Names marked with a star (*) indicate that the students under my supervision.
2026
An LLM-Guided RF Backscatter System for Through-Wall Keystroke Inference
Qijun Wang*, Chunqi Qian, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2026. [Acceptance rate: 13%]
[PDF] [Demo]
Rascene: High-Fidelity 3D Scene Imaging with mmWave Communication Signals
Kunzhe Song*, Geo Jie Zhou*, Xiaoming Liu, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026. [Acceptance rate: 25%]
[PDF] [arXiv]
SoilNutri: A Passive Metasurface-based, Low-cost System for Soil Moisture and Nitrogen Monitoring
Juexing Wang, Binbin Xie, Yimeng Liu, Minhao Cui, Xiao Zhang, Guangjing Wang, Ke Sun, Zhichao Cao, Huacheng Zeng, Qingxu Jin, Younsuk Dong, Hui Li, Jie Xiong, Tianxing Li
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2026.
GeoFL: A Framework for Efficient Geo-Distributed Cross-Device Federated Learning
Maolin Gan*, Lanpeng Li, Samiul Alam, Li Liu, Luyang Liu, Mi Zhang, Huacheng Zeng, and Zhichao Cao
IEEE Transactions on Networking, 2026.
Integrating Health Sensing into Cellular Networks: Human Sleep Monitoring Using 5G Signals
Ruxin Lin*, Peihao Yan*, Jie Lu*, Qijun Wang* and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS: ISAC-FutureG 2026.
[arXiv]
RadEar: A Self-Supervised RF Backscatter System for Voice Eavesdropping and Separation
Qijun Wang*, Peihao Yan*, Chunqi Qian, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
[PDF] [arXiv]
Spectrum Shortage for Radio Sensing? Leveraging Ambient 5G Signals for Human Activity Detection
Kunzhe Song*, M. Zingraff*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
[PDF] [arXiv]
EExApp: GNN-Based Reinforcement Learning for Radio Unit Energy Optimization in 5G O-RAN
Jie Lu*, Peihao Yan*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
[PDF] [arXiv] [Source Code]
2025
MOGUL: A Model-Guided Learning Approach for Scheduling in 5G O-RAN
Yubo Wu, Huacheng Zeng, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025.
Near-Real-Time Resource Slicing for QoS Optimization in 5G O-RAN Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Peihao Yan*, Jie Lu*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2025.
[PDF] [Source Code]
xDiff: Online Diffusion Model for Collaborative Inter-Cell Interference Management in 5G O-RAN
Peihao Yan*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2025.
[PDF] [Source Code]
Anti-Jamming 5G Millimeter-Wave Communication via Joint Analog and Digital Beamforming: A Bayesian Optimization Approach
Peihao Yan*, Bowei Zhang*, Shichen Zhang*, Kai Zeng, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 2025.
[PDF]
SPP: Achieving Low-Probability-of-Intercept Cellular and Wi-Fi Communications via MIMO-Based Spatial Pilot Perturbation
Peihao Yan*, Malid Afshari*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, 2025.
[PDF]
A Batteryless Wireless Microphone Using RF Backscatter
Qijun Wang*, Chunqi Qian, Peihao Yan*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2025.
[PDF]
RadEye: Tracking Eye Motion Using FMCW Radar
Shichen Zhang*, Qijun Wang*, Kunzhe Song*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM CHI, 2025. [Honorable Mention Recognition]
[PDF]
RadSee: See Your Handwriting Through Walls Using FMCW Radar
Shichen Zhang*, Qijun Wang*, Maolin Gan*, Z. Cao, and Huacheng Zeng
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 2025. [Acceptance rate: 19.8%]
[PDF]
2024
SiWiS: Fine-Grained Human Detection Using Single Wi-Fi Device
Kunzhe Song*, Qijun Wang*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM MobiCom, 2024.
[PDF]
Structured Reinforcement Learning for Delay-Optimal Data Transmission in Dense mmWave Networks
Shufan Wang, Guojun Xiong, Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, Jian Li, and Shivendra Panwar
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IEEE TWC), accepted, June 2024.
[PDF]
Is Driver on Phone Call? Mobile Device Localization Using Cellular Signal
Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024.
[PDF]
TBP: Temporal Beam Prediction for Mobile Millimeter-Wave Networks
Shichen Zhang*, Qiben Yan, T. Li, L. Xiao, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024.
[PDF]
2023
PATCH: A Plug-In Framework of Non-Blocking Inference for Distributed Multimodal System
Juexing Wang, Guangjing Wang, Xiao Zhang, Li Liu, Huacheng Zeng, Li Xiao, Zhichao Cao, Lin Gu, Tianxing Li
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2023.
[PDF]
mReader: Concurrent UHF RFID Tag Reading
Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM MobiHoc 2023. [Acceptance rate: 21.9%]
[PDF]
Poster: mmLeaf: Versatile Leaf Wetness Detection via mmWave Sensing
Maolin Gan, Yimeng Liu, Li Liu, Chenshu Wu, Younsuk Dong, Huacheng Zeng, Zhichao Cao
Poster in ACM MobiSys 2023.
