News 

AY 2023

• [Dec. 9, 2023] Our paper entitled "Hybrid FSO/Sub-THz-based Vertical Networks for Internet of Vehicles" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

• [Oct. 30, 2023] We won the “Best Poster Award” at ICETC conference 2023, organized in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

• [Oct. 30, 2023] New paper entitled "Cooperative HARQ-Aided Multiple UAVs in Optical Aerospace Backhaul Networks" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access

• [Oct. 20, 2023] New paper entitled "Resource Allocation for Hybrid FSO/RF Satellite-Assisted Multiple Backhauled UAVs Over Starlink Networks" has been accepted for publication in IEICE Communications Express

• [Sept. 25, 2023] Our new conference entitled "Cooperative HARQ-based Frame Allocation for Optical Satellite/HAP-Assisted Backhaul Networks," has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE Globecom, Workshop on "Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications", 2023

• [Sept. 20, 2023] I am invited to serve as a Reviewer for research proposals from NAFOSTED 

• [Aug. 31, 2023] Our new Kakenhi research proposal, "Development of Novel Error-Control Solutions for Optical Aerospace Integrated Networks," has been accepted by JSPS

• [Aug. 30, 2023] Two new papers have been accepted for presentation at the IEICE  ICETC conference 2023

• [Aug. 25, 2023] New paper entitled "Performance Analysis of Multipath TCP over FSO/mmWave Vehicular Networks," has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE ATC conference 2023

• [Jul. 14, 2023] I am invited to serve as a Reviewer for research proposals from Dutch Research Council 

• [Jul. 11, 2023] Two new papers have been accepted for presentation at the IEEE VTS APWCS conference 2023

• [Jul. 10, 2023] New paper entitled "Design of Satellite-Based FSO/QKD Systems using GEO/LEOs for Multiple Wireless Users," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Photonics Journal

• [May 8, 2023] New paper entitled "Network Coding Aided Hybrid EB/PM Satellite-based FSO/QKD Systems," has been accepted for presentation at the ITC-CSCC conference 2023

• [May 1, 2023] New paper entitled "On the Design of NOMA-Enhanced Backscatter Communication Systems," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access

• [Apr. 1, 2023] I joined the Division of Computer Engineering, The University of Aizu, as an Associate Professor 

• [Jan. 9, 2023] Our paper entitled "FSO-based Space-Air-Ground Integrated Vehicular Networks: Cooperative HARQ with Rate Adaptation," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 

AY 2022

• [Dec. 08, 2022] Please consider submitting your papers to our special issue, "Machine Learning and Deep Learning Based Pattern Recognition" Electronics Journal [Call-for-paper]  

• [Oct. 17, 2022] New Journal paper entitled "Toward Practical Entanglement-based Satellite FSO/QKD Systems using Dual-Threshold/Direct Detection," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access

• [Aug. 10, 2022]  I am awarded the additional travel grant (in addition to HLF's one) from Japan Datacom Foundation to participate in the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Germany 2022 

• [Aug. 03, 2022] New paper entitled "Echo State Network for Turbulence-Induced Fading Channel Prediction in Free-Space Optical Systems," has been accepted for presentation at IEEE WSCE 2022. 

• [Jul. 28, 2022] Our paper won the best paper award at IEEE 9th International Conference on Communications and Electronics, Jul. 2022 [News on UoA Website]

• [Jul. 18, 2022] I have been  invited to serve as a lead guest editor for the special issue on "Optical Wireless Communications and Applications" for Photonics Journal [Call-for-paper] [Editor-Certificate]

• [Jul. 08, 2022] New paper entitled "TCP Over Hybrid FSO/RF-based Satellite Networks in the Presence of Cloud Coverage," has been accepted for publication in IEICE Communications Express

• [Jul. 04, 2022] New paper entitled "On the Design of RIS-UAV Relay-Assisted Hybrid FSO/RF Satellite-Aerial-Ground Integrated Network," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 

• [Jun. 08, 2022]  I am awarded the travel grant to participate in the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), Germany 2022 

• [Jun. 02, 2022] Our paper entitled "Aerial IRS-Aided Vertical Backhaul FSO Networks over Fisher-Snedecor F Turbulence Channels," has been accepted for presentation at IEEE ICCE 2022. 

• [May 13, 2022] Our paper entitled "Link-Layer Retransmission-based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials  [News on UoA Website]

• [Apr. 20, 2022] I have been selected as a young researcher to participate in the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), organized in September 2022 in Germany [Youtube Link]   

AY 2021 (Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2022)

• [Jan. 19, 2022] New paper entitled "Entanglement-based Satellite FSO/QKD System using Dual-Threshold/Direct Detection," has been accepted for presentation at IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2022), in Seoul, South Korea 

• [Nov. 23, 2021] Our paper entitled "On the Design of Rate Adaptation for Relay-Assisted Satellite Hybrid FSO/RF Systems," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Photonics Journal

• [Nov. 22, 2021] Our paper entitled "Throughput Analysis for TCP over the FSO-based Satellite-Assisted Internet of Vehicles," has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 

• [Nov. 8, 2021] Our paper entitled "On the Design of FSO-based Satellite Systems Using Incremental Redundancy Hybrid ARQ Protocols with Rate Adaptation" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology