Zhengchuan Chen

Chongqing University

School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering

No. 174 Shazhengjie Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China

Email: czc@cqu.edu.cn

http://www.escience.cn/people/chenzhengchuan/index.html

EDUCATION

– Tsinghua University, Beijing, CHINA

Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering

– Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

Bachelor of Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

General research interests are optimization and statistical theories to communication, networking, and resource allocation problems. Current research topics include Age of Information (AoI), massive machine type communications (mMTC), ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC), mobile-edge computing (MEC), and multiuser information theory. Specific interests include:

– Timeliness-distortion tradeoff of status update

– Grant-free design of mMTC

– Resource Allocation in MEC

RESEARCH FUNDING

• National Natural Science Foundation of China Research Grant

Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022

Principal Investigator

• Chongqing Municipal Scientific and Technological Commission Research Grant

Aug. 2019 - July. 2022

Principal Investigator

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Plan of Chongqing for Returned Overseas Scholars

Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022

Principal Investigator

• Open Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University

Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2022

Principal Investigator

HONORS AND AWARDS

– The Hundred Talents Plan, Chongqing University.

– Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications (2%).

– Best Paper Award of IEEE High Mobility Wireless Communication Workshop (1/32).

EXPERIENCE

Work Experience

– Chongqing University

Assistant Professor, Sep. 2017-Present

School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering

– Singapore University of Technology and Design

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Aug. 2015- Sep. 2017

Information Systems Technology and Design Pillar

– Supervisor: Prof. Tony Q. S. Quek

Teaching Experience

– Tsinghua University

Teaching Assistant, 2012

– Advanced Visiting Scholar Opening Course: Convex Optimization, 2011/2012, Semester Two. Instructor:

Prof. Daniel P. Palomar

– Chongqing University

Instructor, Mar. 2018-present

School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering

– Postgraduate Basic Course: Academic Writing,

– Undergraduate Major Course: Principle of Communications, Information Security, Error Correction Codes

Visiting Experience

– Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, FL

Visiting Ph.D. Student, 2013- 2014

– Institute of Network Coding (INC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Assistant, 2012- 2013

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor

1. Digital COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS, Jun. 2021-Present.

2. FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS, Apr. 2020-Present.

Guest Editor

1. EURASIP JOURNAL OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, Special Issue on Recent Advances of Wireless Powered Communication Networks, 2018.

Technical Symposium Chair

1. Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC’20), Chongqing, CHINA, 2020.

Technical Program Committee Member

1. IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GlobeCom).

2. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)

3. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)

4. IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC)

5. EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom)

6. IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP)

Reviewer

1. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

2. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

3. IEEE Transactions on Communications.

4. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

5. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

6. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

7. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

8. IEEE Communications Magazine.

9. IEEE Communications Letters.

10. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

1. Z. Chen, D. Deng, C. She, Y. Jia, L. Liang, S. Fang, M. Wang, Y. Li, Age of Information: The Multi-stream M/G/1/1 Non-preemptive System. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022(TCOM)

2. Z. Chen, S. Liu S, Y. Jia, M. Wang, and T. Q. S. Quek, A Novel Hybrid Duplex Scheme for Relay Channel: Joint Optimization of Full-duplex Duty Cycle and Source Power Allocation. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022(TCOM)

3. Z. Chen, Z. Chen, Y. Jia and L. -C. Wang, "Residual Energy-Aware Caching in Energy Harvesting-Based Mobile D2D Network," in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 845-857, Sept. 2020(TGCM)

4. Z. Chen, Q. Yao, H. H. Yang, T. Q. S. Quek, “Massive Wireless Random Access with Successive Decoding: Delay Analysis and Optimization,” IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 457–471, 2019.(TCOM)

5. Z. Chen, G. C. Ferrante, H. H. Yang, T. Q. S. Quek, “Capacity of Energy Harvesting Binary Symmetric Channels with a (σ, ρ)-Power Constraint,” IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 601–614, 2018. (TCOM)

