Publications

Journals

1. * P. Oh, S. Kwon (Co-first author) and A. F. Molisch, “Antenna Selection in Polarization Reconfigurable MIMO (PR-MIMO) Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (Prestigious IEEE Journal in Wireless Communications: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), under review, published in CoRR, vol. abs/2112.00931, 2021. [Online].  Available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.00931

2. * P. Oh, H. Han, J. Kim, S. Kwon, “Double-Side Polarization and Beamforming Alignment in Polarization Reconfigurable MISO System with Deep Neural Networks,” under review in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

3. * J. Acevedo, T. Ngo, P. Oh, H. Yeh, J. Liau, K. Chung and S. Kwon, “Polarization Reconfigurable NOMA Beyond Universal NOMA Channel Capacity: Novel Paradigm of Dynamic Ordered SIC,” under review soon in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 

4.  D. Kim, S. Kwon, H. Jung and I.-H. Lee, “Deep Learning-Based Resource Allocation Scheme for Heterogeneous NOMA Networks,” IEEE Access, 2023 

5.  S. Kwon, J. Kim and I. F. Akyildiz, “Orthogonal Frequency-Polarization Division Multiple Access (OF-PDMA) - Subcarrier and Power Allocation Perspective,” toward under review for IEEE Transaction/Journal

6. * P. Oh and S. Kwon (Co-first author), “Multi-Polarization Superposition Beamforming: Novel Scheme of Transmit Power Allocation and Subcarrier Assignment,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023 (Prestigious IEEE Journal in Wireless Communications: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0) 

7. *  H.-G. Yeh and S. Kwon, “Architectures of 4x1 and 4x2 OFDM with Two-path Parallel ICI Cancellation Full-Rate Schemes in Mobile Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 2023 (Prestigious IEEE Journal, High Impact Factor, IF ~ 5.2)

8. * N. Tovar, S. Kwon and J. Jeong, “Image Upscaling with Deep Learning for Energy-Efficient Data Communications,” Electronics Journal, 2023

9.  W. J. Yun, M. Shin, S. Jung, S. Kwon and J. Kim, “Parallelized and Randomized Adversarial Imitation Learning for Safety-critical Self-driving Vehicles,” IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks, 2022 

10.  H. Lee, S. Kwon, S. Jung and J. Kim, “Parallelized and Randomized Adversarial Imitation Learning for Safety-critical Self-driving Vehicles,” IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks, 2022 

11. * S. Doan, S. Kwon (Co-First Author) and H. Yeh, “Achievable Capacity of Multi-Polarization MIMO with the Practical Polarization-agile Antennas,” IEEE Systems Journal, 2020, pp. 1-12, Jun. 2020

12. * F. Tehrani, H. Yeh and S. Kwon, “BER Performance of Space-Time Parallel ICI Cancellation of OFDM in MIMO Power Line Communications,”IEEE Systems Journal, pp. 1-11, Feb. 2020

13.  I.-H. Lee, J.-B. Kim, H. Jung, S. Kwon and E. Kurniawan, “Advanced Wireless Technology for Ultrahigh Data Rate Communication,” Wiley/Hindawi Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Mar. 2019 

14.  J. Kim, S. Kwon and G. Choi, “Performance of Video Streaming in Infrastructure-to-Vehicle Telematics Platforms with 60 GHz Radiation and IEEE 802.11ad Baseband,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Prestigious IEEE Journal: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 10111-10115, Dec. 2016

15.  S. Kwon and I.-H. Lee “Key Phase Mask Updating Scheme wih Spatial Light Modulator for Secure Double Random Phase Encryption,” Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering, vol. 13, no. 4, pp.280-285, Dec. 2015

16.  I.-H. Lee and S. Kwon, “Performance Analysis of Quality-based Channel State Feedback Scheme for Wireless Multicast Systems with Greedy Scheduling,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 8, pp.1430-1433, Aug. 2015

17.  S. Kwon, G. Stüber, A. Vera and J. Papapolymerou, “Polarized Channel Model for Body Area Networks using Reflection Coefficients,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Prestigious IEEE Journal: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 3822-3828, Aug. 2015 

18.  S. Kwon and G. Stüber, “Polarization Division Multiple Access on NLoS Wide-band Wireless Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (Prestigious IEEE Journal in Wireless Communications: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 3726-3737, Jul. 2014

