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This paper investigates simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-enabled cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks with pow...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper investigates simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-enabled cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks with power splitting (PS) receivers and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). By exploiting the conjugated beamforming method, the closed-form expressions of the information rate and the total harvested power at each user equipment (UE) are derived. To improve the system spectral efficiency, a sum rate maximization problem is formulated subjecting to the quality of service requirement at each UE and the power budget constraint at each access point by optimizing the UE clustering, the power control coefficients, and the PS ratios. To solve the formulated non-convex and mixed combinatorial problem, a machine learning-based approach is designed. Particularly, the UE clustering is first optimized by using a K-means based method and then the power control coefficients and the PS ratios are jointly optimized by a proposed multi-agent deep Q-network (MA-DQN) based method. The impact of the discount factor of the MA-DQN based method on the derived result is discussed. It is proved that by setting the discount factor as zero, the performance loss is negligible. Based on this observation, a zero-discount MA-DQN (0- \gamma MA-DQN) based method is further proposed to improve the computational efficiency. Also, the computational complexity of the proposed machine learning-based approach is analyzed. Simulation results show that the proposed machine learning-based approach outperforms various existing approaches. Moreover, it indicates that CF-mMIMO and NOMA could enhance the propagation performance of SWIPT while the proposed machine learning-based approach could facilitate resource allocation.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications ( Volume: 23, Issue: 7, July 2024)
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Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Ruichen Zhang (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Henan University (HENU), Kaifeng, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2023. During the Ph.D., he was a Visiting Scholar with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Computer...Show More
Ruichen Zhang (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Henan University (HENU), Kaifeng, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2023. During the Ph.D., he was a Visiting Scholar with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Computer...View more
Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Ke Xiong (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2004 and 2010, respectively.
From April 2010 to February 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Since March 2013, he has been a Lecturer and an Associate Professor with BJTU, where he is currently a Full Professor and the ...Show More
Ke Xiong (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2004 and 2010, respectively.
From April 2010 to February 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Since March 2013, he has been a Lecturer and an Associate Professor with BJTU, where he is currently a Full Professor and the ...View more
Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Yang Lu (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, he has been with BJTU, as a Professor of computer and information technology. From February 2016 to August 2016 and from March 2018 to July 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with the National Tsing Hua University. From July 2017 to January 2018, he was also a Visitin...Show More
Yang Lu (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, he has been with BJTU, as a Professor of computer and information technology. From February 2016 to August 2016 and from March 2018 to July 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with the National Tsing Hua University. From July 2017 to January 2018, he was also a Visitin...View more
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (Fellow, IEEE) received the bachelor’s (Hons.) and M.Phil. degrees in electronic engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in November 2012. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnbe...Show More
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (Fellow, IEEE) received the bachelor’s (Hons.) and M.Phil. degrees in electronic engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in November 2012. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnbe...View more
Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology and the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Pingyi Fan (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Hebei University, in 1985, the M.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Nankai University, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1994.
He is currently a Professor with the Department of EE, Tsinghua University. From August 1997 to March 1998...Show More
Pingyi Fan (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Hebei University, in 1985, the M.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Nankai University, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1994.
He is currently a Professor with the Department of EE, Tsinghua University. From August 1997 to March 1998...View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Sai Kung, Hong Kong
Khaled Ben Letaief (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in December 1984, August 1986, and May 1990, respectively, and the Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Johannesburg in 2022.
From 1990 to 1993, he was a Faculty Member with the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Since 1993, he has been ...Show More
Khaled Ben Letaief (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in December 1984, August 1986, and May 1990, respectively, and the Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Johannesburg in 2022.
From 1990 to 1993, he was a Faculty Member with the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Since 1993, he has been ...View more
Contents Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Ruichen Zhang (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Henan University (HENU), Kaifeng, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2023. During the Ph.D., he was a Visiting Scholar with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests include reinforcement learning-enabled wireless communication networks, generative AI-enabled wireless communication networks, wireless powered networks, and heterogeneous wireless networks.
He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Wireless Communication Letters.
Ruichen Zhang (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Henan University (HENU), Kaifeng, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2023. During the Ph.D., he was a Visiting Scholar with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests include reinforcement learning-enabled wireless communication networks, generative AI-enabled wireless communication networks, wireless powered networks, and heterogeneous wireless networks.
He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE Wireless Communication Letters.View more
Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Ke Xiong (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2004 and 2010, respectively.
