Selected Publications from Hua’s Lab

Wireless and Wireline Network Security

Y. Hua, M. S. Rahman, and A. Swami, “A Method for Low-Latency Secure Multiple Access,” IEEE LANMAN, Boston, MA, July 10-11, 2024 (Best Paper Award).

 

Y. Hua and A. Maksud, “Secret-Key Capacity from MIMO Channel Probing,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 2024.

 

A. Maksud and Y. Hua, “Second-Order Analysis of Secret-Key Capacity from a MIMO Channel”, IEEE MILCOM’2023, Boston, MA, Oct-Nov 2023.

 

Y. Hua, “Secret-message Transmission by Echoing Encrypted Probes – STEEP”, 2309.14529.pdf (arxiv.org), Sept 2023.

 

Y. Hua, Q. Liang and M. S. Rahman, “Secure Degree of Freedom of Wireless Networks Using Collaborative Pilots”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 71, pp. 3755-3771, Aug 2023.

 

Y. Hua, “Generalized Channel Probing and Generalized Pre-processing for Secret Key GenerationIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 71, pp. 1067-1082, April 2023.

 

Y. Hua and A. Maksud, “Secret Key Generation from MIMO Channel With or Without Reciprocity57th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2023.

 

Y. Hua and A. Maksud, “Continuous Encryption Functions for Security Over NetworksSignal Processing, Volume 203, February 2023, 108807. doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2022.108807.

 

A. Maksud and Y. Hua, “Secret Key Generation by Continuous Encryption Before QuantizationIEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 29, pp. 1497-1501, June 2022.

 

A. Maksud and Y. Hua, “Physical Layer Encryption for UAV-to-Ground CommunicationsIEEE ICC'22 Workshop - UAV5G, May 2022.

 

S. Wu and Y. Hua, “Total Secrecy from Anti-Eavesdropping Channel Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 70, pp. 2088-2103, Jan 2022.

 

Y. Hua, “Anti-Eavesdropping Channel Estimation Using Multi-Antenna Half-Duplex RadiosIEEE MILCOM, San Diego, CA, Dec 2021.

 

I. Zabir, A. Maksud, G. Chen, B. M. Sadler, and Y. Hua, “Secrecy of Multi-Antenna Transmission with Full-Duplex User in the Presence of Randomly Located EavesdroppersIEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 16, pp. 2060-2075. Dec 2020.

 

Y. Hua and A. Maksud, “Unconditional secrecy and computational complexity against wireless eavesdroppingIEEE SPAWC’2020, pp. 1-5, Atlanta, GA, May 2020. Presentation Slides.

 

Y. Hua, “Reliable and secure transmission for future networksIEEE ICASSP’2020, pp.2560-2564, Barcelona, Spain, May 2020. Presentation Slides.

 

Q. Zhu, S. Wu, Y. Hua, “Optimal Pilots for Anti-Eavesdropping Channel EstimationIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 68, pp. 2629-2644, 2020.

 

I. Zabir, A. Maksud, B. Sadler, and Y. Hua, “Secure Downlink Transmission to Full-Duplex User Against Randomly Located Eavesdroppers”, IEEE GLOBECOM’2019, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Dec 2019.

 

Q. Zhu and Y. Hua, “Optimal Pilots for Maximal Capacity of Secret Key GenerationIEEE GLOBECOM’2019, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Dec 2019.

 

R. Sohrabi, Q. Zhu, and Y. Hua, “Secrecy Analyses of a Full-Duplex MIMOME NetworkIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 67, No. 23, pp. 5968-5982, Dec. 2019

 

Y. Hua, “Advanced Properties of Full-Duplex Radio for Securing Wireless Network”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 120-135, Jan 1, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2018.2879621. Slides of presentation at IEEE GlobalSIP2018 Symposium on Signal Processing for Wireless Network Security.

 

Y. Hua, Q. Zhu, R. Sohrabi, “Fundamental Properties of Full-Duplex Radio for Secure Wireless Communicationshttp://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10001, 2017.

