Wenyan Ma

2.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Wenyan Ma is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenyan Ma has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 3 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Wenyan Ma's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (21 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (14 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (10 papers). Wenyan Ma is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (21 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (14 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (10 papers). Wenyan Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Canada. Wenyan Ma's co-authors include Rui Zhang, Lipeng Zhu, Chenhao Qi, Xiaodan Shao, Boyu Ning, Zaichen Zhang, Xiaoming Chen, Changsheng You, Geoffrey Ye Li and Julian Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wenyan Ma

31 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Modeling and Performance Analysis for Movable Antenna Ena... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 50 100 150 200
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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. Modeling and Performance Analysis for Movable Antenna Enabled Wireless Communications
    2023 248 citations Lipeng Zhu, Wenyan Ma et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  2. Target Sensing With Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Architecture and Performance
    2022 220 citations Xiaodan Shao, Wenyan Ma et al. profile →
  3. MIMO Capacity Characterization for Movable Antenna Systems
    2023 198 citations Wenyan Ma, Lipeng Zhu et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  4. Movable-Antenna Enhanced Multiuser Communication via Antenna Position Optimization
    2023 169 citations Lipeng Zhu, Wenyan Ma et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  5. Movable-Antenna Array Enhanced Beamforming: Achieving Full Array Gain With Null Steering
    2023 106 citations Lipeng Zhu, Wenyan Ma et al. IEEE Communications Letters profile →
  6. A Tutorial on Movable Antennas for Wireless Networks
    2025 61 citations Lipeng Zhu, Wenyan Ma et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →
  7. Multi-Beam Forming With Movable-Antenna Array
    2024 56 citations Wenyan Ma, Lipeng Zhu et al. IEEE Communications Letters profile →

Peers

Wenyan Ma
Trinh Van Chien Vietnam
Kangda Zhi China
Youxi Tang China
P. Raviteja Australia
Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos United Kingdom
Ibrahim Hemadeh United Kingdom
Bhavani Shankar Luxembourg
Hei Victor Cheng Canada
Haifan Yin China
Gangcan Sun China
Trinh Van Chien Vietnam
Wenyan Ma
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenyan Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenyan Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenyan Ma 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 Wenyan Ma. Wenyan Ma 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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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, Zhenyu Xiao, & Rui Zhang. (2025). Movable Antenna Enabled Near-Field Communications: Channel Modeling and Performance Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(9). 7240–7256. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xianchao, et al.. (2025). 6-D Movable Antenna Enhanced Interference Mitigation for Cellular-Connected UAV Communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(6). 1618–1622. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, Weidong Mei, et al.. (2025). A Tutorial on Movable Antennas for Wireless Networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 3002–3054. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Lipeng, He Sun, Wenyan Ma, Zhenyu Xiao, & Rui Zhang. (2025). Multiuser Communications Aided by Cross-Linked Movable Antenna Array: Architecture and Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 6729–6744. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, et al.. (2025). Performance Characterization of Movable Antenna Enabled Near-Field Communications. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, Zhenyu Xiao, & Rui Zhang. (2024). Performance Analysis and Optimization for Movable Antenna Aided Wideband Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(12). 18653–18668. 38 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Beam Coverage for Satellite Communications Aided by Movable-Antenna Array. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(3). 1916–1933. 21 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, et al.. (2024). Movable Antenna Aided Satellite Beam Coverage Optimization. 2575–2580. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan, Lipeng Zhu, & Rui Zhang. (2024). Movable Antenna Enhanced Wireless Sensing via Antenna Position Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16575–16589. 37 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, et al.. (2024). Wideband Communications Aided by Movable Antenna. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, Boyu Ning, & Rui Zhang. (2023). Movable-Antenna Enhanced Multiuser Communication via Antenna Position Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(7). 7214–7229. 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Wenyan, Lipeng Zhu, & Rui Zhang. (2023). Compressed Sensing Based Channel Estimation for Movable Antenna Communications. IEEE Communications Letters. 27(10). 2747–2751. 106 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, & Rui Zhang. (2023). Movable-Antenna Array Enhanced Beamforming: Achieving Full Array Gain With Null Steering. IEEE Communications Letters. 27(12). 3340–3344. 106 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, & Rui Zhang. (2023). Performance Analysis for Movable Antenna Aided Wireless Communications. 703–708. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan, Lipeng Zhu, & Rui Zhang. (2022). Passive Beamforming for 3-D Coverage in IRS-Assisted Communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 11(8). 1763–1767. 17 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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Ma, Wenyan, Chenhao Qi, & Geoffrey Ye Li. (2020). High-Resolution Channel Estimation for Frequency-Selective mmWave Massive MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(5). 3517–3529. 46 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan, Chenhao Qi, Zaichen Zhang, & Julian Cheng. (2020). Sparse Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding Using Deep Learning for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 68(5). 2838–2849. 153 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan & Chenhao Qi. (2018). Beamspace Channel Estimation for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO System With Hybrid Precoding and Combining. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 66(18). 4839–4853. 28 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenyan & Chenhao Qi. (2017). Channel Estimation for 3-D Lens Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO System. IEEE Communications Letters. 21(9). 2045–2048. 25 indexed citations

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