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Technical reviewer for

IEEE Transactions on Communications,
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,
- Listed as one of the exemplary reviewers for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in 2018 (https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-twc/exemplary-reviewers)
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine,
IEEE Communications Magazine,
IEEE Signal Processing Letters,
IEEE Communications Letters
- Listed as one of the exemplary reviewers for IEEE Communications Letters in 2021 (https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-comml/reviewer-and-editor-appreciation)
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,
Elsevier Physical Communication,
Various prestigious IEEE conferences (e.g., GLOBECOM, ICC, VTC, PIMRC, ISWCS)

Standard Contributions for 5G New Radio

1. RAN #96b: R1-1904881 Remaining Details on Low PAPR RS, Apr. 2019
2. RAN #96: R1-1902617 On low PAPR RS, Feb. 2019
3. RAN #96: R1-1902620 Orthogonal ON/OFF Keying for Wake-up Signal Design, Feb. 2019
4. RAN #96: R1-1902586 Design aspects of NR-U uplink signals and channels, Feb. 2019
5. RAN-AH1901: R1-1900811 On low PAPR RS, Jan. 2019
6. RAN-AH1901: R1-1900785 Design aspects of NR-U uplink signals and channels, Jan. 2019
7. RAN #95: R1-1813219 Design aspects of NR-U uplink signals and channels, Nov. 2018
8. RAN #94b: R1-1811203 Design aspects of NR-U uplink signals and channels, Oct. 2018
9. RAN #94: R1-1809088 On uplink signals and channels for NR-U, Aug. 2018
10. RAN #93: R1-1807035 On UL Signals and Channels in NR-Unlicensed, May 2018
11. RAN #92b: R1-1804884 On Potential Waveform Solutions for NR-U, Apr. 2018
12. RAN #92b: R1-1804869 On UL Physical Layer Channel Design for NR-U, Apr. 2018
13. RAN #92: R1-1802646 Discussion on Potential Waveform Solutions for NR Unlicensed, Feb. 2018
14. RAN #90b: R1-1719002 Modifications to proposed NR CG sequences for PUCCH, Oct. 2017
15. RAN #90b: R1-1718844 Summary of the evaluated sequence designs for PUCCH, Oct. 2017
16. RAN #90b: R1-1718490 Evaluation of CGS candidates for PUCCH, Oct. 2017
17. RAN-AH#3: R1-1716478 Sequence design for 1-symbol short-PUCCH of up to 2 bits, Sep. 2017
18. RAN#90: R1-1714153 On sequence design for 1-symbol short-PUCCH of up to 2 bits, Aug. 2017
19. RAN-AH#2: R1-1710950 Evaluations of 1-symbol short-PUCCH with 1 or 2 bit(s), June 2017
20. RAN#89: R1-1708350 On 1-symbol short-PUCCH for up to 2 bits, May 2017
21. RAN#88: R1-1702336 On Short PUCCH design, InterDigital Communications, Feb. 2017.
22. RAN-AH#1: R1-1700857 PT-RS performance evaluation with different time domain densities, InterDigital Communications, Jan. 2017.
23. RAN#87: R1-1612639 Impact of phase noise reference signals on the link performance, InterDigital Communications, Nov. 2016.
24. RAN#87: R1-1612640 A common framework for RS design in UL NR, InterDigital Communications, Nov. 2016.
25. RAN#86bis: R1-1609887 Coexistence of CP OFDM and CP DFT-s-OFDM for NR UL, InterDigital Communications, Oct. 2016.
26. RAN#86bis: R1-1609889 Waveform design considerations for carrier frequencies above 40 GHz, InterDigital Communications, Oct 2016.
27. RAN$86bis: R1-1609894 System level evaluations for multiple CP lengths, InterDigital Communications, Oct 2016.
28. RAN#86: R1-167559 Simulation set-up for email discussion 85-17 on UW DFT-s-OFDM, InterDigital Communications, Aug. 2016.
29. RAN#86: R1-167560 Channel estimation and phase tracking for Unique Word DFT-s-OFDM, Aug. 2016.
30. RAN#86: R1-167558 Comparison of UW DFT-s-OFDM and windowed OFDM, InterDigital Communications, Aug. 2016.
31. RAN#86: R1-167562 Further Performance Evaluation of UL NOMA, Aug. 2016
32. RAN#85: R1-165057 Performance Evaluation of UW DFT-S-OFDM for UL, InterDigital Communications, May 2016.
33. RAN#84b: R1-162925 Design considerations on Waveform in UL for New Radio systems, InterDigital Communications, Apr. 2016.