 

L. Chen, Q. Zhu, W. Meng and Y. Hua, “Fast Power Allocation for Secure Communication with Full-Duplex Radio”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 65, No. 14, pp. 3846-3861, July 2017.

Full-Duplex Radio and Networks (A Timeline)

Q. Liang and Y. Hua, “Optimal Power Allocation for Cooperative Multiple Access with Non-Ideal Full-Duplex Sources”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 2372-2386, April 2021.

 

L. Chen, W. Meng and Y. Hua, “Optimal Power Allocation for a Full-Duplex Multicarrier Decode-Forward Relay System with or without Direct Link” Signal Processing, 137 (2017) 177–191. (Alternative link to the paper)

 

A. Cirik, R. Wang, Y. Rong, Y. Hua, “MSE Based Transceiver Designs for Full-Duplex MIMO Cognitive RadiosIEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 2056 – 2070, June 2015.

 

A. Cirik, R. Wang, Y. Hua, M. Latva-Aho, “Weighted Sum-Rate Maximization for Full-Duplex MIMO Interference ChannelsIEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 801 – 815, March 2015.

 

Y. Hua, Y. Li, C. Mauskar, Q. Zhu, “Blind Digital Tuning for Interference Cancellation in Full-Duplex Radio”, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 1691-1695, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov 2014

 

Y. Hua, Y. Ma, A. Gholian, Y. Li, A. Cirik, P. Liang, “Radio Self-Interference Cancellation by Transmit Beamforming, All-Analog Cancellation and Blind Digital TuningSignal Processing, Vol. 108, pp. 322-340, 2015

 

A. Cirik, Y. Rong, Y. Hua, “Achievable Rates and QoS Considerations of Full-Duplex MIMO Radios for Fast Fading Channels with Imperfect Channel EstimationIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 62, No. 15, pp. 3874-3886, Aug 2014.

 

A. Gholian, Y. Ma, Y. Hua, “A Numerical Investigation of All-Analog Radio Self-Interference Cancellation,” IEEE Workshop on SPAWC, Toronto, Canada, June 2014.

 

Y. Hua, Y. Ma, P. Liang, A. Cirik, “Breaking the Barrier of Transmission Noise in Full-Duplex Radio”, MILCOM, San Diego, CA, Nov 2013.

 

Y. Hua, P. Liang, Y. Ma, A. Cirik and Q. Gao, “A method for broadband full-duplex MIMO radioIEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 793-796, Dec 2012. (Published Oct 2, 2012) Questions and Answers

 

Y. Hua, “An overview of beamforming and power allocation for MIMO relaysProc of MILCOM, pp. 99-104, San Jose, CA, Nov. 2010.

Visible-Light Communications, Smart Grid, Thermal Modelling

Q. Gao, Z. Xu, R. Wang, Y. Hua, “DC-Informative Joint Color-Frequency Modulation for Visible Light CommunicationsIEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 2181 – 2188, June 2015.

 

Q. Gao, J. Manton, G. Chen, Y. Hua, “Constellation Design for a Multicarrier Optical Wireless Communication ChannelIEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 214-225, Jan 2014.

Q. Cheng, P. Pal, M. Tsuji, Y. Hua, “An MDL Algorithm for Detecting More Sources than Sensors Using Outer-Products of Array OutputIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 62, No. 24, pp. 6438 – 6453, Dec 2014.

A. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, R. Schober, Y. Hua, “Phase Noise in MIMO Systems: Bayesian Cramer-Rao Bounds and Soft-Input EstimationIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 61, No. 10, pp. 2675-2692, May 2013

 

A. Gholian, H. Mohsenian, Y. Hua, “Optimal Industrial Load Control in Smart GridIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. PP, No. 1, 14pp, Sept 2015.

