Publications

Tutorial

1. Jiayi Zhang, Yong Zeng, "Extremely Large-scale MIMO for Near Field Communication and Sensing Towards 6G"  IEEE ICCC 2023.

2. Emil Björnson, Jiayi Zhang, "Fundamental Theory and Recent Progress of Cell-Free Massive MIMO"  IEEE ICC 2023.

3. Jiayi Zhang, "Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems: A New Next-Generation Paradigm," IEEE/CIC ICCC 2020. code: yip9.

4. Emil Björnson, Jiayi Zhang, "Signal Processing for MIMO Communications Beyond 5G,"  IEEE ICASSP 2020.

Journal

1. Jiayao Yang, Jiayi Zhang, Bokai Xu, Jiakang Zheng, Zhilong Liu, Ziheng Liu, Dusit Niyato, M´erouane Debbah, Zhu Han, and Bo Ai, “White-Box AI for Wireless Communications: Principles, Architectures, and Applications,” IEEE Network Magazine, to appear, 2026.

2. Xilai Feng, Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Bokai Xu, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Bo Ai, and Victor C. M. Leung, “Performance Analysis and Optimization Design of Uplink RSMA-enabled Cell-free Massive MIMO Systems with Hardware Impairments,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2026.

3. Enyu Shi, Yiyang Zhu, Jiayi Zhang, Ziheng Liu, Chau Yuen,  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Marco Di Renzo, and Bo Ai, “Joint Precoding and AP Selection for Energy Efficient RIS-aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2026.

4. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Bokai Xu, Wenhui Yi, Emil Björnson, and Bo Ai, “Flexible MIMO for Future Wireless Communications: Which Flexibilities are Possible?”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, to appear, 2025.

5. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Haoyu Wang, Bokai Xu, Chen Zhang, Yiyang Zhu, and Enyu Shi, “Scaling Law for Large Wireless Models”, AAAI, 2026.

6. Yu Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Yiyang Zhu, Jiakang Zheng, Dingcheng Yang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Performance Optimization of RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With DRL Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2025.

7. Bokai Xu, Jiayi Zhang, Ziheng Liu, Zhe Wang, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “Asynchronous Distributed Beamforming for Beyond-Diagonal RIS-aided Movable Antenna Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2025.

8. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Jiancheng An, Marco Di Renzo, Bo Ai, and Chau Yuen, “Energy-Efficient SIM-assisted Communications: How Many Layers Do We Need?”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2025.

9. Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Hao Lei, Huahua Xiao, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “Near-field Spatial-domain Channel Extrapolation for XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2025.

10. Shuxian Wen, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, and Bo Ai, “DRL-based Energy Harvesting for RIS-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Electromagnetic Interference”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, to appear, 2025.

11. Yukun Ma, Jiayi Zhang, Ziheng Liu, Guowei Shi, and Bo Ai, “Joint Power Control and Precoding for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Sparse Multi-Dimensional Graph Neural Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, to appear, 2025.

12. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Yiyang Zhu, Enyu Shi, and Bo Ai, “Robust Multidimensional Graph Neural Networks for Signal Processing in Wireless Communications with Edge-Graph Information Bottleneck,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 73, pp. 2688-2703, 2025.

13. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, Dusit Niyato, and Bo Ai, “Optimal Bilinear Equalizer for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems over Correlated Rician Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, to appear, 2025.

14. Yu Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Peng Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Dusit Niyato, and Bo Ai, “Energy-Efficient RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems: Application, Opportunities, and Challenges”, IEEE Communications Magazine, to appear, 2025.

15. Hao Lei, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Bo Ai, and Emil Björnson, “Near-Field User Localization and Channel Estimation for XL-MIMO Systems: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Outlooks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, to appear, 2025.

16. Yiyang Zhu, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Ziheng Liu, Chau Yuen, Dusit Niyato, and Bo Ai, “Joint Precoding and Phase Shift Design for RIS-aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Heterogeneous-Agent Trust Region Policy”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology to appear, 2025.

17. Hao Lei, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “Hybrid-Field Channel Estimation for XL-MIMO Systems with Stochastic Gradient Pursuit Algorithm”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, to appear, 2025.

18. Bokai Xu, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Zhe Wang, Yuanwei Liu, Dusit Niyato, Bo Ai, and Khaled B. Letaief, “Resource Allocation for Near-Field Communications: Fundamentals, Tools, and Outlooks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, to appear, 2025.

