Selected Publications of Rui Zhang on UAV Communications
  ♦ Overview/Tutorial:  
   

♠ Y. Zeng, Q. Wu, and R. Zhang, “Accessing from the sky: a tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond,”Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 107, no. 12, pp. 2327-2375, December 2019. (Invited Paper)  [Slides] Keynote, IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2019. [Slides] [Video] Keynote, IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond, 2020. [YouTube] One World Signal Processing Seminar Series, 2020.
♠ Tutorial, “Accessing from the Sky: UAV Communications for 5G and Beyonds,” IEEE ICC, 2019.
♠ Keynote, “5G & Beyond: Embracing the New Era of Internet-of-Drones (IoD),” IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G (UAV-5G), 2018 [Slides] and IEEE SECON, Workshop on Communications, Data Processing and Control for Unmanned Autonomous Systems (CPC-UAV), 2018 [Slides].
♠ Tutorial, “UAV Meets Wireless Communication in 5G and Beyond: Main Research Challenges and Key Enabling Techniques,” IEEE WCNC, 2018.
♠ Y. Zeng, J. Lyu, and R. Zhang, “Cellular-connected UAV: potential, challenges and promising technologies,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 120-127, February, 2019.
UAV Meets Wireless Communication: Opportunities and Challenges” Keynote, IEEE GC 2017, Workshop on Wireless Networking and Control for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles.
Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Wireless communications with unmanned aerial vehicles: opportunities and challenges,”IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no.5, pp. 36-42, May 2016. [Slides] Keynote, IEEE VTC (Spring) 2016, Workshop.

  ♦ UAV-assisted Terrestrial Communication:
   

♠ M. Fu, Y. Zhou, Y. Shi, W. Chen, and R. Zhang, “UAV aided over-the-air computation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
♠ Z. Xiao, L. Zhu, Y. Liu, P. Yi, R. Zhang, X.-G. Xia, and R. Schober, “A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking,” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 24, no. 1, pp.  557-608, 2022.
♠ L. Zhu, J. Zhang, Z. Xiao, X. Xia, and R. Zhang, “Multi-UAV aided millimeter-wave networks: positioning, clustering, and beamforming,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
♠ Y. Guo, C. You, C. Yin, and R. Zhang, “UAV trajectory and communication co-design: flexible path discretization and path compression,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on UAV communications in 5G and beyond networks, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 3506-3523, November 2021.
♠ Z. Kang, C. You, and R. Zhang, “3D placement for multi-UAV relaying: an iterative Gibbs-sampling and block coordinate descent optimization approach,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 2047-2062, March 2021. 
♠ J. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Multi-antenna UAV data harvesting: joint trajectory and communication optimization,”Journal of Communications and Information Networks, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 86-99, March 2020. (Invited Paper)
♠ X. Lin, W. Mei, and R. Zhang, “A new store-then-amplify-and-forward protocol for UAV mobile relaying,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 591-595, May 2020.
♠ J. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Receding horizon optimization for energy-efficient UAV communication,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 490-494, April 2020.
♠ C. You and R. Zhang, “Hybrid offline-online design for UAV-enabled data harvesting in probabilistic LoS channel,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 3753-3768, June 2020.
♠ C. Shen, T.-H. Chang, J. Gong, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Multi-UAV interference coordination via joint trajectory and power control,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 68, pp. 843-858, January 2020. 
♠ Z. Wang, L. Duan, and R. Zhang, “Adaptive deployment for UAV-aided communication networks,”IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 4531-4543, September 2019.
♠ C. You and R. Zhang, “3D trajectory optimization in Rician fading for UAV-enabled data harvesting,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 3192-3207, June 2019.
♠ J. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “UAV-enabled radio access network: multi-mode communication and trajectory design,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 66, no. 20, pp. 5269-5284, October 2018.
♠ Q. Wu, L. Liu, and R. Zhang, “Fundamental trade-offs in communication and trajectory design for UAV-enabled wireless network,” IEEE Wireless Communications, special issue on integrating UAVs into 5G and beyond, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 36-44, February, 2019.  
♠ L. Liu, S. Zhang, and R. Zhang, “CoMP in the sky: UAV placement and movement optimization for multi-user communications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 5645-5658, August 2019.
♠ C. Zhan, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Trajectory design for distributed estimation in UAV enabled wireless sensor network,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 10155-10159, October 2018.
♠ Q. Wu, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Capacity characterization of UAV-enabled two-user broadcast channel,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on airborne communication networks, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1955-1971, September 2018. 
♠ X. Xu, Y. Zeng, Y. L. Guan, and R. Zhang, “Overcoming endurance issue: UAV-enabled communications with proactive caching,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on caching for communication systems and networks, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1231-1244, June 2018.
♠ Q. Wu and R. Zhang, “Common throughput maximization in UAV-enabled OFDMA system with delay consideration,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6614-6627, December 2018.
♠ J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “UAV-aided offloading for cellular hotspot,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 3988-4001, June 2018.
♠ Y. Zeng, X. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Trajectory design for completion time minimization in UAV-enabled multicasting,”IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2233-2246, April 2018.
♠ Q. Wu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Joint trajectory and communication design for multi-UAV enabled wireless networks,”IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 2109-2121, March 2018.
♠ H. He, S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Joint altitude and beamwidth optimization for UAV-enabled multiuser communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 344-347, February 2018.
♠ J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Placement optimization of UAV-mounted mobile base stations,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 604-607, March 2017.
♠ J. Lyu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Cyclical multiple access in UAV-aided communications: a throughput-delay tradeoff,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 600-603, December 2016.
♠ Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled mobile relaying systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 4983-4996, December 2016.
Y. Zeng, R. Zhang, and T. J. Lim, “Wireless communications with unmanned aerial vehicles: opportunities and challenges,”IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no.5, pp. 36-42, May 2016.