 

Z. Liu, X.-D. Tan, H. Wang, Y. Hua, A. Gupta, “Compact thermal modelling for packaged microprocessor designINTEGRATION, the VLSI Journal, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 71–85.

MIMO and Multicarrier Relay Networks

R. Wang, H. Mehrpouyan, M. Tao, Y. Hua, “Channel Estimation, Carrier Recovery, and Data Detection in the Presence of Phase Noise in OFDM Relay Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 1186 – 1205, Feb 2016.

 

R. Wang, M. Tao, H. Mehrpouyan, Y. Hua, “Channel Estimation and Optimal Training Design for Correlated MIMO Two-Way Relay Systems in Colored EnvironmentIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 2684 – 2699, May 2015.

 

A. Cirik, Y. Rong, Y. Ma, Y. Hua, “On MAC-BC Duality of Multihop MIMO Relay Channel with Imperfect Channel KnowledgeIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 5839-5854, Oct 2014.

 

Y. Ma, A. Liu, Y. Hua, “A Dual-Phase Power Allocation Scheme for Multicarrier Relay System with Direct LinkIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 5-16, Jan 2014.

 

X. Xie, M. Peng, B. Zhao, W. Wang, Y. Hua, “Maximum a posteriori based channel estimation strategy for two-way relaying channelsIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 450-463, Jan 2014.

 

T. Kong and Y. Hua, “Optimal design of source and relay pilots for MIMO relay channel estimationIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 59, No. 9, pp. 4438-4446, Sept. 2011.

 

S. Xu and Y. Hua, “Optimal design of spatial source-and-relay matrices for a non-regenerative two-way MIMO relay systemIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 1645-1655, May 2011.

 

Y. Yu and Y. Hua, “Power allocation for a MIMO relay system with multiple-antenna users”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 2823-2835, May 2010. (Matlab script of Generalized Water Filling algorithm.)

 

Y. Rong and Y. Hua, “Optimality of diagonalization of multi-hop MIMO relaysIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 6068-6077, Dec. 2009.

 

Y. Rong, X. Tang and Y. Hua,  “A unified framework for optimizing linear non-regenerative multicarrier MIMO relay communication systemsIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 4837–4852, Dec 2009.

 

Z. Fang, Y. Hua and J. C. Koshy, "Joint source and relay optimization of a non-regenerative MIMO relay," IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing, Waltham, MA, July 2006.

 

X. Tang and Y. Hua, "Optimal design of non-regenerative MIMO wireless relays", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 1398-1407, April 2007.

Mobile Ad Hoc Network and Multi-Hop Sensor Network

Y. Huang and Y. Hua, “On energy for progressive and consensus estimation in multihop sensor networksIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 3863-3875, Aug 2011.

 

Y. Huang and Y. Hua, “Energy planning for progressive estimation in multihop sensor networks”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 57, No. 10, pp. 4052-4065, Oct. 2009.

 

Y. Huang and Y. Hua, "Multi-hop progressive decentralized estimation in wireless sensor networks," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 1004-1007, Dec 2007.

 

X. Dong, Y. Rong and Y. Hua, “Cooperative power scheduling for a network of MIMO linksIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 939-944, March 2010.

 

Y. Rong and Y. Hua, "Space-time power scheduling of MIMO links - Fairness and QoS considerations," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing – Special Issue on MIMO-Optimized Transmission Systems for Delivering Data and Rich Content, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 171-180, April 2008.

 

Y. Rong, Y. Hua, A. Swami, and A. L. Swindlehurst, "Space-time power schedule for distributed MIMO links without instantaneous channel state information at the transmitting nodes", IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 686-701, Feb 2008.

 

Y. Rong and Y. Hua, "Optimal power schedule for distributed MIMO links," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7. No. 8, pp. 2896-2900, August 2008.

Throughput of Large-Scale Wireless Networks

Y. Yu, Y. Huang, B. Zhao, and Y. Hua, "Further development of synchronous array method for ad hoc wireless networks," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing – Special Issue on Cross-Layer Design for the Physical, MAC, and Link Layer in Wireless Systems, Vol. 2009, Article ID 873202, 14 pages, September 2008.