19.  S. Kwon, “Geometrical Theory, Modeling and Applications of Channel Polarization,” Scholarly Materials and Research at Tech (SMARTech), Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Thesis, vol. 1, pp. 1-128, Dec. 2013

20.  S. Kwon, G. Stüber, A. Vera and J. Papapolymerou, “Geometrically Based Statistical Model for Polarized Body-Area-Network Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Prestigious IEEE Journal: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 3518-3530, Oct. 2013

21.  S. Kwon and G. Stüber, “Geometrical Theory of Channel Depolarization,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Prestigious IEEE Journal: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 3542-3556, Oct. 2011

22.  S. Kwon, F. Hendessi, F. Fekri and G. Stüber, “A Novel Collaboration Scheme of Multi-Channel/Interface Network Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (Prestigious IEEE Journal in Wireless Communications: Impact Factor, IF ~ 7.0), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 188-198, Jan. 2011

Patents

More than 10 inventions have been filed toward patents (including provisoinal filing) in the field of 5G and 6G (next-generation) wireless communication standards, primarily in the area of massive MIMO wireless communication system design such as channel state information (CSI) feedback, demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) design, CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) design, and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) channel estimation/interference estimation. (Disclosure of all patents in the public domain is not allowed at the current stage owing to the security issue.)

1.  G. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Li, A. Davydov and S. Kwon, “Method for Interference Measurement in New Radio (NR) Communication Systems,” US11303367B2, Apr. 12, 2022, US Patent Granted and Published (Intel Invention Disclosure Award)

2.  G. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Li, A. Davydov, and S. Kwon, “Method and Apparatus for Interference Measurement Using Beam Management Reference Signal,” US11018730B2, May. 25, 2021, US Patent Granted and Published

3.  F. Hamidi-Sepehr, J. Jeon, Q. Ye, A. Bhorkar, H.-J. Kwon, H. Niu, and S. Kwon, “Cross Transmission Opportunity (TxOP) Scheduling,” US11102802B2, Aug. 24, 2021, US Patent Granted and Published

4.  A. Davydov, V. Sergeev, S. Kwon, Y. Zhang, and A. Sengupta, “Control Signaling for Demodulation Reference Signal Antenna Port Indication,” CN110447177A, EP3602814A1, Published on Nov. 12, 2019, In Pending

5.  G. Wang, Y. Zhang, A. Davydov, S. Kwon, Q. Li, and S. Han, “Interference Measurements with UE Pitch Light,” DE112017006042T5, Published on Nov. 14, 2019, In Pending

6.  Y. Zhang, G. Xiong, A. Davydov, S. Kwon, Y. Zhu, H. Guo, H. He, M. Huang, and Wu, Y., “Demodulation Reference Signal Structure and Contention-based Physical Uplink Shared Channel,” WO2018075963A1, Published on Apr. 28, 2018, In Pending

7.  G. Xiong, J. Cho, H.-J. Kwon, A. Davydov, H. He, R. Bendlin, S. Han, Y. Zhu, S. Kwon, Y. Zhang, G. Morozov, and V. Sergeev, “Demodulation Reference Signal Design and Multiplexing Using Different Numerologies,” WO2018064608A1, Published on Apr. 5, 2018, In Pending

8.  Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, W. Chang, R. Bendlin, S. Han, S. Kwon, A. Davydov, and H. He, "Reference Signals to Facilitate Communication Systems," WO2018053009A1, Published on Mar. 22, 2018, In Pending (Intel Invention Disclosure Award)

9.  W. Chang, G. Xiong, S. Kwon, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, N. Niu, and Q. Li, “System and Method for Enhanced CSI Feedback,” WO2018031825A1, Published on Feb. 15, 2018, In Pending

10.  S. Lim, Y. Heo, H.-J. Kwon, H. Niu, J. Jeon, A. Bhorkar, Q. Ye, S. Kwon and F. Hamidi-Sepehr, “Listen-before-talk (LBT) Failure During a Random Access Procedure,” CN108476532A, Published on Aug. 31, 2018, In Pending

