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
Piao J
(2021)
Polar-Precoding: A Unitary Finite-Feedback Transmit Precoder for Polar-Coded MIMO Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Xiang L
(2023)
Polar Coded Integrated Data and Energy Networking: A Deep Neural Network Assisted End-to-End Design
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Tang Z
(2022)
Physical Layer Security of Intelligent Reflective Surface Aided NOMA Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Hoang T
(2024)
Physical Layer Authentication and Security Design in the Machine Learning Era
in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Wei Z
(2022)
Physical Layer Anonymous Precoding: The Path to Privacy-Preserving Communications
in IEEE Wireless Communications
Yang Y
(2023)
Permutation-Based Short-Packet Transmissions Improve Secure URLLCs in the Internet of Things
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Li Q
(2024)
Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces in the Near-Field Scenario of Cell-Free Networks Under Hardware Impairments
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Li Q
(2023)
Performance Analysis of Active RIS-Aided Systems in the Face of Imperfect CSI and Phase Shift Noise
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Liu M
(2023)
Performance Analysis and Power Allocation for Cooperative ISAC Networks
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Sui Z
(2025)
Performance Analysis and Optimization of STAR-RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Relying on Imperfect Hardware
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Sui Z
(2024)
Performance Analysis and Approximate Message Passing Detection of Orthogonal Time Sequency Multiplexing Modulation
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Guo B
(2024)
Pareto-Optimal Multiagent Cooperative Caching Relying on Multipolicy Reinforcement Learning
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Singh J
(2025)
Pareto-Optimal Hybrid Beamforming for Finite-Blocklength Millimeter Wave Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Singh J
(2024)
Pareto Optimal Hybrid Beamforming for Short-Packet Millimeter-Wave Integrated Sensing and Communication
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Ma Y
(2021)
Parametric Bilinear Iterative Generalized Approximate Message Passing Reception of FTN Multi-Carrier Signaling
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Chen J
(2025)
OTFS-MDMA: An Elastic Multi-Domain Resource Utilization Mechanism for High Mobility Scenarios
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Liu X
(2025)
OTFS-Based CV-QKD Systems for Doubly Selective THz Channels
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Xu C
(2023)
OTFS-Aided RIS-Assisted SAGIN Systems Outperform Their OFDM Counterparts in Doubly Selective High-Doppler Scenarios
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Srivastava S
(2022)
OTFS Transceiver Design and Sparse Doubly-Selective CSI Estimation in Analog and Hybrid Beamforming Aided mmWave MIMO Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Wei Z
(2021)
Orthogonal Time-Frequency Space Modulation: A Promising Next-Generation Waveform
in IEEE Wireless Communications
Zhao L
(2022)
Optimization of the Power-to-Velocity Ratio in the Downlink of Vehicular Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Liu W
(2023)
Optimal Low-Complexity Orthogonal Block Based Detection of OTFS for Low-Dispersion Channels
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
Zhao L
(2021)
Open-Source Multi-Access Edge Computing for 6G: Opportunities and Challenges
in IEEE Access
Mehrotra A
(2024)
Online Bayesian Learning-Aided Sparse CSI Estimation in OTFS Modulated MIMO Systems for Ultra-High-Doppler Scenarios
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Chandra D
(2022)
On the Road to Quantum Communications
in Infocommunications journal
Wang C
(2023)
On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies, and Testbeds
in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Ragheb M
(2022)
On the Physical Layer Security of Untrusted Millimeter Wave Relaying Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach
in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Bastami H
(2021)
On the Physical Layer Security of the Cooperative Rate-Splitting-Aided Downlink in UAV Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Xu C
(2024)
Noncoherent Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Mu X
(2022)
NOMA-Aided Joint Radar and Multicast-Unicast Communication Systems
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Feng X
(2023)
Near-Instantaneously Adaptive Learning-Assisted and Compressed Sensing-Aided Joint Multi-Dimensional Index Modulation
in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
Zhang J
(2023)
Multiple-Objective Packet Routing Optimization for Aeronautical Ad-Hoc Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Zhao J
(2024)
Multiple-Antenna Aided Aeronautical Communications in Air-Ground Integrated Networks: Channel Estimation, Reliable Transmission, and Multiple Access
in IEEE Wireless Communications
Zhou G
(2024)
Multiobjective Optimization of Space-Air-Ground-Integrated Network Slicing Relying on a Pair of Central and Distributed Learning Algorithms
in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Peng Z
(2022)
Multi-Pair Two-Way Massive MIMO DF Relaying Over Rician Fading Channels Under Imperfect CSI
in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Gao X
(2023)
Multi-Objective Optimization of URLLC-Based Metaverse Services
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Xiang L
(2024)
Multi-Domain Polarization for Enhancing the Physical Layer Security of MIMO Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Mehrotra A
(2025)
Multi-dimensional Sparse CSI Acquisition for Hybrid mmWave MIMO OTFS Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Singh J
(2025)
Multi-Beam Object-Localization for Millimeter-Wave ISAC-Aided Connected Autonomous Vehicles
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Cui J
(2021)
Minimum-Delay Routing for Integrated Aeronautical Ad Hoc Networks Relying on Real Flight Data in the North-Atlantic Region
in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
Xu K
(2021)
MIMO-Aided Nonlinear Hybrid Transceiver Design for Multiuser Mmwave Systems Relying on Tomlinson-Harashima Precoding
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
| 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 |