Space Information Networks Forum 2019, Natural Science Foundation of China.
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Secure transmission for UAV-aided NOMA networks with SWIPT via precoding optimization,” the 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2019)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “UAV-enabled accompanying coverage for hybrid satellite-UAV-terrestrial maritime communications,” the 28th Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2019)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Caching UAV assisted secure transmission in small-cell networks,” the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2018)
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Internal Collusive Eavesdropping of Interference Alignment Networks,” the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference-Spring (VTC-Spring), 2017
  • Co-recipient of Best Paper Award, “Energy-Spectral Efficiency in Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer,” the IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC 2016)

  Professional Activities

  • Senior Member of IEEE
  • Fellow of IET
  • Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems 2020 – 2022
  • Associate Editor, Aerial and Space Networks in Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2020 - present
  • Editor, Nature Scientific Reports, 2021 - present
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters 2009-2012
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications 2012 - 2014
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 2011 – 2014
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016, 2017
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 2015
  • Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Communications Letters 2015, 2016
  • TPC Chair, the 2nd Symposium on Signal Processing Systems (SSPS2020)
  • Chair of IoT5G Workshop for the 19th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom 2019)
  • Program co-chair for the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI 2014)
  • Track Chair of Next-Generation Wireless Networks for 11th and 13th IEEE International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2017, CISIS 2019)
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Cognition and cooperation in advanced wireless and mobile information systems,” Hindawi Mobile Information System, 2016
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer enabled wireless networks,” Elsevier Physical Communications, 2018
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Cloud and big data-based next-generation cognitive radio networks,” IEEE Access, 2018.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Ultra-Reliable-and-Available Low-Latency Communications for 5G/B5G-enabled IoT”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2018
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Communications and Networking”, Elsevier Physical Communications, 2019
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Social and Cognitive Mobile Computing in Industrial Internet of Things”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2019
  • Guest Editor, “Networking, Caching and Computation Issues in UAV-Enabled B5G Wireless Communication,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2019
  • Guest Editor, “Enabling Technologies for Agile Maritime Communication Networks,” China Communications, 2020
  • Guest Editor, “Integrated Space-Ground-Sea Wireless Networks for B5G,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2021

Journal Article

• Zhang, J., Liu, M., Zhao, N., & Chen, Y. (online). Spatial-Frequency Block Coding Automatic Recognition with Non-Gaussian Interference for Cognitive MIMO-OFDM Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking,
• Khuwaja, A. A., & Chen, Y. (online). 3D Mobility Models and Their Impact on the Outage Performance of UAV Communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,
• Lei, C., Feng, W., Wei, P., Chen, Y., Mao, S., & Ge, N. (online). Edge Information Hub: Orchestrating Satellites, UAVs, MEC, Sensing and Communications for 6G Closed-Loop Controls. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsac.2024.3460053
• Wen, Z., Liu, M., Zhao, N., Nallanathan, A., Yang, X., & Chen, Y. (online). Multi-Component LFM Signal Parameter Estimation for Symbiotic Chirp-UWB Radio Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2024.3429375
• Wei, P., Feng, W., Chen, Y., Ge, N., Xiang, W., & Mao, S. (2024). Task-Oriented Satellite-UAV Networks With Mobile-Edge Computing. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, 202-220. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2023.3341251
• Xiao, Y., Wang, E., Chen, Y., Sun, H., & Ikhlef, A. (2024). Communication-Centric Integrated Sensing and Communications With Mixed Fields. SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, 67(12), Article 219301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-024-4152-9
• Wang, E., Chen, Y., Ikhlef, A., & Sun, H. (2024). Dual‐user joint sensing and communications with time‐divisioned bi‐static radar. IET Communications, 18(17), 1126-1139. https://doi.org/10.1049/cmu2.12820
