CIMG1608

 Xiang CHENG (程翔), Student Member, IEEE, IET

  PhD in Mobile Communications and Networks
    Image and Signal Processing Group

Joint Research Institute in Signal and Image Processing
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

Office: EM 1.3
Phone: +44-131-451-3321
Fax: +44-131-451-4155
E-Mail: xc48@hw.ac.uk
URL: http://www. eps.hw.ac.uk/~xc48/

Biography | Research || Awards and Honours | Professional Activities | Publications

BIOGRAPHY

Xiang CHENG received the BSc and MEng degrees in communication and information systems from School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Shandong, P. R. China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Since October 2006 he has been a joint PhD student (JRI-SIP Prize Studentship) at Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, under the supervision of Dr. Cheng-Xiang Wang，Heriot-Watt University and Dr. Dave Laurenson, University of Edinburgh.

 

RESEARCH

Research Project:

--   MIMO Channel Modelling and Simulation for Cellular and Mobile-to-Mobile Communication Systems, supported by Edinburgh Research Partnership (ERP) Joint Research Institutes for Signal and Image Processing (JRI-SIP), Edinburgh, UK.

Research Interests:

 

--   Mobile propagation channel modelling and simulation, error models

--   Smart antennas and MIMO systems

--   Wideband MIMO channel modelling and simulation

--   Mobile-to-mobile communication systems

--   Mobile-to-mobile channel modelling and simulation

--   Cooperative communications and corresponding channel modelling

--   3GPP evolved UTRA and UTRAN

--   Iterative methods (Turbo codes, Turbo equalization)

 


AWARDS AND HONOURS

--   Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad in 2009, China Scholarship Council, China.

--   Second Year Postgraduate Research Prize in Heriot-Watt University, October 2008, UK

--   First Year Postgraduate Research Prize in Heriot-Watt University, October 2007, UK

--   China Mobile Scholarship in Shandong University, October 2005, China

--   LG Electronic Scholarship in Shandong University, December 2003, China

--   Guang Hua Scholarship in Shandong University, September 2003, China

--   Two times Full-Scholarship in Shandong University, 2000-2003, China

--   Three times First Class Scholarship in Shandong University, 1999-2000, China

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Demonstrator:

 

--   Tutorial of MSc Module B39QE1: Communications & Networks (Term 1 2007/2008)

--   Lab of MSc Module B39DQ1: Computer Hardware (Term 1 2007/2008)

--   Tutorial and Lab of MSc Module B39JT2: Communications 2 (Term 2 2008)

--   Tutorial of MSc Module B31SF1: Communications & Networks (Term 1 2008/2009)

--   Tutorial and Lab of MSc Module B31SI2: Principles of Mobile Communications (Term 2 2009)

 

 

 

Technical Program Committee Member:

 

--   IEEE 10th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2008), Dalian, China, 25-27 Sept. 2008.

--   IEEE International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC 2009), Kunming, China, 6-8 Jan. 2009.

--   IEEE International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC 2010), Shenzhen, China, 12-14 Apr. 2010.

 

 

Reviewer for journals and conferences:

 

--   IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

--   IEEE Transactions on Communications

--   IEEE Communications Letters

--   IEE Proceedings Vision, Image and Signal Processing

--   EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

--   Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

 

--   IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2006-Fall)

--   IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2006)

--   IEEE International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS 2006)
--   IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT 2006)

--   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2007)

--   IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2007)

--   IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2007)

--   IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2007)

--   IEEE International Workshop on Cross Layer Design (IWCLD 2007)

--   IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007)

--   IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008)

--   IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA2008)

--   IEEE International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC 2009)

--   IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2009-Spring)

--   IEEE International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP2009)

--   IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2009-Fall)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

  Journal Papers (11):

  1. Cheng-Xiang Wang, Xuemin Hong, Xiaohu Ge, Xiang Cheng, Gong Zhang, and John Thompson, “Cooperative MIMO channel models: a survey”, IEEE Commun. Mag., accepted for publication, 2010.
  2. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I Laurenson, Sana Salous, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “New deterministic and stochastic simulation models for non-isotropic scattering mobile-to-mobile Rayleigh fading channels”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Emerging Techniques for Wireless Vehicular Communications, John Wiley & Sons, accepted for publication, May 2009.
  3. Cheng-Xiang Wang, Xiang Cheng, and David I. Laurenson, “Vehicle-to-vehicle channel modeling and measurements: recent advances and future challenges”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no. 11, Nov. 2009.
  4. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, Sana Salos, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “An adaptive geometry-based stochastic model for non-isotropic MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels”, IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 4824 – 4835, Sept. 2009.
  5. Xiang Cheng, DongFeng Yuan, “Novel methods for Turbo equalizer to reduce equalization delay,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, English edition, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 50-53, Jan. 2007. 
  6. Xiang Cheng, DongFeng Yuan, “A novel iterative scheme for parallel intersymbol interference channels,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, English edition, accepted for Publication.
  7. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, “Parallel equalization schemes for Turbo equalizer,” Journal on Communications, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 46-50, Sept. 2006 (in Chinese).
  8. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, “Hybrid iterative strategy for parallel intersymbol interference channels,” Journal of Circuits and Systems, accepted for publication (in Chinese).
  9. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, “An equalization algorithm based on serial and parallel concatenation Turbo-like method,”  Journal of Shandong University, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 13-17, Jun. 2006 (in Chinese).
  10. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, “Hybrid iterative method for intersymbol interference channels,” ACTA ELECTRONICA SINICA, submitted for publication (in Chinese).
  11. Yu-Ling Zhang, Dongfeng Yuan, Xiang Cheng, “New UEP mapping strategy in LDPC-coded modulation systems,” Journal on Communications, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 23-26, Dec. 2006 (in Chinese).