19. Zhilong Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Ziheng Liu, Hongyang Du, Zhe Wang, Dusit Niyato, Mohsen Guizani, and Bo Ai, “Cell-Free XL-MIMO Meets Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Architectures, Challenges, and Future Directions”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, to appear, 2025.

20. Zhilong Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Bokai Xu, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Arumugam Nallanathan, and Bo Ai,  “GCN-Based Low-Complexity Downlink Beamforming for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Partially Coherent Joint Transmission”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 10440-10455, Dec. 2025.

21. Zhilong Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Jiakang Zheng, Arumugam Nallanathan, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,  “Distributed URLLC Beamforming for Partially Connected Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Scalable Graph Neural Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 11992-12007, Nov. 2025.

22. Wenhui Yi, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Performance Analysis of XL-MIMO with Rotary and Movable Antennas for High-speed Railway”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 16562-16567, Oct. 2025.

23. Shuxian Wen, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Guowei Shi, Chau, Yuen, and Bo Ai, “Joint Placement and Phase Shift Optimization for RIS-Assisted Systems with Electromagnetic Interference”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 3274-3278, Oct. 2025.

24. Wenhui Yi, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Mobility-Aware Near-Field Beam Training in XL-MIMO Systems for High-Speed Railway”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,  vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2708-2712, Sep. 2025.

25. Bokai Xu, Jiayi Zhang, Zhongtao Chen, Bingyang Cheng, Ziheng Liu, Yik-Chung Wu, and Bo Ai, “Channel Estimation for Rydberg Atomic Receivers”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2957-2961, Sep. 2025.

26. Jiayi Zhang, Wenhui Yi, Bokai Xu, Zhe Wang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “ROMA: ROtary and Movable Antenna”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 2154-2158, Jul. 2025.

27. Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Hao Lei, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Adaptive Hybrid-Field Channel Estimation in THz XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 7, pp. 11557-11562, Jul. 2025.

28. Wenhui Yi, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Downlink Performance Analysis of Extremely Large-Scale MIMO-OFDM Systems for High-Speed Railway”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 7, pp. 11609-11614, Jul. 2025.

29. Zhilong Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Yong Zeng, and Bo Ai, “Energy-Efficient Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for UAV Trajectory Optimization in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 5917-5930, Jul. 2025.

30. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Jiancheng An, Guangyang Zhang, Zhiheng Liu, Chau Yuen, and Bo Ai, “Joint AP-UE Association and Precoding for SIM-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 5352-5367, Jun. 2025.

31. Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Hao Lei, Huahua Xiao, Zhaohua Lu, and Bo Ai, “Subarray-Aware Beam-Split Pattern Detection for Near-Field XL-MIMO Channel Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 8333-8338, May 2025.

32. Hao Lei, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Uplink Performance of Cell-Free Extremely Large-Scale MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 8333-8338, May 2025.

33. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Yiyang Zhu, Jiancheng An, Chau Yuen, and Bo Ai, “Uplink Performance of Stacked Intelligent Metasurface-Enhanced Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 3731-3746, May 2025.

34. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Ruichen Zhang, Dusit Niyato, Octavia Dobre, and Bo Ai, “Rate-Splitting for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Performance Analysis and Generative AI Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 2431-2447, Apr. 2025.

35. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Hao Lei, Dusit Niyato, and Bo Ai, “Optimal Bilinear Equalizer Beamforming Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks with Arbitrary Channel Estimators,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 6862-6867, Apr. 2025.

36. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Wenhui Yi, Huahua Xiao, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “Analytical Framework for Effective Degrees of Freedom in Near-Field XL-MIMO,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 3465-3482, Apr. 2025.

37. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Yiyang Zhu, Enyu Shi, and Bo Ai, “Mobile Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: A Scalable Framework”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1817-1831, Mar. 2025.

38. Yating Hu, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Yu Lu, Jiancheng An, Chau Yuen, and Bo Ai, “Joint Beamforming and Power Allocation Design for Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 5235-5240, Mar. 2025.

39. Hao Lei, Jiayi Zhang, Huahua Xiao, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Deep Learning-Based Near-Field User Localization With Beam Squint in Wideband XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1568-1583, Feb. 2025.

40. Bokai Xu, Jiayi Zhang, Qingfeng Lin, Huahua Xiao, Yik-Chung Wu, and Bo Ai, “Deep Unfolding Beamforming and Power Control Designs for Multi-Port Matching Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1401-1414, Feb. 2025.

41. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Zhilong Liu, Dusit Niyato, and Bo Ai, “Graph Neural Network Meets Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Directions”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 39-47, Dec. 2024.

42. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Zhilong Liu, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Joint Cooperative Clustering and Power Control for Energy-Efficient Cell-Free XL-MIMO with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 7772-7786, Dec. 2024.

43. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Enyu Shi, Yiyang Zhu, and Bo Ai, “Cooperative Multi-Target Positioning for Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 19034-19049, Dec. 2024.

44. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Bo Ai, Merouane Debbah, and Khaled B. Letaief, “Flexible-Position MIMO for Wireless Communications: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Future Directions”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 18-26, Oct. 2024.

45. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Shuguang Cui, Bo Ai, Merouane Debbah, Khaled B. Letaief, and H. Vincent Poor, “A Tutorial on Extremely Large-Scale MIMO for 6G: Fundamentals, Signal Processing, and Applications”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1560-1605, Third Quarter 2024. 

46. Yiyang Zhu, Enyu Shi, Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, and Bo Ai, “Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning-based Joint Precoding and Phase Shift Optimization for RIS-aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 9, pp. 14015-14020, Sep. 2024.

47. Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Hao Lei, Huahua Xiao, Zhaohua Lu, and Bo Ai, “Hybrid-field Beam-split Pattern Detection-based Channel Estimation for THz XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 9, pp. 13944-13949, Sep. 2024.

48. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Jiakang Zheng, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems With Channel Aging”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 11487-11502, Aug. 2024.

49. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Bo Ai, Merouane Debbah, and Khaled B. Letaief, “Mobile Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 140-147, Jun. 2024. 

50. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Wei Sha, Bo Ai, Dusit Niyato, and Merouane Debbah, “Extremely Large-Scale MIMO: Fundamentals, Challenges, Solutions and Future Directions”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 117-124, Jun. 2024.

51. Yu Lu, Jiayi Zhang, Jiakang Zheng, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Performance Analysis of RIS-Assisted Communications With Hardware Impairments and Channel Aging”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 3720-3735, Jun. 2024.

52. Ziheng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Zhilong Liu, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Double-Layer Power Control for Mobile Cell-Free XL-MIMO with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4659-4674, May 2024.

53. nyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Bo Ai, Chau Yuen, Dusit Niyato, Khaled B. Letaief, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, “RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems for 6G: Fundamentals, System Design, and Applications”, Proceeding of the IEEE, vol. 112, no. 4, pp. 331-364, Apr. 2024. 

54. Peng Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Huahua Xiao, Xiaodan Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Joint Distributed Precoding and Beamforming for RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 5994-5999, Apr. 2024.

55. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Dong In Kim, and Bo Ai, “Rate-Splitting for CF Massive MIMO Systems With Channel Aging”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 1485-1490, Jan. 2024.

56. Hao Lei, Jiayi Zhang, Huahua Xiao, Xiaodan Zhang, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “Channel Estimation for XL-MIMO Systems with Polar-Domain Multi-Scale Residual Dense Network”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 1479-1484, Jan. 2024.

57. Bokai Xu, Jiayi Zhang, Jiaxun Li, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Jac-PCG Based Low-Complexity Precoding for Extremely Large-Scale MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 16811-16816, Dec. 2023.

58. Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, Özlem Tuğfe Demir, and Bo Ai, “Energy-Efficient Cell-Free Massive MIMO Through Sparse Large-Scale Fading Processing”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 9374-9389, Dec. 2023.

59. Qiang Sun, Xiaodi Ji, Zhe Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Yongjie Yang, Jiayi Zhang, and Kai-Kit Wong, “Uplink Performance of Hardware-Impaired Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-Antenna Users and Superimposed Pilots,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 11, pp. 6711-6726, Nov. 2023.

60. P. U. Adamu, M. López-Benítez and Jiayi Zhang, “Hybrid Transmission Scheme for Improving Link Reliability in mmWave URLLC Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 6329-6340, Sept. 2023.

61. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Uplink Performance of RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO System with Electromagnetic Interference,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 2431-2445, Aug. 2023.

62. Yongshun Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Stefano Buzzi, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Unsupervised Deep Learning for Power Control of Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 9585-9590, Jul. 2023.

63. Zhilong Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Xiaodan Zhang, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Mixed-Resolution ADCs and I/Q Imbalance Over Rician Spatially Correlated Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 9567-9572, Jul. 2023.

64. Jiayi Zhang, Jing Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Federated Learning-Based Cell-Free Massive MIMO System for Privacy-Preserving,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 4449-4460, Jul. 2023.

65. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Julian Cheng, Victor C.M. Leung, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai. “Asynchronous Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Rate-Splitting,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1366-1382, May 2023.

66. Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, and B. Ai, “Improving Fairness for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Through Interference-Aware Massive Access”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 4, pp.  5468-5472, Apr. 2023.

67. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Hien Quoc Ngo, Bo Ai, and Mérouane Debbah, “Uplink Precoding Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Iteratively Weighted MMSE,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 1646-1664, Mar. 2023.

68. Peng Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, H. Xiao, H. Du, D. Niyato, and B. Ai, “RIS-Aided 6G Communication System with Accurate Traceable User Mobility”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2718-2722, Feb. 2023.

69. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Huahua Xiao, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Channel Aging-Aware Precoding for RIS-Aided Multi-User Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 1997-2008, Feb. 2023.

70. Enyu Shi, J. Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, D. W. K. Ng, and B. Ai, “Decentralized Coordinated Precoding Design in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems for URLLC”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2638-2642, Feb. 2023.

71. Sai Li, Liang Yang, Jiayi Zhang, Petros S. Bithas, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, “Mixed THz/FSO Relaying Systems: Statistical Analysis and Performance Evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 10996-11010, Dec. 2022.

72. Xin Li, Jiayi Zhang, Z. Wang, B. Ai, and D. W. K. Ng, “Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-Antenna Users over Weichselberger Rician Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 11, pp. 12368-12373, Nov. 2022.

73. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Y. Du, Z. Wang, B. Ai, and D. W. K. Ng, “Spatially Correlated RIS-aided CF Massive MIMO Systems with Generalized MR Combining”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 10, pp. 11245-11250, Oct. 2022.

74. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, Zhetao Li and Bo Ai, “Cell-Free Massive MIMO-OFDM for High-Speed Train Communications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 2823-2839, Oct. 2022.

75. Hongyang Du, Jiawen Kang, Dusit Niyato, Jiayi Zhang, and Dong In Kim, "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Joint Radar and Covert Communications: Fundamentals, Optimization, and Challenges,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 54-64, Sep. 2022.

76. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Bo Ai, Chau Yuen, and Mérouane Debbah, “Uplink Performance of Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Multi-Antenna Users Over Jointly-Correlated Rayleigh Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 7391-7406, Sep. 2022.

77. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, R. He, H. Jiao, Z. Wang, B. Ai, and D. W. K. Ng, "Spatially Correlated Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 9073-9077, Aug. 2022.

78. Yuanbin Chen, Ying Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Ping Zhang and Lajos Hanzo, "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Aided Vehicular Networks: Their Protocols, Resource Allocation, and Performance,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 26-36, Jun. 2022.

79. Lirui Luo, Jiayi Zhang, S. Chen, X. Zhang, and B. Ai, "Downlink Power Control for Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Deep Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 6772-6777, Jun. 2022.

80. Jiayi Zhang, Jingyi Fan, Jing Zhang, Qiang Sun, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Shi Jin, and Bo Ai. “Performance Analysis and Optimization of NOMA-Based Cell-Free Massive MIMO for IoT,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 9625-9639, Jun. 2022.

81. Hongyang Du, Jiayi Zhang, Ke Guan, Dusit Niyato, Huiying Jiao, Zhiqin Wang, and Thomas Kürner. “Performance and Optimization of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided THz Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 3575-3593, May. 2022.

82. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Marco Di Renzo, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces with Outdated Channel State Information: Centralized vs. Distributed Deployments,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 2742-2756, Apr. 2022.

83. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai, "Performance analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted systems under channel aging,” Intelligent and Converged Networks, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 74-85, Mar. 2022. (Invited Paper)

84. Enyu Shi, Jiayi Zhang, Shuaifei Chen, Jiakang Zheng, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Bo Ai, “Wireless Energy Transfer in RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems: Opportunities and Challenges,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 26-32, Mar. 2022.

85. Yu Jin, Jiayi Zhang, C. Huang, L. Yang, H. Xiao, and B. Ai, "Multiple Residual Dense Networks for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Cascaded Channel Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 2134-2139, Feb. 2022.

86. Jiayi Zhang, Jing Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Shi Jin, and Bo Ai. “Improving Sum-Rate of Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Expanded Compute-and-Forward,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 70, pp. 202-215, 2022.

87. Jiayi Zhang, Jing Zhang, Emil Björnson, and Bo Ai. “Local Partial Zero-Forcing Combining for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 8459-8473, Dec. 2021.

