Geoffrey Ye Li

45.2k total citations · 28 hit papers
503 papers, 30.1k citations indexed

About

Geoffrey Ye Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoffrey Ye Li has authored 503 papers receiving a total of 30.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 418 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 239 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 83 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Geoffrey Ye Li's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (276 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (119 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (86 papers). Geoffrey Ye Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (276 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (119 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (86 papers). Geoffrey Ye Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Geoffrey Ye Li's co-authors include Hao Ye, Biing‐Hwang Juang, Zhijin Qin, Shi Jin, Le Liang, Lu Lu, Chao-Kai Wen, Guanding Yu, Shugong Xu and A. Lee Swindlehurst and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

Geoffrey Ye Li

482 papers receiving 29.4k citations

Hit Papers

An Overview of Massive MI... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2014 2017 2011 2021 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. An Overview of Massive MIMO: Benefits and Challenges
    2014 2.0k citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing profile →
  2. Power of Deep Learning for Channel Estimation and Signal Detection in OFDM Systems
    2017 1.3k citations Hao Ye, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters profile →
  3. Fundamental trade-offs on green wireless networks
    2011 854 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. profile →
  4. Deep Learning Enabled Semantic Communication Systems
    2021 849 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing profile →
  5. Cognitive radio networking and communications: an overview
    2011 782 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  6. Device-to-Device Communications Underlaying Cellular Networks
    2013 727 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  7. OFDM and Its Wireless Applications: A Survey
    2008 696 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  8. Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Resource Allocation for V2V Communications
    2019 590 citations Hao Ye, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  9. Deep Learning-Based Channel Estimation for Beamspace mmWave Massive MIMO Systems
    2018 535 citations Hengtao He, Chao-Kai Wen et al. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters profile →
  10. Collaborative Cloud and Edge Computing for Latency Minimization
    2019 488 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  11. Energy-efficient link adaptation in frequency-selective channels
    2010 484 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  12. Deep Learning in Physical Layer Communications
    2019 470 citations Zhijin Qin, Hao Ye et al. profile →
  13. An Overview of Sustainable Green 5G Networks
    2017 435 citations Qingqing Wu, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. profile →
  14. Joint Offloading and Trajectory Design for UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing Systems
    2018 401 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. profile →
  15. Spectrum Sharing in Vehicular Networks Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
    2019 386 citations Le Liang, Hao Ye et al. profile →
  16. Spatial- and Frequency-Wideband Effects in Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems
    2018 385 citations Feifei Gao, Shi Jin et al. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing profile →
  17. Modulation and Multiple Access for 5G Networks
    2017 362 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. profile →
  18. Energy- and Spectral-Efficiency Tradeoff in Downlink OFDMA Networks
    2011 348 citations Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  19. Model-Driven Deep Learning for Physical Layer Communications
    2019 327 citations Hengtao He, Shi Jin et al. profile →
  20. Model-Driven Deep Learning for MIMO Detection
    2020 288 citations Hengtao He, Chao-Kai Wen et al. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing profile →
  21. Deep CNN-Based Channel Estimation for mmWave Massive MIMO Systems
    2019 274 citations Hua Zhang, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing profile →
  22. Deep Learning-Based End-to-End Wireless Communication Systems With Conditional GANs as Unknown Channels
    2020 269 citations Hao Ye, Le Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  23. Convolutional Neural Network-Based Multiple-Rate Compressive Sensing for Massive MIMO CSI Feedback: Design, Simulation, and Analysis
    2020 237 citations Chao-Kai Wen, Shi Jin et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  24. Resource Allocation for Text Semantic Communications
    2022 183 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters profile →
  25. Task-Oriented Multi-User Semantic Communications for VQA
    2021 159 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters profile →
  26. Wireless Semantic Communications for Video Conferencing
    2022 149 citations Peiwen Jiang, Chao-Kai Wen et al. profile →
  27. Robust Semantic Communications With Masked VQ-VAE Enabled Codebook
    2023 147 citations Zhijin Qin, Geoffrey Ye Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  28. Deep Learning Enabled Semantic Communications With Speech Recognition and Synthesis
    2023 143 citations Zhenzi Weng, Zhijin Qin et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Geoffrey Ye Li China 83 23.8k 12.7k 5.9k 5.6k 1.4k 503 30.1k
Ying‐Chang Liang Singapore 93 26.9k 1.1× 22.3k 1.8× 7.3k 1.2× 3.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.6× 753 36.1k
Nei Kato Japan 77 12.5k 0.5× 14.4k 1.1× 5.7k 1.0× 3.4k 0.6× 825 0.6× 600 23.4k
Khaled B. Letaief Hong Kong 78 22.0k 0.9× 20.6k 1.6× 4.3k 0.7× 3.2k 0.6× 871 0.6× 722 31.1k
