Kaitao Meng

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Kaitao Meng is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitao Meng has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Kaitao Meng's work include Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (18 papers), UAV Applications and Optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (9 papers). Kaitao Meng is often cited by papers focused on Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (18 papers), UAV Applications and Optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (9 papers). Kaitao Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Macao. Kaitao Meng's co-authors include Qingqing Wu, Wen Chen, Shaodan Ma, Deshi Li, Robert Schober, Christos Masouros, Jun Li, Kunlun Wang, Jie Xu and Zhiyong Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Sensors and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kaitao Meng

43 papers receiving 904 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.

  1. UAV-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication: Opportunities and Challenges
    2023 183 citations Kaitao Meng, Qingqing Wu et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →
  2. Throughput Maximization for UAV-Enabled Integrated Periodic Sensing and Communication
    2022 177 citations Kaitao Meng, Qingqing Wu 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
Kaitao Meng China 14 562 458 276 80 48 49 912
Weizhi Zhong China 16 432 0.8× 517 1.1× 146 0.5× 106 1.3× 43 0.9× 62 736
Kang Song China 15 245 0.4× 586 1.3× 344 1.2× 100 1.3× 51 1.1× 64 855
Anna Calveras Spain 15 259 0.5× 472 1.0× 500 1.8× 73 0.9× 77 1.6× 68 782
Jingxuan Huang China 12 338 0.6× 417 0.9× 238 0.9× 23 0.3× 46 1.0× 50 681
Beeshanga Abewardana Jayawickrama Australia 12 376 0.7× 447 1.0× 348 1.3× 127 1.6× 13 0.3× 41 764
P. Muthuchidambaranathan India 12 393 0.7× 536 1.2× 264 1.0× 85 1.1× 60 1.3× 79 715
Wooyeol Choi South Korea 11 163 0.3× 249 0.5× 176 0.6× 91 1.1× 44 0.9× 51 491
Zhen Xue China 13 360 0.6× 286 0.6× 245 0.9× 67 0.8× 13 0.3× 23 552
Dario Vlah United States 13 252 0.4× 567 1.2× 853 3.1× 64 0.8× 52 1.1× 29 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaitao Meng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaitao Meng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kaitao Meng. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kaitao Meng. The network helps show where Kaitao Meng may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaitao Meng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaitao Meng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaitao Meng 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 Kaitao Meng. Kaitao Meng 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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Lai, Jiang, et al.. (2025). Learning-Based Constellation Design for Uplink Bi-Static Integrated Sensing and Communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(8). 13219–13224. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2025). Multiscale Vehicle Localization in Heterogeneous Mobile Communication Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(9). 11408–11424.
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2025). Network-Level ISAC: An Analytical Study of Antenna Topologies Ranging From Massive to Cell-Free MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(12). 10003–10018. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gong, et al.. (2025). Reconfigurable intelligent surface-enabled gridless DoA estimation system for NLoS scenarios. Signal Processing. 233. 109934–109934. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoyang, Guangxu Zhu, Kaifeng Han, et al.. (2025). Network-Level Performance Analysis for Air-Ground Integrated Sensing and Communication. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(8). 6931–6946. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2025). Sensing-Secure ISAC: Ambiguity Function Engineering for Impairing Unauthorized Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 5386–5400.
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Xu, Hao, Kai‐Kit Wong, Kaitao Meng, et al.. (2025). Full-Duplex FAS-Assisted Base Station for ISAC. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 2922–2938.
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Salem, Abdelhamid, Kaitao Meng, Christos Masouros, Fan Liu, & David López-Pérez. (2024). Rethinking Dense Cells for Integrated Sensing and Communications: A Stochastic Geometric View. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 5. 2226–2239. 15 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2024). Cooperative ISAC Networks: Performance Analysis, Scaling Laws, and Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(2). 877–892. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Deshi, et al.. (2024). Road-Aware Localization With Salient Feature Matching in Heterogeneous Networks. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Hua, Meng, Guangji Chen, Kaitao Meng, et al.. (2024). 3D Multi-Target Localization via Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Protocol and Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16527–16543. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, et al.. (2024). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided AirComp: Multi-Timescale Design and Performance Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(4). 6644–6649. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Deshi, et al.. (2024). Rechargeable UAV Trajectory Optimization for Real-Time Persistent Data Collection of Large-Scale Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(6). 4137–4152. 5 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2024). Coordinated Computing Resource Allocation With Efficiency Maximization in Heterogeneous Platoon Edge Network. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 25(11). 15809–15826.
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Meng, Kaitao, Qingqing Wu, Jie Xu, et al.. (2023). UAV-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication: Opportunities and Challenges. IEEE Wireless Communications. 31(2). 97–104. 183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Kaitao, et al.. (2023). Intelligent Surface Empowered Sensing and Communication: A Novel Mutual Assistance Design. IEEE Communications Letters. 27(8). 2212–2216. 13 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, Qingqing Wu, Robert Schober, & Wen Chen. (2022). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enabled Multi-Target Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(12). 8313–8330. 43 indexed citations
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Meng, Kaitao, Xiaofan He, Qingqing Wu, & Deshi Li. (2022). Multi-UAV Cooperative Sensing and Communication with Replicated Task Allocation. 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). 910–915. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingliu, et al.. (2021). Double-Scale Adaptive Transmission in Time-Varying Channel for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. Sensors. 21(6). 2252–2252. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Deshi, et al.. (2021). Joint trajectory and transmission optimization for energy efficient UAV enabled eLAA network. Ad Hoc Networks. 116. 102466–102466. 12 indexed citations

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