88. Jiayi Zhang, Heng Liu, Qingqing Wu, Yu Jin, Yuanbin Chen, Bo Ai, Shi Jin, and Tie Jun Cui. “RIS-Aided Next-Generation High-Speed Train Communications: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 145-151, Dec. 2021.

89. Yu Jin, Jiayi Zhang, Xiaodan Zhang, Huahua Xiao, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng. “Channel Estimation for Semi-Passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces with Enhanced Deep Residual Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 11083-11088, Oct. 2021.

90. Qiang Sun, Panpan Qian, Wei Duan, Jiayi Zhang, Jue Wang, and Kai-Kit Wong. “Ergodic Rate Analysis and IRS Configuration for Multi-IRS Dual-Hop DF Relaying Systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 3224-3228, Oct. 2021.

91. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, and Bo Ai. “Impact of Channel Aging on Cell-Free Massive MIMO Over Spatially Correlated Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 6451-6466, Oct. 2021.

92. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, and Bo Ai. “UAV Communications with WPT-aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 3114-3128, Oct. 2021.

93. Heng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Qingqing Wu, Huahua Xiao, and Bo Ai. “ADMM based Channel Estimation for RISs aided Millimeter Wave Communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 2894–2898, Sep. 2021.

94. Yuanbin Chen, Ying Wang, Jiayi Zhang, and Marco Di Renzo. “QoS-driven Spectrum Sharing for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) Aided Vehicular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 5969-5985, Sep. 2021.

95. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Björnson, and Bo Ai. “Impact of Channel Aging on Cell-Free Massive MIMO Over Spatially Correlated Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2021.

96. Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Qiang Sun, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng. “Physical Layer Security Enhancement with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 3480-3495, 2021.

97. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Marco Di Renzo, Huahua Xiao and Bo Ai. “Performance Analysis of RIS-Aided Systems with Practical Phase Shift and Amplitude Response,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 4501-4511, May 2021.

98. Hongyang Du, Jiayi Zhang, Julian Cheng, and Bo Ai. “Millimeter Wave Communications with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Performance Analysis and Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 2752-2768, Apr. 2021.

99. Zhuangzhuang Cui, Ke Guan, Jiayi Zhang and Zhangdui Zhong. “SNR Coverage Probability Analysis of RIS-Aided Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 3914-3919, Apr. 2021.

100. Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, E. Björnson, and Bo Ai. “Uplink Performance of Cell-Free Massive MIMO over Spatially Correlated Rician Fading Channels,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1348-1352, Apr. 2021.

101. Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, E. Björnson, Jing Zhang, and Bo Ai. “Structured Massive Access for Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems”. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 1086-1100, Apr. 2021.

102. Yongshun Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Kostas P. Peppas, and Bo Ai, “Performance Analysis of Dual-Hop UAV Relaying Systems over Mixed Fluctuating Two-Ray and Nakagami-m Fading Channels,” SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, vol. 64, 140307, Mar. 2021.

103. Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Yu Jin, and Bo Ai. “Wireless powered IoE for 6G: Massive access meets scalable cell-free massive MIMO”. China Communications, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 92-109, Dec. 2020.

104. Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Peng Zhang, Julian Cheng, and Liang Yang, “Performance Analysis of 5G Mobile Relay Systems for High-Speed Trains,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 2760-2772, Dec. 2020.

105. Yuanbin Chen, Ying Wang, Jiayi Zhang, and Lei Jiao, “Resource Allocation for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Vehicular Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 12321-12326, Oct. 2020.

106. Heng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Shi Jin, and Bo Ai, “Graph Coloring Based Pilot Assignment for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 9180-9184, Aug. 2020.

107.  Jiayi Zhang, E. Björnson, M. Matthaiou, D. W. K. Ng, H. Yang, and D. J. Love, “Prospective Multiple Antenna Technologies for Beyond 5G,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1637-1660, Aug. 2020.

108. Yuanbin Chen, Ying Wang, Man Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Lei Jiao, “Network Slicing Enabled Resource Management for Service-Oriented Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Vehicular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 7847-7862, Jul. 2020.

109. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Liang Yang, Bo Ai, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, “On the Performance of Dual-Hop Systems over Mixed FSO/mmWave Fading Channels,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 477-489, Dec. 2020.

110. Hongyang Du, Jiayi Zhang, Julian Cheng, and Bo Ai, “Sum of Fisher-Snedecor F Random Variables and Its Applications,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 342-356, Dec. 2020.

111. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Luming Zhang, Xiaodan Zhang and Bo Ai, “Efficient Receiver Design for Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Hardware Impairments,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 4537-4541, Apr. 2020. 