  ♦ Cellular-connected UAV:  
   

♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “Aerial-ground interference mitigation for cellular-connected UAV,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 167-173, February 2021. 
♠ Y. Huang, Q. Wu, R. Lu, X. Peng, and R. Zhang, “Massive MIMO for cellular-connected UAV: challenges and promising solutions,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 84-90, February, 2021.
♠ R. Lu, Q. Wu, and R. Zhang, “Pilot decontamination for massive MIMO network with UAVs,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1830-1834, November 2020.
♠ Y. Zeng, X. Xu, S. Jin, and R. Zhang, “Simultaneous navigation and radio mapping for cellular-connected UAV with deep reinforcement learning,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 4205-4220, July 2021.
♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “Uplink cooperative interference cancellation for cellular-connected UAV: a quantize-and-forward approach,”IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1567-1571, September, 2020.
♠ Y. Han, L. Liu, L. Duan, and R. Zhang, “Towards reliable UAV swarm communication in D2D-enhanced cellular network,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1567-1581, March 2021.
♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “UAV-sensing-assisted cellular interference coordination: a cognitive radio approach,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 799-803, June 2020. 
♠ S. Zhang and R. Zhang, “Radio map based 3D path planning for cellular-connected UAV,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1975-1989, March 2021. 
♠ Y. Huang, Q. Wu, T. Wang, G. Zhou, and R. Zhang, “3D beam tracking for cellular-connected UAV,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 736-740, May 2020.
♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “Cooperative NOMA for downlink asymmetric interference cancellation,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 884-888, June 2020. 
♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “Cooperative downlink interference transmission and cancellation for cellular-connected UAV: A divide-and-conquer approach,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1297-1311, February 2020.
♠ S. Zhang and R. Zhang, “Trajectory optimization for cellular-connected UAV under outage duration constraint,” Journal of Communications and Information Networks, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 55-71, December 2019. (Invited Paper)
♠ Y. Huang, W. Mei, J. Xu, L. Qiu, and R. Zhang, “Cognitive UAV communication via joint maneuver and power control,”IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7872-7888, November 2019.
♠ J. Lyu and R. Zhang, “Network-connected UAV: 3D system modeling and coverage performance analysis,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, 7048-7060, August 2019.
♠ W. Mei and R. Zhang, “Uplink cooperative NOMA for cellular-connected UAV,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, special issue on signal processing advances for non-orthogonal multiple access in next generation wireless networks, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 644-656, June 2019.
♠ L. Liu, S. Zhang, and R. Zhang, “Multi-beam UAV communication in cellular uplink: cooperative interference cancellation and sum-rate maximization,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 100, pp. 4679-4691, October 2019.
♠ W. Mei, Q. Wu, and R. Zhang, “Cellular-connected UAV: uplink association, power control and interference coordination,”IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 5380-5393, November 2019.
♠ S. Zhang, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Cellular-enabled UAV communication: a connectivity-constrained trajectory optimization perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2580-2604, March 2019. (Invited Paper)
♠ Y. Zeng, J. Lyu, and R. Zhang, “Cellular-connected UAV: potential, challenges and promising technologies,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 120-127, February, 2019.