Standard Contributions for Wi-Fi

IEEE 802.11be: IEEE 802.11-19/791, "Effect of Preamble Decoding on HARQ in 802.11be", Kome Oteri, Li Hsiang Sun, Rui Yang, Xiafoei Wang, Joe Levy, Alphan Sahin, Mar. 2019
1. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-19/903, "Proposed CR for CID 2112, 2633, 2095", Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, Xiaofei Wang, Leif Wihelmsson, May 2019
IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-19/640, "EVM Specification for OOK Waveform", Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, Xiaofei Wang, Apr. 2019

1. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-19/381, "Definition of WUR Signal Bandwidth", Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, Mar. 2019

IEEE EHT TIG/SG: IEEE 802.11-19/71, "Coordinated Multi-AP Transmission for EHT", Kome Oteri, Hanqing Lou, Rui Yang, Xiafoei Wang, Li Hsiang Sun, Joe Levy, Alphan Sahin, Jan. 2019
IEEE EHT TIG/SG: IEEE 802.11-19/70, "HARQ in Collision-Free and Collision-Dominated Environments", Kome Oteri, Li Hsiang Sun, Rui Yang, Xiafoei Wang, Joe Levy, Alphan Sahin, Jan. 2019

1. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1970, "CR on BPSK-Mark", Vinod Kristem, Alphan Sahin, Peter Loc, Nov. 2018
2. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1551, "An Investigation on SYNC Detector False Alarms", Alphan Sahin, Zihao You, Rui Yang, Frank La Sita, Sep. 2018
3. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1643, "Spec Text on Spectral flatness", Leif Wihelmsson et al, Sep. 2018
4. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1068, "Proposed Spec Text on the construction of the BPSK Mark", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Dongguk Lim, Jul. 2018
5. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1156, "A comparison of BPSK-Mark Options", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Jul. 2018
6. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/1204, "EVM Formulation for OOK Waveform", Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, Jul. 2018
7. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/682, "OOK Waveform for FDMA", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Frank La Sita, May. 2018
8. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/682, "OOK Waveform for FDMA", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Frank La Sita, Apr. 2018
9. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/460, "On OOK Waveform Specification", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Frank La Sita, Mar. 2018
10. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-18/156, "Waveform Design for SYNC Field", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Frank La Sita, Jan. 2018
11. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-18/192, "Hybrid Beamforming Feedback in 802.11ay", Kome Oteri, Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Dana Ciochina, Jinsoo Choi, SunWoong Yun, Jan. 2018
12. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-17/1634, "Optimizing OOK Waveform for High Data Rate WUS", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Frank La Sita, Oghenekome, Nov. 2017
13. IEEE LC TIG: IEEE 802.11-17/1748, "Usage Model: Short Range Underwater Light Communications", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, InterDigital Communications Inc., Nov. 2017
14. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-17/1419, "OOK Waveform Coding Scheme for Frequency Domain Multiplexing", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Sep. 2017
15. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-17/1037, "Performance Evaluation of OOK Waveform Coding with Impairments", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Jul. 2017

IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/1096, "Analog and Baseband Beam Tracking in 802.11ay", Kome Oteri, Li Hsiang Sun, Alphan Sahin, Hanqing Lou, and Rui Yang, Jul. 2017

1. IEEE 802.11ba: IEEE 802.11-17/0659, "On the Coexistence of 802.11ax and 802.11ba Signals", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Hanqing Lou, Frank La Sita, May. 2017
2. IEEE LC TIG: IEEE 802.11-17/0427, "Draft response to the Technical Feasibility Questions", Mar. 2017
3. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0428, "Throughput and Coverage Improvements with DFT-s-OFDM for 802.11ay", Rui Yang and Alphan Sahin, Mar. 2017

IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0429, "Protocols for Hybrid Beamforming in 802.11ay", Kome Oteri, Li Hsiang Sun, Alphan Sahin, Hanqing Lou, and Rui Yang, Mar. 2017
IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0426, "Further Discussion on Beam Tracking for 802.11ay", Kome Oteri, Li Hsiang Sun, Alphan Sahin, and Rui Yang, Mar. 2017
IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0401, "EDMG CEF Enhancements", Li-Hsiang Sun, Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, Hanqing Lou, Frank La Sita, Mar. 2017

1. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0274, "Further Evaluation of Single Carrier Waveforms", Alphan Sahin and Rui Yang, Mar. 2017
2. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-17/0048, "Performance Evaluation of Multi-DFT-spread OFDM for 802.11ay", Rui Yang and Alphan Sahin, Jan. 2017
3. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/1445, "On the Single Carrier Waveforms for 11ay", Rui Yang and Alphan Sahin, Oct. 2016
4. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/1446, "Closed Loop SU-MIMO Performance with Quantized Feedback", Kome Oteri, Li-Hsiang Sun, Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Hanqing Lou, Oct. 2016
5. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/1385, "GI and Phase Impairments Impact on Open-Loop SU-MIMO", Li-Hsiang Sun, Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Hanqing Lou, Frank LaSita, Joseph Levy, Oghenekome Oteri, Xiaofei Wang, Oct. 2016
6. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/0911, " Link Level Performance Comparisons of Open Loop, Closed Loop and Antenna Selection for SU-MIMO ", Li-Hsiang Sun, Hanqing Lou, Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Xiaofei Wang, Frank LaSita, Jul. 2016
7. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/0912, " EDMG-CEF Design for Control and SC PHY in MIMO Modes ", Rui Yang, Alphan Sahin, and Hanqing Lou, Jul. 2016
8. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/0642, "Open Loop vs Closed Loop SU-MIMO for 11ay", Rui Yang and Alphan Sahin, May. 2016
9. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/0339, "Channel Modeling with PAA Orientations", Alphan Sahin and Rui Yang, Mar. 2016
10. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-16/0075, "On the channel model for short range communications", Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, and Hanqing Lou, Jan. 2016
11. IEEE 802.11ax: IEEE 802.11-15/1314, "I/Q Imbalance Impact. to TGax OFDMA Uplink Reception", Rui Yang, Fengjun Xi, and Alphan Sahin, Nov. 2015
12. IEEE 802.11ay: IEEE 802.11-15/1333, "Feasibility of SU-MIMO under Array Alignment Method", Rui Yang and Alphan Sahin, Nov. 2015
13. IEEE 802.11ax: IEEE 802.11-15/1057, "Multiple Resource Unit Allocation for TGax OFDMA", Kome Oteri, Alphan Sahin, Chunhua Geng, Rui Yang, and Robert Olesen, Sep. 2015
14. IEEE 802.11ax: IEEE 802.11-15/568, "Frequency Selective Scheduling (FSS) for TGax OFDMA", Kome Oteri, Alphan Sahin, Fengjun Xi, Hanqing Lou, and Rui Yang, May 2015
15. IEEE 802.11ax: IEEE 802.11-15/818, "Further Analysis of Feedback and Frequency Selective Scheduling (FSS) for TGax OFDMA", Kome Oteri, Alphan Sahin, and Hanqing Lou, Jul. 2015

Technical Program Committee for

ICC’2022 WC
WCNC'2022
ICC’2021 WC
ICC’2020 WC
PIMRC'2019
WCNC'2019
ICC’2019 WC
PIMRC 2018
GLOBECOM HetSNets 2015
ICC’2015 WC
ICC’2015 SmallNets
GLOBECOM HetSNets 2014
JSAC HCN 2014

Some old 5G NR meetings that I have contributed to: