Ying‐Chang Liang

53.5k total citations · 21 hit papers
753 papers, 36.1k citations indexed

About

Ying‐Chang Liang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying‐Chang Liang has authored 753 papers receiving a total of 36.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 607 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 449 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 153 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ying‐Chang Liang's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (320 papers), Cognitive Radio Networks and Spectrum Sensing (191 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (161 papers). Ying‐Chang Liang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (320 papers), Cognitive Radio Networks and Spectrum Sensing (191 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (161 papers). Ying‐Chang Liang collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Ying‐Chang Liang's co-authors include Yonghong Zeng, Rui Zhang, Anh Tuan Hoang, Edward Peh, Yiyang Pei, Dusit Niyato, Huayan Guo, Gang Yang, Xin Kang and Qianqian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Ying‐Chang Liang

716 papers receiving 35.1k citations

Hit Papers

Sensing-Throughput Tradeo... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2020 2019 2009 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Sensing-Throughput Tradeoff for Cognitive Radio Networks
    2008 2.2k citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  2. Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Networks: A Comprehensive Survey
    2020 1.6k citations Dinh Thai Hoang, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  3. Applications of Deep Reinforcement Learning in Communications and Networking: A Survey
    2019 1.4k citations Dinh Thai Hoang, Shimin Gong et al. profile →
  4. Eigenvalue-based spectrum sensing algorithms for cognitive radio
    2009 870 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  5. Cognitive radio networking and communications: an overview
    2011 782 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  6. Weighted Sum-Rate Maximization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks
    2020 709 citations Huayan Guo, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  7. Exploiting Multi-Antennas for Opportunistic Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks
    2008 627 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  8. A Review on Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio: Challenges and Solutions
    2010 508 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  9. Vision, Requirements, and Technology Trend of 6G: How to Tackle the Challenges of System Coverage, Capacity, User Data-Rate and Movement Speed
    2020 505 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  10. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted UAV Communication: Joint Trajectory Design and Passive Beamforming
    2020 502 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters profile →
  11. Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Wireless Communications
    2021 453 citations Ruizhe Long, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  12. Optimal power allocation for fading channels in cognitive radio networks: Ergodic capacity and outage capacity
    2009 447 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  13. Spectrum-Sensing Algorithms for Cognitive Radio Based on Statistical Covariances
    2008 446 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  14. Optimal beamforming for two-way multi-antenna relay channel with analogue network coding
    2009 433 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  15. Optimization for Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks
    2007 360 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. profile →
  16. Optimization of Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Sensing-Throughput Tradeoff View
    2009 357 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  17. Intelligent Reflecting Surface: A Programmable Wireless Environment for Physical Layer Security
    2019 357 citations Jie Chen, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Access profile →
  18. Deep Reinforcement Learning for User Association and Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
    2019 335 citations Ying‐Chang Liang, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  19. Multi-antenna based spectrum sensing for cognitive radios: A GLRT approach
    2010 311 citations Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  20. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Task Offloading in UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing
    2022 268 citations Yiyang Pei, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  21. Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Multi-User mmWave MIMO Systems
    2023 160 citations Jie Chen, Ying‐Chang Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on 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
Ying‐Chang Liang Singapore 93 26.9k 22.3k 7.3k 3.3k 2.3k 753 36.1k
Geoffrey Ye Li China 83 23.8k 0.9× 12.7k 0.6× 5.9k 0.8× 5.6k 1.7× 1.4k 0.6× 503 30.1k
Björn Ottersten Luxembourg 76 16.1k 0.6× 10.0k 0.4× 8.4k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 4.0k 1.7× 928 23.5k
Lajos Hanzo United Kingdom 110 50.4k 1.9× 26.1k 1.2× 14.7k 2.0× 6.0k 1.8× 2.8k 1.2× 1.9k 60.6k
Khaled B. Letaief Hong Kong 78 22.0k 0.8× 20.6k 0.9× 4.3k 0.6× 3.2k 1.0× 871 0.4× 722 31.1k
Arumugam Nallanathan United Kingdom 73 18.7k 0.7× 9.8k 0.4× 7.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 833 0.4× 732 23.1k
Theodore S. Rappaport United States 85 41.7k 1.6× 15.8k 0.7× 11.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.9× 346 47.6k
