Publications & Under Review
(* : first author, †: corresponding author)
While I highly respect open-source projects, I cannot always release my code mainly because of the time required for code cleanup and maintenance.
Journal Papers
Submitted
Vision-Wireless Fusion for Multi-User Localization: A Cross-Modal Transformer Approach
, Preparing
arXiv
Can Zheng*, Jiguang He, Guofa Cai, Henk Wymeersch, Merouane Debbah.
Localization
Multimodal
Transformer
JEPA-MSAC: A Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture for Multimodal Sensing-Assisted Communications
, Preparing
arXiv
Can Zheng*, Jiguang He†, Guofa Cai, Nannan Li, Mehdi Bennis, Henk Wymeersch, Merouane Debbah.
JEPA
Multimodal
Beam Prediction
Localization
M2BeamLLM: Multimodal Sensing-empowered mmWave Beam Prediction with Large Language Models
, Preparing
arXiv
Can Zheng*, Jiguang He†, Chung G. Kang, Guofa Cai, Zitong Yu, Merouane Debbah.
Beam Prediction
Multimodal
LLM
2026
Gradient Projection with Sequential Order-One Negative Exponential-Based Channel Estimation for OTFS Systems
, IEICE Transactions on Communications
IEEE
Can Zheng, Chung G. Kang.
OTFS
Channel Estimation
Gradient Projection
2025
A Sparsity-Agnostic SL0 Channel Estimation Approach for OTFS Systems
, IEEE Communications Letters
IEEE
Xin Wang*, Can Zheng*, Pengjiang Hu†, Junan Yang, Chung G. Kang.
OTFS
Channel Estimation
SL0
Conference Papers
2026
Segment-Wise Flow Matching for Vision-Aided mmWave V2I Beam Prediction
, To appear at IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2026.
arXiv
Can Zheng, Jiguang He, Chung G. Kang, Guofa Cai, Chongwen Huang, Henk Wymeersch.
Beam Prediction
Generative AI
Multimodal Radio and Vision Fusion for Robust Localization in Urban V2I Communications
, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
IEEE
arXiv
Can Zheng, Jiguang He, Chung G. Kang, Guofa Cai, Henk Wymeersch.
Localization
Multimodal
Low-Complexity AFDM Signal Detection for High-Mobility and LEO Satellite Communications
, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC)
IEEE
Can Zheng, Chung G. Kang.
AFDM
Signal Detection
2025
Split Bregman Iteration-Based Channel Estimation for OTFS Systems
, International Conference on Information and Communication Networks (ICICN)
IEEE
Xin Wang, Can Zheng, Chuanrong Jiang, Pengjiang Hu, Junan Yang, Chung G. Kang.
OTFS
Channel Estimation
Split Bregman
Delay-Doppler Domain Channel Estimation for OTFS System Using the Gradient Projection Method
, Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC)
IEEE
Can Zheng, Chung G. Kang.
OTFS
Channel Estimation
Gradient Projection
BeamLLM: Vision-Empowered mmWave Beam Prediction with Large Language Models
, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)
IEEE
arXiv
Can Zheng, Jiguang He, Guofa Cai, Zitong Yu, Chung G. Kang.
Beam Prediction
LLM
ADMM-Based Delay-Doppler Domain Channel Estimation for OTFS Systems
, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)
IEEE
Can Zheng, Xin Wang, Chung G. Kang.
OTFS
Channel Estimation
ADMM
Joint Clustering and Uplink Power Control for Cell-free Massive MIMO in LEO Satellite Networks
, International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN)
IEEE
Can Zheng, Fitsum Debebe Tilahun, Chung G. Kang.
LEO Satellite
Cell-Free
Power Control
A Technical Survey on Uplink Capacity Enhancement in Direct-to-Cell (D2C) Systems: Toward Cooperative LEO Satellite Architectures
, International Conference on Mobile, Military, Maritime IT Convergence (ICMIC)
IEEE
Tae Hoon Yoon, Can Zheng, Fitsum Debebe Tilahun, Chung G. Kang.
LEO Satellite
Direct-to-Cell
Survey