Multiple Access Technology Towards Ubiquitous Networks: Overview and Efficient Designs

Kai Yang received the Ph.D. degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in 2010. From Jan. 2010 to July 2010, he was with the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. From 2010 to 2013, he was with Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Shanghai, China. In 2013, he joined the Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, University Paris Sud 11, Orsay, France. Now, he is a professor in the School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. His current research interests include resource allocation, convex optimization, massive MIMO, mmWave systems, and interference mitigation.

Jianping An received his B.E. degree from Information Engineering University in 1987, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1996, respectively. Since 1996, he has been with the School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, where he is now a full professor and is also the Dean of the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology. From 2010 to 2011, he was a visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego. He has published more than 150 journal and conference articles and holds (or co-holds) more than 50 patents. He has received various awards for his academic achievements and the resultant industrial influences, including the National Award for Scientific and Technological Progress of China (1997) and the Excellent Young Teacher Award from China’s Ministry of Education (2000). Since 2010, he has been serving as a Chief Reviewing Expert for the Information Technology Division, National Scientific Foundation of China. His current research interests are focused on digital signal processing theory and algorithms for communication systems.