Pengfei Xia

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Xia is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Xia has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 28 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Xia's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (26 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (18 papers) and Wireless Communication Networks Research (15 papers). Pengfei Xia is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (26 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (18 papers) and Wireless Communication Networks Research (15 papers). Pengfei Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Pengfei Xia's co-authors include Georgios B. Giannakis, Xiang‐Gen Xia, Zhenyu Xiao, Sheng Zhou, Jinho Choi, Lipeng Zhu, Jun Wu, Zhizhao Liu, Wujiao Dai and Changsheng Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Pengfei Xia

61 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Enabling UAV cellular with millimeter-wave communication:... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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. Enabling UAV cellular with millimeter-wave communication: potentials and approaches
    2016 328 citations Zhenyu Xiao, Pengfei Xia 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
Pengfei Xia United States 23 2.1k 796 695 106 101 64 2.4k
Joohwan Chun South Korea 22 1.0k 0.5× 402 0.5× 696 1.0× 77 0.7× 89 0.9× 190 1.7k
Erdal Panayırcı Türkiye 25 3.0k 1.5× 562 0.7× 987 1.4× 116 1.1× 91 0.9× 183 3.3k
R.E. Ziemer United States 14 1.1k 0.5× 206 0.3× 691 1.0× 78 0.7× 116 1.1× 72 1.6k
Ronny Hadani United States 11 1.7k 0.8× 473 0.6× 250 0.4× 83 0.8× 71 0.7× 24 1.9k
Huafei Sun China 15 444 0.2× 546 0.7× 131 0.2× 117 1.1× 258 2.6× 88 1.3k
Mojtaba Soltanalian United States 21 747 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 295 0.4× 102 1.0× 289 2.9× 105 1.7k
Bernd Eissfeller Germany 21 488 0.2× 1.2k 1.5× 232 0.3× 44 0.4× 95 0.9× 148 1.5k
Michael A. Jensen United States 29 4.6k 2.2× 3.1k 3.8× 893 1.3× 247 2.3× 69 0.7× 208 5.1k
Mats Bengtsson Sweden 32 3.4k 1.7× 968 1.2× 1.9k 2.8× 40 0.4× 182 1.8× 185 3.9k
Weimin Jia China 19 589 0.3× 711 0.9× 137 0.2× 95 0.9× 79 0.8× 51 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Pengfei Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pengfei Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengfei Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pengfei Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pengfei Xia 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 Pengfei Xia. Pengfei Xia 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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Li, Liying, et al.. (2025). Reinforcement learning based offloading and resource allocation for multi-intelligent vehicles in green edge-cloud computing. Computer Communications. 232. 108051–108051. 1 indexed citations
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Rahman, Mohammad Ziaur, Min Liu, Li Zhong, et al.. (2025). Facet specific electron conduction in pentavalent (W5+) WO3 drives superior photocatalytic CO2 reduction in (002) plane. Separation and Purification Technology. 370. 133187–133187.
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Li, Jiaojiao, Qili Zhang, Dan Wu, et al.. (2025). Design, synthesis, and evaluation of phosphorylated rhein derivatives with enhanced antiproliferative activity. Bioorganic Chemistry. 166. 109172–109172.
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Ismail, Pir Muhammad, Sharafat Ali, Fazal Raziq, et al.. (2023). Stable and Robust Single Transition-Metal Atom Catalyst for Co2 Reduction Supported on Defective Ws2. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Wen, Fang, Qingqing Zhang, Qingwen Liu, Jun Wu, & Pengfei Xia. (2018). Fair Scheduling in Resonant Beam Charging for IoT Devices. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(1). 641–653. 31 indexed citations
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Xiong, Mingliang, Mingqing Liu, Qingqing Zhang, et al.. (2018). TDMA in Adaptive Resonant Beam Charging for IoT Devices. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(1). 867–877. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qingqing, et al.. (2018). Optimal Resonant Beam Charging for Electronic Vehicles in Internet of Intelligent Vehicles. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(1). 6–14. 17 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhenyu, Lipeng Zhu, Jinho Choi, Pengfei Xia, & Xiang‐Gen Xia. (2018). Joint Power Allocation and Beamforming for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in 5G Millimeter Wave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 17(5). 2961–2974. 216 indexed citations
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Wen, Fang, Qingqing Zhang, Mingqing Liu, Qingwen Liu, & Pengfei Xia. (2018). Earning Maximization With Quality of Charging Service Guarantee for IoT Devices. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(1). 1114–1124. 13 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhenyu, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Channel Estimation and Codebook Design for Millimeter-Wave Communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67(10). 9393–9405. 69 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingqing, Mingliang Xiong, Hao Deng, et al.. (2018). Mobile Energy Internet. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhenyu, Pengfei Xia, & Xiang‐Gen Xia. (2017). Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding for Millimeter-Wave MIMO Systems: A Low-Complexity Overall Solution. IEEE Access. 5. 16100–16110. 64 indexed citations
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Xia, Pengfei, Robert W. Heath, & Nuria González‐Prelcic. (2016). Robust Analog Precoding Designs for Millimeter Wave MIMO Transceivers With Frequency and Time Division Duplexing. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 64(11). 4622–4634. 14 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhenyu, Pengfei Xia, & Xiang‐Gen Xia. (2016). Codebook Design for Millimeter-Wave Channel Estimation With Hybrid Precoding Structure. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(1). 141–153. 106 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiao, Zhenyu Xiao, Lin Bai, et al.. (2016). Beamforming Based Full-Duplex for Millimeter-Wave Communication. Sensors. 16(7). 1130–1130. 37 indexed citations
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Xia, Pengfei, Robert W. Heath, & Nuria González‐Prelcic. (2016). Robust Analog Precoding Designs for Millimeter Wave MIMO Transceivers. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Pengfei, et al.. (2015). Transmit power control and clear channel assessment in LAA networks. 210–213. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofei, et al.. (2014). Carrier Grade Wi-Fi: Air interface requirements and technologies. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Xia, Pengfei, et al.. (2013). Advanced power control techniques for interference mitigation in dense 802.11 networks. Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications. 1–7. 12 indexed citations
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