Kai Luo   Associate Professor

School of Electronic Information and Communications
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
E-mail:  kluo@hust.edu.cn
Mail Address: Office B-305, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.

Research Interest

Wireless communication, 5G, Massive MIMO, Heterogeneous ultra dense networks, Array signal processing, Radar signal processing, Joint radar and communication


Looking for Colleagues and Students

I am currently looking for highly motivated research fellow, postdoc and graduate and undergraduate students to join our research group in wireless communications and radar signal processing. Candidates who have solid background in wireless communications, array signal processing, radar signal
processing as well as strong motivation towards academic excellence are highly recommended.




Education and Working Experience

2016.11-Now, Associate Professor, School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2014.06-2016.10, Assistant Professor,School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
 2013.07-2014.06, Research Assistant, Key Laboratory of Microwave Imaging Technology,Institute of Electrics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 2007.10-2013.01, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Imperial College London
 2002.09-2006.06, B.E., Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology





Research Grants

The National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, "Wireless backhaul strategies for efficient heterogeneous ultra dense networks", 2020-2023;
The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Program, "The theory and methodology for amorphous cellular networks", 2016-2020;
 The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Program, "On multitarget parameter estimation in MIMO radar ", 2016-2018;
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Publications

Books

  1. H. Commin, Kai Luo and A. Manikas. Book Chapter in “Multisensor signal processing for defence: detection, localization and classification”, Imperial College Press, 2015.


Journal Papers

  1. Qing Zhang, Kai Luo, Wei Wang, Tao Jiang, "Joint C-OMA and C-NOMA Wireless Backhaul Scheduling in Heterogeneous Ultra Dense Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 874-887, Nov. 2019.

  2. Rui Xie, Xianrong Wan, Kai Luo et al, "K-coverage based receiver placement optimization in passive radar network," Journal of Engineering, Vol. 2019, Iss. 19, pp. 5841-5845, 2018.

  3. Yuan Tian, Da Chen, Daiming Qu, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Short Prototype Filter with Constrained Frequency Spreading for OQAM/FBMC Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1000-1003, Aug. 2019.

  4. Yuan Tian, Da Chen, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Prototype Filter Design to Minimize Stopband Energy with Constraint on Channel Estimation Performance for OQAM/FBMC Systems," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 260-269, Jun. 2019.

  5. Zhenggang Hu, Jun Peng, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Parameter Identifiability of Space-Time MIMO Radar," Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 90, pp. 10-17, 2019.

  6. Wenfeng Liu, Da Chen, Kai Luo, Tao Jiang, and Daiming Qu, "FDM-Structured Preamble Optimization for Channel Estimation in MIMO-OQAM/FBMC Systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 8433-8443, Dec. 2018.

  7. Shuang Qiu, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Beam Selection for mmWave Massive MIMO Systems Under Hybrid Transceiver Architecture," IEEE Communications letters, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1498-1501, Jul. 2018.

  8. Yuzhou Li, Yu Zhang, Kai Luo, Tao Jiang, Zan Li, and Wei Peng, "Ultra-Dense HetNets Meet Big Data: Green Frameworks, Techniques, and Approaches," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 56-63, Jun. 2018.

  9. Xin Liu, Ran Li, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Downlink and Uplink Decoupling in Heterogeneous Networks for 5G and Beyond," Journal of Communications and Information Networks, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 23-35, Jun. 2018.

  10. Ran Li, Xin Liu, Kai Luo, Tao Jiang, and Shi Jin, "Decoupled Access in HetNets with Backhaul Constrained Small Base Stations," IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 27028-27038, May 2018.

  11. Ran Li, Kai Luo,Tao Jiang, and Shi Jin, "Uplink Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Decoupled Access in Multiuser MIMO HetNets," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 4289-4302, May 2018.

  12. Shuang Qiu, Da Chen, Daiming Qu, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Downlink Precoding with Mixed Statistical and Imperfect Instantaneous CSI for Massive MIMO Systems," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 3028-3041, Apr. 2018.

  13. Kai Luo, Athanassios Manikas, "Joint Transmitter–Receiver Optimization in Multitarget MIMO Radar," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 65, no. 23, pp 6292-6302, Dec. 2017.

  14. Yuzhou Li, Tao Jiang, Kai Luo, and Shiwen Mao, "Green Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks: Potential Techniques, Performance Tradeoffs, and Challenges," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 33-39, Nov. 2017.

  15. Salman Saadat, Da Chen, Kai Luo, Mingjie Feng, and Tao Jiang, "License Assisted Access-WiFi Coexistence with TXOP Backoff for LTE in Unlicensed Band," China Communications, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1-14, Apr. 2017.

  16. Lei Zhang, Tao Jiang, and Kai Luo, "Dynamic Spectrum Allocation for the Downlink of OFDMA-Based Hybrid Access Cognitive Femtocell Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 1772-1781, Mar. 2016.

  17. Deying Kong, Daiming Qu, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Channel Estimation under Staggered Frame Structure for Massive MIMO System," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1469-1479, Feb. 2016.

  18. Qibiao Zhu, Tao Jiang, Yang Cao, Kai Luo, and Nanrun Zhou, "Radio Vortex for Future Wireless Broadband Communications with High Capacity," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 98-104, Dec. 2015.

  19. Tao Jiang, Chunxing Ni, Chen Ye, Yiting Wu, and Kai Luo, "A Novel Multi-Block Tone Reservation Scheme for PAPR Reduction in OQAM-OFDM Systems," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 717-722, Dec. 2015.

Conference Papers

  1. Pei Liu, Kai Luo, Da Chen, Tao Jiang, and Michail Matthaiou, "Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Systems with Ricean Fading," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Oct. 2018. Best Paper Award.

  2. Ran Li, Kai Luo, and Tao Jiang, "Maximum Uplink SNR User Association in MISO HetNets with Decoupled Access," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Nov. 2017. Best Paper Award.

  3. Chunxing Ni, Mingjie Feng, Kai Luo, Tao Jiang, and Shiwen Mao, "Additive Cancellation Signal Method for Sidelobe Suppression in NC-OFDM Based Cognitive Radio Systems," in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, California, USA, Dec. 2015.


Awards

  1. Best Paper, IEEE WCSP 2017
  2. Best Paper, IEEE WCSP 2018


Activities & Professional Services


Courses

Stochastic Process
MIMO communication: system and techniques