• Zhang, J., Liu, M., Chen, Y., Zhao, N., & Nallanathan, A. (2024). Automatic Identification of Space-Time Block Coding for MIMO-OFDM Systems in the Presence of Impulsive Interference. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 72(8), 4816-4828. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3382326
• Li, Z., Wang, C.-X., Huang, C., Huang, J., Li, J., Zhou, W., & Chen, Y. (2024). A GAN-GRU Based Space-Time Predictive Channel Model for 6G Wireless Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(7), 9370-9386. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3367386
• Chen, Y., Khuwaja, A. A., & Wang, C.-X. (2024). Effect of Source Signal Traffic on Signal Detection for Ambient Backscatter Communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3419423
• Chen, Y., Altaf Khuwaja, A., & Wang, C.-X. (2024). Effect of Source Signal Traffic on Signal Detection for Ambient Backscatter Communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3419423
• Zhang, J., Liu, M., Chen, Y., Zhao, N., Han, Y., & Zhang, N. (2024). Multi-Antenna Spectrum Sensing With Alpha-Stable Noise for Cognitive Radio-Enabled IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(12), 21546-21558. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2024.3374574
• Li, J., Zheng, W. X., Liu, M., Chen, Y., & Zhao, N. (2024). Robust Blind Equalization for NB-IoT Driven by QAM Signals. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(12), 21499-21512. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2024.3374553
• Chen, A., Zhao, N., You, C., Chen, L., & Chen, Y. (2024). Near-Field Positioning and Attitude Sensing Based on Electromagnetic Propagation Modeling. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 42(9), 2179-2195. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2024.3413981
• Feng, W., Lin, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Chen, Y., Ge, N., Jin, S., & Zhu, H. (2024). Radio Map-Based Cognitive Satellite-UAV Networks Towards 6G On-Demand Coverage. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 10(3), 1075-1089. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2023.3345857
• Li, J., Liu, M., Chen, Y., & Zhao, N. (2024). Blind Equalization for QAM System in the Presence of Impulsive Noise. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3407718
• Chen, X., Feng, W., Chen, Y., Ge, N., He, Y., & Feng, W. (2024). Access-Side DDoS Defense for Space-Air-Ground Integrated 6G V2X Networks. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.1234567
• Zhang, Z., Ma, L., Liu, M., Chen, Y., & Zhao, N. (2024). Adversarial attacking and defensing modulation recognition with deep learning in cognitive radio-enabled IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(8), 14949-14962. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3345937
• Fang, Y., Chen, L., Chen, Y., Yin, H., & Wei, G. (2024). Low-complexity Tomlinson-Harashima precoding update algorithm for massive MIMO system. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 72(4), 2063-2078. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3345419
• Zhang, J., Shi, Z., Chen, Y., & Liu, M. (2024). Spatial Parameter Identification for MIMO Systems in the Presence of Non-Gaussian Interference. Remote Sensing, 16(7), 1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16071243
• Fang, B., Chen, L., Chen, Y., You, C., Chen, X., & Wang, W. (2024). Wireless Coded Computation with Error Detection. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 72(3), 1273-1289. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3334810
• Zhang, H., Chen, L., Han, K., Chen, Y., & Wei, G. (2024). Coexistence designs of radar and communications systems in a multi-path scenario. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(3), 3733-3749. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2023.3325544
• Wang, J., & Chen, Y. (2024). Novel Detectors for Passive Radar Sensing with I/Q Imbalance and Additive Distortion. IEEE Systems Journal, 18(1), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2023.3328617
• Zhang, H., Liu, M., Chen, Y., & Zhao, N. (2024). Attacking Modulation Recognition With Adversarial Federated Learning in Cognitive Radio-Enabled IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(6), 10911-10923. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2023.3327953
• Zhang, J., Li, Z., Chen, Y., Lu, W., Yi, F., & Liu, M. (2024). Passive Sensing Using Multiple Types of Communication Signal Waveforms for Internet-of-Everything. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3364163
• Chen, L., Liu, W., Chen, Y., & Wang, W. (2024). Communication-Efficient Design for Quantized Decentralized Federated Learning. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 72, 1175-1188. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2024.3363887
• Liu, C., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Payton, R., Riley, M., & Yang, S.-H. (2024). Self-supervised adaptive weighting for cooperative perception in V2V communications. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(2), 3569-3580. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2023.3345035
