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Compressive sensing based massive access for IoT relying on media modulation aided machine type communications

Published in IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., Sept. 2020, 2020

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, S. Chen, and L. Hanzo, “Compressive sensing based massive access for IoT relying on media modulation aided machine type communications,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., Sept. 2020.

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, S. Chen, and L. Hanzo, "Compressive sensing based massive access for IoT relying on media modulation aided machine type communications," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., Sept. 2020.

Massive access in media modulation based massive machine-type communications

Published in IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2022, 2022

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, D. W. K. Ng, M. D. Renzo, and M.-S. Alouini, “Massive access in media modulation based massive machine-type communications,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2022.

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, D. W. K. Ng, M. D. Renzo, and M.-S. Alouini, "Massive access in media modulation based massive machine-type communications," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2022.

Joint activity and blind information detection for UAV-assisted massive IoT access

Published in IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1489-1508, May 2022, 2022

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, D. Zheng, M. J. Hossain, Y. Gao, D. W. K. Ng, M. D. Renzo, “Joint activity and blind information detection for UAV-assisted massive IoT access,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1489-1508, May 2022.

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, J. Zhang, Z. Gao, D. Zheng, M. J. Hossain, Y. Gao, D. W. K. Ng, M. D. Renzo, "Joint activity and blind information detection for UAV-assisted massive IoT access," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1489-1508, May 2022.

Massive IoT Access for 6G

Published in Springer, 2023, 2023

Recommended citation: Z. Gao, M. Ke, L. Qiao, and Y. Mei, “Massive IoT Access for 6G,” Springer, 2023.

Recommended citation: Z. Gao, M. Ke, L. Qiao, and Y. Mei, "Massive IoT Access for 6G," Springer, 2023.

Sensing user’s activity, channel, and location with near-field extra-large-scale MIMO

Published in IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 890-906, Feb. 2024, 2024

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, A. Liao, Z. Li, H. Wang et al., “Sensing user’s activity, channel, and location with near-field extra-large-scale MIMO,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 890-906, Feb. 2024.

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, A. Liao, Z. Li, H. Wang et al., "Sensing user's activity, channel, and location with near-field extra-large-scale MIMO," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 890-906, Feb. 2024.

Compressive sensing-based grant-free massive access for 6G massive communication

Published in IEEE Internet Things J., vol. 11, no. 5, Mar. 2024, 2024

ESI highly cited.

Recommended citation: Z. Gao, M. Ke, Y. Mei, L. Qiao, S. Chen, D. W. K. Ng, H. V. Poor, "Compressive sensing-based grant-free massive access for 6G massive communication," IEEE Internet Things J., vol. 11, no. 5, Mar. 2024. (ESI highly cited)

Latency-aware generative semantic communications with pre-trained diffusion models

Published in IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 2652-2656, Oct. 2024, 2024

ESI highly cited

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, M. B. Mashhadi, Z. Gao, C. H. Foh, P. Xiao, and M. Bennis, "Latency-aware generative semantic communications with pre-trained diffusion models," IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 2652-2656, Oct. 2024. (ESI highly cited)

Massive digital over-the-air computation for communication-efficient federated edge learning

Published in IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 3078-3094, Nov. 2024, 2024

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, Z. Gao, M. Boloursaz Mashhadi, and D. Gündüz, “Massive digital over-the-air computation for communication-efficient federated edge learning,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 3078-3094, Nov. 2024.

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, Z. Gao, M. Boloursaz Mashhadi, and D. Gündüz, "Massive digital over-the-air computation for communication-efficient federated edge learning," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 3078-3094, Nov. 2024.

Private collaborative edge inference via over-the-air computation

Published in IEEE Trans. Mach. Learn. Commun. Netw., vol. 3, pp. 215-231, 2025, 2025

Recommended citation: S. F. Yilmaz, B. Hasırcıoglu, L. Qiao, D. Gündüz, “Private collaborative edge inference via over-the-air computation,” IEEE Trans. Mach. Learn. Commun. Netw., vol. 3, pp. 215-231, 2025.

Recommended citation: S. F. Yilmaz, B. Hasırcıoglu, L. Qiao, D. Gündüz, "Private collaborative edge inference via over-the-air computation," IEEE Trans. Mach. Learn. Commun. Netw., vol. 3, pp. 215-231, 2025.

CSI-GPT: Integrating generative pre-trained transformer with federated-tuning to acquire downlink massive MIMO channels

Published in IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 5187-5192, March 2025, 2025

  • corresponding author; co-supervised MSc student

Recommended citation: Y. Zeng, L. Qiao*, Z. Gao*, T. Qin et al., "CSI-GPT: Integrating generative pre-trained transformer with federated-tuning to acquire downlink massive MIMO channels," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 5187-5192, March 2025. (* corresponding author; co-supervised MSc student)

Generative semantic communication via textual prompts: Latency performance tradeoffs

Published in Early Access, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., May 2025, 2025

Recommended citation: M. Ren, L. Qiao, L. Yang, Z. Gao et al., “Generative semantic communication via textual prompts: Latency performance tradeoffs,” Early Access, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., May 2025.

Recommended citation: M. Ren, L. Qiao, L. Yang, Z. Gao et al., "Generative semantic communication via textual prompts: Latency performance tradeoffs," Early Access, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., May 2025.

Residual Cross-Attention Transformer-Based Multi-User CSI Feedback With Deep Joint Source-Channel Coding

Published in Early Access, IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., May 2025, 2025

Recommended citation: H. Zhang, M. Wu, L. Qiao, L. Liu, Z. Han and Z. Gao, “Residual Cross-Attention Transformer-Based Multi-User CSI Feedback With Deep Joint Source-Channel Coding,” Early Access, IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., May 2025.

Recommended citation: H. Zhang, M. Wu, L. Qiao, L. Liu, Z. Han and Z. Gao, "Residual Cross-Attention Transformer-Based Multi-User CSI Feedback With Deep Joint Source-Channel Coding," Early Access, IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., May 2025.

Token communications: A large model-driven framework for cross-modal context-aware semantic communications

Published in IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 80-88, Oct. 2025, 2025

2nd Most Popular Article in IEEE Wireless Communications; equal contributions

Recommended citation: L. Qiao, M. B. Mashhadi, Z. Gao, R. Tafazolli, M. Bennis, and D. Niyato, "Token communications: A large model-driven framework for cross-modal context-aware semantic communications," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 80-88, Oct. 2025, doi: 10.1109/MWC.001.2500084. (2nd Most Popular Article in IEEE Wireless Communications); equal contributions
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From Semantic to Token Communication: The Next Paradigm for Large-Model-Driven 6G Intelligent Connectivity

Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.10714, 2026

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Recommended citation: Y. Ma, Z. Gao, L. Qiao, X. Zhang, M. B. Mashhadi, Y. Xu, W. Xu, X. Xu, K. Huang, J. Wang, R. Tafazolli, S. Chen, T. Q. S. Quek, and P. Zhang, "From Semantic to Token Communication: The Next Paradigm for Large-Model-Driven 6G Intelligent Connectivity," arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.10714, 2026.
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