By Dr Wei Ni

Journal articles

Wu B; Zou S; Liwang M; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Explainable Application Intent for Zero-Touch Networking: An Incorporation of Hypergraph and Transformer', IEEE Transactions on Communications, 73, pp. 6142 - 6155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3529260

Xiao B; Zhang J; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'FLARE: A New Federated Learning Framework With Adjustable Learning Rates Over Resource-Constrained Wireless Networks', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 24, pp. 6674 - 6689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3555136

Li W; Lv T; Zhao X; Yuan X; Ni W, 2025, 'Free Privacy Protection for Wireless Federated Learning: Enjoy It or Suffer From It?', IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 20, pp. 6263 - 6278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2025.3581042

Qi H; Liwang M; Hosseinalipour S; Fu L; Zou S; Ni W, 2025, 'Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions', IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2025.3608114

Tang W; Liu E; Ni W; Qu X; Huang B; Li K; Niyato D; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Game-Theoretic Incentive Mechanism for Blockchain-Based Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24, pp. 10363 - 10376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2025.3567355

Zhang J; Zou S; Liwang M; Sun Y; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'H3DRA: Achieving Resilient Task Scheduling for Zero-Interruption Vehicular Edge Computing in Sixth-Generation Networks', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2025.3609780

Liu F; Wang M; Liu Y; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Hybrid NOMA Offloading for Delay-Sensitive Applications in MEC-Based NB-IoT Networks', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12, pp. 5245 - 5259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3487800

Zhu P; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Integrated Sensing and Communication with Reconfigurable Holographic Surface', IEEE Transactions on Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3576916

Wang D; Zou S; Liwang M; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Intent-Driven Cognitive xDFC Bridge in Endogenous Intelligent IIoT: A Systematic Review and S2 Croft Architecture With Bayesian-CRO-Fuzzy Synergy', IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSE.2025.3589594

Zou S; Liwang M; Wu B; Wu W; Sun Y; Ni W, 2025, 'Intent-Oriented Network Slicing With Hypergraphs', IEEE Network, 39, pp. 202 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MNET.2024.3454117

Yu G; Wang X; Sun C; Wang Q; Yu P; Ni W; Liu RP, 2025, 'IronForge: An Open, Secure, Fair, Decentralized Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 36, pp. 354 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3329249

Li K; Yuan X; Zheng J; Ni W; Dressler F; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Leverage Variational Graph Representation for Model Poisoning on Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 36, pp. 116 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2024.3394252

Cao Y; Wang J; Shi X; Ni W, 2025, 'Lightweight and Self-Evolving Channel Twinning: An Ensemble DMD-Assisted Approach', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 24, pp. 8072 - 8085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3564276

Li C; Qi X; Chen B; Huang S; Valls Miro J; Huang H; Ni W; Ma H, 2025, 'Marden-Based Homotopic Enclosed Safe Motion Corridor Generation for UAV Navigation in Complex Environments', IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22, pp. 17486 - 17500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3488692

Yu X; Lv T; Li W; Ni W; Niyato D; Hossain E, 2025, 'Multi-Task Semantic Communication With Graph Attention-Based Feature Correlation Extraction', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24, pp. 4371 - 4388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2025.3525477

Shen J; Wu B; Xiang W; Zou S; Wang W; Cui L; Ni W, 2025, 'Novel Bandwidth-Aware Network Coding for Fast Cloud-of-Clouds Disaster Backup', IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 22, pp. 2087 - 2105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2024.3524787

Yang C; Wang X; Ni W; Jiang Y, 2025, 'Optimal Beamforming for MIMO DFRC Systems with Transmit Covariance Constraints', IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 73, pp. 601 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2025.3529722

Qi X; Li C; Ni W; Sheng QZ; Ma H, 2025, 'Practical Prescribed Time Control Framework for Decentralized Robust Steering of Connected Automated Vehicles Under Deception Attacks', IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems, 55, pp. 4915 - 4929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2025.3561509

Qi L; Wang L; Ding J; Ni W, 2025, 'Pricing Design for EV Platoon Charging Network With Hybrid Traffic Flows', IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 11, pp. 1431 - 1441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3406130

You F; Yuan X; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Privacy-Preserving Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Effective Resource Auction in Multi-Access Edge Computing', IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 11, pp. 1887 - 1901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2024.3499342

Zhang S; Sun C; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Proximal Policy Optimization With Adaptive Weight Adjustment for Airborne Integrated Sensing and Communication', IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 14, pp. 1703 - 1707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2025.3553316

Zhang X; Ren Y; Wang J; Jiang F; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Random Caching Strategy Based on Scalable Video Coding: Content Placement and Delivery in Multi-Tier Heterogeneous Networks', IEEE Transactions on Communications, 73, pp. 6185 - 6199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3540963

Tian C; Huang C; Wang Y; Chung E; Nguyen AT; Wong PK; Ni W; Jamalipour A; Li K; Huang H, 2025, 'Recent Estimation Techniques of Vehicle-Road-Pedestrian States for Traffic Safety: Comprehensive Review and Future Perspectives', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26, pp. 2897 - 2920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3517162

Zhao L; Sun C; Ni W; Ng DWK, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Computing in OFDM Systems', IEEE Communications Letters, 29, pp. 1446 - 1450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565260

Zhang H; Liu E; Wang R; Ni W; Xing Z; Liu Y; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Localization in OFDM Systems With Carrier Frequency Offset and Phase Noise', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 24, pp. 7078 - 7094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3557935

