Welcome to WINLAB @ HUFS

About WINLAB @ HUFS

Wireless Innovation Lab (WINLAB), led by Professor Hong-Bae Jeon, is with the Department of Information Communications Engineering at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS). WINLAB specializes in designing and developing algorithmic and practical solutions for 6G wireless communications, emphasizing comprehensive performance analysis and validation through mathematical methods, machine learning, and hardware and software approaches.

Research at WINLAB has focused on the key emerging technologies for 6G, including (but not limited to):

• Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS): Optimization and signal processing

• Fluid/Movable antenna systems (FAS) and its applications

• AI/ML for 6G

This integrated approach has demonstrated significant performance enhancements, positioning WINLAB at the forefront of 6G innovation.

News & Events

[Sep. 2025] The article "FAS-ARIS for 6G: Analytical Framework and Performance Optimization" has been accepted in Proc. IEEE Globecom 2025.

[Aug. 2025] The article "Graph-Theoretic Approach to Mobility-Aware Frequency Assignment via Deep Q-Learning" has been accepted in Frontiers in Communications and Networks - invited.

[Mar. 2025] Hong-Bae joined Information Communications Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) as an Assistant Professor.

[Dec. 2023] Hong-Bae joined MX Business, Samsung Electronics as a Staff Engineer (CP R&D Team)

[Sep. 2023] Hong-Bae joined Intelligence Networking Lab. in School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University as a Research Associate (Supervisor: Prof. Chan-Byoung Chae)

[Aug. 2023] The article “Measurement-based Close-in Path Loss Modeling with Diffraction for Rural Long-distance Communications” has been published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[Aug. 2023] Hong-Bae successfully defended his Ph.D. Defense (Thesis: Transmission Strategies for UAV-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks: Energy- and Spectrum-Efficiency Perspectives)

[Apr. 2023] The article "Free-Space Optical Communications for 6G Wireless Networks: Challenges, Opportunities, and Prototype Validation,” has been published in IEEE Communications Magazine (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjgwa9oQJo4).

[Nov. 2022 ~ Dec. 2022] Hong-Bae visited to HKUST as a Visiting Scholar (supervised by Prof. Vincent Lau and Prof. Kaibin Huang (HKU))

[Aug. 2022] The article “An Energy-Efficient Aerial Backhaul System with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface,” has been published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[Feb. 2022] The article "RF Lens Antenna Array-Based One-Shot Coarse Pointing for Hybrid RF/FSO Communications" has been published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[Aug. 2021] The article "RIS-assisted Aerial Backhaul System for UAV-BSs: An Energy-efficiency Perspective" has been accepted in Proc. IEEE Globecom 2021.

[Feb. 2021] Hong-Bae received Excellence Award at Haedong Outstanding Paper Contesti in KICS Conference

[Feb. 2021] Hong-Bae received Student Travel Grant for IEEE Globecom 2021

[Feb. 2021] Hong-Bae received Gold Prize from 27th Samsung Humantech Paper Contest

[Feb. 2021] The article "Graph-Theory-Based Resource Allocation and Mode Selection in D2D Communication Systems: The Role of Full-Duplex," has been published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[Aug. 2020] The article "Energy-Efficient Deployment of Multiple UAVs Using Ellipse Clustering to Establish Base Stations" has been published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[Jun. 2019] The article “Game Theory based Hybrid Frequency Assignment with Net Filter Discrimination Constraints" has been published in Elsevier ICT Express.

[Sep. 2017] Hong-Bae joined Intelligence Networking Lab. in School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University as a Ph.D. candidate (Supervisor: Prof. Chan-Byoung Chae)