 

B. Zhao and Y. Hua, "A distributed medium access control scheme for a large network of wireless routers," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 1614-1622, May 2008.

 

X. Tang and Y. Hua, “Capacity of ultra-wideband power-constrained ad hoc networksIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp.916-920, Feb 2008.

 

K. Hong, Y. Hua and A. Swami, "Distributed and cooperative link scheduling for large-scale multi-hop wireless networks," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2007, Article ID 34716, 9 pages.

 

K. Hong and Y. Hua, "Throughput analysis of large wireless networks with regular topologies," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2007 (2007), Article ID 26760, 11 pages.

 

Y. Hua, Y. Huang and J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, "Maximizing the throughput of large ad hoc wireless networks," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine – Special Issue on Signal Processing for Wireless Ad Hoc Communication Networks, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 84-94, Sept 2006.

Space-Time Coding and Cooperative Relays

Y. Chang, Y. Hua, X. G. Xia and B. Sadler, “An insight into space-time block codes using Hurwitz-Radon families of matricesSignal Processing, (2008), Vol. 88, pp. 2030-2062.

 

Y. Chang, Y. Hua, and B. Sadler, "A new design of differential space-time block codes allowing symbol-wise decoding," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 3197-3201, Sept 2007.

 

Y. Mei, Y. Hua, A. Swami, B. Daneshrad, “Combating synchronization errors in cooperative relays” IEEE ICASSP’2005, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.

 

Z. Ye and Y. Hua, “Networking by parallel relays – diversity, lifetime and routing overheadThe 38th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 1302-1306, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov 7-10, 2004.

Y. Hua, Y. Chang and Y. Mei, “A networking perspective of mobile parallel relaysIEEE Workshop on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 249-253, Taos Ski Valley, NM, 1-4 Aug 2004.

Y. Hua, Y. Mei and Y. Chang, “Wireless antennas – making wireless communications perform like wireline communicationsIEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Communication Technology, pp. 47-73, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 15-17, 2003.

Blind System Identification and Blind Source Separation

S. An, Y. Hua, J. Manton and Z. Fang, "Group decorrelation enhanced subspace method for identifying FIR MIMO channels driven by unknown uncorrelated colored sources," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 4429-4441, Dec 2005.

Y. Hua, S. An and Y. Xiang, "Blind identification of FIR MIMO channels by decorrelating subchannels," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, pp. 1143-1155, No. 5, Vol. 51, May 2003.

K. Abed-Meraim, Y. Xiang, J. Manton and Y. Hua, "Blind source separation using second-order cyclostationary statistics," IEEE Trans on Signal Processing, pp. 694-701, No.3, Vol. 49, April 2001.

K. Abed-Meraim, W. Qiu and Y. Hua, "Blind system identification," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 85, No. 8, pp. 1310-1322, Aug 1997.

W. Qiu and Y. Hua, "Performance analysis of the matrix pair method for blind channel identification," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 1245-1253, July 1997.

Y. Hua, K. Abed-Meraim, and M. Wax, "Blind system identification using minimum noise subspace," IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 770-773, March 1997.

Y. Hua, and M. Wax, "Strict identifiability of multiple FIR channels driven by an unknown arbitrary sequence," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 756-758, March 1996.

Y. Hua, "Fast maximum likelihood for blind identification of multiple FIR channels," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 661-672, March 1996. 

Subspace Tracking and Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

S. Ouyang and Y. Hua, "Bi-iterative least square method for subspace tracking," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, pp. 2948-2996, Vol. 53, No. 8, August 2005. 

 

A. Pezeshki, L. L. Scharf, M. R. Azimi-Sadjadi, and Y. Hua, “Two-channel constrained least squares problems: solutions using power methods and connections with canonical coordinates IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 53, No.1, pp. 121-135, Jan 2005.

