OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of IEEE Transactions on Communications is 71. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Wireless Communications: A Tutorial	1217
Joint Radar and Communication Design: Applications, State-of-the-Art, and the Road Ahead	792
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Based Index Modulation: A New Beyond MIMO Paradigm for 6G	472
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Meets OFDM: Protocol Design and Rate Maximization	426
Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Practical Phase Shift Model and Beamforming Optimization	382
Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems	374
Channel Estimation for RIS-Empowered Multi-User MISO Wireless Communications	345
Federated Learning With Blockchain for Autonomous Vehicles: Analysis and Design Challenges	253
Physics-Based Modeling and Scalable Optimization of Large Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces	208
Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure MIMO Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surface	201
Two-Timescale Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Communications	181
RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: Prototyping, Adaptive Beamforming, and Indoor/Outdoor Field Trials	178
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Two–Way Communications: Performance Analysis and Optimization	176
Resource Allocation for IRS-Assisted Full-Duplex Cognitive Radio Systems	165
Hardware Impaired Ambient Backscatter NOMA Systems: Reliability and Security	163
Terahertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited and Research Directions for the Next Decade	159
Joint Trajectory and Resource Allocation Design for Energy-Efficient Secure UAV Communication Systems	157
Deep Learning for mmWave Beam and Blockage Prediction Using Sub-6 GHz Channels	155
Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Cognitive Radio System	154
Resource Allocation in Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted NOMA Systems	153
Modeling and Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Indoor and Outdoor Applications in Future Wireless Networks	148
Joint Precoding Optimization for Secure SWIPT in UAV-Aided NOMA Networks	148
Secrecy-Energy Efficient Hybrid Beamforming for Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Networks	145
Active RIS vs. Passive RIS: Which Will Prevail in 6G?	140
Channel Estimation for Extremely Large-Scale MIMO: Far-Field or Near-Field?	138

Sparse Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding Using Deep Learning for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO	136
IRS-Assisted Secure UAV Transmission via Joint Trajectory and Beamforming Design	130
Terahertz Massive MIMO With Holographic Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces	126
UAV-to-Ground Communications: Channel Modeling and UAV Selection	122
Optimal Resource Allocation for Delay Minimization in NOMA-MEC Networks	118
Robust and Secure Sum-Rate Maximization for Multiuser MISO Downlink Systems With Self-Sustainable IRS	117
Optimization of Wireless Relaying With Flexible UAV-Borne Reflecting Surfaces	117
When Entanglement Meets Classical Communications: Quantum Teleportation for the Quantum Internet	117
Location Information Aided Multiple Intelligent Reflecting Surface Systems	116
Optimized Energy and Information Relaying in Self-Sustainable IRS-Empowered WPCN	116
Multiuser MISO UAV Communications in Uncertain Environments With No-Fly Zones: Robust Trajectory and Resource Allocation Design	113
Power Efficient IRS-Assisted NOMA	107
Mobility in the Sky: Performance and Mobility Analysis for Cellular-Connected UAVs	105
A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Optimizing Age of Information in RF-Powered Communication Systems	105
Maritime Coverage Enhancement Using UAVs Coordinated With Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks	101
Joint Resource and Trajectory Optimization for Security in UAV-Assisted MEC Systems	99
Trainable Communication Systems: Concepts and Prototype	98
Cooperative Internet of UAVs: Distributed Trajectory Design by Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning	98
Deep Transfer Learning-Based Downlink Channel Prediction for FDD Massive MIMO Systems	94
On the Age of Information in Multi-Source Queueing Models	92
DeepBAN: A Temporal Convolution-Based Communication Framework for Dynamic WBANs	91
Reinforcement Learning-Based Mobile Offloading for Edge Computing Against Jamming and Interference	89
Deep Learning for Beamspace Channel Estimation in Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems	89
Efficient Offloading for Minimizing Task Computation Delay of NOMA-Based Multiaccess Edge Computing	86
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multi-User Communication: Capacity Region and Deployment Strategy	86
3D Deployment of Multiple UAV-Mounted Base Stations for UAV Communications	85
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Empowered Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access	85
Multi-RIS-Aided Wireless Systems: Statistical Characterization and Performance Analysis	85
Efficient Channel Estimation for Double-IRS Aided Multi-User MIMO System	84
Coexistence Mechanism Between eMBB and uRLLC in 5G Wireless Networks	84
On the Path-Loss of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: An Approach Based on Green’s Theorem Applied to Vector Fields	82
Resource Allocation for Secure URLLC in Mission-Critical IoT Scenarios	82
MIMO-NOMA Networks Relying on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: A Signal Cancellation-Based Design	81
Energy Efficient Beamforming Schemes for Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks	81
Transmitter and Receiver Window Designs for Orthogonal Time-Frequency Space Modulation	81
Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Joint Processing Coordinated Multipoint Transmission	81
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Free Space Optical Communication Systems	79
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Wideband MIMO-OFDM Communications: From Practical Model to Reflection Optimization	79
Downlink Coverage and Rate Analysis of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations Using Stochastic Geometry	79
A Reinforcement Learning and Blockchain-Based Trust Mechanism for Edge Networks	78
Joint Transmit Precoding and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Phase Adjustment: A Decomposition-Aided Channel Estimation Approach	77
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Assisted Federated Learning via Wireless Power Transfer: A Cost-Efficient Approach	77
Joint Beamforming Design in Multi-Cluster MISO NOMA Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Downlink Communication Networks	77
Path Loss Modeling and Measurements for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in the Millimeter-Wave Frequency Band	75
Robust Federated Learning With Noisy Communication	74
Secure NOMA-Based UAV-MEC Network Towards a Flying Eavesdropper	73
Enhance Latency-Constrained Computation in MEC Networks Using Uplink NOMA	71
3D UAV Trajectory and Communication Design for Simultaneous Uplink and Downlink Transmission	71
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted MIMO Symbiotic Radio Networks	71
Energy-Constrained UAV-Assisted Secure Communications With Position Optimization and Cooperative Jamming	71

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