Ivan Ku

852 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 585 citations indexed

About

Ivan Ku is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan Ku has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 585 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ivan Ku's work include Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (8 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (8 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (4 papers). Ivan Ku is often cited by papers focused on Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (8 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (8 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (4 papers). Ivan Ku collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, United Kingdom and Oman. Ivan Ku's co-authors include John Thompson, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, Mohammad Reza Nakhai, Jiayi Zhang, Congzheng Han, Stefan Videv, Harald Haas, Lajos Hanzo, Simon Armour and Ioannis Krikidis and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking and IET Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ivan Ku

10 papers receiving 566 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.

Green radio: radio techniques to enable energy-efficient wireless networks

2011 531 citations Congzheng Han, Simon Armour et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ivan Ku Malaysia	5	559	382	28	21	12	12	585
Jeongho Jeon United States	12	438 0.8×	332 0.9×	51 1.8×	22 1.0×	7 0.6×	28	498
Auon Muhammad Akhtar Canada	11	230 0.4×	284 0.7×	15 0.5×	10 0.5×	12 1.0×	27	336
Wentao Zhao China	11	445 0.8×	358 0.9×	38 1.4×	14 0.7×	2 0.2×	25	487
Kyunghun Jang South Korea	11	387 0.7×	492 1.3×	60 2.1×	10 0.5×	7 0.6×	29	541
Hongcheng Zhuang China	12	320 0.6×	299 0.8×	27 1.0×	11 0.5×	6 0.5×	67	392
Duk Kyung Kim South Korea	12	430 0.8×	377 1.0×	22 0.8×	6 0.3×	17 1.4×	61	455
Hyeyeon Kwon South Korea	6	255 0.5×	186 0.5×	25 0.9×	40 1.9×	3 0.3×	28	303
Bingli Jiao China	8	429 0.8×	316 0.8×	31 1.1×	10 0.5×	13 1.1×	18	445
Mythri Hunukumbure United Kingdom	10	291 0.5×	153 0.4×	51 1.8×	31 1.5×	6 0.5×	39	311
Hauke Holtkamp Germany	4	360 0.6×	214 0.6×	36 1.3×	23 1.1×	6 0.5×	5	383

Countries citing papers authored by Ivan Ku

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ivan Ku

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan Ku

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

1.

Le, Tuan Anh, Ivan Ku, Xin‐She Yang, Christos Masouros, & Tho Le‐Ngoc. (2025). DFRC Systems Co-Existing in Licensed Spectrum: Cognitive Beamforming Designs. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 12. 1155–1168.

2.

Ku, Ivan, et al.. (2019). On the Efficiency of MIMO Transmission with Channel State Information Feedback. Siti Hasmah Digital Library-MMU Institutiona Repository (Multimedia University). 406–410. 1 indexed citations

3.

Ku, Ivan, et al.. (2019). Performance of Practical Multiuser MIMO Networks with Limited CSI Feedback. Siti Hasmah Digital Library-MMU Institutiona Repository (Multimedia University). 118–123.

4.

Alias, Mohamad Yusoff, et al.. (2018). Optimization of Multi-objective Resource Allocation Problem in Cognitive Radio LTE/LTE-A Femtocell Networks Using NSGA II. Siti Hasmah Digital Library-MMU Institutiona Repository (Multimedia University). 60. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

5.

El‐Saleh, Ayman A., et al.. (2018). Improved Joint Cell Association and Interference Mitigation for LTE-A Heterogeneous Networks. Siti Hasmah Digital Library-MMU Institutiona Repository (Multimedia University). 8 indexed citations

6.

Yip, Sook-Chin, KokSheik Wong, Raphaël C.‐W. Phan, et al.. (2014). A Privacy-Preserving and Cheat-Resilient electricity consumption reporting Scheme for smart grids. Siti Hasmah Digital Library-MMU Institutiona Repository (Multimedia University). 1–5. 8 indexed citations

7.

Ku, Ivan, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, & John Thompson. (2013). Spectral, energy and economic efficiency of relay‐aided cellular networks. IET Communications. 7(14). 1476–1486. 20 indexed citations

8.

Ku, Ivan, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, & John Thompson. (2012). Spectral-energy efficiency tradeoff in multicell cellular networks with adaptive relay cooperation. 4386–4391. 3 indexed citations

9.

Han, Congzheng, Simon Armour, Ioannis Krikidis, et al.. (2011). Green radio: radio techniques to enable energy-efficient wireless networks. IEEE Communications Magazine. 49(6). 46–54. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Ku, Ivan, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, John Thompson, & Peter Grant. (2011). Impact of receiver interference cancellation techniques on the base station power consumption in MIMO systems with inter-cell interference. 1798–1802. 4 indexed citations

11.

Ku, Ivan, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, John Thompson, & Peter Grant. (2011). Transmission energy consumption in MIMO systems under inter-cell interference. 263–267. 2 indexed citations

12.

Ku, Ivan. (2009). Robust multicarrier CDMA receiver for coded power-line communications. IEICE Electronics Express. 6(6). 347–353. 2 indexed citations

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