Mr Ruikang Zhong

Ruikang Zhong

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Member of Dr Mona Jaber's Research Group
Funder: EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Project: Distributed Acoustic Sensor system for Modelling Active Travel

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems

2025

Relevant PublicationEnergy Consumption Minimization for Mobile Edge Generation
Zhang M, Zhong R, Mu X, Liu Y and Peng M
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. PP (99), 1-1.  
28-04-2025
Relevant PublicationIntelligent Vehicle Monitoring: Distributed Acoustic Sensors Enabled Smart Road Infrastructure
Zhong R, Chiang C-Y and Jaber M
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. PP (99), 1-1.  
16-01-2025

2024

Relevant PublicationToward Energy-Efficient IoT Systems: A Curiosity-Driven Beamforming Design for Nonorthogonal Multiple Access
Liu Y, Zhong R, Jaber M and Xiao P
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 12 (7), 8699-8711.  
19-11-2024
Relevant PublicationEnabling Distributed Generative Artificial Intelligence in 6G: Mobile-Edge Generation
Zhong R, Mu X, Jaber M and Liu Y
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 12 (6), 6607-6620.  
11-11-2024
Relevant PublicationJoint Physical and Network Layers Design for STARS-Assisted Multi-Cellular Edge Caching
Hu Z, Fang C, Zhong R and Liu Y
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 23 (11), 17446-17460.  
11-09-2024
bullet iconMobile Edge Generation: A New Era to 6G
Zhong R, Mu X, Zhang Y, Jaber M and Liu Y
IEEE Network, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 38 (5), 47-55.  
01-07-2024
Relevant PublicationJoint Optimization of User Scheduling, Flight Path and Power Allocation in a UAV Secure Communication System
Liu L, Yao R, Xie Y, Fan Y, Zuo X, Xu J, Zhong R, Zheng S and Li X
Electronics, Mdpi vol. 13 (13) 
21-06-2024
Relevant PublicationNon-orthogonal Multiple Access for Semantic Communications
Zhang Y, Zhong R, Liu Y, Xu W and Zhang P
ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. vol. 00, 678-683.  
13-06-2024
Relevant PublicationAI-Empowered Beam Tracking for Near-Field Communications
Zhang M, Zhong R, Mu X and Liu Y
ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. vol. 00, 1643-1648.  
13-06-2024
Relevant PublicationInter-user Dependent Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Dynamic MEC Networks
Shi T, Zhang T, Zhong R, Liu Y and Huang R
ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. vol. 00, 3925-3930.  
13-06-2024
Relevant PublicationCross-User Dependent Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Spatial-Temporal Dynamic MEC Networks
Shi T, Zhang T, Zhong R, Liu Y and Huang R
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 73 (10), 15584-15597.  
11-06-2024
Relevant PublicationDistributed Acoustic Sensor System for Vehicle Occupancy Detection
Zhong R, Chiang C-Y and Jabor M
2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WFPST). vol. 00, 132-137.  
15-05-2024
Relevant PublicationMachine Learning Enabled Heterogeneous Semantic and Bit Communication
Zhang M, Zhong R, Mu X and Liu Y
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 23 (10), 12949-12963.  
14-05-2024
bullet iconExploiting Multi-User Semantic Communications: A Non-Orthogonal Approach
Zhong R, Mu X, Chen Y and Liu Y
2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). vol. 00, 1-6.  
24-04-2024
Relevant PublicationInterference Suppressed NOMA for Semantic-Aware Communication Networks
Zhang Y, Zhong R, Liu Y, Xu W and Zhang P
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 23 (8), 10383-10397.  
12-03-2024
Relevant PublicationMARL-Based UAV Trajectory and Beamforming Optimization for ISAC System
Gao Q, Zhong R, Shin H and Liu Y
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 11 (24), 40492-40505.  
15-01-2024
Relevant PublicationCaching-at-STARS: The Next Generation Edge Caching
Hu Z, Zhong R, Fang C and Liu Y
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 23 (8), 8372-8387.  
10-01-2024
bullet iconA Distributed Acoustic Sensor System for Intelligent Transportation using Deep Learning
Chiang C-Y, Zhong R, Jaber M and Hayward P
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 7 (5), 88-96.  
01-01-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationExploiting Caching-at-STARS: Joint Caching Replacement and Hybrid Beamforming
Hu Z, Zhong R, Fang C and Liu Y
GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference. vol. 00, 5031-5036.  
08-12-2023
bullet iconEnergy Efficient Beamforming Design for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems: A Curiosity-Driven Approach
Liu Y, Zhong R, Jaber M and Liu Y
2023 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). vol. 00, 884-889.  
08-12-2023
Relevant PublicationMachine Learning Empowered Large RIS-assisted Near-field Communications
Zhong R, Mu X and Liu Y
2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall). vol. 00, 1-5.  
13-10-2023
Relevant PublicationResource Management for Heterogeneous Semantic and Bit Communication Systems
Zhang M, Zhong R, Mu X, Chen Y and Liu Y
2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). vol. 00, 1629-1634.  
01-06-2023
Relevant PublicationSTAR-RISs Assisted NOMA Networks: A Distributed Learning Approach
Zhong R, Mu X, Liu Y, Chen Y, Zhang J and Zhang P
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 17 (1), 264-278.  
01-01-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationA Reinforcement Learning Approach for Energy Efficient Beamforming in NOMA Systems
Liu Y, Zhong R and Jaber M
GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference. vol. 00, 3827-3832.  
08-12-2022
Relevant PublicationSTAR-RISs Assisted NOMA Networks: A Tile-based Passive Beamforming Approach
Zhong R, Mu X, Xu X, Chen Y and Liu Y
2022 International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS). vol. 00, 1-6.  
22-10-2022
Relevant PublicationHybrid Reinforcement Learning for STAR-RISs: A Coupled Phase-Shift Model Based Beamformer
Zhong R, Liu Y, Mu X, Chen Y, Wang X and Hanzo L
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 40 (9), 2556-2569.  
25-07-2022
Relevant PublicationMobile Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for NOMA Networks: Federated Learning Approaches
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y, Chen Y and Han Z
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 21 (11), 10020-10034.  
16-06-2022
Relevant PublicationFederated Learning Empowered Mobile RISs for NOMA Networks
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y, Chen Y and Han Z
ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. vol. 00, 4956-4961.  
20-05-2022
Relevant PublicationPath Design and Resource Management for NOMA Enhanced Indoor Intelligent Robots
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y, Chen Y and Wang X
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 21 (10), 8007-8021.  
06-04-2022

2021

bullet iconAI Empowered RIS-Assisted NOMA Networks: Deep Learning or Reinforcement Learning?
Zhong R, Liu Y, Mu X, Chen Y and Song L
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 40 (1), 182-196.  
25-11-2021
bullet iconMulti-Agent Reinforcement Learning in NOMA-Aided UAV Networks for Cellular Offloading
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y and Chen Y
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 21 (3), 1498-1512.  
20-08-2021
bullet iconPath Design for NOMA-Enhanced Robots: A Machine Learning Approach with Radio Map
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y, Zhang D and Chen Y
2021 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). vol. 00, 1-6.  
23-06-2021

2020

bullet iconNOMA in UAV-aided cellular offloading: A machine learning approach
Zhong R, Liu X, Liu Y and Chen Y
2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps. vol. 00, 1-6.  
11-12-2020