Publications

Books

1. Q. Wu, X. Guan, M. Hua, ‘‘Intelligent Reflecting Surface For B5G/6G Wireless Networks: Information and Power Transmission’’, Springer Nature , 2022.

Journals

1. M. Hua, G. Chen, K. Meng, S. Ma, C. Yuen and H. C. So, ‘‘3D Multi-Target Localization Via Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Protocol and Analysis,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , early access, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3442563, 2024.

2. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, A. Jamalipour, C. Wu and O. A. Dobre, ‘‘Integrated Sensing and Communication: Joint Pilot and Transmission Design,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , early access, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3435912, 2024.

3. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, O. A. Dobre, and A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘Secure Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 575-591, Jan. 2024. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper + ESI Hot Paper*]

4. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, Z. Fei, H. C. So, and C. Yuen, “Intelligent reflecting surface assisted localization: Performance analysis and algorithm design,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , 2023, early access, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2023.3320728. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

5. M. Hua, Q. Wu, C. He, S. Ma, and W. Chen, ‘‘Joint Active and Passive Beamforming Design for IRS-Aided Radar-Communication,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2278-2294, April 2023. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

6. M. Hua, Q. Wu, L. Yang, R. Schober, and H. V. Poor, ‘‘A Novel Wireless Communication Paradigm for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Based Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , vol. 70, pp. 550-565, 2022.

7. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Throughput Maximization for IRS-Aided MIMO FD-WPCN with Non-Linear EH Model’’, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing , vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 918-932, Aug. 2022.

8. M. Hua, L. Yang, Q. Wu, C. Pan, C. Li, A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘UAV-Assisted Intelligent Reflecting Surface Symbiotic Radio System,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 5769-5785, Sept. 2021. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

9. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Joint Dynamic Passive Beamforming and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided Full-Duplex WPCN,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 4829-4843, July 2022.

10. M. Hua, Q. Wu, and H. V. Poor, ‘‘Power-Efficient Passive Beamforming and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided WPCNs,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 3250-3265, May 2022.

11. M. Huaa, Q. Wu, D.W.K. Ng, J. Zhao, L. Yang, ‘‘Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Joint Processing Coordinated Multipoint Transmission,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1650-1665, March 2021.

12. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Li, Q. Wu, A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘Throughput Maximization for UAV-aided Backscatter Communication Networks,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1254-1270, Feb. 2020.

13. M. Hua, L. Yang, Q. Wu, and A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘3D UAV Trajectory and Communication Design for Simultaneous Uplink and Downlink Transmission,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 5908-5923, Sept. 2020.

14. M. Huaa, Y. Wang, Q. Wu, H. Dai, Y. Huang and L. Yang, ‘‘Energy-Efficient Cooperative Secure Transmission in Multi-UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks,’’ IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 7761-7775, Aug. 2019.

15. M. Hua, Y. Wang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, ‘‘UAV-aided Mobile Edge Computing Systems with One by One Access Scheme,’’ IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking , vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 664-678, Sept. 2019.

16. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Li, Z. Zhu, and I. Lee, ‘‘Bistatic Backscatter Communication: Shunt Network Design,’’ IEEE Internet of Things Journal , vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 7691-7705, May 1, 2021.

17. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Pan, and A. Nallanathan, “Throughput Maximization for Full-Duplex UAV Aided Small Cell Wireless Systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 475-479, April 2020.

18. M. Hua, Y. Wang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Energy-Efficient Optimization for UAV-Aided Cellular Offloading,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 769-772, June 2019.

19. M. Hua, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Power-Efficient Communication in UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters , vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1264-1267, June 2018.

Conferences

1. M. Hua, A. L. Swindlehurst, C. Li and L. Yang, “UAV-Aided Backscatter Networks: Joint UAV Trajectory and Protocol Design,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6.

2. M. Hua, Q. Wu,‘‘ Joint Dynamic Beamforming Design and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided FD-WPCN’’, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Madrid, Spain, 2021, pp. 1-6.

3. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Fairness-Aware Optimization for UAV-IRS Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ International Conference on Communications (ICC) , Canada, pp. 1-6, 2021.

4. M. Hua, Q.Wu,‘‘ Energy Minimization for IRS-aided WPCNs with Non-linear Power-splitting EH Model,’’ IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) , Austin, TX, USA, pp. 1057-1062, 2022.

5. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘BER Minimization for IRS-based Commensal Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ International Conference on Communications (ICC) , Seoul, South Korea, pp. 2016-2021, 2022.

6. M. Hua, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Optimal Resource Partitioning and Bit Allocation for UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall) , Chicago, IL, USA, 2018, pp. 1-6.

7. M. Hua, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, ‘‘Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled wireless power transfer in relaying system," 9th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP) , Nanjing, 2017, pp. 1-5.