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Overview

Xiangyun Zhou is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Computer Networks and Communications. Their research spans several subfields including Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within wireless communication and network optimization. Key research areas include:

  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • UAV Applications and Optimization

Xiangyun Zhou has contributed extensively to publication venues primarily connected to IEEE and also the arXiv preprint repository. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Their recent scientific papers encompass topics such as covert wireless communications, spatial modulation, cellular-connected UAVs, IoT systems, and ambient backscatter communications. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Covert Wireless Communications Under Quasi-Static Fading With Channel Uncertainty" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Spatial Modulation for Symbiotic Radio" (2021) in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • "Uplink NOMA for Cellular-Connected UAV: Impact of UAV Trajectories and Altitude" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • "Two-Tier Communication for UAV-Enabled Massive IoT Systems: Performance Analysis and Joint Design of Trajectory and Resource Allocation" (2020) in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "IRS-Assisted Ambient Backscatter Communications Utilizing Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2021) in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

In collaborative research, Xiangyun Zhou has worked regularly with several coauthors, including Nan Yang, Salman Durrani, Xiaolun Jia, Zhifeng Tang, and A. Lee Swindlehurst, reflecting a consistent network of scholarly partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Relaying Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting and Information Processing

    A. A. Nasir;Xiangyun Zhou;S. Durrani;R. A. Kennedy

  • Secure Transmission With Artificial Noise Over Fading Channels: Achievable Rate and Optimal Power Allocation

    Xiangyun Zhou;M R McKay

  • Cutting the last wires for mobile communications by microwave power transfer

    Kaibin Huang;Xiangyun Zhou

  • Wireless-Powered Relays in Cooperative Communications: Time-Switching Relaying Protocols and Throughput Analysis

    Ali A. Nasir;Xiangyun Zhou;Salman Durrani;Rodney A. Kennedy

  • Pilot Contamination for Active Eavesdropping

    Xiangyun Zhou;B. Maham;A. Hjorungnes

  • Low Probability of Detection Communication: Opportunities and Challenges

    Shihao Yan;Xiangyun Zhou;Jinsong Hu;Stephen V. Hanly

  • Rethinking the Secrecy Outage Formulation: A Secure Transmission Design Perspective

    Xiangyun Zhou;M R McKay;B Maham;A Hjørungnes

  • Physical Layer Security in Wireless Communications

    Xiangyun Zhou;Lingyang Song;Yan Zhang

  • On Covert Communication With Noise Uncertainty

    Biao He;Shihao Yan;Xiangyun Zhou;Vincent K. N. Lau

  • On the Throughput Cost of Physical Layer Security in Decentralized Wireless Networks

    X. Zhou;R. K. Ganti;J. G. Andrews;A. Hjorungnes

  • Throughput and ergodic capacity of wireless energy harvesting based DF relaying network

    Ali A. Nasir;Xiangyun Zhou;Salman Durrani;Rodney A. Kennedy

  • Achieving Covert Wireless Communications Using a Full-Duplex Receiver

    Khurram Shahzad;Xiangyun Zhou;Shihao Yan;Jinsong Hu

  • On the Design of Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure Multi-Antenna Transmission in Slow Fading Channels

    Xi Zhang;Xiangyun Zhou;M. R. McKay

  • Delay-Intolerant Covert Communications With Either Fixed or Random Transmit Power

    Shihao Yan;Biao He;Xiangyun Zhou;Yirui Cong

  • Error Bounds for Uplink and Downlink 3D Localization in 5G Millimeter Wave Systems

    Zohair Abu-Shaban;Xiangyun Zhou;Thushara Abhayapala;Gonzalo Seco-Granados

  • Error Bounds for Uplink and Downlink 3D Localization in 5G mmWave Systems.

    Zohair Abu-Shaban;Xiangyun Zhou;Thushara D. Abhayapala;Gonzalo Seco-Granados

  • Covert Communication Achieved by a Greedy Relay in Wireless Networks

    Jinsong Hu;Shihao Yan;Xiangyun Zhou;Feng Shu

  • Secure Communication With a Wireless-Powered Friendly Jammer

    Wanchun Liu;Xiangyun Zhou;Salman Durrani;Petar Popovski

  • Covert Communication in Fading Channels under Channel Uncertainty

    Khurram Shahzad;Xiangyun Zhou;Shihao Yan

  • Secure Wireless Network Connectivity with Multi-Antenna Transmission

    Xiangyun Zhou;R K Ganti;J G Andrews

  • Physical Layer Security in Cellular Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach

    He Wang;Xiangyun Zhou;Mark C. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Salman Durrani
Salman Durrani Australian National University
Shihao Yan
Shihao Yan Edith Cowan University
Nan Yang
Nan Yang Australian National University
Rodney A. Kennedy
Rodney A. Kennedy Australian National University
Thushara D. Abhayapala
Thushara D. Abhayapala Australian National University
Are Hjorungnes
Are Hjorungnes University of Oslo
Kaibin Huang
Kaibin Huang University of Hong Kong
Matthew R. McKay
Matthew R. McKay Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Feng Shu
Feng Shu Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Halim Yanikomeroglu
Halim Yanikomeroglu Carleton University

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