Zheda Li

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Zheda Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheda Li has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 1 paper in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Zheda Li's work include Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling (10 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (9 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (4 papers). Zheda Li is often cited by papers focused on Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling (10 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (9 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (4 papers). Zheda Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Zheda Li's co-authors include Andreas F. Molisch, Shengqian Han, Linsheng Li, Sinh Le Hong Nguyen, V. V. Ratnam, Katsuyuki Haneda, Rui Wang, Seun Sangodoyin, Bo Ai and Ruisi He and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and Applied Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zheda Li

11 papers receiving 881 citations

Hit Papers

Hybrid Beamforming for Massive MIMO: A Survey 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750
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. Hybrid Beamforming for Massive MIMO: A Survey
    2017 764 citations Andreas F. Molisch, V. V. Ratnam et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers

Zheda Li
Joan Palacios Spain
Zidong Wu China
Shajahan Kutty India
John Brady United States
Afshin Haghighat United States
Ryuhei Funada Japan
Gilwon Lee South Korea
A. Forenza United States
Xiaofeng Lu China
Joan Palacios Spain
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Citations per year, relative to Zheda Li Zheda Li (= 1×) peers Joan Palacios

Countries citing papers authored by Zheda Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zheda Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheda Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zheda Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zheda Li 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 Zheda Li. Zheda Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Zhang, Runzhou, et al.. (2024). Editorial for Special Issue “Advancements in Wireless Communications, Networks, and Signal Processing”. Applied Sciences. 14(13). 5725–5725. 1 indexed citations
2.
Li, Zheda, Chenwei Wang, & Haralabos Papadopoulos. (2021). Compressed Channel Representations for CSI-based Learning Applications. 9. 1–5.
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Wang, Rui, C. Umit Bas, Hao Feng, et al.. (2020). Enabling Super-Resolution Parameter Estimation for mm-Wave Channel Sounding. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(5). 3077–3090. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Zheda, Shengqian Han, Seun Sangodoyin, Rui Wang, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2018). Joint Optimization of Hybrid Beamforming for Multi-User Massive MIMO Downlink. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 17(6). 3600–3614. 36 indexed citations
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Molisch, Andreas F., V. V. Ratnam, Shengqian Han, et al.. (2017). Hybrid Beamforming for Massive MIMO: A Survey. IEEE Communications Magazine. 55(9). 134–141. 764 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zheda, Shengqian Han, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2017). Optimizing Channel-Statistics-Based Analog Beamforming for Millimeter-Wave Multi-User Massive MIMO Downlink. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(7). 4288–4303. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Zheda, Shengqian Han, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2017). User-Centric Virtual Sectorization for Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Downlink. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 17(1). 445–460. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zheda, Shengqian Han, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2017). User-Centric Virtual Sectorization for Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Downlink. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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He, Ruisi, Andreas F. Molisch, Fredrik Tufvesson, et al.. (2016). Measurement-Based Analysis of Relaying Performance for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications with Large Vehicle Obstructions. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 24. 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Zheda, Shengqian Han, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2016). Hybrid beamforming design for millimeter-wave multi-user massive MIMO downlink. 1–6. 29 indexed citations
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He, Ruisi, Andreas F. Molisch, Zhangdui Zhong, et al.. (2013). Measurement based channel modeling with directional antennas for high-speed railways. 2932–2936. 16 indexed citations
12.
Li, Zheda, Rui Wang, & Andreas F. Molisch. (2012). Shadowing in urban environments with microcellular or peer-to-peer links. 7. 44–48. 10 indexed citations

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