Professor Xiaoli Chu

PhD, BEng

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor in Wireless Communications

Xiaoli Chu
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x.chu@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Xiaoli Chu
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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I received the B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Xi鈥檃n Jiao Tong University in 2001 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2005.

From September 2005 to April 2012, I was with the Centre for Telecommunications Research at King鈥檚 College London.

I am interested in the modelling, analysis and algorithm design for improving the performance and efficiency of wireless communication systems.

My current research focuses on heterogeneous and small cell networks, wireless communications in unlicensed spectrum, and cloud/mobile-edge/fog/device-to-device assisted radio access networks.

These are all key enabling technologies for 5G and future mobile communications. I am the lead editor/author of the book 鈥淗eterogeneous Cellular Networks 鈥 Theory, Simulation and Deployment鈥 published by Cambridge University Press (May 2013) and the book 鈥4G Femtocells: Resource Allocation and Interference Management鈥 published by Springer US (November 2013).

I am co-recipient of the IEEE Communications Society 2017 Young Author Best Paper Award.

I am Editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and the IEEE Communications Letters, and was Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and the ACM/Springer Journal of Mobile Networks & Applications.

I was Co-Chair of Wireless Communications Symposium for the IEEE International Conference on Communications 2015 (ICC鈥15), Workshop Co-Chair for the IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications 2013 (GreenCom鈥13), and have organised a number of workshops on heterogeneous and small cell networks and ultra-dense networks for IEEE ICC, GLOBECOM, WCNC, and PIMRC.

Research interests
  • 5G/6G enabling technologies: air interface and transmission technologies, network architecture, and resource allocation
  • Integration and coordination of communication, computing, sensing, control and localization
  • Wireless networked control of mobile robotic objects, e.g., autonomous driving, IoT industry automation
  • Cloud/edge/fog/device-computing-assisted radio access networks 
  • Energy efficiency and sustainability in wireless communications, including wireless energy transfer and harvesting
  • Dynamic and intelligent spectrum sharing and accessing
  • Space-air-ground-sea integrated networks

Research projects

  • H2020-MSCA-RISE project ""
  • H2020-MSCA-ITN project ""
  • H2020-MSCA-RISE project ""
Publications