David Tse United States 66 36.3k 1.3× 32.8k 1.5× 3.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 780 0.3× 272 42.9k
Andrea Goldsmith United States 73 35.7k 1.3× 28.4k 1.3× 3.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 890 0.4× 520 41.1k
Mérouane Debbah France 88 29.2k 1.1× 15.7k 0.7× 15.5k 2.1× 2.8k 0.8× 636 0.3× 634 38.8k
Chau Yuen Singapore 78 22.8k 0.8× 7.4k 0.3× 8.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 993 0.4× 935 28.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ying‐Chang Liang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying‐Chang Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying‐Chang Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying‐Chang Liang 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 Ying‐Chang Liang. Ying‐Chang Liang 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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Long, Ruizhe, et al.. (2025). Active RIS-Empowered Backscatter Communication Based on Single-Carrier Frequency-Domain Equalization. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(7). 2104–2108.
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Zhong, Chen, Hui Ding, Dongming Li, Lan Tang, & Ying‐Chang Liang. (2025). Resource Allocation for Dynamic TDD-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(6). 9357–9369. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2024). Learning-Based Multitier Split Computing for Efficient Convergence of Communication and Computation. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(20). 33077–33096. 4 indexed citations
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Long, Ruizhe, et al.. (2024). RIS-Enabled Full-Duplex Backscatter Communication in Multi-User Symbiotic Radio. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16261–16274. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zizhen, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical Cognitive Spectrum Sharing in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks. 385–390. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, Shao‐Yu Lien, Ying‐Chang Liang, & Dusit Niyato. (2024). Toward Intelligent Non-Terrestrial Networks Through Symbiotic Radio: A Collaborative Deep Reinforcement Learning Scheme. IEEE Network. 39(1). 211–219. 3 indexed citations
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Long, Ruizhe, et al.. (2023). Channel Estimation and Training Design for Active RIS Aided Wireless Communications. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 12(11). 1876–1880. 9 indexed citations
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Liang, Ying‐Chang, et al.. (2023). User Association for Symbiotic Spectrum and Service Sharing Among Multiple Mobile Network Operators. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(3). 2167–2180. 4 indexed citations
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Liang, Ying‐Chang, et al.. (2023). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Dynamic Coordinated Beamforming in Massive MIMO Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(5). 4155–4169. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Ying‐Chang Liang, Hei Victor Cheng, & Wei Yu. (2023). Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Multi-User mmWave MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 22(10). 6853–6869. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Songmin, et al.. (2022). Azimuth Estimation for the Backscatter Device in Ambient Backscatter Communication System. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 11(8). 1674–1678. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Gang, et al.. (2021). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Empowered Device-to-Device Communication Underlaying Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69(11). 7790–7805. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Gang, et al.. (2021). Joint Hybrid and Passive Beamforming for Millimeter Wave Symbiotic Radio Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 10(10). 2294–2298. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Lan, et al.. (2020). Joint Optimization of Handover Control and Power Allocation Based on Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 69(11). 13124–13138. 135 indexed citations
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Zhao, Huapeng, Xinhui Zhang, Jun Hu, Zhizhang Chen, & Ying‐Chang Liang. (2020). A Hybrid-Equivalent Surface-Edge Current Model for Simulation of V2X Communication Antennas With Arbitrarily Shaped Contour. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(10). 8064–8077. 12 indexed citations
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Feng, Gang, et al.. (2020). Network Slice Reconfiguration by Exploiting Deep Reinforcement Learning With Large Action Space. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 17(4). 2197–2211. 89 indexed citations
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Gong, Shimin, Xiao Lu, Dinh Thai Hoang, et al.. (2019). Towards Smart Radio Environment for Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: A Comprehensive Survey. arXiv (Cornell University). 20 indexed citations
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Guo, Huayan, Ying‐Chang Liang, Ruizhe Long, Sa Xiao, & Qianqian Zhang. (2019). Resource Allocation for Symbiotic Radio System With Fading Channels. IEEE Access. 7. 34333–34347. 61 indexed citations
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Guo, Huayan, Qianqian Zhang, Sa Xiao, & Ying‐Chang Liang. (2018). Exploiting Multiple Antennas for Cognitive Ambient Backscatter Communication. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(1). 765–775. 104 indexed citations

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