Conferences

1. * T. Ngo, J. Acevedo, P. Oh, H. Yeh and S. Kwon, “A Novel Paradigm of Polarization Reconfigurable NOMA with Dynamic Ordered SIC,” Proceedings of IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC) 

2. * M. Marrufo and S. Kwon, “Wavelet Denoising-based Deconvolution Algorithm for Radio Telescope Imaging,” Proceedings of IEEE Green Energy and Smart Systems Conference (IGESSC), Nov. 2022 (Best Paper Award)

3. * N. Tovar and S. Kwon, “Deep Learning based Real-Time Image Upscaling for Limited Data Rate and Prevalent Resources,” Proceedings of IEEE Green Energy and Smart Systems Conference (IGESSC), Nov. 2021 (Best Paper Award)

4. * L. Omaiye, I. De Gruijter Eguiluz and S. Kwon, “Adaptive Inter-Beam Granularity and Beamwidth Adjustment for 5G Beam Selection and Management,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2021

5. * N. Tovar and S. Kwon, “Deep Learning based Real-Time Image Upscaling for Limited Data Rate and Prevalent Resources,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2021

6. * P. Oh and S. Kwon, “Multi-Polarization Superposition Beamforming with XPD-Aware Transmit Power Allocation,” Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Oct. 2020 (Top-3 conference in Wireless Communications)

7. * I. Rivera  and  S. Kwon (Co-first author), “5G Satellite-Cellular Coexistence: SER Analysis toward Coordinated Adaptive Modulation,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2020

8. * L. Gutierrez, S. An, S. Kwon and H. Yeh, “Novel Approach of Spatial Modulation: Polarization-Aware OFDM Subcarrier Allocation,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2020 (Best Paper Award)

9. * S. Krishnamoorthi, A. Macwan, P. Oh and S. Kwon, “Interference-aware Multi-User, Multi-Polarization Superposition Beamforming (MPS-Beamforming),” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2020

10. * S. Doan, S. Kwon and H. Yeh, “Achievable Capacity of Multi-Polarization MIMO (P-MIMO) toward 6G Wireless Communications,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2019 (Best Paper Award)

11. * P. Oh and S. Kwon, “Capacity of Polarized-MIMO (P-MIMO) System in Different Wireless Channels,” Proceedings of IEEE IGESSC, Nov. 2018 (Best Paper Award)

12. * H. Yeh, S. Kwon, and S. Doan, “Space-Time-Polarization ICI Parallel Cancellation OFDM Systems,” Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), Jan. 2019

13.  S. Kwon and Andreas F. Molisch, “Capacity Maximization with Polarization-Agile Antennas in the MIMO Communication System,” Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2015 (Top-3 conference in Wireless Communications)

14.  S. Kwon, “Optimal Power and Polarization for the Capacity of Polarization Division Multiple Access Channels,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, 2014 (Top-3 conference in Wireless Communications)

15.  S. Kwon and G. Stüber, “Wireless Polarized-Channel Simulator,” Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), 2014

16.  S. Kwon, G. Stüber, A. Vera, and J. Papapolymerou, “Geometrically Based Statistical Model for Polarized Body Area Network Channels,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, 2013

17.  S. Kwon and G. Stüber, “Cross-Polarization Discrimination in Vehicle-to-vehicle Channels: Geometry-based Statistical Modeling,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, 2010 (Top-3 conference in Wireless Communications)

18.  S. Kwon and G. Stüber, “3-D Geometry-based Statistical Modeling of Cross-Polarization Discrimination in Wireless Communication Channels,” IEEE VTC, 2010 (Top-3 conference in Wireless Communications)

19.  S. Kwon, F. Hendessi, and F. Fekri, “Cooperative Network Coding and Coding-Aware Channel Assignment in Multi-Channel, Multi-Interface Wireless Networks,” Proceedings of IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2009 (Prestigious conference in Wireless Communications)

Works-in-progress

[W1] In-vivo wave propagation characteristics for healthcare biomedical devices

[W2] Antenna polarization and transmit power adjustment for in- and ex-vivo internet of things

[W3] Enhanced radar detection with the polarized full-duplexing antenna array

[W4] Transmit antenna power allocation scheme for successive interference cancelation in 5G communication systems

[W5] Receive antenna beamforming algorithm for the enhanced beam-acquisition latency in 5G communication systems