Sun P; Liu E; Ni W; Wang R; Xing Z; Li B; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Wireless Federated Learning With Imperfect Aggregation', IEEE Transactions on Communications, 73, pp. 1058 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3450605

Bi S; Yuan X; Hu S; Li K; Ni W; Hossain E; Wang X, 2025, 'Resilience and Failure Analysis in Next-Generation Communication Networks: A Contemporary Survey', IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSE.2025.3620950

Shen J; Wu B; Wang M; Zou S; Cui L; Ni W, 2025, 'RLDR: Reinforcement Learning-Based Fast Data Recovery in Cloud-of-Clouds Storage Systems', IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 13, pp. 526 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2025.3546528

Li W; Lv T; Ni W; Zhao J; Hossain E; Poor HV, 2025, 'Route-and-Aggregate Decentralized Federated Learning Under Communication Errors', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 36, pp. 16675 - 16691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2025.3552406

Duan L; Wang Y; Liu J; Ni W; Li C; Wang W; Liu Z; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Secure and Fine-Grained Data Sharing in Internet of Things: Integration of Interplanetary File System and Cross-Blockchain for Access Control', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12, pp. 37301 - 37308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3583969

Chen M; Qu X; Liu E; Ni W; Long Q; Ma H, 2025, 'Statistical Channel Modeling and Estimation for PMMA-Based Vehicle-Mounted Magnetic Communication Systems', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2025.3574843

Yu H; Wu J; Wang Z; Ni W; Song L, 2025, 'Towards Accurate 3D Human Reconstruction: Segmentation-Based Supervision With Uncertainty Estimation', IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 32, pp. 1036 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2025.3543317

Zhou X; Shen A; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X; Hossain E, 2025, 'Towards Quantum-Native Communication Systems: State-of-the-Art, Trends, and Challenges', IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2025.3575842

Ye Y; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Trajectory Planning and Transmission Scheduling for UAV-Borne RIS Assisted Energy-Efficient Uplink Transmissions', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2025.3602851

Hu B; Tian H; Ni W; Fan S; Hossain E, 2025, 'User-Centric Multi-Static Sensing for Joint User and Target Tracking in Mobile Wireless Systems', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 24, pp. 7483 - 7500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3560901

Xu C; Qu Y; Ding M; Ni W; Gao L; Li J; Vincent Poor H, 2025, 'What is the Value of Heuristic Model Selection and Aggregation in Federated Learning?', IEEE Network, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MNET.2025.3586566

Li K; Li C; Yuan X; Li S; Zou S; Ahmed SS; Ni W; Niyato D; Jamalipour A; Dressler F; Akan OB, 2025, 'Zero-Trust Foundation Models: A New Paradigm for Secure and Collaborative Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Things', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3603957

Zhao X; Cui Q; Li W; Ni W; Hossain E; Sheng QZ; Tao X; Zhang P, 2025, 'Convergence-Privacy-Fairness Trade-Off in Personalized Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 3, pp. 246 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmlcn.2025.3528901

Feng H; Wang R; Liu E; Ni W; Niyato D; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Over-The-Air Federated Learning with Joint Privacy-Accuracy Optimization', IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2025.3620108

Jiang Y; Ma B; Wang X; Yu G; Sun C; Ni W; Liu RP, 2024, 'Preventing harm to the rare in combating the malicious: A filtering-and-voting framework with adaptive aggregation in federated learning', Neurocomputing, 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.128317

Zou S; Wu J; Yu H; Wang W; Huang L; Ni W; Liu Y, 2024, 'Efficiency-optimized 6G: A virtual network resource orchestration strategy by enhanced particle swarm optimization', Digital Communications and Networks, 10, pp. 1221 - 1233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2023.06.008

Gao T; Duan L; Feng L; Ni W; Sheng QZ, 2024, 'A Novel Blockchain-based Responsible Recommendation System for Service Process Creation and Recommendation', ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3643858

Jiang Y; Ma B; Wang X; Yu G; Yu P; Wang Z; Ni W; Liu RP, 2024, 'Blockchained Federated Learning for Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey', ACM Computing Surveys, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3659099

Qi L; Wu B; Chen X; Zhou L; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Joint Optimization of Internet of Things and Smart Grid for Energy Generation, Battery (Dis)charging, and Information Delivery', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 21647 - 21658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3377451

Gong Z; Cui Q; Ni W, 2024, 'Cross-Domain Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Heterogeneous Industrial Internet-of-Things Networks', Sensors, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s24113265

Moosavi SKR; Saadat A; Abaid Z; Ni W; Li K; Guizani M, 2024, 'Feature selection based on dataset variance optimization using Hybrid Sine Cosine – Firehawk Algorithm (HSCFHA)', Future Generation Computer Systems, 155, pp. 272 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2024.02.017

Altaf T; Wang X; Ni W; Yu G; Liu RP; Braun R, 2024, 'GNN-Based Network Traffic Analysis for the Detection of Sequential Attacks in IoT', Electronics Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13122274

Yang C; Wang X; Ni W, 2024, 'Joint Transmit and Receive Beamforming Design for DPC-Based MIMO DFRC Systems', Electronics Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101846

Zhang Z; Yu G; Sun C; Wang X; Wang Y; Zhang M; Ni W; Liu RP; Reeves A; Georgalas N, 2024, 'TBDD: A new trust-based, DRL-driven framework for blockchain sharding in IoT', Computer Networks, 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110343

Zhou X; Lin Z; Gu R; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'A New Meta-Learning Framework for Estimating Atmospheric Turbulence and Phase Noise in Optical Satellite Internet of Things Systems', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 11190 - 11201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3329566

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