Publications

Published/Accepted Journal Papers

• [J12] G. Q. L. Vu, H. Tran, C. V. Trinh, and K. T. Truong, “Attacker Detection in Massive MIMO Systems over Spatially Uncorrelated Rician Fading Channels,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 125489-125498, Nov. 2022.

• [J11] N. D. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, “Phase Impairment Estimation for mmWave MIMO Systems with Low Resolutions ADC and Imperfect CSI,” EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. e3, Oct. 2022

• [J10] H. S. Vu, K. T. Truong, and M. T. Le, “Beam Division Multiple Access for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO: Hybrid Zero-Forcing Beamforming with User Selection,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol 12, no. 1, pp. 445-452, Feb. 2022.

• [J09] H.-V. Tran; G. Kaddoum and K. T. Truong, "Resource Allocation in SWIPT Networks Under a Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Model: Power Efficiency, User Fairness, and Channel Nonreciprocity," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 8466 - 8480, Sept. 2018, [IEEExplore].

• [J08] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Effects of Channel Aging in Massive MIMO Systems,"  IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Special Issue on Massive MIMO, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 338-351, Aug. 2013,  [Arxiv] ,  [IEEExplore] ,  2014 KICS JCN Best Paper Award .

• [J07] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Joint Transmit Precoding for the Relay Interference Broadcast Channel",  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 1201-1215, Mar. 2013, [ Arxiv ], [IEEExplore].

• [J06] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "A Distributed Algorithm using Interference Pricing for Relay Interference Channels",  EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issues on Advanced Distributed Wireless Communication Techniques - Theory and Practice,  February 2013,  DOI: 10.1186/1687-6180-2013-26.

• [J05] K. T. Truong, P. Sartori and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Cooperative Algorithms for MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks",  IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , vol 61, no. 5, pp. 1272-1287, March  2013, [ Arxiv ], [IEEExplore].

• [J04] R. Vaze,  K. T. Truong, S. Weber and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Two-Way Transmission Capacity of Wireless ad-hoc Networks",  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1966-1975, June 2011,  [Arxiv] , [IEEExplore].

• [J03] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Multimode Antenna Selection for MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Relay Systems",  IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 5845-5859, November 2010, [IEEExplore].

• [J02] A. Y. Panah,  K. T. Truong, S. W. Peters and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference Management Schemes for the Shared Relay Concept ",  EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special issue on Cooperative MIMO Multicell Networks, vol. 2011, Article ID 269817, 14 pages, 2011, DOI:10.1155/2011/269817.

• [J01] S. W. Peters, A. Y. Panah,  K. T. Truong and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Relaying Architectures for 3GPP LTE-Advanced",  EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (JWCN), Special issue on 3GPP-LTE and LTE-Advanced, vol. 2009, Article ID 618787, 14 pages, 2009, DOI:10.1155/2009/618787, 2013 EURASIP JWCN Best Paper Award .

Published/Accepted Conference Papers

• [C19] G. Q. L. Vu, K. T. Truong, V. N. Vo, T. D. Ho, D.-H. Tran, H. Tran, and S. Shimatomo, “Jammer Detection in Multicell Massive MIMO with Correlated Rician Channels,” accepted to present at the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), Special Session: Advanced Technologies for 5GA/6G Wireless Systems, 16-18, Oct. 2025, Hanoi, Vietnam. 

• [C18] K. T. Truong, L. H. Phan, R. Kahar, and F. Anariba, "Using the STEAM-D Framework for Transdisciplinary Design Training of University Students Through the Freshmore Asian Co-curriculum Trip (FACT) Programme," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2025), pp. 367-372,  September 10-12, 2025, Msida, Malta, doi: 10.35199/EPDE.2025.62 [paper download].

• [C17] G. Q. L. Vu, H. Tran, and K. T. Truong, "Jammer Detection by Random Pilots in Massive MIMO Spatially-Uncorrelated Rician Channels", in Proceedings of NAFOSTED Conference on Information and Computer Sciences (NICS), Dec. 2021.

• [C16] N. D. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, "Phase Impairment Estimation for mmWave MIMO Systems," in Proceedings of NAFOSTED Conference on Information and Computer Sciences (NICS), Dec. 2021.

• [C15] G. Q. L. Vu, T. N. Le and K. T. Truong, "Physical Layer Security of Massive MIMO Spatially-uncorrelated Rician Channels", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), pp.  22-27,  Oct. 2021, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, doi: 10.1109/ATC52653.2021.9598293, [IEEExplore].

• [C14] S. H. Vu, K. T. Truong, B. T. Le, Y. V. Vu and T. M. Le, "An Investigation of Adaptive Digital Beamforming Antenna for gNodeB 5G", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), pp. 221-224, Oct. 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam, [IEEExplore].

• [C13] Q. V. Dang, B. T. Le  and K. T. Truong, "Internal Reciprocity Calibration for TDD Massive MIMO: An Algorithm and Experimental Results," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), pp. 270-275, Oct. 2018, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, [IEEExplore].

• [C12] T. A. Nguyen, B. Q. N. Vo and K. T. Truong, "Performance Analysis of Energy Harvesting Two-Way Decode-and-Forward Relay Networks with Power Beacon over Nakagami-m Fading Channels", in Proceedings of  IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), pp. 265-269, Oct. 2018, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, [IEEExplore].

• [C11] N. González- Prelcic, K. T. Truong, C. Rusu and R. W. Heath Jr., “Compressive channel estimation in FDD multi-cell massive MIMO systems with arbitrary arrays,” in Proceedings of the  IEEE Global Communications Conference, pp. 1-5, Dec. 2016, Washington DC, USA, [IEEExplore].

