PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
1. Submitted Manuscript
[S-7] N. H. Tu*, V. N. Q. Bao, and T. T. Thanh, "Short-Packet URLLCs for Multihop Relaying-Assisted NOMA IoT Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimization," submitted to
[S-6] N. C. Hai, L. H. S. Hai, N. M. Phuc, N. T. Anh, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, and N. H. Tu*, "YoCLDA3: An Efficient SemiAutomated Traffic Annotation Framework," submitted to
[S-5] L. H. S. Hai, N. M. Phuc, P. T. Kiet, N. C. Hai, N. T. Anh, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, and N. H. Tu*, "K-fold Ensemble ATCNet-CIAM for Multi-Session Motor Imagery EEG Signal Classification," submitted to
[S-4] T. V. Vu, N. P. Nguyen, D. T. T. Hang, N. T. Anh, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, and N. H. Tu*, "Automated Leaf and Wood Separation: A Comprehensive Review on Advanced Methods," submitted to
[S-3] T. V. Vu, N. P. Nguyen, D. T. T. Hang, N. T. Anh, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, and N. H. Tu*, "FSS-UBrain: Multi-region Few-Shot Brain Tumor MRI Segmentation," submitted to
[S-2] T. V. Le, N. C. Luong, N. H. Tu*, V. N. Q. Bao, H.-T. Thien, and X. Li, "Delayed SINR-Feedback Power Control for High Mobility UAV Communications: A Reliable and Fair OTFS Approach," submitted to
[S-1] N. H. Tu*, V. N. Q. Bao, and T. T. Thanh, "Active STAR-RIS-Aided RSMA IoT Systems: Performance Analysis, Model-Based and Data-Driven Resource Allocation Frameworks," submitted to IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (Under Review)
2. International Journal (J) (*IF is up-to-date as of the publication date of each paper)
[J16] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Multi-RIS-aided Cell-Free mmWave Massive MIMO with Short-Packet uRLLC: Passive and Hybrid Active Beamforming," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2026. [TechRXiv]
[J15] T.-H. Vu, N. H. Tu*, H.-T. Thien, K. Lee, S. Kim, M. Voznak, and Q. V. Pham, "Integration of TinyML and Large Models: A Survey Towards 6G and Beyond," to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2026. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 8.9) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [arXiv:2505.15854]
[J14] N. H. Tu*, M. Kim, and K. Lee, "Hybrid Beamforming and Deep-Learning-Enabled Precoding for O-RAN mmWave Massive MIMO," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp 4053-4069, 2026. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 10.7) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [TechRXiv]
[J13] T.-H. Vu, A.-T Le, N. H. Tu*, T. N. Nguyen, and M. Voznak, "On Performance of IoT Networks with Coordinated NOMA Transmission: Covert Monitoring and Information Decoding," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 22, pp 48069-48084, Nov. 2025. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 8.9) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [arXiv:2509.01935]
[J12] N. H. Tu*, M. Kim, and K. Lee, "Semi-Static Hybrid Beamforming for O-RAN mmWave Massive MIMO Systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 11, pp 9791-9808, Nov. 2025. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 10.7) [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[J11] T.-H. Vu, N. H. Tu*, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Study on Reconfigurable Repeater-based RSMA Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 5, pp 1371-1375, May 2025. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 5.5) [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[J10] A.-T Le, T.-H. Vu, N. H. Tu*, T. N. Nguyen, L.-T. Tu, and M. Voznak, "Active Reconfigurable Repeater-Assisted NOMA Networks in Internet-of-Things: Reliability, Security, and Covertness," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 7, pp 8759-8772, Apr. 2025. (Q1 SCIE, 2024 IF: 8.9) [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[J9] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Multihop MIMO Full-Duplex Relay Networks with Short-Packet URLLCs," IEEE Systems Journal, vol 18, no. 4, pp 1975-1986, Dec. 2024. (Q1 SCIE, 2023 IF: 4.0) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [TechRXiv] (The conference version won the Outstanding Student Paper Award at ICCAS, 2023.)
[J8] N. N. Dao, N. H. Tu*, D. T. Hoang, T. H. Nguyen, L. V. Nguyen, K. Lee, L. Park, W. Na, and S. Cho, "A Review on New Technologies in 3GPP Standards for 5G Access and Beyond," Computer Networks, vol. 245, pp. 110370, May 2024. (Q1 SCIE, 2023 IF: 4.4) [View] [Elsevier]
[J7] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "IRS-Assisted Coordinated Direct and Multiantenna Relay Transmission for MIMO SWIPT Systems," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 1208-1219, Jun. 2024. (Q1 SCIE, 2023 IF: 4.0) [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[J6] N. H. Tu*, D. T. Hoang, and K. Lee, "Short-Packet URLLCs for MIMO Underlay Cognitive Multihop Relaying with Imperfect CSI," IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 81672-81689, Aug. 2023. (Q2 SCIE, Q1 SCI, 2023 IF: 3.4) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [TechRXiv] (The conference version won the Best Presentation Awards at ACVYS 2022 and 2024.)