From April 2010 to February 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Since March 2013, he has been a Lecturer and an Associate Professor with BJTU, where he is currently a Full Professor and the Vice Dean of the School of Computer and Information Technology. From September 2015 to September 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. He has published more than 100 academic papers in referred journals and conferences. His current research interests include wireless cooperative networks, wireless powered networks, and network information theory.
Dr. Xiong is a member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) and a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) and the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). He won the Best Student Paper Award of the HWMC’2014, the Best Student Paper Award of the 25th and 26th Annual Conference of Information Theory of CIT (CIT-IT), the IEEE ICC’2020, and the TAOS Technical Committee at IEEE ICC’2020. He served as the Session Chair for IEEE GLOBECOM’2012, IET ICWMMN’2013, IEEE ICC’2013, and ACM MOMM’2014; the Publicity and the Publication Chair for IEEE HMWC’2014; and the TPC Co-Chair for IET ICWMMN’2017 and IET ICWMMN’2019. He also serves as a reviewer for more than 15 international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and IEEE Wireless Communication Letters. He serves as the Associate Editor-in Chief for the Chinese Journal New Industrialization Strategy and an Editor for Journal of Computer Engineering and Software. In 2017, he served as a Leading Editor for the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue on Recent Advances in Wireless Powered Communication Networks and the Guest Editor for the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Special Issue on Recent Advances in Cloud-Aware Mobile Fog Computing.
Ke Xiong (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2004 and 2010, respectively.
From April 2010 to February 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Since March 2013, he has been a Lecturer and an Associate Professor with BJTU, where he is currently a Full Professor and the Vice Dean of the School of Computer and Information Technology. From September 2015 to September 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. He has published more than 100 academic papers in referred journals and conferences. His current research interests include wireless cooperative networks, wireless powered networks, and network information theory.
Dr. Xiong is a member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) and a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) and the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). He won the Best Student Paper Award of the HWMC’2014, the Best Student Paper Award of the 25th and 26th Annual Conference of Information Theory of CIT (CIT-IT), the IEEE ICC’2020, and the TAOS Technical Committee at IEEE ICC’2020. He served as the Session Chair for IEEE GLOBECOM’2012, IET ICWMMN’2013, IEEE ICC’2013, and ACM MOMM’2014; the Publicity and the Publication Chair for IEEE HMWC’2014; and the TPC Co-Chair for IET ICWMMN’2017 and IET ICWMMN’2019. He also serves as a reviewer for more than 15 international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and IEEE Wireless Communication Letters. He serves as the Associate Editor-in Chief for the Chinese Journal New Industrialization Strategy and an Editor for Journal of Computer Engineering and Software. In 2017, he served as a Leading Editor for the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue on Recent Advances in Wireless Powered Communication Networks and the Guest Editor for the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Special Issue on Recent Advances in Cloud-Aware Mobile Fog Computing.View more
Engineering Research Center of Network Management Technology for High Speed Railway of Ministry of Education, School of Computer and Information Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety, National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Yang Lu (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, he has been with BJTU, as a Professor of computer and information technology. From February 2016 to August 2016 and from March 2018 to July 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with the National Tsing Hua University. From July 2017 to January 2018, he was also a Visiting Scholar with Lancaster University. From October 2018 to October 2019, he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Florida. His current research interests include the convex optimization and machine learning technologies for wireless communications. He is a Senior Member of the China Institute of Communications (CIC). He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
Yang Lu (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, he has been with BJTU, as a Professor of computer and information technology. From February 2016 to August 2016 and from March 2018 to July 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with the National Tsing Hua University. From July 2017 to January 2018, he was also a Visiting Scholar with Lancaster University. From October 2018 to October 2019, he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Florida. His current research interests include the convex optimization and machine learning technologies for wireless communications. He is a Senior Member of the China Institute of Communications (CIC). He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.View more
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (Fellow, IEEE) received the bachelor’s (Hons.) and M.Phil. degrees in electronic engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in November 2012. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. He is currently a Scientia Associate Professor with The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include global optimization, physical layer security, IRS-assisted communication, UAV-assisted communication, wireless information and power transfer, and green (energy-efficient) wireless communications.