• Chen, Y., & Feng, W. (2024). Novel Signal Detectors for Ambient Backscatter Communications in Internet of Things Applications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(3), 5388-5400. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3305645
• Liu, C., Zhou, Y., Chen, Y., & Yang, S.-H. (2023). Knowledge Distillation Based Semantic Communications For Multiple Users. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(7), 7000-7012. https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2023.3336941
• Wang, C.-X., Chen, Y., & Haas, H. (2023). A complete study of space-time-frequency statistical properties of the 6G pervasive channel model. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 71(12), 7273 - 7287. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3307144
• Liu, C., Chen, Y., Chen, J., Payton, R., Riley, M., & Yang, S. (2023). Cooperative perception with learning-based V2V communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 12(11), 1831-1835. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2023.3295612
• Cai, S., Chen, L., Chen, Y., Yin, H., & Wang, W. (2023). Pulse-based ISAC: Data Recovery and Ranging Estimation for Multi-Path Fading Channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 71(8), 4819-4838. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2023.3277039
• Wang, J., Wang, C.-X., Huang, J., Feng, R., Aggoune, E., & Chen, Y. (2023). A Novel THz Massive MIMO Beam Domain Channel Model for 6G Wireless Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(8), 9704 - 9719. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2023.3257490
• Zhang, J., Liu, M., Zhao, N., Chen, Y., Yang, Q., & Ding, Z. (2023). Spectrum and energy efficient multi-antenna spectrum sensing for green UAV communication. Digital Communications and Networks, 9(4), 846-855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2022.09.017
• Li, M., Qin, X., Chen, Y., Wang, W., & Chen, L. (2023). Utilizing Attitude Information for Efficient Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 7(2), 800-813. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgcn.2023.3241932
• Chen, Y., & Ding, X. (2023). A survey of sag monitoring methods for power grid transmission lines. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 17(7), 1419-1441. https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12778
• Lin, Y., Feng, W., Zhou, T., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Ge, N., & Wang, C.-X. (2023). Integrating Satellites and Mobile Edge Computing for 6G Wide-Area Edge Intelligence: Minimal Structures and Systematic Thinking. IEEE Network, 37(2), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/mnet.004.2200405
• Chen, L., Qin, X., Chen, Y., & Zhao, N. (2023). Joint Waveform and Clustering Design for Coordinated Multi-point DFRC Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 71(3), 1323-1335. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2023.3235984
• Jin, C., Shevchenko, N. A., Wang, J., Chen, Y., & Xu, T. (2023). Wideband Multichannel Nyquist-Spaced Long-Haul Optical Transmission Influenced by Enhanced Equalization Phase Noise. Sensors, 23(3), Article 1493. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031493
• Li, D., Yang, Z., Zhao, N., Chen, Y., Wu, Z., & Li, Y. (2023). A Unified Rate-Splitting Framework for Secure Spectrum Sharing via Joint Precoding Optimization. IEEE Systems Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2023.3254603
• Wang, J., Chen, Y., & Chen, L. (2023). Transmit Beamforming for MIMO Dual Functional Radar-Communication with IQI. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(12), 15732 - 15744. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2023.3290155
• Chen, A., Chen, L., Chen, Y., You, C., Wei, G., & Yu, F. R. (2023). Cramér-Rao Bounds of Near-Field Positioning Based on Electromagnetic Propagation Model. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2023.3284658
• Wang, C.-X., You, X., Gao, X., Zhu, X., Li, Z., Zhang, C., Wang, H., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Haas, H., Thompson, J. S., Larsson, E. G., Renzo, M. D., Tong, W., Zhu, P., Shen, X., Poor, H. V., & Hanzo, L. (2023). On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies and Testbeds. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 25(2), 905 - 974. https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2023.3249835
• Wei, P., Feng, W., Chen, Y., Ge, N., & Wang, C.-X. (2023). Joint Mobility Control and MEC Offloading for Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial-Network-Enabled Robots. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2023.3263599
• Fan, Q., Chen, L., You, C., Chen, Y., & Yin, H. (2023). Dependency-Aware Service Migration for Backhaul-Free Vehicular Edge Computing Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
• Liu, M., Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., Ge, J., & Zhao, N. (2023). Adversarial Attack and Defense on Deep Learning for Air Transportation Communication Jamming. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2023.3262347
• Liu, M., Yu, S., Chen, Y., & Chen, S. (2023). Blind parameter estimation for co-channel digital communication signals. Wireless Networks, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-023-03282-z