 

 

  Conference Papers (19):

 

  1. Yi Yuan, Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, Xiaohu Ge, and Feng Zhao, “Space time correlation properties of a three-dimensional two-sphere model for non-isotropic MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels,” IEEE Globe Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, USA, Dec. 2010, accepted for publication.
  2. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Yi Yuan, David I. Laurenson, and Xiaohu Ge, “A novel three-dimensional regular-shaped geometry-based stochastic model for MIMO mobile-to-mobile Ricean fading channels,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC2010-Fall, Ottawa, Canada, 6 – 9 Sept. 2010 (invited paper).
  3. David I. Laurenson, Michail Matthaiou, Xiang Cheng, and Cheng-Xiang Wang, “Modelling for Vehicle to Vehicle Applications,” IEEE Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009, Loughborough, UK, 16 – 17 Nov. 2009, (invited paper).
  4. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, and David I. Laurenson, “A Geometry-based stochastic model for wideband MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels,” IEEE Globe Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2009, Hawaii, USA, 30 Nov.-4 Dec. 2009.
  5. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, Sana Salos, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “New simulation models for non-isotropic scattering mobile-to-mobile Rayleigh fading channels,” The First International Workshop on Vehicular Communication Technologies, VehiCom 2009, co-located with IWCMC 2009, Leipzig, Germany, 21-24 June 2009, pp. 1289 – 1294.
  6. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, and David I. Laurenson, “New deterministic and stochastic simulation models for non-isotropic scattering MIMO channels,” Proc. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2009, Leipzig, Germany, 21-24 June 2009, pp. 1365 – 1369.
  7. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “Second order statistics of non-isotropic mobile-to-mobile Ricean fading channels,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Communications, ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, 14-18 June 2009, accepted for publication.
  8. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, and David I. Laurenson, “Multiple-ring based modeling and simulation of wideband space-time-frequency MIMO channels,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Communications, ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, 14-18 June 2009, accepted for publication.
  9. Shuangshuang Han, Dongfeng Yuan, and Xiang Cheng, “Performance analysis of different equalization algorithms in a modified iterative scheme”, Proc. IET International Conference on Wireless, Mobile & Multimedia Networks, ICWMMN 2008, Beijing, China, Oct. 2008, pp. 364-367.
  10. Shuangshuang Han, Dongfeng Yuan, and Xiang Cheng, “A modified iterative equalization scheme based on precoding”, Proc. IET International Conference on Wireless, Mobile & Multimedia Networks, ICWMMN 2008, Beijing, China, Oct. 2008, pp. 372-375.
  11. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “A generic geometrical-based MIMO mobile-to-mobile channel model,” Proc. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2008, Chania Crete Island, Greece, 6-8 August 2008, pp. 1000-1005.
  12. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, David I. Laurenson, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “Space-time-frequency characterization of non-isotropic MIMO mobile-to-mobile multicarrier Ricean fading channels,” Proc. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2008, Chania Crete Island, Greece, 6-8 August 2008, pp. 994-999.
  13. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, and David I. Laurenson, “A generic Space-Time-Frequency correlation model and its corresponding simulation model for narrowband MIMO channels,” Proc. 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2007, Edinburgh, UK, 11-16 November 2007, pp. 1-6.
  14. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Dongfeng Yuan, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen, “A novel iterative method for turbo equalization,” Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC 2007, HongKong, China, 11-15 March 2007, pp. 488 - 492.
  15. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, Cheng-Xiang Wang. “A modified iterative packet combining scheme for intersymbol interference channels,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, IEEE ICCCAS 2006, Guilin, China, 25-28 June 2006, pp. 124 - 127.
  16. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, XiLin Zhang, “Parallel equalization schemes for Turbo equalizer,” Proc. 62nd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE VTC 2005-Fall, Texas, USA, 25-28 September 2005, pp. 1407 – 1411.
  17. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan, XiangMing Yu. “The improvement of turbo equalization through using turbo codes,” Proc. International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, ICCCAS 2005, Hongkong, China, 27-30 May 2005, pp. 124 – 127.
  18. Xiang Cheng, Dongfeng Yuan. “Hybrid iterative strategy for parallel intersymbol interference channels,” Proc. IEEE Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies, IEEE MAPE 2005, Beijing, China, 8-12 August 2005, pp. 232 - 235.
  19. Wentao Cui, Dongfeng Yuan, Xiang Cheng, “Turbo detection for UWB communication,” Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, IEEE WCNM 2005, Wuhan, China, 23-26 September 2005, pp. 360 – 363.

 

  Report (1):

  1. Xiang Cheng, Cheng-Xiang Wang, and David I. Laurenson, “An adaptive geometrical-based stochastic model for space-time-frequency correlated MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels”, COST 2100 TD(08) 472, COST 2100 4th MCM, Wroclaw, Poland, 6-8 Feb. 2008.

 

 

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