He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), since 2018. He received the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2017; the IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in 2023; the IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in 2022; the Best Paper Awards at the WCSP 2020 and WCSP 2021; the IEEE TCGCC Best Journal Paper Award in 2018; the INISCOM 2018; the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) in 2018, 2021, and 2023; the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) in 2016; the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) in 2012; the IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference (Globecom) in 2011 and 2021; and the IEEE Third International Conference on Communications and Networking, China, in 2008. He served as an Editorial Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Communications, from January 2012 to December 2019. He is serving as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and the Associate Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (Fellow, IEEE) received the bachelor’s (Hons.) and M.Phil. degrees in electronic engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in November 2012. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. He is currently a Scientia Associate Professor with The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include global optimization, physical layer security, IRS-assisted communication, UAV-assisted communication, wireless information and power transfer, and green (energy-efficient) wireless communications.
He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), since 2018. He received the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2017; the IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in 2023; the IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in 2022; the Best Paper Awards at the WCSP 2020 and WCSP 2021; the IEEE TCGCC Best Journal Paper Award in 2018; the INISCOM 2018; the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) in 2018, 2021, and 2023; the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) in 2016; the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) in 2012; the IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference (Globecom) in 2011 and 2021; and the IEEE Third International Conference on Communications and Networking, China, in 2008. He served as an Editorial Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Communications, from January 2012 to December 2019. He is serving as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and the Associate Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.View more
Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology and the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Pingyi Fan (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Hebei University, in 1985, the M.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Nankai University, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1994.
He is currently a Professor with the Department of EE, Tsinghua University. From August 1997 to March 1998, he visited The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as a Research Associate. From May 1998 to October 1999, he visited the University of Delaware, USA, as a Research Fellow. In March 2005, he visited NICT, Japan, as a Visiting Professor. From June 2005 to May 2014, he visited The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, for many times. From July 2011 to September 2011, he was a Visiting Professor with the Institute of Network Coding, Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main research interests include B5G technology in wireless communications, such as MIMO, OFDMA, network coding, network information theory, machine learning, and big data analysis.
Dr. Fan is an Oversea Member of IEICE. He has received some academic awards, including the IEEE WCNC’08 Best Paper Award, the ACM IWCMC’10 Best Paper Award, the IEEE Globecom’14 Best Paper Award, the IEEE ICC’20 Best Paper Award, the IEEE TAOS Technical Committee’20 Best Paper Award, and the CIEIT Best Paper Awards in 2018 and in 2019. Also, he has received the IEEE ComSoc Excellent Editor Award for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in 2009. He has attended to organize many international conferences, including as the General Co-Chair of EAI Chinacom2020 and IEEE VTS HMWC2014; the TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Information Security (WCNIS 2010); and a TPC Member of IEEE ICC, Globecom, WCNC, VTC, and Inforcom. He is also a reviewer of more than 30 international journals, including 20 IEEE journals and eight EURASIP journals. He has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (Inderscience), Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing (Wiley), Electronics (MDPI), and Open Journal of Mathematical Sciences.
Pingyi Fan (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Hebei University, in 1985, the M.S. degree from the Department of Mathematics, Nankai University, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1994.
He is currently a Professor with the Department of EE, Tsinghua University. From August 1997 to March 1998, he visited The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as a Research Associate. From May 1998 to October 1999, he visited the University of Delaware, USA, as a Research Fellow. In March 2005, he visited NICT, Japan, as a Visiting Professor. From June 2005 to May 2014, he visited The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, for many times. From July 2011 to September 2011, he was a Visiting Professor with the Institute of Network Coding, Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main research interests include B5G technology in wireless communications, such as MIMO, OFDMA, network coding, network information theory, machine learning, and big data analysis.
Dr. Fan is an Oversea Member of IEICE. He has received some academic awards, including the IEEE WCNC’08 Best Paper Award, the ACM IWCMC’10 Best Paper Award, the IEEE Globecom’14 Best Paper Award, the IEEE ICC’20 Best Paper Award, the IEEE TAOS Technical Committee’20 Best Paper Award, and the CIEIT Best Paper Awards in 2018 and in 2019. Also, he has received the IEEE ComSoc Excellent Editor Award for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in 2009. He has attended to organize many international conferences, including as the General Co-Chair of EAI Chinacom2020 and IEEE VTS HMWC2014; the TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Information Security (WCNIS 2010); and a TPC Member of IEEE ICC, Globecom, WCNC, VTC, and Inforcom. He is also a reviewer of more than 30 international journals, including 20 IEEE journals and eight EURASIP journals. He has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (Inderscience), Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing (Wiley), Electronics (MDPI), and Open Journal of Mathematical Sciences.View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Sai Kung, Hong Kong
Khaled Ben Letaief (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in December 1984, August 1986, and May 1990, respectively, and the Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Johannesburg in 2022.