112. Peng Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Kostas P. Peppas, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng and Bo Ai, “Dual-hop relaying communications over Fisher-Snedecor F fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 2695-2710, May 2020. 

113. Hongyang Du, Jiayi Zhang, Kostas P. Peppas, Hui Zhao, Bo Ai, and Xiaodan Zhang , “On the Distribution of the Ratio of Products of Fisher-Snedecor F Random Variables and Its Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 1855-1866, Feb. 2020. 

114. Heng Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Xiaodan Zhang, Adit Kurniawan, Tutun Juhana, and Bo Ai, “Tabu-Search Based Pilot Assignment for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 2286-2290, Feb. 2020. 

115. Yu Jin, Jiayi Zhang, Bo Ai, and Xiaodan Zhang , “Channel Estimation for mmWave Massive MIMO with Convolutional Blind Denoising Network,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 95-98, Jan. 2020. 

116. Yu Jin, Jiayi Zhang, Shi Jin, and Bo Ai, “Channel Estimation for Cell-Free mmWave Massive MIMO Through Deep Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 10325-10329, Oct. 2019. 

117. Özgecan Özdogan, Emil Björnson, and Jiayi Zhang. “Performance of Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Rician Fading and Phase Shifts,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 5299-5315, Nov. 2019.  

118. Jiayi Zhang,, S. Chen, Y. Lin, J. Zheng, B. Ai and L. Hanzo, "Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A New Next-Generation Paradigm," IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 99878-99888, 2019.

119. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Gaofeng Pan, Julian Cheng, and Bo Ai. “Sum of Squared Fluctuating Two-Ray Random Variables with Wireless Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 8173-8177, Aug. 2019. 

120. Jiakang Zheng, Jiayi Zhang, Shuaifei Chen, Hui Zhao, Bo Ai. “Wireless powered UAV relay communications over fluctuating two-ray fading channels,” Physical Communication, vol. 35, 2019.

121. Wen Zeng, Jiayi Zhang, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Bo Ai, and Zhangdui Zhong. “Two-Way Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Relaying Systems: Performance Analysis and Relay Selection,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 7011-7023, May 2019.

122. H. Zhao, Jiayi Zhang, L. Yang, G. Pan, and M. Alouini, "Secure mmWave Communications in Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1171-1174, Aug. 2019.

123. Longhe Wang, Bo Ai, Danping He, Ke Guan, Jiayi Zhang, Junhyeong Kim, and Zhangdui Zhong , "Vehicle-to-infrastructure channel characterization in urban environment at 28 GHz," China Communications, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 36-48, Feb. 2019.

124. H. Jiang, Y. Niu, Jiayi Zhang, B. Ai and Z. Zhong, "Coalition game based full-duplex concurrent scheduling in millimeter wave wireless backhaul network," China Communications, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 59-75, Feb. 2019. 

125. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Ziyan He, Bo Ai, and Octavia A. Dobre. “Mixed-ADC/DAC Multipair Massive MIMO RelayingSystems: Performance Analysis and Power Optimization”. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 140-153, Jan. 2019. (No. 1 Popular Article Published in TCOM 2019) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

126. Jiayi Zhang, Yinghua Wei, Emil Björnson, Yu Han, Shi Jin. “Performance Analysis and Power Control of Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Hardware Impairments”. IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 55302-55314, 2018.

127. Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, George K. Karagiannidis, Bo Ai. “Effective Rate of MISO Systems over Fisher-Snedecor F Fading Channels”. IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2619-2622, Dec.2018.

128. Wen Zeng, Jiayi Zhang, Shuaifei Chen, Kostas P. Peppas, and Bo Ai. "Physical Layer Security over Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Channels". IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 8949-8953, Jul. 2018.

129. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Xu Li, Ying Liu, and Lajos Hanzo. “On Low-Resolution ADCs in Practical 5G Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems”.  IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 205-211, Jul. 2018. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

130. Jiayi Zhang, Wen Zeng, Xu Li, Qiang Sun, and Kostas P. Peppas, “New Results on the Fluctuating Two-Ray Model with Arbitrary Fading Parameters and Its Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2766-2770, Mar. 2018.

131. Jiayi Zhang, Xipeng Xue, Emil Björnson, Bo Ai, and Shi Jin “Spectral Efficiency of Multipair Massive MIMO Two-Way Relaying with Hardware Impairments,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 14-17, Feb. 2018. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

132. Ruicheng Jiao, Linglong Dai, Jiayi Zhang, Richard MacKenzie, and Mo Hao, “ On the Performance of NOMA-Based Cooperative Relaying Systemsover Rician Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66. no. 12, pp. 11409-11413, Dec. 2017.

