Names marked with a star (*) indicate that the students completed the work under my supervision.
2026
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.
GeoFL: A Framework for Efficient Geo-Distributed CrossDevice 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.
RadEar: A Self-Supervised RF Backscatter System for Voice Eavesdropping and Separation [PDF]
Qijun Wang*, Peihao Yan*, Chunqi Qian, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
Spectrum Shortage for Radio Sensing? Leveraging Ambient 5G Signals for Human Activity Detection [PDF]
Kunzhe Song*, M. Zingraff*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
EExApp: GNN-Based Reinforcement Learning for Radio Unit Energy Optimization in 5G O-RAN [PDF] [Source Code]
Jie Lu*, Peihao Yan*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE INFOCOM 2026. [Acceptance rate: 18.9%]
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 [PDF] [Source Code]
Peihao Yan*, Jie Lu*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2025.
xDiff: Online Diffusion Model for Collaborative Inter-Cell Interference Management in 5G O-RAN [PDF] [Source Code]
Peihao Yan*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou,
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2025.
Anti-Jamming 5G Millimeter-Wave Communication via Joint Analog and Digital Beamforming: A Bayesian Optimization Approach [PDF]
Peihao Yan∗, Bowei Zhang∗, Shichen Zhang∗, Kai Zeng, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 2025.
SPP: Achieving low-probability-of-intercept cellular and Wi-Fi communications via MIMO-based spatial pilot perturbation [PDF]
Peihao Yan*, Malid Afshari*, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, 2025.
A batteryless wireless microphone using RF backscatter [PDF]
Qijun Wang*, Chunqi Qian, Peihao Yan*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng
in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2025.
RadEye: Tracking eye motion using FMCW radar [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Qijun Wang*, Kunzhe Song*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
ACM CHI, 2025. [Honorable Mention Recognition]
RadSee: See your handwriting through walls using FMCW radar [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Qijun Wang*, Maolin Gan*, Z. Cao, and Huacheng Zeng
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 2025. [Acceptance rate: 19.8%]
2024
SiWiS: Fine-grained human detection using single Wi-Fi device [PDF]
Kunzhe Song*, Qijun Wang*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng,
ACM MobiCom, 2024.
Structured reinforcement learning for delay-optimal data transmission in dense mmWave networks [PDF]
Shufan Wang, Guojun Xiong, Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, Jian Li, and Shivendra Panwar
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IEEE TWC), accepted, June 2024.
Is driver on phone call? Mobile device localization using cellular signal [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024.
TBP: Temporal beam prediction for mobile millimeter-wave networks [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Qiben Yan, T. Li, L. Xiao, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024.
2023
PATCH: A Plug-in Framework of Non-blocking Inference for Distributed Multimodal System [PDF]
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.
mReader: Concurrent UHF RFID tag reading [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, and Huacheng Zeng,
ACM MobiHoc 2023. [Acceptance rate: 21.9%]
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 [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Bo Ji, Kai Zeng, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Infocom 2023. [Acceptance rate: 19.2%]
2022
CF4FL: A communication framework for federated learning in transportation systems [PDF]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Chengzhang Li, Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou,
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
MaLoRaGW: Multi-user MIMO transmission for LoRa [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Shichen Zhang*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng,
ACM SenSys 2022.
AuthIoT: A transferable wireless authentication scheme for IoT devices without input interface [PDF]
Shichen Zhang*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Huacheng Zeng, Qiben Yan, and K. Zeng,
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022.
On DoF conservation in MIMO interference cancellation based on signal strength in the eigenspace [PDF]
Y. Chen, S. Li, C. Li, Huacheng Zeng, B. Jalaian, T. Hou, and Wenjing Lou,
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021.
URadio: Wideband ultrasound communication for smart home applications [PDF]
Qiben Yan, Qi Xia; Yuanda Wang, Pan Zhou, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 15, pp. 13113–13125, August 2022.
Enabling efficient blockage-aware handover in RIS-assisted mmWave cellular networks [PDF]
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.
Jamming attacks and anti-jamming strategies in wireless networks: A comprehensive survey [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh* and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 767–809, March 2022.
2021
DeepMux: Deep-learning-based channel sounding and resource allocation for IEEE 802.11ax [PDF]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh* and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2333–2346, June 2021.
JammingBird: Jamming-resilient communications for vehicular ad hoc networks [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Shichen Zhang*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021.
UD-MIMO: Uplink distributed MIMO for wireless LANs [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021. [Best Paper Award]
SoundFence: Securing ultrasonic sensors in vehicles using physical-layer defense [PDF]
Jianzhi Lou, Qiben Yan, Qing Hui, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE SECON 2021.
VehCom: Delay-guaranteed message broadcast for large-scale vehicular networks [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, and Adnan Quadri*
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 3883–3896, Feb. 2021.
DM-COM: Combining device-to-device and MU-MIMO communications for cellular networks [PDF]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Qiben Yan, and Huacheng Zeng
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 17, pp. 13516–13527, Sep. 2021.
Securing ZigBee communications against constant jamming attack using neural network [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4957-4968, March 2021.
2020
LB-SciFi: Online learning-based channel feedback for MU-MIMO in wireless LANs [PDF]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Aryan Mobiny, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE ICNP, 2020. [Acceptance rate: 16.8%]
A practical spectrum sharing scheme for cognitive radio networks: Design and experiments [PDF]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Adnan Quadri*, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1818-1831, August 2020.