[J5] N. N. Dao, N. H. Tu*, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, W. Na, and S. Cho, "The Neglected Infrastructures for 6G-Underwater Communications: How Mature Are They?," Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), vol. 213, pp. 103595, Apr. 2023. (Q1 SCIE, 2022 IF: 8.7) [View] [Elsevier]
[J4] N. T. Y. Linh, N. H. Tu*, P. N. Son, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Dual-hop Relaying Networks for Short-Packet URLLCs: Performance Analysis and Optimization," Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 408-418, Aug. 2022. (Q2 SCIE, Q1 SCI, 2022 IF: 3.6) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [TechRxiv]
[J3] N. N. Dao, A. T. Tran, N. H. Tu*, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, and S. Cho, "A Contemporary Survey on Live Video Streaming from a Computation-Driven Perspective," ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 54, no. 10s, pp. 1-38, Nov. 2022. (Q1 SCIE, 2022 IF: 16.6) [View] [ACM DL]
[J2] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Performance Analysis and Optimization of Multihop MIMO Relay Networks in Short-Packet Communications," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 4549-4562, June 2022. (Q1 SCIE, 2022 IF: 10.4) [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[J1] N. N. Dao, Q. V. Pham, N. H. Tu*, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Survey on Aerial Radio Access Networks: Toward a Comprehensive 6G Access Infrastructure," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1193-1225, Secondquarter 2021. (Q1 SCIE, 2021 IF: 33.840) [View] [IEEE Explorer] [arXiv:2102.07087]
3. International Conference (IC)
[IC8] N. H. Tu*, T. T. Thanh, and V. N. Q. Bao, “Active STAR-RIS-Empowered RSMA Systems: Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 1239-1244. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC7] N. H. Tu*, H. V. Hoa, T. T. Thanh, and V. N. Q. Bao, “Multihop Relaying-Assisted NOMA IoT Networks with Short-Packet URLLCs,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 31-36. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC6] N. C. Hai, L. H. S. Hai, N. M. Phuc, N. H. Tu*, and N. T. Anh, “A Hybrid Framework for Semi-Automated Traffic Annotation: Integrating YOLOv11 Object Detection with CLIP Semantic Verification,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 203-208. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC5] N. P. Nguyen, D. T. T. Hang, T. V. Vu, N. H. Tu*, and N. T. Anh, “Swin-PResU: Hybrid SwinViT and Pruned Residual CNN for Precise Brain Tumor MRI Segmentation,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 149-154. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC4] P. Q. Minh, L. N. Tan, N. H. Tu*, and N. T. Anh, “Fruit Ripeness Detection: A Comparative Analysis of State-of-the-Art YOLO Models,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 699-704. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC3] P. B. N. Lam, N. T. Anh, and N. H. Tu*, “Effective Deterministic WiFi Handover Mechanism with Fuzzy-Inspired Stability Checks,” in Proc. IEEE RIVF Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Technol. (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2025, pp. 42-47. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
[IC2] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Performance Analysis and Deep-Learning-based Real-Time Evaluation of Multihop MIMO Full-Duplex Relay Networks with Short-Packet URLLCs", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Control Automat. Syst. (ICCAS), Yeosu, Republic of Korea, 2023, pp. 1099-1104. [View] [IEEE Explorer] (Outstanding Student Paper Award)
[IC1] N. H. Tu*, D. T. Hoang, and K. Lee, "Performance Analysis of MIMO CR Multihop Relaying with Imperfect CSI in Short-Packet URLLCs", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. ICT Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2023, pp. 998-1003. [View] [IEEE Explorer]
4. Domestic Journal (DJ)
[DJ4] N. H. Tu*, T. T. Thanh, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Outage probability of downlink NOMA energy harvesting for multiple users over Rayleigh fading channels," Journal of Science and Technology on Information and Communications (JSTIC), vol 1, no. 2, pp. 4-10, May 2021. (ISSN: 2525-2224) [View] [JSTIC]
[DJ3] N. D. Chinh, N. H. Tu*, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Phân tích tỷ lệ lỗi khối của mạng vô tuyến nhận thức dạng nền lựa chọn nút chuyển tiếp từng phần trong truyền thông gói tin ngắn," Journal of Science and Technology on Information and Communications (JSTIC), vol. 1, no. 4B, pp. 80-91, Dec. 2020. (ISSN: 2525-2224) [View] [JSTIC]
