Publications

[J31] Yikun Wang, Yang Li, Yik-Chung Wu, and Rui Zhang, “A General Deep Learning Framework for Wireless Resource Allocation under Discrete Constraints,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Feb. 2026.

[J30] Jingreng Lei, Yang Li, Ziyue Wang, Qingfeng Lin, Ya-Feng Liu, and Yik-Chung Wu, "A Unified Distributed Algorithm for Hybrid Near-Far Field Activity Detection in Cell-Free Massive MIMO," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Sep. 2025.

[J29] Yichen Jin, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, Hancheng Zhu, Bingyang Cheng, Yik-Chung Wu, and Rui Zhang, "A General Optimization Framework for Tackling Distance Constraints in Movable Antenna-Aided Systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 10869-10885, 2026. [link]

[J28] Hao Zhang, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, and Yik-Chung Wu, “AMP-based Joint Activity Detection and Channel Estimation in IRS-aided Grant-free Access with Accurate Channel and Sparsity Modeling,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 2482-2497, 2026. [link]

[J27] Yang Leng, Qingfeng Lin, Long-Yin Yung, Jingreng Lei, Yang Li*, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Unveiling the Power of Complex-Valued Transformers in Wireless Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 612-627, 2026. [link]

[J26] Ziyue Wang, Yang Li, Ya-Feng Liu, and Junjie Ma, “Covariance-Based Device Activity Detection with Massive MIMO for Near-Field Correlated Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 4326-4342, 2026. [link]

[J25] Hao Zhang, Yang Li, Qingfeng Lin, Yik-Chung Wu, and H. Vincent Poor, “Harnessing Common Sparsity for Enhancing AMP-based Activity Detection and Channel Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 73, pp. 3220-3236, 2025. [link]

[J24] Zeyi Ren, Qingfeng Lin, Jingreng Lei, Yang Li*, and Yik-Chung Wu, "Mixture of Experts-augmented Deep Unfolding for Activity Detection in IRS-aided Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2912-2916, Sep. 2025. [link]

[J23] Zhenrong Liu, Yang Li*, Yik-Chung Wu, and Yi Gong, “Learning to Optimize Resource Allocation in Dynamic Wireless Environments: Embracing the New While Engaging the Old,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 7346-7359, Sep. 2025. [link]

[J22] Jingreng Lei, Yang Li*, Long-Yin Yung, Yang Leng, Qingfeng Lin, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Understanding Complex-Valued Transformer for Modulation Recognition,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 3523-3527, Dec. 2024. [link]

[J21] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, Yik-Chung Wu, and Rui Zhang, “Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Activity Detection for Massive Access: Performance Analysis and Learning Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 16935-16949, Nov. 2024. [link]

[J20] Yang Li, Ya-Feng Liu, Fan Xu, Qingjiang Shi, and Tsung-Hui Chang, “Learning to Optimize QoS-Constrained Beamforming in Multi-User Systems: A Penalty-Dual Framework,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 16123-16138, Nov. 2024. [link]

[J19] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, Wei-Bin Kou, Tsung-Hui Chang, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Communication-Efficient Activity Detection for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: An Augmented Model-Driven End-to-End Learning Framework,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 12888-12903, Oct. 2024. [link]

[J18] Yang Li and Ya-Feng Liu, “HPE Transformer: Learning to Optimize Multi-Group Multicast Beamforming Under Nonconvex QoS Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 5581-5594, Sep. 2024. [link]

[J17] Yang Li, Fan Xu, Tsung-Hui Chang, and Ya-Feng Liu, “Wireless Resource Optimization under Complex Constraints: Methods and Insights from an AI Perspective,” Mobile Communications, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 73-79, 2024. [link]

[J16] Yunqi Wang, Yang Li*, Qingjiang Shi, and Yik-Chung Wu, “ENGNN: A General Edge-Update Empowered GNN Architecture for Radio Resource Management in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 5330-5344, Jun. 2024. [link]

[J15] Hao Zhang, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, Lei Cheng, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Activity Detection for Massive Connectivity in Cell-Free Networks with Unknown Large-scale Fading, Channel Statistics, Noise Variance, and Active Probability: A Bayesian Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 72, pp. 942-957, 2024. [link]

