Publications

Journals

J18 M. Liu, C. Pan, K. Zhi, H. Ren, and J. Wang, ‘‘Hybrid Precoding Design for Near-Field Wideband THz Systems with Spatial Non-Stationarity," IEEE Communications Letters, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2024.3449568.

J17 M. Liu, H. Ren, C. Pan, B. Wang, Z. Yu, R. Weng, K. Zhi, and Y. He, ‘‘Joint Beamforming Design for Double Active RIS-Assisted Radar-Communication Coexistence Systems," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, doi: 10.1109/TCCN.2024.3438350.

J16 T. Wu, C. Pan, K. Zhi, H. Ren, M. Elkashlan, J. Wang, and C. Yuen, ‘‘Employing High-Dimensional RIS Information for RIS-aided Localization Systems," IEEE Communications Letters, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2024.3433517.

J15 N. Yan, K. Wang, K. Zhi, et al, ‘‘Device Scheduling for Secure Aggregation in Wireless Federated Learning", early access in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

J14 T. Wu, C. Pan, K. Zhi, et al, ‘‘Exploit High-Dimensional RIS Information to Localization: What Is the Impact of Faulty Element?", early access in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

J13 J. Dai, S. Zhang, K. Zhi, et al, ‘‘Two-Timescale Design for Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting RIS-Assisted Massive MIMO Systems’’, early access in IEEE Transactions on Communications.

J12 J. Dai, J. Ge, K. Zhi, et al. ‘‘Two-timescale transmission design for RIS-aided cell-free massive MIMO systems", early access in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

J11 M. Liu, Y. Zhang, Y. Jin, K. Zhi, C. Pan, ‘‘Towards Near Towards Near-Field Communications for Field Communications for 6G: Challenges and Opportunities", ZTE Communications, 2024, 22(1).

J10 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. K. Chai, C. X. Wang, R. Schober, X. You, ‘‘Performance Analysis and Low-Complexity Design for XL-MIMO with Near-Field Spatial Non-Stationarities’’, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1656-1672, Apr. 2024 (popular paper)

J9 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, M. Elkashlan, M. D. Renzo, R. Schober, H. V. Poor, J. Wang, L. Hanzo, ‘‘Two-timescale design for reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided massive MIMO systems with imperfect CSI." IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 3001-3033, May 2023 (popular paper)

J8 K. Zhi, C. Pan, G. Zhou, H. Ren, M. Elkashlan, R. Schober, ‘‘Is RIS-Aided Massive MIMO Promising With ZF Detectors and Imperfect CSI?," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 3010-3026, Oct. 2022

J7 C. Pan, G. Zhou, K. Zhi, S. Hong, T. Wu, Y. Pan, H. Ren, M. D. Renzo, A. Lee Swindlehurst, R. Zhang, A. Y. Zhang, ‘‘An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for RIS/IRS-aided Wireless Systems," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 883-917, Aug. 2022 (ESI Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper)

J6 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Power Scaling Law Analysis and Phase Shift Optimization of RIS-Aided Massive MIMO Systems With Statistical CSI," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 3558-3574, May 2022

J5 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. K. Chai, M. Elkashlan, ‘‘Active RIS Versus Passive RIS: Which is Superior With the Same Power Budget?," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1150-1154, May 2022 (ESI Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper)

J4 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Ergodic Rate Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Massive MIMO Systems With ZF Detectors," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 264-268, Feb. 2022

J3 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Statistical CSI-Based Design for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Massive MIMO Systems With Direct Links," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1128-1132, May 2021

J2 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Uplink Achievable Rate of Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Millimeter-Wave Communications With Low-Resolution ADC and Phase Noise," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 654-658, March 2021

J1 J. Dai, Y. Wang, C. Pan, K. Zhi, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Massive MIMO Systems With Low-Resolution DACs," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 3124-3128, Sept. 2021

Conferences

C10 X. Lai, K. Zhi, W. Li, T. Wu, C. Pan, and M. Elkashlan, ‘‘FAS-assisted Wireless Powered Communication Systems," IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Denver, CO, USA, 2024, pp. 1731-1736

C9 M. Liu, H. Ren, C. Pan, B. Wang, Z. Yu, R. Weng, and K. Zhi, ‘‘Joint Beamforming Design for Double Active RIS-assisted Radar-Communication Coexistence," IEEE International Workshop on Radio Frequency and Antenna Technologies (iWRF&AT), Shenzhen, China, 2024, pp. 295-300

C8 J. Dai, S. Zhang, K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, Z. Zhang, and J. Wang, ‘‘Two-Timescale Design for Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting RIS-Assisted Massive MIMO Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2024, pp. 01-06

C7 K. Zhi, C. Pan, T. Wu, H. Ren, K. K. Chai, ‘‘Analysis of XL-Array with Near-Field EM Channels," European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO), Helsinki, Finland, 2023, pp. 910-914 (Invited paper)

C6 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. K. Chai, C. X. Wang, R. Schober, X. You, ‘‘XL-MIMO with Near-Field Spatial Non-Stationarities: Low-complexity Detector Design,’’ IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023

C5 K. Zhi, C. Pan, G. Zhou, H. Ren, M. Elkashlan, R. Schober, ‘‘Analysis and Optimization of RIS-Aided Massive MIMO with ZF Detectors and Imperfect CSI," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022: 219-224

C4 K. Zhi, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Wang, M. Elkashlan, ‘‘Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided MISO Systems with Statistical CSI: Channel Estimation, Analysis and Optimization," IEEE 22nd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2021: 576-580 (Invited paper)

C3 K. Zhi, C. Pan, G. Zhou, H. Ren, K. Wang, ‘‘Analysis and Optimization of RIS-aided Massive MIMO Systems with Statistical CSI," IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC Workshops), 2021: 153-158

C2 G. Zhou, C. Pan, H. Ren, K. Zhi, S. Hong, K. K. Chai, ‘‘User Cooperation for RIS-aided Secure SWIPT MIMO Systems under the passive eavesdropping," IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC Workshops), 2021: 171-176

C1 K. Zhi, G. Chen, L. Qiu, X. Liang, C. Ren, ‘‘Analysis and Optimization of Random Cache in Multi-Antenna HetNets with Interference Nulling," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2019: 1-6