Title: Associate Professor

Email: yuezhang@stu.edu.cn

Cell-free massive MIMO systems, network deployment, stochastic optimization

Dr. Zhang has published over 30 academic papers in total. He has presided over 3 research projects and holds 4 granted patents as the first inventor. He received the Best Paper Award at IEEE BlackSeaCom conference.

He has participated in the organization of flagship international communication conferences including IEEE ICC 2019 and IEEE Globecom 2026. He serves as a peer reviewer for prestigious international journals such as IEEE JSAC, IEEE TWC, and IEEE TCOM.

[1] Xuan Liao, Yue Zhang, Pei Liu, and Yaru Fu. Optimizing energy efficiency in cell free massive MIMO systems: A distributed DNN-driven method. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 3435–3439, Nov. 2025.

[2] Mingjun Du, Xinghua Sun, Yue Zhang, Junyuan Wang, and Pei Liu. Deep reinforcement learning based joint cooperation clustering and downlink power control for cell-free massive MIMO. China Communications, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1–14, Nov. 2024. (Cover Article)

[3] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Zhen Shi, Hong Wang, and Quan Yu. Utility maximization for wireless content caching networks with diversified recommendation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 7453–7458, May 2024.

[4] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Qi Zhu, Mingzhe Chen, and Tony Q. S. Quek. Joint content caching, recommendation, and transmission optimization for next generation multiple access networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1600–1614, May 2022.

[5] Rongbin Zhang, Xiangfeng Hu, Huajiao Liu, Yue Zhang, Zhen Luo, and Hong Wang. Performance analysis for MIMO-NOMA systems with transceivers and group-wise SIC. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 16221–16235, Dec. 2023.

[6] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Qi Zhu, Hong-ning Dai, Mingmei Li, and Tony Q. S. Quek. A new vision of wireless edge caching networks (WECNs): Issues, technologies, and open research trends. IEEE Network, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 247–253, Mar. 2023.

[7] Rongbin Zhang, Huajiao Liu, Shu-Hung Leung, Yue Zhang, Weijun Tang, Hong Wang, Zhen Luo, and Sumit Roy. Precoding design for multi-group MIMO-NOMA scheme with SIC residual analysis. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 4733–4750, Apr. 2023.

[8] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Angus K. Y. Wong, and Tony Q. S. Quek. Revenue maximization: The interplay between personalized bundle recommendation and wireless content caching. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 4253–4265, Jan. 2022.

[9] Yue Zhang, Lin Dai, and Eric W. M. Wong. Optimal BS deployment and user association for 5G millimeter wave communication networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2776–2791, May 2021.

[10] Pei Liu, Qi Zhang, Junyuan Wang, Dejin Kong, and Yue Zhang. Statistical description of channel estimation error in massive MIMO systems with Ricean fading. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 6227–6231, May 2021.

[11] Pei Liu, Dejin Kong, Jie Ding, Yue Zhang, Kehao Wang, and Jinho Choi. Channel estimation aware performance analysis for massive MIMO with Rician fading. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 4373–4386, Apr. 2021.

[12] Yue Zhang and Lin Dai. On the optimal placement of base station antennas for distributed antenna systems. IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2878–2882, Dec. 2020.

[13] Yue Zhang and Lin Dai. A closed-form approximation for uplink average ergodic sum capacity of large-scale multi-user distributed antenna systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1745–1756, Feb. 2019.

[1] Yue Zhang, Yaru Fu, Pei Liu, Yalin Liu, and Kevin Hung. Multi-waveguide pinching antenna placement optimization for rate maximization. In IEEE ICC 2026, Glasgow, UK, May 24–28, 2026.

[2] Xuan Liao, Yue Zhang, Pei Liu, Junyuan Wang, Wen Zhan, Giovanni Interdonato, and Stefano Buzzi. DNN-based distributed downlink power control in user-centric cell-free massive MIMO systems. In IEEE SPAWC 2025, Surrey, UK, Jul. 7–10, 2025.

[3] Pei Liu, Yue Zhang, Kehao Wang, Wei Gao, Giovanni Interdonato, Stefano Buzzi, and Georgios Mylonopoulos. Channel estimation aware NMSE performance analysis for multi-cell massive MIMO systems. In IEEE BlackSeaCom 2025, Chisinau, Moldova, Jun. 23–26, 2025. (Best Paper Award)

[4] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Zhen Shi, Hong Wang, and Yalin Liu. Enhancing mobile crowdsensing efficiency: A coverage-aware resource allocation approach. In IEEE VTC-Spring 2025, Oslo, Norway, Jun. 17–20, 2025.

[5] Yaru Fu, Yue Zhang, Zhen Shi, Hong Wang, and Yalin Liu. Subband and sensing task allocation for next-generation mobile crowdsensing networks: An optimal framework. In IEEE WCNC 2024, Dubai, UAE, Apr. 21–24, 2024.

[6] Yue Zhang and Lin Dai. Joint optimization of placement and coverage of access points for IEEE 802.11 networks. In IEEE ICC 2020, Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 7–11, 2020.

[7] Yue Zhang and Lin Dai. Approximate ergodic sum capacity of large-scale multi-user distributed antenna systems. In IEEE WCSP 2018, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 18–20, 2018.

[8] Yue Zhang, Feng Ke, Suili Feng, and Xianfei Zhu. Tight bounds for ergodic capacity of cooperative relaying over Rayleigh fading channels. In ICCICN 2014, Bhopal, India, Nov. 14–16, 2014.