[DJ2] H. V. Hoa, N. H. Tu*, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Đánh giá hiệu năng mạng chuyển tiếp đa chặng trong truyền thông gói tin ngắn," Journal of Science and Technology on Information and Communications (JSTIC), vol. 1, no. 4B, pp. 43-49, Dec. 2020. (ISSN: 2525-2224) [View] [JSTIC]
[DJ1] N. T. Y. Linh, N. H. Tu*, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Đánh giá hiệu năng mạng chuyển tiếp từng phần với đa anten thu trong truyền thông gói tin ngắn," Journal of Science and Technology on Information and Communications (JSTIC), vol. 1, no. 4A, pp. 53-61, Dec. 2020. (ISSN: 2525-2224) [View] [JSTIC]
5. Domestic Conference (DC)
[DC9] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Machine-Learning-based Real-Time Evaluation of Short-Packet URLLCs for Multihop Relaying MIMO Underlay Cognitive with Imperfect CSI", in Proc. Annu. Conf. Vietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS), Seoul, Republic of Korea, Sep. 2024. (Best Presentation Award)
[DC8] N. H. Tu* and K. Lee, "Multi-IRS-aided Cell-Free mmWave Massive MIMO Systems: Long-Packet eMBB or Short-Packet uRLLC?/다중 지능형반사표면 기반의 셀탈피 밀리미터 대규모 다중입출력 시스템: 긴 패킷 eMBB 및 짧은 패킷 uRLLC?," in 2023년 추계학술대회 (2023 Fall Academic Conference), Seoul, Republic of Korea, Nov. 2023. [Abstract]
[DC7] N. H. Tu*, D. T. Hoang, and K. Lee, "IoT Short-Packet URLLCs for MIMO Underlay Cognitive Multihop Relaying with Imperfect CSI," in Proc. Annu. Conf. Vietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS), Seoul, Republic of Korea, Dec. 2022. (Best Presentation Award)
[DC6] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "Underlay cognitive multi-hop relaying for short packet communications," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Aug. 2021.
[DC5] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "Investigation of wireless channels by Matlab/Khảo sát các kênh thông tin trong đường truyền vô tuyến bằng Matlab," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jun. 2021.
[DC4] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "On the performance of MRC-based SIMO with short-packet communications/Đánh giá hiệu năng phân tập thu sử dụng kỹ thuật tỉ số kết hợp cực đại trong mạng truyền thông gói tin ngắn," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jun. 2020.
[DC3] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "On the performance of TAS-based MISO systems with short-packet communications/Đánh giá hiệu năng phân tập phát sử dụng kỹ thuật lựa chọn anten phát trong mạng truyền thông gói tin ngắn," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jun. 2020.
[DC2] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "Fundamental analysis of short-packet communications for SISO direct systems/Đánh giá hiệu năng mạng đơn đầu vào đơn đầu ra truyền trực tiếp trong truyền thông gói tin ngắn," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jun. 2020.
[DC1] N. H. Tu* and T. T. Thanh, "Secure outage probability of downlink non-orthogonal multiple access systems," in Proc. Conf. Commun. Technol., UTH, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 2019.
[PJ3] N. H. Tu* (Primary Investigator), N. T. Hai, N. T. Huy, T.-H. Vu, T. T. Thanh, and V. N. Q. Bao, "Cải thiện Truyền thông riêng tư cho Thế hệ tiếp theo dựa trên Kỹ thuật đa truy nhập nâng cao và bề mặt có thể tái cấu hình (Improving Private Communications for Next-Gen by Exploiting Advanced Multiple Access and Reconfigurable Surface)," funded by National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Grant: 1.016 billion VND, 2026-2029. [Official Dispatch and Decision]
[PJ2] N. H. Tu*, M. Kim, and K. Lee, "5G O-RAN Cellular Multi-User Massive MIMO Systems," Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Project, July 2023–Dec. 2024.
Output1: [J14] Hybrid Beamforming and Deep-Learning-Enabled Precoding for O-RAN mmWave Massive MIMO, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.
Output2: [J12] Semi-Static Hybrid Beamforming for O-RAN mmWave Massive MIMO Systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.
[PJ1] N. H. Tu*, F. K. Seraphin, and K. Lee, "Hybrid beamforming design for cell-free massive-MIMO in 5G DL systems," Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Project, Mar. 2021–Oct. 2021.
Project goal: We investigate cell-free massive-MIMO in 5G downlink systems, where we consider multi-stream support for hybrid analog and digital beamforming. In addition, we consider the UE re-drop algorithm to tackle the problems of RSRP-based association failure, round-robin-based scheduling, and interference and receiver modeling. On the performance evaluation, we investigate the UE/cell throughput, UE spectral efficiency, UE received SINR, 5% performance, and fronthaul capacity consumption.