[J14] Guangxu Zhu, Yang Li, Yi Chen, Shuqi Chai, Qingjiang Shi, and Zhi-Quan Luo, “The Global Competitive Situation of 6G Key Technology R&D and China's Countermeasures,” Strategic Study of Chinese Academy of Engineering, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 9-17, 2023. [link]

[J13] Mian Li, Yang Li, Tsung-Hui Chang, and Qingjiang Shi, “Communication-Efficient Distributed Precoding for Massive MIMO,” Journal on Communications, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 37-48, Aug. 2023. [link]

[J12] Yang Li*, Zhilin Chen, Yunqi Wang, Chenyang Yang, Bo Ai, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Heterogeneous Transformer: A Scale Adaptable Neural Network Architecture for Device Activity Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 3432-3446, May 2023. [link]

[J11] Yang Li*, Qingfeng Lin, Ya-Feng Liu, Bo Ai, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Asynchronous Activity Detection for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: From Centralized to Distributed Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2477-2492, Apr. 2023. [link]

[J10] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li*, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Sparsity Constrained Joint Activity and Data Detection for Massive Access: A Difference-of-Norms Penalty Framework,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1480-1494, Mar. 2023. [link]

[J9] Yang Li, Shutao Zhang, Xiaohui Ren, Jianhang Zhu, Jiajie Huang, Pengcheng He, Kaiming Shen, Zhiqiang Yao, Jie Gong, Tsung-Hui Chang, Qingjiang Shi, and Zhi-Quan Luo, “Real-World Wireless Network Modeling and Optimization: From Model/Data-Driven Perspective,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 991-1012, Nov. 2022. [link]

[J8] Zongze Li, Shuai Wang, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, Miaowen Wen, Yik-Chung Wu, and H. Vincent Poor, “Phase Shift Design in RIS Empowered Wireless Networks: From Optimization to AI-Based Methods,” Network, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 398-418, Jul. 2022. [link]

[J7] Yang Li, Zhitang Chen, Guochen Liu, Yik-Chung Wu, and Kai-Kit Wong, “Learning to Construct Nested Polar Codes: An Attention-Based Set-to-Element Model,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 3898-3902, Dec. 2021. [link]

[J6] Yang Li, Minghua Xia, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Cache Allocation at Base Stations with Multi-Cluster Multicast Backhaul via Accelerated First-Order Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 2920-2933, May 2020. [link]

[J5] Yang Li, Minghua Xia, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Energy-Efficient Precoding for Non-Orthogonal Multicast and Unicast Transmission via First-Order Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 4590-4604, Sep. 2019. [link]

[J4] Yang Li, Minghua Xia, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Activity Detection for Massive Connectivity under Frequency Offsets via First-Order Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1988-2002, Mar. 2019. [link]

[J3] Yang Li, Minghua Xia, and Yik-Chung Wu, “First-Order Algorithm for Content-Centric Sparse Multicast Beamforming in Large-Scale C-RAN,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 5959-5974, Sep. 2018. [link]

[J2] Yang Li, Yafei Tian, and Chenyang Yang, “Beamforming Design with Proactive Interference Cancelation in MISO Interference Channels,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 67, pp. 1–11, Aug. 2015. [link]

[J1] Yang Li, Yafei Tian, and Chenyang Yang, “Energy-Efficient Coordinated Beamforming Under Minimal Data Rate Constraint of Each User,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 2387-2397, Jun. 2015. [link]

[C19] Yikun Wang, Yang Li, Zeyi Ren, Jingreng Lei, Yik-Chung Wu, and Rui Zhang, “Learning to Jointly Optimize Antenna Positioning and Beamforming for Movable Antenna-Aided Systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2026.

[C18] Jingreng Lei, Yang Li, Zeyi Ren, Qingfeng Lin, Ziyue Wang, Ya-Feng Liu, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Distributed Activity Detection for Cell-Free Hybrid Near-Far Field Communications,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.