6. Z. Chen, Y. Dong, P. Fan, D. O. Wu, K. B. Letaief, “Multiple-Layer Power Allocation for Two-User Gaussian Interference Channel,” IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 9162–9176, 2017. (TVT)

7. Z. Chen, T. Q. S. Quek, Y.-C. Liang, “Spectral Efficiency and Relay Energy Efficiency of Full-duplex Relay Channel,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 3162–3175, 2017. (TWC)

8. Z. Chen, P. Fan, D. O. Wu, “Joint Power Allocation and Strategy Selection for Half-duplex Relay System,” IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 2144–2157, 2017. (TVT)

9. Z. Chen, T. Li, P. Fan, T. Q. S. Quek, K. B. Letaief, “Cooperation in 5G Heterogeneous Networking: Relay Scheme Selection and Resource Allocation,” IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 3430–3443, 2016. (TCOM)

10. Z. Chen, Q. Wang, D. O. Wu, P. Fan, “Two-Dimensional Evolutionary Spectrum Approach to Nonstationary Fading Channel Modeling,” IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 1083–1097, 2016. (TVT)

Conference Papers

1. Z. Chen, Z. Chen, Y. Jia, L. Liang, “Integrated Task Caching, Computation Offloading and Resource

Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GlobeCom’19),

USA, Dec. 8-12, 2019. pp. 1-6.

2. Y. Dong, Z. Chen, P. Fan, “Uplink Age of Information of Unilaterally Powered Two-way Data Exchanging Systems,” 2018 International Conference on Computer Communications AoI Workshop. (INFOCOM’ 18wkps), Honolulu, USA, Apr. 15-19, 2018. pp. 559-564.

3. Q. Yao, Z. Chen, H. H. Yang, T. Q. S. Quek, “Delay-aware Massive Random Access: Adaptive Framing and Successive Decoding,” 2017 IEEE Inform. Theory Workshop. (ITW’17), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 6-10, 2017. pp. 176–180.

4. Z. Chen, G. C. Ferrante, H. H. Yang, T. Q. S. Quek, “Capacity Bounds on Energy Harvesting Binary Symmetric Channels with Finite Battery,” 2017 IEEE Intern. Conf. Comm. (ICC’17), Paris, France, May 21-25, 2017. pp. 1–5.

5. Z. Chen, P. Fan, T. Li, K. B. Letaief, “On the Cooperation Gain in 5G Heterogeneous Networking

systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT’15), Hong Kong, Jun. 14-

19, 2015, pp. 1014–1018.

6. Z. Chen, P. Fan, D. O. Wu, “A Hybrid DF and CF Scheme with Adaptive Power Allocation for Half-duplex Relay Channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’15), London,

UK, Jun. 8-12, 2015, pp. 2523–2528.

7. Z. Chen, P. Fan, D. O. Wu, K. Xiong, K. B. Letaief, “On the Achievable Rates of Full-duplex Gaussian

Relay Channel,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GlobeCom’14), Austin, TX, Dec.

8-12, 2014, pp. 4342–4346.

8. Z. Chen, P. Fan, D. O. Wu, Y. Dong, K. B. Letaief, “On the Achievable Sum Rate of Gaussian Interference Channel via Gaussian Signaling,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT’14), Honolulu, HI, Jun. 29- Jul. 4, 2014, pp. 2739–2743.

9. T. Li, Z. Chen, C. Zhang, P. Fan, “How channel fadings affect the system service of high speed railway communications,” in Proc. International Workshop on High Mobility Wireless Communications (HMWC’13), Shanghai, CHINA, Nov. 1-3, 2013, pp. 137–141. Selected as Best Paper.

10. Z. Chen, P. Fan, “On the Multicast Throughput for Half-duplex Butterfly Network Using Deterministic Approach,” in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC’12), Limassol, CYPRUS, Aug. 27-31, 2012, pp. 413–418. Invited Paper.