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Journal Articles

[J17] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, and R. Schober, “TTD Configurations for Near-Field Beamforming: Parallel, Serial, or Hybrid?”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, early access, Mar. 2024. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J16] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Rethinking Integrated Sensing and Communication: When Near Field Meets Wideband”, IEEE Communications Magazine, accepted to appear, 2024. [Arxiv]

[J15] Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Mu, and J. Chen, “Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) RISs for 6G: fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, early access, Feb. 2024. [Arxiv]

[J14] Y. Liu, J. Xu, Z. Wang, X. Mu, J. Zhang and P. Zhang, “Simultaneously Transmitting And Reflecting (STAR) RISs for 6G: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Future Directions”, Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, vol. 24, pp. 1689-1707, Jan. 2024. [Arxiv]

[J13] J. Chen, K. Zhai, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Jia, and X. Wang, “CoMP and RIS-assisted Multicast Transmission in a Multi-UAV Communication System”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, early access, Jan. 2024.

[J12] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Bidirectional Integrated Sensing and Communication: Full-Duplex or Half-Duplex?”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, early access, Dec. 2023. [Arxiv]

[J11] J. Xiao, J. Wang, Z. Wang, W. Xie, Y. Liu, “Multi-Scale Attention Based Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, early access, Nov. 2023. [Code]

[J10] Y. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Xu, C. Ouyang, X. Mu, and R. Schober, “Near-Field Communications: A Tutorial Review”, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 4, pp. 1999-2049, Aug. 2023. [Arxiv]

[J9] Z. Wang, X. Mu, J. Xu, and Y. Liu, “Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Surface (STARS) for Terahertz communications”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 861-877, Jul. 2023. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J8] Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, and J. Chen, “STARS-ISAC: How Many Sensors Do We Need?”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1085-1099, Feb. 2024. [Arxiv]

[J7] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communications”, IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 2048-2052, Aug. 2023. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J6] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “STARS Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 6750-6765, Oct. 2023. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J5] Z. Zhang, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, B. He, L. Lv, and J. Chen, “Security Enhancement for Coupled Phase-Shift STAR-RIS Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 8210-8215, Jun. 2023. [Arxiv]

[J4] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, X. Xu, and P. Zhang, “NOMA-aided Joint Communication, Sensing, and Multi-tier Computing Systems”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 574-588, Mar. 2023. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J3] X. Mu, Z. Wang, and Y. Liu, “NOMA for Integrating Sensing and Communications towards 6G: A Multiple Access Perspective”, IEEE Wireless Communications, early access, Jan. 2023. [Arxiv]

[J2] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, and R. Schober, “Coupled Phase-Shift STAR-RISs: A General Optimization Framework”, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 207-211, Nov. 2022. [Arxiv] [Code]

[J1] Z. Wang, Y. Liu, X. Mu, Z. Ding, and O. A. Dobre, “NOMA Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication”, IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 677-681, Mar. 2022. [Arxiv] [Code]

Conference Proceedings

[C10] J. Hao, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, “Active-Sensing-Based Beam Alignment for Near Field MIMO Communications”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'24), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024.

[C9] H. Li, Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, Y. Chen, and Z. Pan, “Downlink CRB Minimization for Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communication”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'24), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024.

[C8] Z. Zheng, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Mu, and J. Chen, “Hybrid Beamforming Design for Near-Field SWIPT Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'24), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024.

[C7] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Zou, and Y. Liu, “Near-Field Wideband Beamforming Design with Short-Range True-Time Delayers”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'24), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024.

[C6] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Zou, and Y. Liu, “Near-Field Wideband Beamfocusing Optimization: A Heuristic Two-Stage Approach”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf. (GLOBECOM'23), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023.

[C5] Z. Wang, X. Mu, J. Xu, Y. Zou, and Y. Liu, “STARS for Spectral Efficiency in Wideband Terahertz Communications”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf. (GLOBECOM'23), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023.

[C4] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, “Full-Duplex Communication in Bidirectional ISAC”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'23) Workshop, Rome, Italy, May 2022.

[C3] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, X. Xu, and P. Zhang, “Joint Communication, Sensing, and Multi-tier Computing: A NOMA-aided Framework”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf. (GLOBECOM'22), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022.

[C2] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “STARS Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communications: A CRB Optimization Perspective”, in Proc. IEEE 96th Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC2022-Fall), London & Beijing, Sep 2022.

[C1] Z. Wang, Y. Liu, X. Mu and Z. Ding, “NOMA Inspired Interference Cancellation for Integrated Sensing and Communication”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Communications Conf. (ICC'22), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.

Preprints

[P15] C. Ouyang, Z. Wang, B. Zhao, X. Zhang, and Y. Liu, “On the Impact of Reactive Region on the Near-Field Channel Gain”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P14] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Performance Analysis of Wideband Near-Field Sensing (NISE)”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P13] Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Wideband Beamforming for Near-Field Communications with Circular Arrays”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P12] H. Ting, Z. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Adaptive TTD Configurations for Near-Field Communications: An Unsupervised Transformer Approach”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P11] Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Chen, and D. I. Kim, “Near Field Communications for DMA-NOMA Networks”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P10] H. Jiang, Z. Wang, and Y. Liu, “Sense-Then-Train: A Novel Beam Training Design for Near-Field MIMO Systems”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P9] Y. Liu, C. Ouyang, Z. Wang, J. Xu, X. Mu, and A. L. Swindlehurst, “Near-Field Communications: A Comprehensive Survey”, 2024. [Arxiv]

[P8] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Near-Field Velocity Sensing and Predictive Beamforming”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P7] Z. Zheng, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Chen, and T. Quek, “Dynamic MIMO architecture design for near-field communications”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P6] H. Li, Z. Wang, X. Mu, Z. Pan, and Y. Liu, “Near-Field Integrated Sensing, Positioning, and Communication: A Downlink and Uplink Framework”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P5] Z. Zhang, Z. Wang, X. Mu, J. Chen, and Y. Liu, “STARS for Integrated Sensing and Communications: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P4] Z. Wang, X. Mu, and Y. Liu, “Beamfocusing Optimization for Near-Field Wideband Multi-User Communications“, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P3] Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, X. Mu, and J. Chen, “Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Near-Field Communications”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P2] Y. Liu, J. Xu, Z. Wang, X. Mu, and L. Hanzo, “Near-Field Communications: What Will Be Different?”, 2023. [Arxiv]

[P1] Z. Wang, X. Mu, Y. Liu, and Z. Ding, “Exploiting Sensing Signal in ISAC: A NOMA Inspired Scheme”, 2022. [Arxiv]