PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

1. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Haijian Sun, Rose Qingyang Hu, Dusit Niyato, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Joint power and spectrum orchestration for D2D semantic communication underlying energy-efficient cellular networks," IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2025.3612327.

2. Xuesong Liu, Yansong Liu, Haoyu Tang, Fangzhou Zhao, Le Xia, and Yao Sun, "Joint knowledge and power management for secure semantic communication networks," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, accepted for publication.

3. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato, Lan Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Wireless resource optimization in hybrid semantic/bit communication networks," IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 3318-3332, 2025.

4. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato, Daquan Feng, Lei Feng, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "xURLLC-aware service provisioning in vehicular networks: A semantic communication perspective," IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4475-4488, 2024.

5. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato, Xiaoqian Li, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Joint user association and bandwidth allocation in semantic communication networks," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 2699-2711, 2024.

6. Runze Cheng, Yao Sun, Yijing Liu, Le Xia, Daquan Feng, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Blockchain-empowered federated learning approach for an intelligent and reliable D2D caching scheme," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 7879-7890, 2022.

7. Jing Zhang, Le Xia, Mingyue Zhu, Shaohua Hu, Bo Xu, and Kun Qiu, "Fast remodeling for nonlinear distortion mitigation based on transfer learning," Optics Letters, vol. 44, no. 17, 4243-4246, 2019.

8. Le Xia, Jing Zhang, Shaohua Hu, Mingyue Zhu, Yingxiong Song, and Kun Qiu, "Transfer learning assisted deep neural network for OSNR estimation," Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 14, 19398-19406, 2019.

Magazine Papers

1. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Chengsi Liang, Lei Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Generative AI for semantic communication: Architecture, challenges, and outlook," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 132-140, 2025.

2. Xuesong Liu, Yao Sun, Runze Cheng, Le Xia, Hanaa Abumarshoud, Lei Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Knowledge-assisted privacy preserving in semantic communication,"  IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 76-83, 2025.

3. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Chengsi Liang, Runze Cheng, Yang Yang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "WiserVR: Semantic communication enabled wireless virtual reality delivery," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 32-39, 2023.

4. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Rafiq Swash, Lina Mohjazi, Lei Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Smart and secure CAV networks empowered by AI-enabled blockchain: The next frontier for intelligent safe driving assessment," IEEE Network, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 197-204, 2022.

Conference Papers

1. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Lan Zhang, Lei Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Energy efficiency maximization in D2D semantic communication enabled cellular networks," in IEEE ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025, pp. 2192-2197.

2. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato, Lan Zhang, Lei Zhang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Hybrid semantic/bit communication based networking problem optimization," in IEEE GlobeCom 2024 - IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2024, pp. 4491-4496.

3. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Dusit Niyato, Kairong Ma, Jiawen Kang, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Knowledge base aware semantic communication in vehicular networks," in IEEE ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023, pp. 3989-3994.

4. Chengsi Liang, Xiangyi Deng, Yao Sun, Runze Cheng, Le Xia, Dusit Niyato, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "VISTA: Video transmission over a semantic communication approach," in IEEE ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2023, pp. 1777-1782.

5. Le Xia, Yao Sun, Xiaoqian Li, Gang Feng, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Wireless resource management in intelligent semantic communication networks," in IEEE INFOCOM 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2022, pp. 1-6.

6. Runze Cheng, Yao Sun, Yijing Liu, Le Xia, Sanshan Sun, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "A privacy-preserved D2D caching scheme underpinned by blockchain-enabled federated learning," in IEEE GlobeCom 2021 - IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2021, pp. 1-6.

7. Le Xia, Jing Zhang, Yingxiong Song, Qianwu Zhang, Xiang Li, and Kun Qiu, "Physical layer abstraction utilizing OSNR monitoring based on deep neural network," in ACP 2018 - Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, 2018, M3D.4.

Book Chapters

1. Le Xia, Yao Sun, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "Joint cell association and spectrum allocation in semantic communication networks," Wireless Semantic Communications: Concepts, Principles, and Challenges. Wiley, 2025, pp. 23-46.

2. Chengsi Liang, Xiangyi Deng, Yao Sun, Runze Cheng, Le Xia, Dusit Niyato, and Muhammad Ali Imran, "VISTA: A semantic communication approach for video transmission," Wireless Semantic Communications: Concepts, Principles, and Challenges. Wiley, 2025, pp. 109-121.

Doctoral Dissertation

• Le Xia, "Wireless resource optimization in semantic communication-based cellular networks," University of Glasgow, 10.5525/gla.thesis.84571, 2024.