Mérouane Debbah France 88 29.2k 1.2× 15.7k 1.2× 15.5k 2.6× 2.8k 0.5× 636 0.4× 634 38.8k
Chau Yuen Singapore 78 22.8k 1.0× 7.4k 0.6× 8.8k 1.5× 2.1k 0.4× 993 0.7× 935 28.7k
Mehdi Bennis Finland 70 15.3k 0.6× 13.3k 1.0× 8.5k 1.4× 3.8k 0.7× 354 0.2× 451 25.5k
Shuguang Cui China 63 11.9k 0.5× 11.2k 0.9× 2.4k 0.4× 4.3k 0.8× 571 0.4× 477 19.7k
Tony Q. S. Quek Singapore 68 13.1k 0.6× 11.8k 0.9× 3.1k 0.5× 3.8k 0.7× 410 0.3× 919 20.7k
Lajos Hanzo United Kingdom 110 50.4k 2.1× 26.1k 2.0× 14.7k 2.5× 6.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.9× 1.9k 60.6k
Arumugam Nallanathan United Kingdom 73 18.7k 0.8× 9.8k 0.8× 7.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.3× 833 0.6× 732 23.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geoffrey Ye Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geoffrey Ye Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geoffrey Ye Li 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 Geoffrey Ye Li. Geoffrey Ye Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weng, Zhenzi, Zhijin Qin, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2025). Robust Semantic Communications for Speech Transmission. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hua, et al.. (2025). Task-Oriented Semantic Communication for Stereo-Vision 3D Object Detection. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(9). 7552–7567.
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Tellambura, Chintha, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Beamforming Design for RSMA-Enabled Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 15369–15382.
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Zhou, Shenglong, et al.. (2024). A step function based recursion method for 0/1 deep neural networks. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 488. 129129–129129. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Kangjian, Chenhao Qi, Geoffrey Ye Li, & Octavia A. Dobre. (2024). Near-Field Multiuser Communications Based on Sparse Arrays. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 18(4). 619–632. 10 indexed citations
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Qi, Chenhao, et al.. (2024). Beam Switching Based Beam Design for High-Speed Train mmWave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(2). 1355–1370. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiqi, et al.. (2024). Beam Structured Channel Estimation for HF Skywave Massive MIMO-OFDM Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16301–16315. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). Learning Rate-Compatible Linear Block Codes: An Auto-Encoder Based Approach. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(4). 6745–6749. 1 indexed citations
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Zargari, Shayan, Chintha Tellambura, Amine Maaref, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2024). Deep Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks for Efficient Channel Estimation in AmBC Systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 805–822. 4 indexed citations
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Ye, Hao, Le Liang, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2022). Decentralized Federated Learning With Unreliable Communications. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 16(3). 487–500. 108 indexed citations
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Jiang, Peiwen, Chao-Kai Wen, Shi Jin, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2022). Deep Source-Channel Coding for Sentence Semantic Transmission With HARQ. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(8). 5225–5240. 127 indexed citations
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Qi, Chenhao, Qiang Liu, Xianghao Yu, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2022). Hybrid Precoding for Mixture Use of Phase Shifters and Switches in mmWave Massive MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(6). 4121–4133. 14 indexed citations
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Seddik, Karim G., et al.. (2021). RIS Optimization on the Complex Circle Manifold for Interference Mitigation in Interference Channels. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(6). 6184–6189. 44 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan, Chenhao Qi, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2020). Machine Learning for Beam Alignment in Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 9(6). 875–878. 58 indexed citations
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Zhao, Junhui, et al.. (2020). A Model-Driven Deep Learning Method for Massive MIMO Detection. IEEE Communications Letters. 24(8). 1724–1728. 60 indexed citations
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Li, Zhaohui, Chenhao Qi, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2020). Low-Complexity Multicast Beamforming for Millimeter Wave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 69(10). 12317–12320. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weile, et al.. (2019). Frequency Synchronization for Uplink Massive MIMO With Adaptive MUI Suppression in Angle Domain. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 67(8). 2143–2158. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianqi, Chao-Kai Wen, Shi Jin, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2018). Deep Learning-Based CSI Feedback Approach for Time-Varying Massive MIMO Channels. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 8(2). 416–419. 293 indexed citations
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He, Hengtao, Chao-Kai Wen, Shi Jin, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2018). Deep Learning-Based Channel Estimation for Beamspace mmWave Massive MIMO Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 7(5). 852–855. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Qingqing, Geoffrey Ye Li, Wen Chen, & Derrick Wing Kwan Ng. (2017). Energy-Efficient D2D Overlaying Communications With Spectrum-Power Trading. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(7). 4404–4419. 66 indexed citations

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