  ♦ Energy-efficient UAV Communication:  
   

♠ B. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Zeng, K. Yiu, and R. Zhang, “Energy-efficient 3D trajectory optimization for fixed-wing UAV communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
♠ B. Li, Q. Li, Y. Zeng, Y. Rong, and R. Zhang, “3D trajectory optimization for energy-efficient UAV communication: a control design perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
♠ Y. Zeng, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Energy minimization for wireless communication with rotary-wing UAV,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 2329-2345, April 2019.
♠ D. Yang, Q. Wu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Energy trade-off in ground-to-UAV wireless communication via trajectory design,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 6721-6726, July 2018.
♠ C. Zhan, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “Energy-efficient data collection in UAV enabled wireless sensor network,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 328-331, June 2018.
♠ Y. Zeng and R. Zhang, “Energy-efficient UAV communication with trajectory optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 3747- 3760, June 2017.

  ♦ UAV-aided Secure Communication:  
   

♠ B. Duo, Q. Wu, X. Yuan, and R. Zhang, “Anti-jamming 3D trajectory design for UAV-enabled wireless sensor networks under probabilistic LoS channel,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 16288-16293, December 2020.
♠ B. Duo, Q. Wu, X. Yuan, and R. Zhang, “Energy efficiency maximization for full-duplex UAV secrecy communication,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 4590-4595, April 2020.
♠ Q. Wu, W. Mei, and R. Zhang, “Safeguarding wireless network with UAVs: a physical layer security perspective,” IEEE Wireless Communications, special issue on  safeguarding 5G-and-beyond networks with physical layer security, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 12-18, October 2019.
♠ A. Li, Q. Wu, and R. Zhang, “UAV-enabled cooperative jamming for improving secrecy of ground wiretap channel,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 181-184, February 2019.
♠ G. Zhang, Q. Wu, M. Cui, and R. Zhang, “Securing UAV communications via joint trajectory and power control,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 1376-1389,  February 2019.  

  ♦ UAV-enabled Wireless Power Transfer/WPCN:  
   

♠ L. Xie, X. Cao, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “UAV-enabled wireless power transfer: a tutorial overview,” IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. (Invited Paper), vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 2042-2064, December 2021.
♠ Y. Che, W. Long, S. Luo, K. Wu, and R. Zhang, “Energy-efficient UAV multicasting with simultaneous FSO backhaul and power transfer,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1537-1541, July 2021.
♠ L. Xie, J. Xu, and R. Zhang “Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled wireless powered communication networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, special issue on unmanned aerial vehicles over internet of things, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1690-1703, April 2019. 
♠ J. Xu, Y. Zeng, and R. Zhang, “UAV-enabled wireless power transfer: trajectory design and energy optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 5092-5106, August 2018.