• [C10] K. T. Truong, H. Nikopour and R. W. Heath Jr., “FDD Massive MIMO with Analog CSI Feedback,”  in Proceedings of the  IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 322-327,  Nov. 2015, Pacific Grove, CA, USA [IEEExplore].

• [C9] K. T. Truong , A. Lozano and R. W. Heath Jr., “Optimal Training in Continuous Flat-Fading Massive MIMO Systems,” in Proceedings of the  European Wireless Conference , pp. 219-224, May 2014, Barcelona, Spain,  [IEEExplore].

• [C8] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath Jr., “The Viability of Distributed Antennas for Massive MIMO Systems,” in Proceedings of the  IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,  pp. 1318-1323, Nov. 2013, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, [IEEEXplore].

• [C7] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Relay Beamforming using Interference Pricing for the Two-hop Interference Channel", in Proceedings of the  IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1-5, December 2011, [IEEExplore].

• [C6] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference Alignment for Multiple-Antenna Amplify-and-Forward Relay Interference Channels", in Proceedings of the  IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 1288-1292, November 2011, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, ( invited paper ), [IEEExplore].

• [C5] R. Vaze,  K. T. Truong , R. W. Heath, Jr. and S. Weber, "Two-Way Transmission Capacity of Wireless  Ad hoc  Networks", in Proceedings of the  IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1688-1692, June 2010, Austin, TX, USA, [IEEExplore].

• [C4] K. T. Truong  and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Adaptive Transmit Antenna Selection in MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Relay Channels ", in Proceedings of the  IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP),  pp. 3022-3025, March 2010, Dallas, TX, USA, [IEEExplore].

• [C3] K. T. Truong, S. Weber and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Transmission Capacity of Two-way Communication in Wireless  Ad hoc  Networks ," in Proceedings of the  IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), pp. 1-5, June 2009, Dresden, Germany, [IEEExplore].

• [C2] W. Kim, M. O. Khan,  K. T. Truong , S.-H. Choi, R. Grant, H. K. Wright, K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, R. W. Heath, Jr., and S. Nettles, "An Experimetal Evaluation of Rate Adaptation for Multi-Antenna Systems", in Proceedings of the  IEEE Infocom 2009, pp. 2313-2321, April 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [IEEExplore].

• [C1] R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke,  K. T. Truong , S. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Throughput/Delay Measurements of Limited Feedback Beamforming in Indoor Wireless Networks ", in Proceedings of the  IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1-6, November 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA, [IEEExplore].

Patents

• [P5] K. T. Truong, R. W. Heath, Jr. and H. Nikopour, "Systems and Methods for Massive MIMO Adaptation," US patent #10,686,498, granted on June 16, 2020.

• [P4] K. T. Truong, R. W. Heath, Jr. and H. Nikopour, "Method and apparatus for downlink channel estimation in massive MIMO," US patent #10,374,836, granted on August 6, 2019.

• [P3] K. T. Truong, P. Zhu, J. Ma and R. W. Heath, Jr., "System and method for downlink channel estimation in massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)," US patent #10,250,309, granted on April 02, 2019 .

• [P2] K. T. Truong, Y.-H. Kwon, P. Sartori and A.-S. Mazin, "System and Method for Distributed Power Control in a Communication System", US patent #8,706,026, granted on April 22, 2014.

• [P1] K. T. Truong, Y.-H. Kwon and P. Sartori, "System and Method for Distributed Power Control in a Communication System", US patent #8,588,840, granted on November 19, 2013.

Domestic journal papers

• [DJ3] N. D. Nguyen, G. V. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, “The performance of a hybrid beamforming mmWave MIMO system with non-ideal hardware”, Journal of Science and Technique (Tạp chí Khoa học & Kỹ thuật, Học viện Kỹ thuật Quân sự ), no. 198, pp. 97-107,  May 2019.

• [DJ2] G. Q. L. Vu and K. T. Truong, "Secret capacity of massive MIMO systems with a passive eavesdropper" (in Vietnamese: "Dung lượng bảo mật của hệ thống MIMO cỡ rất lớn khi có thiết bị nghe lén thụ động"),  Research and Development on Information and Communication Technology (in Vietnamese: Chuyên san các công trình nghiên cứu và phát triển về công nghệ thông tin và truyền thông, Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông), vol. V-3, no. 40, Dec. 2018.

• [DJ1] H. T. T. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, "Energy efficiency of FD-MIMO systems in 5G networks" (in Vietnamese: "Hiệu quả sử dụng năng lượng của hệ thống FD-MIMO trong mạng 5G"), Journal of Science & Technology in Information and Communications (in Vietnamese: Tạp chí Khoa học Công nghệ Thông tin và Truyền thông, Học viện Công nghệ Bưu chính Viễn thông), vol. 1, no. 3-4, 2016.

Domestic conference/workshop papers

• [DC2] N. D. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, “Performance analysis of mmWave systems with hardware impairments”, in Proceedings of National Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (REV-ECIT), Hanoi, Vietnam, 14-15/12/2018 (Best paper award).

• [DC1] B. D. Luong, H. T. T. Nguyen and K. T. Truong, “Energy efficiency of downlink in massive MIMO systems,” in Proceedings of National Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (REV-ECIT), Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, 10-11/12/2015 (Best paper award).

Thesis/Dissertation

• Ph.D. dissertation, "Transmission Strategies for Wireless Multiple-Antenna Relay-Assisted Networks", The University of Texas at Austin, May 2012, available in UT Austin online library.

• Master's report, "The Transmission Capacity of Two-way Communication in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks", The University of Texas at Austin, May 2008.