Xiaowei Pang

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Pang is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Pang has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 3 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Pang's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (27 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (27 papers) and Wireless Communication Security Techniques (7 papers). Xiaowei Pang is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (27 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (27 papers) and Wireless Communication Security Techniques (7 papers). Xiaowei Pang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Xiaowei Pang's co-authors include Nan Zhao, Jie Tang, Dusit Niyato, Kai‐Kit Wong, Yunfei Chen, Zhiguo Ding, Celimuge Wu, Zan Li, Min Sheng and Feng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Pang

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Joint Trajectory and Precoding Optimization for UAV-Assis... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Joint Trajectory and Precoding Optimization for UAV-Assisted NOMA Networks
    2019 271 citations Nan Zhao, Xiaowei Pang et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  2. IRS-Assisted Secure UAV Transmission via Joint Trajectory and Beamforming Design
    2021 246 citations Xiaowei Pang, Nan Zhao et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  3. When UAV Meets IRS: Expanding Air-Ground Networks via Passive Reflection
    2021 241 citations Xiaowei Pang, Min Sheng et al. IEEE 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
Xiaowei Pang China 15 1.1k 1.1k 383 129 61 35 1.5k
Ankur Bansal India 20 452 0.4× 913 0.8× 228 0.6× 65 0.5× 112 1.8× 84 1.1k
Wenqiang Yi United Kingdom 20 503 0.4× 942 0.8× 333 0.9× 45 0.3× 115 1.9× 72 1.2k
Tong Bai China 17 631 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 517 1.3× 116 0.9× 102 1.7× 45 1.5k
Vivek Ashok Bohara India 20 218 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 356 0.9× 34 0.3× 36 0.6× 177 1.2k
Kefeng Guo China 25 1.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 625 1.6× 27 0.2× 62 1.0× 113 1.8k
Limeng Dong China 13 423 0.4× 778 0.7× 137 0.4× 33 0.3× 56 0.9× 62 921
Sai Xu China 16 336 0.3× 637 0.6× 202 0.5× 18 0.1× 47 0.8× 54 763
Kaitao Meng China 14 562 0.5× 458 0.4× 276 0.7× 80 0.6× 35 0.6× 49 912
Jian Ouyang China 19 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 762 2.0× 21 0.2× 56 0.9× 115 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaowei Pang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaowei Pang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowei Pang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaowei Pang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaowei Pang 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 Xiaowei Pang. Xiaowei Pang 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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Dai, Yangyang, Xiaowei Pang, Weidang Lu, Nan Zhao, & Arumugam Nallanathan. (2025). Joint Design for STAR-RIS Aided Secure Air-Ground Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 1–14.
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Wei, Wenjing, Xiaowei Pang, Xiaoqi Qin, et al.. (2024). Cramér-Rao Bound and Secure Transmission Trade-Off Design for Semi-IRS-Enabled ISAC. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 15753–15767. 7 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, Shaoyong Guo, Jie Tang, Nan Zhao, & Naofal Al‐Dhahir. (2024). Dynamic ISAC Beamforming Design for UAV-Enabled Vehicular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16852–16864. 12 indexed citations
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Kong, Lingqin, et al.. (2024). Signal Enhancing: Bi-Static ISAC with IRS-Mounted Target. 675–680. 2 indexed citations
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Kong, Lingqin, Xiaowei Pang, Jie Tang, et al.. (2024). Signal Enhancement and Suppression Schemes for Bi-Static ISAC With IRS-Mounted Target. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(5). 3718–3732. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Wenjing, Xiaowei Pang, Xiaoqi Qin, et al.. (2024). Joint Design for Cramér-Rao Bound and Secure Transmission in Semi-IRS Aided ISAC Systems. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, Shaoyong Guo, Jie Tang, Nan Zhao, & Naofal Al‐Dhahir. (2024). UAV-Enabled Adaptive Beamforming for ISAC Vehicular Networks. 2113–2118. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Wenjing, Xiaowei Pang, Chengwen Xing, Nan Zhao, & Dusit Niyato. (2024). Joint Beamforming Design for Secure Transmission in STAR-RIS Aided ISAC. 5075–5080. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Wenjing, Xiaowei Pang, Jie Tang, et al.. (2023). Joint Placement and Precoding Design for Aerial IRS Aided Secure Communication Networks. Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London). 584–590. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianhao, Xiaowei Pang, Mingqian Liu, et al.. (2023). Offline-Online Design for Energy-Efficient IRS-Aided UAV Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(2). 2942–2947. 10 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2023). Joint Location and Beamforming Optimization for STAR-RIS Aided NOMA-UAV Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(8). 11023–11028. 38 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). IRS-UAV Relaying Networks for Spectrum and Energy Efficiency Maximization. ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2834–2839. 8 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). Spectrum and Energy Efficiency Optimization in IRS-Assisted UAV Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(10). 6489–6502. 87 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, Nan Zhao, Jie Tang, Dusit Niyato, & Kai‐Kit Wong. (2021). Joint Trajectory and Beamforming Optimization for Secure UAV Transmission Aided by IRS. 2021 13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP). 1–6. 7 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, Nan Zhao, Jie Tang, et al.. (2021). IRS-Assisted Secure UAV Transmission via Joint Trajectory and Beamforming Design. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(2). 1140–1152. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pang, Xiaowei, Min Sheng, Nan Zhao, et al.. (2021). When UAV Meets IRS: Expanding Air-Ground Networks via Passive Reflection. IEEE Wireless Communications. 28(5). 164–170. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ran, Xiaowei Pang, Jie Tang, et al.. (2020). Joint Location and Transmit Power Optimization for NOMA-UAV Networks via Updating Decoding Order. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 10(1). 136–140. 44 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaowei, Guan Gui, Nan Zhao, et al.. (2019). Uplink Precoding Optimization for NOMA Cellular-Connected UAV Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 68(2). 1271–1283. 52 indexed citations
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Zhao, Nan, Xiaowei Pang, Zan Li, et al.. (2019). Joint Trajectory and Precoding Optimization for UAV-Assisted NOMA Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(5). 3723–3735. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pang, Xiaowei, Nan Zhao, Weile Zhang, et al.. (2019). Precoding Optimization for NOMA UAV with Cellular Connections. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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