Foad Sohrabi

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Foad Sohrabi is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Foad Sohrabi has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Foad Sohrabi's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (24 papers), Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling (16 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (7 papers). Foad Sohrabi is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (24 papers), Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling (16 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (7 papers). Foad Sohrabi collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Foad Sohrabi's co-authors include Wei Yu, Zhilin Chen, Ya‐Feng Liu, Tao Jiang, Faouzi Bellili, Wei Cui, Hei Victor Cheng, Timothy N. Davidson, Shahram Shahbazpanahi and Raviraj Adve and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Foad Sohrabi

31 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hybrid Digital and Analog Beamforming Design for Large-Scale Antenna Arrays

2016 1.0k citations Foad Sohrabi, Wei Yu IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing profile →
Sparse Activity Detection for Massive Connectivity

2018 263 citations Zhilin Chen, Foad Sohrabi et al. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Foad Sohrabi Canada	18	2.3k	744	368	143	114	33	2.5k
Hosein Nikopour United States	14	2.6k 1.1×	444 0.6×	945 2.6×	175 1.2×	139 1.2×	42	2.7k
Jianhua Mo United States	18	2.3k 1.0×	511 0.7×	602 1.6×	116 0.8×	171 1.5×	36	2.5k
Chenhao Qi China	27	1.6k 0.7×	749 1.0×	347 0.9×	289 2.0×	60 0.5×	117	1.9k
Aditya K. Jagannatham India	22	1.6k 0.7×	327 0.4×	714 1.9×	93 0.7×	77 0.7×	195	1.8k
Namyoon Lee South Korea	28	2.6k 1.1×	622 0.8×	1.5k 4.0×	80 0.6×	212 1.9×	159	2.9k
Hadi Baligh Canada	12	2.0k 0.9×	364 0.5×	743 2.0×	104 0.7×	61 0.5×	16	2.0k
Maxime Guillaud France	17	1.4k 0.6×	383 0.5×	750 2.0×	53 0.4×	47 0.4×	68	1.5k
Ruoyu Zhang China	17	718 0.3×	394 0.5×	274 0.7×	55 0.4×	81 0.7×	80	1.1k
Alireza Bayesteh Canada	14	1.6k 0.7×	363 0.5×	656 1.8×	91 0.6×	62 0.5×	44	1.7k
Trinh Van Chien Vietnam	19	1.3k 0.5×	496 0.7×	485 1.3×	39 0.3×	62 0.5×	107	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Foad Sohrabi

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All Works

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Sohrabi, Foad, Carl Nuzman, Jinfeng Du, Hong Yang, & Harish Viswanathan. (2025). Energy-Efficient Flat Precoding for MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 73. 795–810.

Sohrabi, Foad, et al.. (2024). End-to-End Deep Learning for TDD MIMO Systems in the 6G Upper Midbands. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(3). 2110–2125. 4 indexed citations

Jiang, Tao, Foad Sohrabi, & Wei Yu. (2023). Active Sensing for Two-Sided Beam Alignment and Reflection Design Using Ping-Pong Pilots. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory. 4. 24–39. 7 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Foad, et al.. (2022). Deep Learning for Channel Sensing and Hybrid Precoding in TDD Massive MIMO OFDM Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 21(12). 10839–10853. 27 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Foad, Tao Jiang, & Wei Yu. (2022). Learning Progressive Distributed Compression Strategies From Local Channel State Information. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 16(3). 573–584. 13 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Foad, Tao Jiang, Wei Cui, & Wei Yu. (2022). Active Sensing for Communications by Learning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 40(6). 1780–1794. 39 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, Foad Sohrabi, & Tao Jiang. (2022). Role of Deep Learning in Wireless Communications. 2(2). 56–72. 39 indexed citations

Jiang, Tao, Foad Sohrabi, & Wei Yu. (2022). Active Sensing for Two-Sided Beam Alignment Using Ping-Pong Pilots. 913–918. 4 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Foad, et al.. (2021). Deep Learning for Distributed Channel Feedback and Multiuser Precoding in FDD Massive MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 20(7). 4044–4057. 120 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Foad, Zhilin Chen, & Wei Yu. (2021). Deep Active Learning Approach to Adaptive Beamforming for mmWave Initial Alignment. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 39(8). 2347–2360. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhilin, Foad Sohrabi, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2021). Phase Transition Analysis for Covariance-Based Massive Random Access With Massive MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68(3). 1696–1715. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhilin, Foad Sohrabi, & Wei Yu. (2021). Sparse Activity Detection in Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Exploiting Channel Large-Scale Fading. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 69. 3768–3781. 36 indexed citations

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Shahbazpanahi, Shahram, et al.. (2021). Hybrid Analog and Digital Beamforming Design for Channel Estimation in Correlated Massive MIMO Systems. arXiv (Cornell University). 14 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Foad, et al.. (2020). MMSE-Based Channel Estimation for Hybrid Beamforming Massive MIMO with Correlated Channels. 5015–5019. 5 indexed citations

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Bellili, Faouzi, Foad Sohrabi, & Wei Yu. (2019). Generalized Approximate Message Passing for Massive MIMO mmWave Channel Estimation With Laplacian Prior. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(5). 3205–3219. 57 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhilin, Foad Sohrabi, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2019). Covariance Based Joint Activity and Data Detection for Massive Random Access with Massive MIMO. 1–6. 86 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Foad, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2018). One-Bit Precoding and Constellation Range Design for Massive MIMO With QAM Signaling. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 12(3). 557–570. 70 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Foad, et al.. (2017). Construction of the RSRP map using sparse MDT measurements by regression clustering. 1–6. 19 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Foad & Wei Yu. (2016). Hybrid Digital and Analog Beamforming Design for Large-Scale Antenna Arrays. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 10(3). 501–513. 1038 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sohrabi, Foad & Wei Yu. (2016). Hybrid analog and digital beamforming for OFDM-based large-scale MIMO systems. 1–6. 20 indexed citations

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