 

Y. Hua and T. Chen, "On convergence of the NIC algorithm for subspace computation," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, pp. 1112-1115, Vol. 52, No. 4, April 2004.

Y. Hua, “Asymptotical orthonormalization of subspace matrices without square rootIEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 56-61, July 2004.

Y. Hua, M. Nikpour and P. Stoica, "Optimal reduced rank estimation and filtering," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, pp. 457-469, Vol. 49, No. 3, March 2001.

Y. Hua, Y. Xiang, T. Chen, K. Abed-Meraim and Y. Miao, "A new look at the power method for fast subspace tracking," Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 9. pp. 297-314, 1999.

Y. Hua and W. Liu, "Generalized Karhunen-Loeve Transform", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 141-142, June 1998.

Y. Miao and Y. Hua, "Fast subspace tracking and neural network learning by a novel information criterion," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 1967-1979, July 1998.

T. Chen, Y. Hua and W. Y. Yan, "Global convergence of Oja's subspace algorithm for principal component extraction," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 58-67, Jan 1998.

High Resolution Methods and Tomography

M. Pham, Y. Hua and N. Gray, "Imaging the solidification of molten metal by eddy currents - Part I," Inverse Problems, Institute of Physics, Vol. 16, pp. 469-483, 2000.

M. Pham, Y. Hua and N. Gray, "Imaging the solidification of molten metal by eddy currents - Part II," Inverse Problems, Institute of Physics, Vol. 16, pp. 483-494, 2000.

M. Pham, Y. Hua and N. Gray, "Eddy current tomography for metal solidification imaging," 1st World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, pp. 451-458, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK, April 17, 1999.

Q. Cheng and Y. Hua, “A review of parametric high-resolution methodsHigh-Resolution and Robust Signal Processing, Chapter 1, Marcel Dekker, 2003.

Q. Cheng and Y. Hua, "Detection of cisoids using least square error function," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1584-1590, June 1997.

H. Yang and Y. Hua, "On rank of block Hankel matrix for 2-D frequency detection and estimation," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 1046-1048, April 1996.

Q. Cheng and Y. Hua, "Performance analysis of the MUSIC and Pencil-MUSIC algorithms for diversely-polarized arrays" IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp.3150-3165, Nov. 1994.

Y. Hua, "Estimating two-dimensional frequencies by matrix enhancement and matrix pencil," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 2267-2280, Sept 1992.

Y. Hua and T. K. Sarkar, "On SVD for estimating generalized eigenvalues of singular matrix pencils in noise," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 892-900, April 1991.

Y. Hua, T. K. Sarkar, and D. D. Wiener, "An L-shaped array for estimating 2-D directions of wave arrival," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 143-146, Feb 1991. (See an L-shaped array developed by LIGO for another application, published in [T. E. Bell, "Waiting for Gravity," IEEE Spectrum, July 2006].)

Y. Hua and T. K. Sarkar, "Matrix pencil method for estimating parameters of exponentially damped/undamped sinusoids in noise," IEEE Transactions on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 814-824, May 1990. 

Y. Hua and T. K. Sarkar, "Generalized pencil-of-function method for extracting poles of an EM system from its transient response," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 229-234, Feb 1989.

Edited Books

Y. Hua, A. Gershman, and Q. Cheng, editors, High-Resolution and Robust Signal Processing, Marcel Dekker, 2003 (ISBN: 0-8247-4752-6).

G. Giannakis, Y. Hua, P. Stoica and L. Tong, editors, Signal Processing Advances in Wireless and Mobile Communications, Volume 1: trends in channel estimation and equalization, Prentice-Hall, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-027162-4) and Volume 2: trends in single- and multi-users systems, Prentice-Hall, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-027190-X).

List of Journal Papers

List of Conference Papers

List of Book Chapters

List of Most Cited Papers