Joint User Association and Wireless Scheduling with Smaller Time-Scale Rate Adaptation
Xiaoyi Wu, Jing Yang, Huacheng Zeng, Bin Li
WiOpt 2023. [Best Paper Candidate]
FacER: Contrastive Attention Based Expression Recognition via Smartphone Earpiece Speaker
Guangjing Wang, Qiben Yan, Shane Patrarungrong, Juexing Wang, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2023. [Acceptance rate: 19.2%]
Realizing Uplink MU-MIMO Communication in mmWave WLANs: Bayesian Optimization and Asynchronous Transmission
Shichen Zhang*, Bo Ji, Kai Zeng, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2023. [Acceptance rate: 19.2%]
[PDF]
2022
CF4FL: A Communication Framework for Federated Learning in Transportation Systems
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Chengzhang Li, Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2022.
[PDF]
MaLoRaGW: Multi-User MIMO Transmission for LoRa
Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM SenSys 2022.
[PDF]
AuthIoT: A Transferable Wireless Authentication Scheme for IoT Devices Without Input Interface
Shichen Zhang*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Huacheng Zeng, Qiben Yan, and K. Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022.
[PDF]
On DoF Conservation in MIMO Interference Cancellation Based on Signal Strength in the Eigenspace
Y. Chen, S. Li, C. Li, Huacheng Zeng, B. Jalaian, T. Hou, and Wenjing Lou
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021.
[PDF]
URadio: Wideband Ultrasound Communication for Smart Home Applications
Qiben Yan, Qi Xia; Yuanda Wang, Pan Zhou, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 15, pp. 13113–13125, August 2022.
[PDF]
Enabling Efficient Blockage-Aware Handover in RIS-Assisted mmWave Cellular Networks
Long Jiao, Pu Wangm, Amir Alipour-Fanid, Huacheng Zeng, Kai Zeng
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 2243–2257, April 2022.
[PDF]
Jamming Attacks and Anti-Jamming Strategies in Wireless Networks: A Comprehensive Survey
Hossein Pirayesh* and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 767–809, March 2022.
[PDF]
2021
DeepMux: Deep-Learning-Based Channel Sounding and Resource Allocation for IEEE 802.11ax
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh* and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2333–2346, June 2021.
[PDF]
JammingBird: Jamming-Resilient Communications for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Shichen Zhang*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021.
[PDF]
UD-MIMO: Uplink Distributed MIMO for Wireless LANs
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021. [Best Paper Award]
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SoundFence: Securing Ultrasonic Sensors in Vehicles Using Physical-Layer Defense
Jianzhi Lou, Qiben Yan, Qing Hui, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021.
[PDF]
VehCom: Delay-Guaranteed Message Broadcast for Large-Scale Vehicular Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, and Adnan Quadri
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 3883–3896, Feb. 2021.
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DM-COM: Combining Device-To-Device and MU-MIMO Communications for Cellular Networks
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 17, pp. 13516–13527, Sep. 2021.
[PDF]
Securing ZigBee Communications Against Constant Jamming Attack Using Neural Network
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4957-4968, March 2021.
[PDF]
2020
LB-SciFi: Online Learning-Based Channel Feedback for MU-MIMO in Wireless LANs
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Aryan Mobiny, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE ICNP, 2020. [Acceptance rate: 16.8%]
[PDF]
A Practical Spectrum Sharing Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks: Design and Experiments
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Adnan Quadri*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1818-1831, August 2020.
[PDF]
TCCI: Taming Co-Channel Interference for Wireless LANs
Adnan Quadri*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM MobiHoc, 2020. [Acceptance rate: 15%]
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Coexistence of Wi-Fi and IoT Communications in WLANs
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 7495-7505, August 2020.
[PDF]
A Practical Downlink NOMA Scheme for Wireless LANs
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Qiben Yan, K. Zeng, Wenjing Lou, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2236–2250, Jan 2020.
[PDF]
2019
A Real-Time mmWave Communication Testbed with Phase Noise Cancellation
Adnan Quadri*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research Using Testbeds (CNERT), 2019.
[PDF] [DEMO]
EE-IoT: An Energy-Efficient IoT Communication Scheme for WLANs
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2019. [Acceptance rate: 19.7%]
[PDF]
A Practical Underlay Spectrum Sharing Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Huacheng Zeng, and Hongxiang Li
IEEE INFOCOM 2019. [Acceptance rate: 19.7%]
[PDF] [DEMO]
2018
On Multicast Throughput in Multi-Hop MIMO Networks with Interference Alignment
Huacheng Zeng, Xiaoqi Qin, Xu Yuan, F. Tian, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 6627–6641, July 2018.
