Chengwen Xing

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Chengwen Xing is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengwen Xing has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 40 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Chengwen Xing's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (45 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (30 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (23 papers). Chengwen Xing is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (45 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (30 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (23 papers). Chengwen Xing collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United Kingdom. Chengwen Xing's co-authors include Nan Zhao, Jianping An, Shaodan Ma, Yiqing Zhou, Jingming Kuang, Xinying Chen, Shiqi Gong, Zehui Xiong, Zesong Fei and Dusit Niyato and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chengwen Xing

96 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Covert Communications: A Comprehensive Survey

2023 161 citations Xinying Chen, Jianping An et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chengwen Xing China	22	1.5k	656	653	199	110	112	1.9k
Jianmin Lu China	12	1.2k 0.8×	751 1.1×	486 0.7×	233 1.2×	85 0.8×	36	1.8k
Fengkui Gong China	24	1.5k 1.1×	739 1.1×	455 0.7×	298 1.5×	79 0.7×	122	2.0k
Khoa T. Phan Australia	22	2.3k 1.6×	914 1.4×	539 0.8×	194 1.0×	94 0.9×	76	2.7k
Lin Bai China	28	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	218 1.1×	167 1.5×	175	2.4k
Marwa Chafii United States	20	1.0k 0.7×	362 0.6×	366 0.6×	211 1.1×	89 0.8×	94	1.4k
Junyu Liu China	21	1.1k 0.7×	688 1.0×	515 0.8×	81 0.4×	116 1.1×	126	1.6k
Hao Jiang China	21	1.2k 0.8×	409 0.6×	751 1.2×	108 0.5×	107 1.0×	152	1.7k
Domenico Giustiniano Spain	26	1.2k 0.8×	918 1.4×	470 0.7×	170 0.9×	83 0.8×	131	1.8k
Zhongxiang Wei China	20	1.2k 0.8×	506 0.8×	696 1.1×	137 0.7×	79 0.7×	82	1.5k
Kyeong Jin Kim United States	26	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.9×	434 0.7×	166 0.8×	51 0.5×	152	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chengwen Xing

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengwen Xing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chengwen Xing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chengwen Xing based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chengwen Xing. Chengwen Xing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xing, Chengwen, et al.. (2025). RIS-Assisted Covert ISAC via Deep Reinforcement Learning. 1–6.

Deng, Na, et al.. (2025). Covert UAV Communication With Interference Uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 15324–15336.

Wu, Yujie, Chengwen Xing, Jie Tang, et al.. (2025). Covert ISAC Against Collusive Wardens. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(11). 9763–9776.

Xing, Chengwen, et al.. (2025). Tensor-Based Joint Channel Estimation and Activity Detection for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Massive Connectivity. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 11870–11885. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shuowen, et al.. (2025). User Equipment Assisted Localization for 6G Integrated Sensing and Communication. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 12593–12607.

Dong, Chao, et al.. (2025). Learning-Based Predictive Beamforming for Secure ISAC via IRS. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 14304–14315.

Wang, Chao, Shaoyong Guo, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2025). UAV-Aided Covert Federated Learning Networks. IEEE Network. 40(1). 270–277. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Wanting, Zehui Xiong, Chengwen Xing, et al.. (2025). Generative Artificial intelligence-Enhanced MultiModal Semantic Communication in Internet of Vehicles: System Design and Methodologies. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. 20(2). 71–82. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Chao, Zehui Xiong, Chengwen Xing, et al.. (2025). Latency-Sensitive Covert Federated Learning via UAV. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 12. 2008–2020. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Wenjing, Xiaowei Pang, Xiaoqi Qin, et al.. (2024). Cramér-Rao Bound and Secure Transmission Trade-Off Design for Semi-IRS-Enabled ISAC. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 15753–15767. 7 indexed citations

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Gong, Shiqi, et al.. (2024). STAR-RIS-Assisted Hybrid MIMO mmWave Communications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(21). 35141–35154. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jifa, Shiqi Gong, Weidang Lu, et al.. (2024). Joint Design for STAR-RIS Aided ISAC: Decoupling or Learning. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(10). 14365–14379. 12 indexed citations

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Xing, Chengwen, et al.. (2024). RIS-Assisted Massive Access With Semi-Passive Elements. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(9). 10546–10561. 1 indexed citations

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Deng, Na, et al.. (2024). Performance Analysis of Cross-Tier Interference Coordination for Mobile Users. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(8). 5058–5072.

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Wu, Yongpeng, et al.. (2024). Massive Unsourced Random Access for Near-Field Communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(6). 3256–3272. 9 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, Na Deng, Chengwen Xing, et al.. (2023). Secure Transmission for STAR-RIS Aided NOMA Against Internal Eavesdropping. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(11). 15068–15073. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinying, Jianping An, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2023). Covert Communications: A Comprehensive Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 25(2). 1173–1198. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Chao, Xinying Chen, Jianping An, et al.. (2022). Covert Communication Assisted by UAV-IRS. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(1). 357–369. 118 indexed citations

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Xing, Chengwen, et al.. (2020). Training Optimization for Hybrid MIMO Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(8). 5473–5487. 8 indexed citations

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Xing, Chengwen, Shuai Wang, Sheng Chen, et al.. (2018). Unified Overview of Matrix-Monotonic Optimization for MIMO Transceivers. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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