Special Sessions
SS1 - Exploiting Wireless Interference in MIMO Communications via Symbol-Level Precoding in 6G and Beyond
Organizers:
Ang Li
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Christos Masouros
University College London, UK
A. Lee Swindlehurst
University of California Irvine, USA
Paper 1: Constructive Interference Precoding for Downlink NOMA
MengChun Yan ( & South China University of Technology, China); Yingyang Chen (Jinan University, China); Miaowen Wen (South China University of Technology, China); Shancheng Zhao (Jinan University, China); Zhetao Li (Xiangtan University, China).
Paper 2: Multi-User Symbol-Level Precoding for Downlink Reconfigurable MIMO Communication Systems
Haonan Wang and Ang Li (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China); Yuanjun Shen (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Branka Vucetic and Yonghui Li (University of Sydney, Australia)
Paper 3: NOMA Made Practical: Removing the SIC through Constructive Interference
Abdelhamid Salem (UCL, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Christos Masouros (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper 4: Modulating Data Using Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface by Symbol Level Precoding
Hei Victor Cheng (Aarhus University, Denmark); Wei Yu (University of Toronto, Canada)
SS2 - Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for 6G
Organizers:
Bruno Clerckx
Imperial College London, UK
Yijie (Lina) Mao
ShanghaiTech University, China
Paper 1: Batch Gradient Descent-based Optimization of WMMSE for Rate Splitting Strategy
Zhijie Wang, RuHui Ma and Hongjian Shi (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); Liwei Lin (Fujian University of Technology, China); Haibing Guan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Paper 2: Deep Learning-Based Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Massive MIMO-OFDM Systems With Imperfect CSIT
Minghui Wu, Ziwei Wan, Yang Wang, Shicong Liu and Zhen Gao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
Paper 3: Energy-efficient Federated Edge Learning for Internet of Vehicles via Rate-Splitting Multiple Access
Shengyu Zhang (The University of Hongkong, Hong Kong); Shiyao Zhang (Southern University of Science and Technology, China); Lawrence K. Yeung (the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Paper 4: Rate Splitting Multiple Access-Aided MISO Visible Light Communications
Shuai Ma (China University of Mining and Technology, China); Guanjie Zhang and Zhi Zhang (China University of Mining and Technology, France); Rongyan Gu (China University of Mining and Technology, China); Youlong Wu (ShanghaiTech University, China); Shiyin Li (China University of Mining and Technology, China)
Paper 5: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Empowered Cooperative Rate Splitting with User Relaying
Kangchun Zhao (China); Yijie Mao (ShanghaiTech University, China); Zhaohui Yang (Zhejiang University, China); Lixiang Lian (ShanghaiTech University, China); Bruno Clerckx (Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
SS3 - Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Communication and Sensing Systems
Organizers:
Hongliang Zhang
Princeton University, USA
Boya Di
Peking University, China
Marco Di Renzo
Paris-Saclay University, France
Paper 1: RIS-Assisted Downlink Multi-cell Communication Using Statistical CSI
Luoluo Jiang, Caihong Luo and Xiao Li (Southeast University, China); Michail Matthaiou (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Shi Jin (Southeast University, China)
Paper 2: STAR-RISs Assisted NOMA Networks: A Tile-based Passive Beamforming Approach
Ruikang Zhong and Xidong Mu (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Xiaoxia Xu (Wuhan University, China); Yue Chen and Yuanwei Liu (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper 3: Parameter Estimation for Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces enabled Radars
Xiaoyu Zhang (Peking University, China); Haobo Zhang (Peking University, China); Hongliang Zhang (Princeton University, USA); Liang Liu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China); Boya Di (Peking University, China)
Paper 4: Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Maneuvering Target Sensing: True Velocity Estimation
Lei Xie (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China); Xianghao Yu and Shenghui Song (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Paper 5: Error Propagation and Overhead Reduced Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided Multi-User mmWave Systems
Zhendong Peng (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China); Cunhua Pan (Southeast University, China); Gui Zhou (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Hong Ren (Southeast University, China)
SS4 - Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) towards 6G
Organizers:
Yuanwei Liu
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Zhiguo Ding
The University of Manchester, UK
Naofal Al-Dhahir
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Paper 1: Joint Detection for Massive Grant-free Access via BiGAMP
Shanshan Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); Ying Cui (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China); Wen Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Paper 2: Energy Consumption Minimization for NOMA-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing
Hao Xu (Wuhan University, China); Yao Zhu and Yulin Hu (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Kai Xiang (Hubei University of Economic, China); Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Paper 3: Joint Trajectory Design and Resource Allocation for UAV-assisted Jamming NOMA Cognitive UAV networks
Ruomei Sun (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Yuhang Wu (NanJing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Fuhui Zhou (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Qihui Wu (PLA Unicersity of Science and Technology, China)
Paper 4: A sky-ground NOMA receiver for cellular-connected UAVs
Donatella Darsena (University of Napoli Parthenope, Italy); Ivan Iudice (CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy); Francesco Verde (University of Napoli Federico II & National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications, Italy)
