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Overview

Hong Ren is affiliated with Southeast University in China and specializes in Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Computer Networks and Communications among other subfields.

Their research predominantly covers topics related to advanced wireless communication technologies, including advanced MIMO systems optimization, antenna design and analysis, wireless communication security techniques, satellite communication systems, millimeter-wave propagation and modeling, and indoor and outdoor localization technologies.

Hong Ren has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Their recent papers include:

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G Systems: Principles, Applications, and Research Directions (2021), published in IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (2020), published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for RIS/IRS-Aided Wireless Systems (2022), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
  • A Framework of Robust Transmission Design for IRS-Aided MISO Communications With Imperfect Cascaded Channels (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Cunhua Pan, Kezhi Wang, Jiangzhou Wang, Maged Elkashlan, and Kangda Zhi, reflecting a collaborative approach across multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Wei Xu

  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G Systems: Principles, Applications, and Research Directions

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Jonas Florentin Kolb

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Maged Elkashlan

  • An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for RIS/IRS-Aided Wireless Systems

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  • Active RIS Versus Passive RIS: Which is Superior With the Same Power Budget?

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  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Maged Elkashlan

  • A Framework of Robust Transmission Design for IRS-Aided MISO Communications With Imperfect Cascaded Channels

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multigroup Multicast MISO Communication Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure MIMO Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surface

    Sheng Hong;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Robust Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MISO Communication Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided Multiuser Millimeter-Wave Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Petar Popovski

  • Power Scaling Law Analysis and Phase Shift Optimization of RIS-aided Massive MIMO Systems with Statistical CSI

    Kangda Zhi;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Robust Transmission Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Secure Communication Systems With Imperfect Cascaded CSI

    Sheng Hong;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Resource Allocation for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing in OFDM Systems

    Tong Bai;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Yansha Deng

  • Joint Blocklength and Location Optimization for URLLC-Enabled UAV Relay Systems

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

  • Large-Scale Antenna Systems With UL/DL Hardware Mismatch: Achievable Rates Analysis and Calibration

    Wence Zhang;Hong Ren;Cunhua Pan;Ming Chen

  • Two-Timescale Design for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Massive MIMO Systems With Imperfect CSI

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  • Joint Pilot and Payload Power Allocation for Massive-MIMO-Enabled URLLC IIoT Networks

    Hong Ren;Cunhua Pan;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface-aided URLLC in a Factory Automation Scenario

    Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Cunhua Pan

  • Secure Wireless Communication in RIS-Aided MISO System With Hardware Impairments

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Joint Power and Blocklength Optimization for URLLC in a Factory Automation Scenario

    Hong Ren;Cunhua Pan;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

  • Resource Allocation for Secure URLLC in Mission-Critical IoT Scenarios

    Hong Ren;Cunhua Pan;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surface

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Wei Xu

  • Resource Allocation for Secure URLLC in Mission-Critical IoT Scenario

    Hong Ren;Cunhua Pan;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Cunhua Pan
Cunhua Pan Southeast University
Kezhi Wang
Kezhi Wang Brunel University London
Arumugam Nallanathan
Arumugam Nallanathan Queen Mary University of London
Maged Elkashlan
Maged Elkashlan Queen Mary University of London
Lajos Hanzo
Lajos Hanzo University of Southampton
Yansha Deng
Yansha Deng King's College London
Jiangzhou Wang
Jiangzhou Wang University of Kent
Marco Di Renzo
Marco Di Renzo CentraleSupélec
Xiaohu You
Xiaohu You Southeast University
A. Lee Swindlehurst
A. Lee Swindlehurst University of California, Irvine

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