[PDF]
Lyapunov Scheduling and Optimization in Network Coded Wireless Multicast Network
N. Mohamadi Moghadam, H. Li, Huacheng Zeng, and L. Liu
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 5135–5145, June 2018.
[PDF]
Cooperative Interference Neutralization in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Xiaoqi Qin, Xu Yuan, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 889–903, Feb. 2018.
[PDF]
Uplink MU-MIMO in Asynchronous Wireless LANs
Huacheng Zeng, Hongxiang Li, and Qiben Yan
ACM MobiHoc 2018. [Acceptance rate: 16.8%]
[PDF] [DEMO]
PSCluster: Differentially Private Spatial Cluster Detection for Mobile Crowdsourcing Applications
Boyang Hu, Baojian Zhou, Qiben Yan, Adil Alim, Feng Chen, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE CNS 2018.
[PDF]
Demo Abstract: An Anti-Jamming Wireless Communication System
Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2018.
[PDF] [DEMO]
2017
OFDM-Based Interference Alignment in Single-Antenna Cellular Wireless Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Xu Yuan, Rongbo Zhu, and Jiannong Cao
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 4492–4506, Oct. 2017.
[PDF]
A Distributed Scheduling Algorithm for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Large Propagation Delays
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 1131–1145, Mar. 2017.
[PDF]
One Bit Relay Cluster for Long Distance Transmission
Chen Cao, Hongxing Li, Zixia Hu and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 925–928, Apr. 2017.
[PDF]
Impact of Full Duplex Scheduling on End-To-End Throughput in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Xiaoqi Qin, Huacheng Zeng, Brian Jalaian, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 158–171, Mar. 2017.
[PDF]
Enabling Jamming-Resistant Communications in Wireless MIMO Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Chen Cao, Hongxiang Li, and Qiben Yan
IEEE CNS 2017.
[PDF] [DEMO]
2016
Jamming Resilient Communication Using MIMO Interference Cancellation
Qiben Yan, Huacheng Zeng, Tingting Jiang, Ming Li, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics Security, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 1486-1499, July 2016.
[PDF]
An Analytical Model for Interference Alignment in Multi-Hop MIMO Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 17–31, Jan. 2016.
[PDF]
A Scheduling Algorithm for MIMO DoF Allocation in Multi-Hop Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Hanif D. Sherali, Rongbo Zhu, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, issue 2, pp. 264–277, Feb. 2016.
[PDF]
Interference Alignment for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks: Challenges and Research Directions
Huacheng Zeng, F. Tian, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE Network, vol. 30, issue 2, pp. 74–80, March/April 2016.
[PDF]
Nullification in the Air: Interference Neutralization in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Xu Yuan, Xiaoqi Qin, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou
IEEE INFOCOM 2016. [Acceptance rate: 18%]
[PDF]
Prior to 2016
On Cyclostationary Analysis of WiFi Signals for Direction Estimation
C. Du, Huacheng Zeng, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE ICC 2015.
[PDF]
A Novel MIMO DoF Model for Multi-Hop Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, R. Zhu, and Wenjing Lou
IEEE Network, vol. 28, issue 5, pp. 81–85, Sept./Oct. 2014.
[PDF]
Shark-IA: An Interference Alignment Algorithm for Multi-Hop Underwater Acoustic Networks with Large Propagation Delays
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff
ACM WUWNET 2014. [Best Student Paper Award]
[PDF]
Increasing User Throughput in Cellular Networks with Interference Alignment
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Xu Yuan, R. Zhu, and J. Cao
IEEE SECON 2014. [Acceptance rate: 28%]
[PDF]
MIMO-Based Jamming Resilient Communication in Wireless Networks
Qiben Yan, Huacheng Zeng, T. Jiang, M. Li, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE INFOCOM 2014. [Acceptance rate: 19%]
[PDF]
On Interference Alignment for Multi-Hop MIMO Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff
IEEE INFOCOM 2013. [Acceptance rate: 17%]
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An Efficient DoF Scheduling Algorithm for Multi-Hop MIMO Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou
IEEE INFOCOM 2013. [Acceptance rate: 17%]
[PDF]
On the Limitation of Embedding Cryptographic Signature for Primary Transmitter Authentication
T. Jiang, Huacheng Zeng, Qiben Yan, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Wireless Communication Letter, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 324–327, Aug. 2012.
[PDF]
Patents
Methods, Systems, and Computer Readable Media for Utilizing a Jamming-Resistant Receiver Device
Huacheng Zeng
US Patent
Data Transmission Method, System and Equipment in Relay System
Huacheng Zeng, B. Fan, K. Zheng, X. Shen, and G. Liu
China Mobile Communications Corporation, patent [Link]
Method, Device and Base Stations for Determining Terminal Group
L. Han, H. Long, Huacheng Zeng, and W. Wang
China Mobile Communications Corporation, patent [Link]
Book Chapters
Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou
A chapter in book Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks, Springer.
[Link]