SS5 - Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communications and Applications for 6G
Organizers:
Bo Ai
Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Yulin Hu
Wuhan University, China
Paper 1: CU-DRL: A Novel Deep Reinforcement Learning-assisted Offloading Scheme for Supporting Vehicular Edge
Xu Deng (Fudan University, China); Peng Sun (Duke Kunshan University, China); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada); Liang Song (Fudan University, China)
Paper 2: Throughput Maximization in Latency-Critical Downlink Communication with Hybrid BC-TDMA Strategy
Xiaopeng Yuan (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Weiqing Yao and Xian Luo (Energy Internet Laboratory, China); Zhiwei Bao (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, China); Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Paper 3: Energy-Efficient Scheduling in RIS-aided MEC Networks with NOMA and Finite Blocklength Codes
Yang Yang and M. Cenk Gursoy (Syracuse University, USA)
Paper 4: Multi-objective Optimization of Energy and Latency in URLLC-enabled Wireless VR Networks
Xinyu Gao, Yixuan Zou, Wenqiang Yi and JiaQi Xu (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ruiqi Liu (ZTE Corporation, China); Yuanwei Liu (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper 5: Sum Throughput Maximization for MISO-Assisted Multi-User Downlink Transmissions in the FBL Regime
Zhicheng Xiao (University of Wuhan, China); Yulin Hu (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Chao Shen (Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, China); Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, China); Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
SS6 - Data-Driven Methods for Real-World Wireless Network Modeling and Optimization
Organizers:
Yang Li
Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, China
Tsung-Hui Chang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
Paper 1: Zeroth-Order Block Coordinate Gradient Descent Method For Cellular Network Performance Optimization
Pengcheng He, Siyuan Lu and Xin Guan (Tongji University, China); Yibin Kang (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China); Qingjiang Shi (Tongji University, China)
Paper 2: GraphHO: A Graph-based Handover Optimization System for Cellular Networks
Lin Yang (Noah's Ark Lab & Huawei, China); Min Cheng (Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei, Hong Kong); Jun Qu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China); Zhitang Chen (Huawei Technologies, Hong Kong)
Paper 3: Downlink IP Throughput Modeling and Prediction with Deep Neural Networks
Jianhang Zhu (SUN YAT-SEN University, China); Jiajie Huang and Jie Gong (Sun Yat-Sen University, China); Zhen Liu (Zhengzhou University, China); ZiXu Wang (Zheng Zhou University, China); Yang Li (Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, China); Yibin Kang (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China)
Paper 4: Data-driven Extreme Events Modeling for Vehicle Networks by Personalized Federated Learning
Paul Zheng, Yao Zhu, Yulin Hu and Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Paper 5: Multi-Grid-Based Localized Statistical Channel Modeling: A Beamspace Radio Map Approach
Xinzhi Ning (Tongji University, Shanghai, China); Shutao Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China); Xi Zheng (Networking and User Experience Lab, Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen, China); Tsung-Hui Chang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China)
SS7 - Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) Modulation for Wireless Communication
Organizers:
Zhiqiang Wei
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Shuangyang Li
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
Paper 1: Achieving the Optimal Transceiver Beamforming for Multi-User and Multi-Target DFRC System
Yao Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, China); Jizhe Zhou, Ying Du and Kaifeng Han (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China); Jiamo Jiang (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), China); Weidong Wang (University of Science and Technology of China, China); Chen Li (University of Science And Technology of China, China)
Paper 2: Reliability Analysis of Stochastic Geometry-based Multi-UAV-aided LEO-Satcom under OTFS
Junfan Hu (Xidian University, China); Yi Jin (Southeast University, China); Jia Shi, Xuan Liu, Zhenfei Dai and Zan Li (Xidian University, China)
Paper 3: On the Achievable Rate of MMSE-based MIMO OTFS Systems
Ruoxi Chong (Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mohammadali Mohammadi and Hien Ngo (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Simon Cotton (Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Michail Matthaiou (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper 4: A Low-Complexity Cross-Domain OAMP Detector for OTFS
Wen Haifeng (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China); Weijie Yuan (Southern University of Science and Technology, China); Nan Wu (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
Paper 5: Deep learning with a self-adaptive threshold for OTFS channel estimation
Xiaoqi Zhang (SUSTech, China); Weijie Yuan (Southern University of Science and Technology, China); Chang Liu (University of New South Wales, Australia)
SS8 - Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G
Organizers:
Jie Yang
Southeast University, China
Shi Jin
Southeast University, China
Paper 1: Near-Field Channel Reconstruction and User Location for ELAA Systems
Zhizheng Lu (Southeast University, China); Yu Han (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore); Shi Jin (Southeast University, China); Michail Matthaiou (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tony Q. S. Quek (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
Paper 2: On the Performance Improvement of Data-aided Joint Sensing and Communication
Na Zhao and Qing Chang (Beihang University, China); Yunlong Wang, Xiao Shen and Yuan Shen (Tsinghua University, China)
Paper 3: An AFDM-Based Integrated Sensing and Communications
Yuanhan Ni, Zulin Wang and Peng Yuan (Beihang University, China); Qin Huang (Group 201, Beihang University, China)