[C17] Ziyue Wang, Yang Li, Ya-Feng Liu, and Junjie Ma, “Covariance-Based Device Activity Detection for Near-Field Communications,” in Proc. IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Shanghai, China, 2025. [link]

[C16] Yichen Jin, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Handling Distance Constraint in Movable Antenna Aided System: A General Optimization Framework,” in Proc. International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Lucca, Italy, 2024. [link]

[C15] Yang Li, Ya-Feng Liu, Fan Xu, Qingjiang Shi, and Tsung-Hui Chang, “A Penalty-Dual Learning Framework for Multi-User QoS-Constrained Beamforming,” in Proc. International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Lucca, Italy, 2024. [link]

[C14] Zhen Liu, Shouyi Yang, Yang Li, and Yanhui Lu, “End-to-end Beamforming Design Based on Pilot in Multiuser Multi-Input-Single-Output System,” in Proc. International Conference on Neural Networks, Information and Communication (NNICE), Guangzhou, China, 2024. [link]

[C13] Zhenrong Liu, Yang Li, Yi Gong, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Learning a Low-Rank Feature Representation: Achieving Better Trade-Off Between Stability and Plasticity in Continual Learning,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Seoul, Korea, 2024. [link]

[C12] Hao Zhang, Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, Lei Cheng, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Bayesian Activity Detection for Massive Connectivity in Cell-Free IoT Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Seoul, Korea, 2024. [link]

[C11] Yang Li and Ya-Feng Liu, “Learning to Optimize QoS-Constrained Multicast Beamforming with HPE Transformer,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023. [link]

[C10] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, Yik-Chung Wu, and Rui Zhang, “Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Activity Detection: A Covariance-Based Learning Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023. [link]

[C9] Yang Li, Qingfeng Lin, Ya-Feng Liu, Bo Ai, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Distributed Algorithms for Asynchronous Activity Detection in Cell-Free Massive MIMO,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, 2023. [link]

[C8] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, Tsung-Hui Chang, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Communication-Efficient Joint Signal Compression and Activity Detection in Cell-Free Massive MIMO,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, 2023. [link]

[C7] Yunqi Wang, Yang Li, Qingjiang Shi, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Learning Cooperative Beamforming with Edge-Update Empowered Graph Neural Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, 2023. [link]

[C6] Ye Xue, An Liu, Yang Li, Qingjiang Shi, and Vincent Lau, “Joint Activity Detection and Channel Estimation in Massive Machine-Type Communications with Low-Resolution ADC,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, 2023. [link]

[C5] Jianhang Zhu, Jiajie Huang, Jie Gong, Zhen Liu, Zixu Wang, Yang Li, and Yibin Kang, “Downlink IP Throughput Modeling and Prediction with Deep Neural Networks,” in Proc. International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Hangzhou, China, 2022. [link]

[C4] Qingfeng Lin, Yang Li, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Penalty-Based Algorithm for Joint Activity and Data Detection in Grant-Free Massive Access,” in Proc. IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Foshan, China, 2022. [link]

[C3] Yang Li, Shuai Wang, Edward S. Hui, Di Cui, Hing-Chiu Chang, and Yik-Chung Wu, “Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Reconstruction Using Majorization-Minimization,” in Proc. The 25th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Honolulu, USA, 2017. [link]

[C2] Yunlu Wang, Yafei Tian, Yang Li, and Chenyang Yang, “Coordinated Precoding and Proactive Interference Cancellation in Mixed Interference Scenarios,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, 2014. [link]

[C1] Yang Li, Yafei Tian, and Chenyang Yang, “Energy-Efficient Coordinated Beamforming with Individual Data Rate Constraints,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), London, UK, 2013. [link]

[P20] 王艺堃、李洋、胡奕聪、张瑞，“一种无蜂窝系统的联合授权与波束赋形方法及其相关设备”，申请号：202610309500.6，申请日期：2026年3月13日

[P19] 刘真榕、李洋、贡毅、胡奕聪，“无线资源分配方法、装置、计算机设备及可读存储介质”，申请号：202510089748.1，申请日期：2025年1月21日（已授权，授权日期：2025年10月28日）

