UKRI-India Future Networks Initiative
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Sch of Electronics and Computer Sci
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Lajos Hanzo (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Zhu W
(2024)
A New Class of Analog Precoding for Multi-Antenna Multi-User Communications Over High-Frequency Bands
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Li Q
(2024)
Low-Overhead Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided Multi-Cell Networks in the Presence of Phase Quantization Errors
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Chen B
(2024)
Learning-Aided UAV-Cooperation Reduces the Age-of-Information in Wireless Networks
in IEEE Communications Letters
Shen L
(2024)
D-STAR: Dual Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Joint Uplink/Downlink Transmission
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Hawkins H
(2024)
IM-OFDM ISAC Outperforms OFDM ISAC by Combining Multiple Sensing Observations
in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
Mu X
(2024)
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Near-Field Communications for 6G: Opportunities and Challenges
in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
An J
(2024)
Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Using Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Ragheb M
(2024)
RIS-Aided Secure Millimeter-Wave Communication Under RF-Chain Impairments
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Zhu W
(2024)
Long-Term Rate-Fairness-Aware Beamforming Based Massive MIMO Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Sui Z
(2024)
Performance Analysis and Approximate Message Passing Detection of Orthogonal Time Sequency Multiplexing Modulation
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Xu S
(2024)
Blockage-Resilient Hybrid Transceiver Optimization for mmWave Communications
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Li Q
(2024)
Ergodic Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Intelligent Omni-Surface Aided Systems Suffering From Imperfect CSI and Hardware Impairments
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Zhang J
(2024)
Adaptive Coding and Modulation-Aided Mobile Relaying for Millimeter-Wave Flying Ad Hoc Networks
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Chen Y
(2024)
Enhancing the Downlink Rate Fairness of Low-Resolution Active RIS-Aided Signaling by Closed-Form Expression-Based Iterative Optimization
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Liu C
(2024)
RIS-Assisted Precoding Spatial Modulation: Optimal Design and Performance Analysis
in IEEE Access
Meng K
(2024)
Joint Sparsity Pattern Learning Based Channel Estimation for Massive MIMO-OTFS Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Li Q
(2024)
Achievable Rate Analysis of Intelligent Omni-Surface Assisted NOMA Holographic MIMO Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Xu C
(2024)
Optical OTFS is Capable of Improving the Bandwidth-, Power- and Energy-Efficiency of Optical OFDM
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Gupta A
(2024)
An Affine Precoded Superimposed Pilot-Based mmWave MIMO-OFDM ISAC System
in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Pan D
(2024)
The Evolution of Quantum Secure Direct Communication: On the Road to the Qinternet
in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
| Description | This project substantially contributed towards the evolution of next-generation wireless networks. A few of the key findings are: 1/ The designer can strike a compelling trade-off amongst the entire suite of performance metrics of next-generation networks based on our findings; 2/ The space-air-ground integrated networking (SAGIN) concept is capable of eliminating the coverage holes of existing networks; 3/ New perfectly secure quantum networking concepts were developed; |
| Exploitation Route | These findings will gradually influence both academic and industrial research; |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics |
| URL | https://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/sites/www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/files/merged-comsoc-course-reading.pdf |
| Description | 1/ The research results have found their way to industry, since Prof. Rob Maunder started the spinoff company AccelerCom; 2/ Furthermore, we organized a 'Hothouse' at BT for a large number of ECRs. In addition to research presentations from a large number of industrial speakers, the Satellite Catapult, OFCOM etc the 2-day workshop also touched upon touched transferable skills. 3/ Furthermore, we also organized a 2-day workshop at Surrey University together with the Indian partners. This has been extremely beneficial, because we were able to secure further funding under the auspices of two India-UK projects. One of them is a coordination/networking activity attracting 1.5M funding with the UNI. of East Anglia, UCL and Surrey. The other one is a pure research project in spectrum innovation as well as integrated sensing and communications known as ISAC. This one also has a value of about 1.5 M over four years. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Electronics |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
| Description | Platform Driving The Ultimate Connectivity |
| Amount | £2,030,861 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X04047X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 04/2026 |
| Description | UKRI - FNI |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PI Contribution | Essex University - Prof. Gerard Parr UCL - Prof. Steve Hailes Surrey U - Prof. Rahim Tafazolli Indian Institute of Science - Prof. KVS Hari Indian Institute of Technology - Numerous Colleagues BT - Nader Azarmi |
| Collaborator Contribution | As an attractive enabling technology for next-generation wireless communications, network slicing supports diverse customized services in the global space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) with diverse resource constraints. In this paper, we dynamically consider three typical classes of radio access network (RAN) slices, namely high-throughput slices, low-delay slices and wide-coverage slices, under the same underlying physical SAGIN. The throughput, the service delay and the coverage area of these three classes of RAN slices are jointly optimized in a non-scalar form by considering the distinct channel features and service advantages of the terrestrial, aerial and satellite components of SAGINs. A joint central and distributed multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient (CDMADDPG) algorithm is proposed for solving the above problem to obtain the Pareto optimal solutions. The algorithm first determines the optimal virtual unmanned aerial vehicle (vUAV) positions and the inter-slice sub-channel and power sharing by relying on a centralized unit. Then it optimizes the intra-slice sub-channel and power allocation, and the virtual base station (vBS)/vUAV/virtual low earth orbit (vLEO) satellite deployment in support of three classes of slices by three separate distributed units. Simulation results verify that the proposed method approaches the Pareto-optimal exploitation of multiple RAN slices, and outperforms the benchmarkers. |
| Impact | 1/ We surveyed the entire field of open radio access networks and composed a technical report; 2/ Organized a workshop in India with the objective of building a long-term consortium for an India - UK project; 3/ Currently we are organizing a similar one in the UK; 4/ We published numerous research studies; |
| Start Year | 2021 |