Yanshi Sun

759 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 476 citations indexed

About

Yanshi Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanshi Sun has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 476 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Yanshi Sun's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (21 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (8 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (7 papers). Yanshi Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (21 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (8 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (7 papers). Yanshi Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Yanshi Sun's co-authors include Zhiguo Ding, Xuchu Dai, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Qingchao Li, Lajos Hanzo, Octavia A. Dobre, Ibrahim Hemadeh, Keivan Navaie, Arman Shojaeifard and Chee Yen Leow and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yanshi Sun

26 papers receiving 472 citations

Hit Papers

Pinching Antennas: Principles, Applications and Challenges 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15 20
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. Pinching Antennas: Principles, Applications and Challenges
    2025 20 citations Zheng Yang, Yanshi Sun et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →

Peers

Yanshi Sun
Dimitrios Tyrovolas Greece
Kamal Agrawal India
Bilal Muhammad Denmark
Xiaoling Hu China
Lou Zhao China
Tawfik Osman United States
Ju-Hyung Lee South Korea
Sisai Fang United Kingdom
Pei Zhou China
Yue Tian China
Dimitrios Tyrovolas Greece
Yanshi Sun
Citations per year, relative to Yanshi Sun Yanshi Sun (= 1×) peers Dimitrios Tyrovolas

Countries citing papers authored by Yanshi Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanshi Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanshi Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanshi Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanshi Sun 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 Yanshi Sun. Yanshi Sun 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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Yang, Zheng, Yanshi Sun, Zhiguo Ding, et al.. (2025). Pinching Antennas: Principles, Applications and Challenges. IEEE Wireless Communications. 33(2). 175–184. 20 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yanshi, et al.. (2025). A Feasibility Study on Modulation-Domain Waveform Design for Physical Layer Security. IEEE Communications Letters. 29(5). 988–992.
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Li, Qingchao, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Yanshi Sun, et al.. (2024). Achievable Rate Analysis of Intelligent Omni-Surface Assisted NOMA Holographic MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(5). 7400–7405. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, et al.. (2024). Hybrid SIC-Aided Hybrid NOMA: A New Approach for Improving Energy Efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(3). 2007–2021. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qingchao, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Yanshi Sun, et al.. (2024). Energy-Efficient Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces Operating in the Presence of Realistic Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(8). 5226–5238. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Qingchao, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Yanshi Sun, & Lajos Hanzo. (2024). Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces in the Near-Field Scenario of Cell-Free Networks Under Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(9). 11972–11984. 27 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, et al.. (2023). Hybrid Successive Interference Cancellation and Power Adaptation: A Win-Win Strategy for Robust Uplink NOMA Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(2). 771–785. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, et al.. (2023). On the Application of Quasi-Degradation to Network NOMA in Downlink CoMP Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(2). 978–993. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi & Zhiguo Ding. (2023). A Fine Grained Stochastic Geometry-Based Analysis on LEO Satellite Communication Systems. IEEE Networking Letters. 5(4). 237–240. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Qingchao, Mohammed El‐Hajjar, Yanshi Sun, et al.. (2023). Achievable Rate Analysis of the STAR-RIS-Aided NOMA Uplink in the Face of Imperfect CSI and Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(10). 6100–6114. 59 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, et al.. (2023). Stochastic Geometry Based Modeling and Analysis on Network NOMA in Downlink CoMP Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(1). 1388–1393. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, & Xuchu Dai. (2021). A New Design of Hybrid SIC for Improving Transmission Robustness in Uplink NOMA. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(5). 5083–5087. 40 indexed citations
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New, Wee Kiat, Chee Yen Leow, Keivan Navaie, Yanshi Sun, & Zhiguo Ding. (2021). Interference-Aware NOMA for Cellular-Connected UAVs: Stochastic Geometry Analysis. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 39(10). 3067–3080. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, & Xuchu Dai. (2021). On the Outage Performance of Network NOMA (N-NOMA) Modeled by Poisson Line Cox Point Process. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(8). 7936–7950. 18 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, Xuchu Dai, Keivan Navaie, & Daniel K. C. So. (2020). Performance of Downlink NOMA in Vehicular Communication Networks: An Analysis Based on Poisson Line Cox Point Process. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 69(11). 14001–14006. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, Xuchu Dai, & Octavia A. Dobre. (2019). On the Performance of Network NOMA in Uplink CoMP Systems: A Stochastic Geometry Approach. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(7). 5084–5098. 56 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, & Xuchu Dai. (2019). A User-Centric Cooperative Scheme for UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks in Malfunction Areas. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(12). 8786–8800. 36 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, Xuchu Dai, & George K. Karagiannidis. (2018). A Feasibility Study on Network NOMA. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66(9). 4303–4317. 23 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanshi, Zhiguo Ding, & Xuchu Dai. (2018). On the Performance of Downlink NOMA in Multi-Cell mmWave Networks. IEEE Communications Letters. 22(11). 2366–2369. 39 indexed citations

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