[P18] 靳一宸、林庆丰、李洋、胡奕聪，“无线资源分配方法、装置、电子设备、存储介质”，申请号：202411326220.3，申请日期：2024年9月23日

[P17] 李洋、刘亚锋、徐凡、史清江、张纵辉，“无线网络系统优化的波束成形计算方法及相关设备”，申请号：202411136341.1，申请日期：2024年8月19日

[P16] 陈知行、李洋、管鑫、史清江，“基于多用户的容量优化方法及装置、设备、介质”，申请号：202410252431.0，申请日期：2024年3月6日

[P15] 林庆丰、李洋、胡奕聪、张瑞，“活跃设备检测方法和装置、计算机设备及存储介质”，申请号：202311458718.0，申请日期：2023年11月3日

[P14] 李洋、林庆丰、刘亚锋，“信息发送方法、信息发送装置、电子设备及存储介质”，申请号：202311322814.2，申请日期：2023年10月12日

[P13] 刘振、李洋、陆彦辉，“网络指标预测方法和装置、电子设备及存储介质”，申请号：202310377817.X，申请日期：2023年3月31日

[P12] 王梓旭、李洋、陆彦辉，“数据筛选方法、网络指标预测方法、装置、设备及介质”，申请号：202310362071.5，申请日期：2023年3月31日（已授权，授权日期：2026年3月24日）

[P11] 林庆丰、李洋、寇卫斌、张纵辉、胡奕聪，“基于神经网络的设备检测方法、装置、计算机设备及介质”，申请号：202310269953.7，申请日期：2023年3月14日

[P10] 林庆丰、李洋、寇卫斌、张纵辉、胡奕聪，“设备状态检测方法、接入点、中央处理单元及计算机设备”，申请号：202310269931.0，申请日期：2023年3月14日

[P9] 张树韬、宁新智、郑熙、史清江、张纵辉、薛烨、李洋、罗智泉，“无线信道评估方法及系统”，申请号：202310051375.X，申请日期：2023年2月2日

[P8] 宁新智、张树韬、张璞、史清江、张纵辉、薛烨、李洋、罗智泉，“无线信道评估方法及系统”，申请号：202310051379.8，申请日期：2023年2月2日

[P7] 林庆丰、李洋、薛烨、沈超、胡奕聪，“活跃用户的检测方法、装置、计算机设备及介质”，申请号：202211190463.X，申请日期：2022年9月28日 （已授权，授权日期：2025年5月16日）

[P6] 王允琪、李洋、沈超、胡奕聪，“协作波束成形方法和装置、电子设备及存储介质”，申请号：202210841545.X，申请日期：2022年7月18日（已授权，授权日期：2025年7月8日）

[P5] 林庆丰、李洋、沈超、胡奕聪，“活跃用户和数据的检测方法、系统、计算机设备及介质”，申请号：202210762474.4，申请日期：2022年6月30日（已授权，授权日期：2023年7月11日）

[P4] 李洋、陈志堂、皇甫幼睿、李榕，“构造极化码的索引序列的方法及装置”，申请号：202010973768.2，申请日期：2020年9月16日（已授权，授权日期：2023年4月18日）

[P3] 吴迪、田亚飞、李洋，“一种自适应波束成形中快速生成阻塞矩阵的方法”, 申请号：201410136441.4，申请日期：2014年4月4日（已授权，授权日期：2017年4月5日）

[P2] 李洋、田亚飞、杨晨阳、黄伟才，“异构网络干扰协调方法及干扰协调装置”，申请号：201410049557.4，申请日期：2014年2月13日（已授权，授权日期：2019年3月8日）

[P1] 李洋、田亚飞、杨晨阳，“一种多小区MIMO系统中能效优先的干扰对准方法”，申请号：201310214767.X，申请日期：2013年5月31日（已授权，授权日期：2016年8月10日）

[S1] 彭拯、宣浩、姚志强、李洋、沈超，“波束空间栅格构建系统V1.0”，登记号：2024SR0530992，登记日期：2024年4月19日