Pan Cao

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Pan Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pan Cao has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 15 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pan Cao's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (26 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (15 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (14 papers). Pan Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (26 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (15 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (14 papers). Pan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Pan Cao's co-authors include John Thompson, Harald Haas, Eduard A. Jorswieck, Longning Qi, Yuan Zhuang, Jun Yang, Yue Cao, Yongpeng Wu, Luchi Hua and Alessio Zappone and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Pan Cao

60 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Survey of Positioning Systems Using Visible LED Lights 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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. A Survey of Positioning Systems Using Visible LED Lights
    2018 455 citations Pan Cao, John Thompson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pan Cao China 17 1.1k 353 227 143 107 60 1.3k
Bingcheng Zhu China 19 1.0k 0.9× 313 0.9× 149 0.7× 89 0.6× 125 1.2× 115 1.2k
Alessandro Polo Italy 18 512 0.5× 263 0.7× 146 0.6× 91 0.6× 135 1.3× 70 949
Harilaos G. Sandalidis Greece 22 2.0k 1.8× 832 2.4× 164 0.7× 204 1.4× 246 2.3× 56 2.1k
Telex M. N. Ngatched Canada 22 1.5k 1.3× 367 1.0× 378 1.7× 119 0.8× 31 0.3× 114 1.6k
Mauro Biagi Italy 21 1.2k 1.1× 147 0.4× 353 1.6× 157 1.1× 16 0.1× 157 1.4k
Ronald Freund Germany 21 1.8k 1.6× 129 0.4× 140 0.6× 37 0.3× 157 1.5× 186 1.9k
Dahai Han China 17 731 0.6× 133 0.4× 137 0.6× 78 0.5× 30 0.3× 102 831
Aiying Yang China 17 835 0.7× 112 0.3× 34 0.1× 96 0.7× 129 1.2× 114 920
Mehtab Singh India 24 1.6k 1.4× 325 0.9× 81 0.4× 138 1.0× 208 1.9× 135 1.7k
Osama Amin Saudi Arabia 24 1.5k 1.3× 257 0.7× 673 3.0× 110 0.8× 17 0.2× 97 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Pan Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pan Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pan Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pan Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pan Cao 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 Pan Cao. Pan Cao 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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Hao, Lili, et al.. (2024). A novel sum-rate maximization scheme for NOMA-VLC systems via the black widow enhanced Kepler optimization algorithm. Optics Communications. 573. 130979–130979. 1 indexed citations
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Hao, Lili, Pan Cao, Chengdong Li, & Dongyi Wang. (2024). The CESAE multiple objection optimization network of the ACO-OFDM VLC system. Optics Communications. 558. 130365–130365. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan. (2022). Cellular Base Station Imaging for UAV Detection. IEEE Access. 10. 24843–24851. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Fan, Tingting Zhang, & Pan Cao. (2021). Asynchronous Integration of Communication and Localization Systems Using IR-UWB Signals. 521–527. 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, John, et al.. (2018). Efficient Optimization Algorithms for Multi-User Beamforming With Superposition Coding. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66(12). 5902–5915. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan, John Thompson, & H. Vincent Poor. (2017). A sequential constraint relaxation algorithm for rank-one constrained problems. 1060–1064. 71 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yufei, Yunlu Wang, Pan Cao, et al.. (2017). Robust and Low-Complexity Timing Synchronization for DCO-OFDM LiFi Systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36(1). 53–65. 42 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan, et al.. (2016). Achievable Rate Performance of TDD Multi-cell Massive MIMO with Non-Orthogonal Pilots. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan, John Thompson, & Harald Haas. (2016). Constant Modulus Shaped Beam Synthesis via Convex Relaxation. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 16. 617–620. 56 indexed citations
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Zappone, Alessio, Pan Cao, & Eduard A. Jorswieck. (2014). Low-Complexity Energy Efficiency Optimization with Statistical CSI in Two-Hop MIMO Systems. IEEE Signal Processing Letters. 21(11). 1398–1402. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Jiayang, Pan Cao, Ting Pan, et al.. (2014). Compact on-chip 1 × 2 wavelength selective switch based on silicon microring resonator with nested pairs of subrings. Photonics Research. 3(1). 9–9. 35 indexed citations
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Zappone, Alessio, Pan Cao, & Eduard A. Jorswieck. (2013). Energy efficiency optimization in multiuser relay-assisted MIMO systems. 778–782. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Ming Zhu, Chenhui Ye, et al.. (2013). Generation and transmission of multiband and multi-gigabit 60-GHz MMW signals in an RoF system with frequency quintupling technique. Optics Express. 21(8). 9899–9899. 26 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan, Xiao Hu, Liang Zhang, et al.. (2013). Power margin improvement for OFDMA-PON using hierarchical modulation. Optics Express. 21(7). 8261–8261. 12 indexed citations
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Mochaourab, Rami, Pan Cao, & Eduard A. Jorswieck. (2013). Alternating rate profile optimization in single stream MIMO interference channels. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 20. 4834–4838. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Pan, Eduard A. Jorswieck, & Shuying Shi. (2012). On the Pareto Boundary for the Two-User Single-Beam MIMO Interference Channel. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiao, et al.. (2012). Energy-efficient optical line terminal for WDM-OFDM-PON based on two-dimensional subcarrier and layer allocation. Optics Express. 20(23). 25284–25284. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Xiao Hu, Pan Cao, Qingjiang Chang, & Yikai Su. (2012). Simultaneous generation of independent wired and 60-GHz wireless signals in an integrated WDM-PON-RoF system based on frequency-sextupling and OCS-DPSK modulation. Optics Express. 20(13). 14648–14648. 27 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiao, et al.. (2012). Energy-efficient WDM-OFDM-PON employing shared OFDM modulation modules in optical line terminal. Optics Express. 20(7). 8071–8071. 22 indexed citations

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