133. Jiayi Zhang, Likai Deng, Xu Li, Yuchuan Zhou, Yanan Liang, and Ying Liu, “Novel Device-to-Device Discovery Scheme based on Random Backoffin LTE-Advanced Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66. no. 12, pp. 11404-11408, Dec. 2017.

134. Yanan Liang, Xu Li, Jiayi Zhang*, and Zhiguo Ding, "Non-Orthogonal Random Access (NORA) for 5G Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4817-4831, 2017.

135. Xingwang Li, Jingjing Li, Lihua Li, Jin Jin, Jiayi Zhang, and Di Zhang, "Effective rate of MISO systems over κ-μ shadowed fading channels," IEEE Access, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 10605-10611, 2017.

136. Xu Li, Xiaoyu Chen, Jiayi Zhang*, Yanan Liang, and Ying Liu, "Capacity Analysis of α-η-κ-μ Fading Channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1449-1452, Jun. 2017.

137. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Ziyan He, Shi Jin, and Xu Li, “Performance Analysis of Mixed-ADC Massive MIMO Systems over Rician Fading Channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1327-1338, Jun. 2017. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

138. Minglei You, Hongjian Sun, Jing Jiang, and Jiayi Zhang, “Unified Framework for the Effective Rate Analysis of Wireless Communication Systems over MISO Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1775-1785, Apr. 2017.

139. Jiayi Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Kostas P. Peppas, Xu Li, and Ying Liu, “On High-Order Capacity Statistics of Spectrum Aggregation Systems over κ-μ and κ-μ shadowed Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 935-944, Feb. 2017.

140. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Xinlin Zhang, Emil Bjornson, and Zhaocheng Wang, “Achievable Rate of Rician Large-Scale MIMO Channels with Transceiver Hardware Impairments,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 8800-8806, Oct. 2016.

141. Minglei You, Hongjian Sun, Jing Jiang, and Jiayi Zhang, “Effective Rate Analysis in Weibull Fading Channels,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 340-343, Aug. 2016.

142. Jiayi Zhang, M. Matthaiou, G. K. Karagiannidis, and Linglong Dai, “On the Multivariate Gamma-Gamma Distribution with Arbitrary Correlation and Applications in Wireless Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 3834-3840, May 2016.

143. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Shengyang Sun, and Zhaocheng Wang, “On the Spectral Efficiency of Massive MIMO Systems with Low-resolution ADCs,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 842-845, May 2016. (No. 7 Popular Article of this journal in May 2016)(ESI Highly Cited Paper)

144. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, W. H. Gerstacker, and Zhaocheng Wang, “Effective Capacity of Communication Systems over κ-μ Shadowed Fading Channels,” Electronics Letters, vol. 51, no. 19, pp. 1540-1942, Sep. 2015.

145. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Yanjun Han, Yu Zhang, and Zhaocheng Wang, “On the Ergodic Capacity of MIMO Free-Space Optical Systems over Turbulence Channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1925-1934, Sep. 2015.   

146. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Yu Zhang, and Zhaocheng Wang, “Unified Performance Analysis of Mixed Radio Frequency/Free-Space Optical Dual-Hop Transmission Systems ,” IEEE Journal of Lightware Technology,  vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 2286-2293, June 2015.  

147. Jiayi Zhang, Fan Jin, Zhenhui Tan, Haibo Wang, Qing Huang, and Lajos Hanzo, “Performance Analysis of High-Speed Railway Communication Systems Subjected to Co-channel Interference and Channel Estimation Errors,” IET Communications, vol. 8, no. 7, May 2014.   

148. Jiayi Zhang, Zhenhui Tan, Haibo Wang, Qing Huang, and Lajos Hanzo, “The Effective Throughput of MISO Systems over κ-μ Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 2, Feb. 2014. 

149. Jiayi Zhang, M. Matthaiou, G. K. Karagiannidis, Z. Tan, and H. Wang, “Gallager’s exponent analysis of STBC MIMO systems over η-μ and κ-μ fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 3, Mar. 2013.  

150. Jiayi Zhang, M. Matthaiou, Z. Tan, and H. Wang, “Performance analysis of digital communication systems over composite η-μ/gamma fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 3114-3124, Sep. 2012.

Conference

1. Jiayi Zhang, Jing Zhang, and Bo Ai, “Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Low-Resolution ADCs Over Spatially Correlated Channels”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020.