TCCI: Taming Co-Channel Interference for Wireless LANs [PDF]
Adnan Quadri*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng,
ACM MobiHoc, 2020. [Acceptance rate: 15%]
Coexistence of Wi-Fi and IoT Communications in WLANs [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 7495-7505, August 2020.
A practical downlink NOMA scheme for wireless LANs [PDF]
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.
2019
A Real-Time mmWave Communication Testbed with Phase Noise Cancellation [PDF] [DEMO]
Adnan Quadri*, Huacheng Zeng, and Y. Thomas Hou,
IEEE Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research using Testbeds (CNERT), 2019.
EE-IoT: An energy-efficient IoT communication scheme for WLANs [PDF]
Hossein Pirayesh*, Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Infocom 2019. [Acceptance rate: 19.7%]
A practical underlay spectrum sharing scheme for cognitive radio networks [PDF] [DEMO]
Pedram Kheirkhah Sangdeh*, Hossein Pirayesh*, Huacheng Zeng, and Hongxiang Li,
IEEE Infocom 2019. [Acceptance rate: 19.7%]
2018
On multicast throughput in multi-hop MIMO networks with interference alignment [PDF]
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.
Lyapunov scheduling and optimization in network coded wireless multicast network [PDF]
N. Mohamadi Moghadam, H. Li, Huacheng Zeng, and L. Liu,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 5135–5145, June 2018.
Cooperative interference neutralization in multi-hop wireless networks, [PDF]
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.
Uplink MU-MIMO in asynchronous wireless LANs [PDF] [DEMO]
Huacheng Zeng, Hongxiang Li, and Qiben Yan,
ACM MobiHoc 2018. [Acceptance rate: 16.8%]
PSCluster: Differentially private spatial cluster detection for mobile crowdsourcing applications [PDF]
Boyang Hu, Baojian Zhou, Qiben Yan, Adil Alim, Feng Chen, Huacheng Zeng
IEEE CNS 2018.
Demo abstract: An anti-jamming wireless communication system [PDF] [DEMO]
Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Infocom 2018.
2017
OFDM-based interference alignment in single-antenna cellular wireless networks [PDF]
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.
A distributed scheduling algorithm for underwater acoustic networks with large propagation delays [PDF]
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.
One bit relay cluster for long distance transmission [PDF]
Chen Cao, Hongxing Li, Zixia Hu and Huacheng Zeng,
IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 925–928, Apr. 2017.
Impact of full duplex scheduling on end-to-end throughput in multi-hop wireless networks [PDF]
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.
Enabling jamming-resistant communications in wireless MIMO networks [PDF] [DEMO]
Huacheng Zeng, Chen Cao, Hongxiang Li, and Qiben Yan,
IEEE CNS 2017.
2016
Jamming resilient communication using MIMO interference cancellation [PDF]
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.
An analytical model for interference alignment in multi-hop MIMO networks [PDF]
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.
A scheduling algorithm for MIMO DoF allocation in multi-hop networks [PDF]
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.
Interference alignment for multi-hop wireless networks: Challenges and research directions [PDF]
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.
Nullification in the air: Interference neutralization in multi-hop wireless networks [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Xu Yuan, Xiaoqi Qin, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou,
IEEE Infocom 2016. [Acceptance rate: 18%]
Prior to 2016
"On cyclostationary analysis of WiFi signals for direction estimation [PDF]
C. Du, Huacheng Zeng, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou,
IEEE ICC 2015.
A novel MIMO DoF model for multi-hop networks [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, R. Zhu, and Wenjing Lou,
IEEE Network, vol. 28, issue 5, pp. 81–85, Sept./Oct. 2014.
Shark-IA: An interference alignment algorithm for multi-hop underwater acoustic networks with large propagation delays [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff,
ACM WUWNET 2014. [Best Student Paper Award]
Increasing user throughput in cellular networks with interference alignment [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Xu Yuan, R. Zhu, and J. Cao,
IEEE SECON 2014. [Acceptance rate: 28%]
MIMO-based jamming resilient communication in wireless networks [PDF]
Qiben Yan, Huacheng Zeng, T. Jiang, M. Li, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou,
IEEE Infocom 2014. [Acceptance rate: 19%]
On interference alignment for multi-hop MIMO networks [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff,
IEEE Infocom 2013. [Acceptance rate: 17%]
An efficient DoF scheduling algorithm for multi-hop MIMO networks [PDF]
Huacheng Zeng, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou,
IEEE Infocom 2013. [Acceptance rate: 17%]
On the limitation of embedding cryptographic signature for primary transmitter authentication [PDF]
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.
Patents
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing a jamming-resistant receiver device
Huacheng Zeng,
US Patent #: 10,826,645, Nov. 2020.
Data transmission method, system and equipment in relay system [Link]
Huacheng Zeng, B. Fan, K. Zheng, X. Shen, and G. Liu,
China Mobile Communications Corporation, patent #: CN102045774, Oct. 2009.
Method, device and base stations for determining terminal group [Link]
L. Han, H. Long, Huacheng Zeng, and W. Wang,
China Mobile Communications Corporation, patent #: CN101741447, Nov. 2008.
Book Chapters
Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks [Link]
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou,
a chapter in book Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks, Springer.