From 1990 to 1993, he was a Faculty Member with the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Since 1993, he has been with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he has held many administrative positions, including an Acting Provost, the Head of the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, the Founding Director of the Huawei Innovation Laboratory, and the Director of the Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology. While at HKUST, he was also the Chair Professor and the Dean of Engineering. Under his leadership, the School of Engineering dazzled in international rankings (rising from #26 in 2009 to #14 in the world in 2015 according to QS World University Rankings). From September 2015 to March 2018, he joined HBKU, as an Provost to help establish a research-intensive university in Qatar, in partnership with strategic partners, that include Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell, and Texas A&M. He was a Consultant of different organizations, including Huawei, ASTRI, ZTE, Nortel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Motorola. He is an internationally recognized leader in wireless communications and networks, with research interests include artificial intelligence, big data analytics systems, mobile cloud and edge computing, tactile internet, and 5G systems and beyond. In these areas, he has over 630 papers with over 44,450 citations and an H-index of 91 along with 15 patents, including 11 U.S. inventions.
Dr. Letaief is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was a recipient of many distinguished awards and honors, including the 2022 IEEE Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award, the 2019 Distinguished Research Excellence Award by HKUST School of Engineering (highest research award and only one recipient/three years is honored for his/her contributions), the 2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award, the 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, the 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, the 2011 IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award, the 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, the 2009 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications, the 2007 IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Publications Exemplary Award, and more than 19 IEEE best paper awards. He is also recognized by Thomson Reuters as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher and was listed among the 2020 top 30 of AI 2000 Internet of Things Most Influential Scholars. He has involved in organizing many flagship international conferences. He also served as the President of the IEEE Communications Society, from 2018 to 2019, the world’s leading organization for communications professionals with headquarter in New York City and members in 162 countries. He is well recognized for his dedicated service to professional societies and IEEE, where he has served in many leadership positions. These include an Elected Member of the IEEE Board of Directors. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and has served on the Editorial Board for other premier journals, including the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Wireless Series (as the Editor-in-Chief).
Khaled Ben Letaief (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in December 1984, August 1986, and May 1990, respectively, and the Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Johannesburg in 2022.
From 1990 to 1993, he was a Faculty Member with the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Since 1993, he has been with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he has held many administrative positions, including an Acting Provost, the Head of the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, the Founding Director of the Huawei Innovation Laboratory, and the Director of the Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology. While at HKUST, he was also the Chair Professor and the Dean of Engineering. Under his leadership, the School of Engineering dazzled in international rankings (rising from #26 in 2009 to #14 in the world in 2015 according to QS World University Rankings). From September 2015 to March 2018, he joined HBKU, as an Provost to help establish a research-intensive university in Qatar, in partnership with strategic partners, that include Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell, and Texas A&M. He was a Consultant of different organizations, including Huawei, ASTRI, ZTE, Nortel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Motorola. He is an internationally recognized leader in wireless communications and networks, with research interests include artificial intelligence, big data analytics systems, mobile cloud and edge computing, tactile internet, and 5G systems and beyond. In these areas, he has over 630 papers with over 44,450 citations and an H-index of 91 along with 15 patents, including 11 U.S. inventions.
Dr. Letaief is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was a recipient of many distinguished awards and honors, including the 2022 IEEE Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award, the 2019 Distinguished Research Excellence Award by HKUST School of Engineering (highest research award and only one recipient/three years is honored for his/her contributions), the 2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award, the 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, the 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, the 2011 IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award, the 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, the 2009 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications, the 2007 IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Publications Exemplary Award, and more than 19 IEEE best paper awards. He is also recognized by Thomson Reuters as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher and was listed among the 2020 top 30 of AI 2000 Internet of Things Most Influential Scholars. He has involved in organizing many flagship international conferences. He also served as the President of the IEEE Communications Society, from 2018 to 2019, the world’s leading organization for communications professionals with headquarter in New York City and members in 162 countries. He is well recognized for his dedicated service to professional societies and IEEE, where he has served in many leadership positions. These include an Elected Member of the IEEE Board of Directors. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and has served on the Editorial Board for other premier journals, including the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Wireless Series (as the Editor-in-Chief).View more