2. Jiayi Zhang, Jingyi Fan, Bo Ai, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, “NOMA-Based Cell-Free Massive MIMO Over Spatially Correlated Rician Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020.

3.  Wen Fan, Jiayi Zhang, Emil Bjornson, Shuaifei Chen, and Zhangdui Zhong, “Performance Analysis of Cell-Free Massive MIMO Over Spatially Correlated Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019.

4. Jing Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Jiakang Zheng, Shi Jin, and Bo Ai, “Expanded Compute-and-Forward for Backhaul-Limited Cell-Free Massive MIMO”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019.

5.  Shuaifei Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Wen Zeng, Kostas P. Peppas, and Bo Ai. “Performance Analysis of Wireless Powered UAV Relaying over κ-μ Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications (Globecom), UAE, December 2018.

6. Wen Zeng, Jiayi Zhang, Kostas P. Peppas, Bo Ai, and Zhangdui Zhong. “UAV-Aided Wireless mmInformation and Power Transmission for High-Speed Train Communications”, in Proc. IEEE ITSC, Maui, Hawaii, USA, November 4-7, 2018

7. Yu Han, Shi Jin, Jun Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, and Kaikit Wong, “Analog Beam Selection Schemes of DFT-based Hybrid Beamforming Multiuser Systems,”  in Proc. 23rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Perth, Australia, Dec. 2017. (Best Paper Award)

8. Jiayi Zhang, Yinghua Wei, Emil Björnson, Yu Han, and Xu Li, “Spectral and Energy Efficiency of Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Hardware Impairments,” to appear in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Communications & Signal Processing (WCSP), Nanjing, China, Oct. 2017. (Best Paper Award)

9. Ying Liu, Xipeng Xue, Jiayi Zhang, Xu Li, Linglong Dai, and Shi Jin, “Multipair Massive MIMO Two-Way Full-Duplex Relay Systems with Hardware Impairments,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Sigapore, Dec. 2017.

10. Jiayi Zhang, Xu Li, Imran Shafique Ansari, Ying Liu, and Khalid A. Qaraqe, “Performance Analysis of Dual-hop DF Satellite Relaying over κ-μ Shadowed Fading Channels,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), San Francisco, CA, Mar. 2017.

11. Yanan Liang, Xu Li, Jiayi Zhang, and Ying Liu, “A Novel Random Access Scheme Based on Successive Interference Cancellation for 5G Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), San Francisco, CA, Mar. 2017.

12. Jiayi Zhang, Linglong Dai, Michail Matthaiou, Christos Masouros, and Shi Jin, “On the Spectral Efficiency of Space-Constrained Massive MIMO with Linear Receivers,” in Proc. IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2016.

13. J. Zhang, L. Dai, Z. Wang, D. W. K. Ng, and W. Gerstacker, “Effective Rate Analysis of MISO Systems over α-μ fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015.

14. X. Gao, L. Dai, J. Zhang, S. Han, and Chih-Lin I, “Capacity-Approaching Linear Precoding with Low-Complexity for Large-Scale MIMO Systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015.

15. J. Zhang, M. Matthaiou, G. K. Karagiannidis, Z. Tan, and H. Wang, “Error exponent analysis of STBC MIMO systems in η-μ fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

16. J. Zhang, M. Matthaiou, Z. Tan, and H. Wang, “Effective rate analysis of MISO generalized fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

17. Jia-Yi Zhang, Zhen-Hui Tan and Hai-Bo Wang. "On the Upper Bound of Capacity for Composite MIMO Ricean and Gamma Fading Channels". 2011 Cross-Strait Conference on Information Science and Technology. Taibei, Dec 2011.

18. Jia-Yi Zhang, Zhen-Hui Tan, and Hai-Bo Wang, "Optimum Capacity of MIMO Systems for High-speed Railway with Spare Antenna Array". 4th International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (WiVEC2011), San Francisco, CA, Sep 2011. 

19. Jia-Yi Zhang, Zhen-Hui Tan, Zhang-Dui Zhong, and Yong Kong, "A Multi-mode Multi-band and Multi-system-based Access Architecture for High-speed Railways". 72ed Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2010-Fall). Ottawa, Canada, Sep 2010. 

20. Jia-Yi Zhang, Zhen-Hui Tan, and Xiao-Xi Yu, "Coverage Efficiency of Radio-over-Fiber Network for High-speed Railways". 6th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM 2010). Chengdu, China, Sep 2010.