Journal articles

  • Huang R, Qian Z, Zhou Z, Chen Z, Liu J, Han J, Zhou S, He J & Chu X (2026) . Displays, 92, 103290-103290.
  • Liu Z, Liu B, Valcarce A & Chu X (2026) . IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 1-1.
  • Shang B, Huang X, Li X, Yang C, Chu X & Zhang H (2026) . IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 7, 2013-2033.
  • Guo W, Liang K, Zheng G, Chu X, Wong K-K, Chae C-B & Gu H (2026) . IEEE Communications Magazine, 1-7.
  • Zhang Z, Zheng Y, Chu X, Zhao D, Zhuge B, Dong L, Jiang X & Zhou H (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 1-1.
  • Ye Y, Lu S, Shi L, Chu X & Sun S (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1-1.
  • Hu B, Zhang W, Yin Y, Du J, Yu FR & Chu X (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1-6.
  • Gao Y, Lu Z, Wu X, Yu W, Liu S, Du J, Jin Y, Zhang S, Chu X & Xu S (2026) . IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 1-1.
  • Du J, Wang Y, Jiang J, Ren D, Gao Y, Sun G & Chu X (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 1-20.
  • Nie J, Zhang G, Cui M, Fu H & Chu X (2026) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 1-1.
  • Chu C, Mao S, Wang R, Chu X & Wen G (2025) . IEEE Communications Letters, 1-1.
  • Ye Y, Li Y, Chu X, Zheng G & Sun S (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1-1.
  • Xu R, Ye Y, Chu X, Lu G, Ghadi FR & Wong K-K (2025) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 1-1.
  • Wang Z, Shang B, Du J, Feng J & Chu X (2025) . Journal of Information and Intelligence.
  • Gao Y, Lu Z, Wu Y, Jin Y, Zhang S, Chu X, Xu S & Wang C-X (2025) . IEEE Communications Magazine, 1-7.
  • Gao Y, Liu Y, Yu R, Liu S, Jin Y, Zhang S, Xu S & Chu X (2025) . IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 1-1.
  • Gu H, Zhao L, Han Z, Chu X, Zheng G, Liu J & Zhou G (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 1-18.
  • Huang R, Zhou S, Li P, Yang K, Chen Z, He J, Chu X, Zhou Z & Zhai G (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 1-21.
  • Zhang Y, Chen K-C, Zheng G, Chu X, Xu J & Liu X (2025) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 1-1.
  • Sun M, Hou J, Qiu K, Wang K, Chu X & Zhang Z (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  • Shi L, Ye Y, Chu X, Lu G & Sun S (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 1-1.
  • Lei Y, Ye Y, Chu X, Zhao H & Lu G (2025) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 1-1.
  • Zhao H, Zhao L, Pang L, Chu X, Zhou G & Liu J (2025) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(18), 38887-38900.
  • Hu B, Liu H, Du J, L贸pez-Ben铆tez M, Wu C, Chu X & Niyato D (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 1-1.
  • Song X, Han D, Shi L, Ye Y & Chu X (2025) . IET Communications, 19(1).
  • Du J, Yan H, Sun A, Wang C, Gao Y, Liu Z & Chu X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1-14.
  • Guo W, Liang K, Song Y, Chu X, Zheng G & Wong K-K (2025) . Journal of Information and Intelligence, 3(3), 223-241.
  • Du J, Yu Z, Li S, Hu B, Gao Y & Chu X (2025) . Future Generation Computer Systems, 166, 107704-107704.
  • Wang Y, Chen C & Chu X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 24(8), 6658-6673.
  • Hu B, Du J, Zhang J & Chu X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24(9), 8612-8624.
  • Du J, Gong J, Chu X, Xiong Z, Chen X, Dong M & Yu FR (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking.
  • Wang Y, Zhao L, Chu X, Song S, Deng Y, Nallanathan A & Zhou G (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 74(6), 9777-9789.
  • Du J, Wang J, Li S, Liu L, Chu X, Chen X & Dong M (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1-15.
  • Guo W, Liang K, Zheng G, Chu X, Zhou G, Wong K-K & Chae C-B (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 1-17.
  • Wu Q, Cui M, Zhang G, Zheng B, Chu X & Wu Q (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 1-16.
  • Lei Y, Ye Y, Chu X, Chen G & Lu G (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 74(5), 8345-8350.
  • Yu Z, Zhao Y, Chu X & Yuan D (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 3, 64-79.
  • Ye Y, Tian Y, Chu X, Sun S & Lu G (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Communications, 73(7), 4616-4629.
  • Yang S, Zhang Z, Zhang J, Chu X & Zhang J (2025) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(8), 9792-9804.
  • Tao R, Liu W, Wu Y, Zhang J, Chu X & Zhang J (2025) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(4), 3816-3831.
  • Zhao L, Wang Y, Chu X, Song S, Deng Y, Nallanathan A & Karagiannidis GK (2025) . IEEE Network, 39(1), 181-188.
  • Liu Z, Chu X, L贸pez-P茅rez D & Tang N (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(12), 19172-19182.
  • Liu Z, Chu X, Lopez-Perez D & Tang N (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(12), 19172-19182.
  • Hu B, Zhang W, Gao Y, Du J & Chu X (2024) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(20), 33890-33902.
  • Zhang X, Lv L, Yang L, Chu X, Nallanathan A & Chen J (2024) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 13(9), 2447-2451.
  • Wang Y, Zhao L, Chu X, Song S, Deng Y, Nallanathan A & Zhou G (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(11), 16680-16696.
  • Shang B, Li X, Li Z, Ma J, Chu X & Fan P (2024) . IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, 3245-3262.
  • Zhang Y, Chen K-C, Zheng G, Chu X & Xu J (2024) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 13(8), 2055-2059.
  • Zhang Y, Khosravirad S, Chu X & Uusitalo M (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(9), 12084-12098.
  • Shi J, Shi L, Ye Y, Zhang Y & Chu X (2024) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 13(5), 1325-1329.
  • Gao Y, Hu H, Zhang J, Jin Y, Xu S & Chu X (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(7), 10845-10849.
  • Zhang Y, Zhang J, Chu X & Zhang J (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 72(3), 2697-2711.
  • Gao Y, Hu H, Chen J, Wang X, Chu X & Zhang J (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(1), 1453-1457.
  • Wu Q, Cui M, Zhang G, Wang F, Wu Q & Chu X (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(4), 3298-3311.
  • Liu Z, Liu Y & Chu X (2024) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(1), 1548-1557.
  • Du J, Kong Z, Sun A, Kang J, Niyato D, Chu X & Yu FR (2023) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(6), 10600-10615.
  • Huang R, Feng M, Chen Z, He J & Chu X (2023) . Displays, 79, 102457-102457.
  • LI H, WU J, WEI G, MENG X, BAI H, LIN L, YANG X, YI P, ZONG Z, WEI J , ZHU F et al (2023) . SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, 53(8), 1629-1629.
  • Jiang X, Liang K, Chu X, Li C & Karagiannidis G (2023) . IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 12(10), 1716-1720.
  • Wang H, Li H, Ye Q, Lu P, Yang Y, Chong PHJ, Chu X, Lv Q & Smahi A (2023) . Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 34(9).
  • Du P, Lei H, Ansari IS, Du J & Chu X (2023) . Digital Communications and Networks, 9(3), 797-808.
  • Lu G, Liu Z, Ye Y & Chu X (2023) . China Communications, 20(10), 120-135.
  • Gao Y, Zhang Z, Hu H, Wang X, Jin Y & Chu X (2023) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(9), 11814-11827.

Conference proceedings

  • Wang Z, Hu B, Yin Y, L贸pez-Ben铆tez M, Zhang J & Chu X (2025) . 2025 IEEE 102nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Fall) (pp 1-6), 19 October 2025 - 22 October 2025.
  • Du W, Liu Y, Tang N & Chu X (2025) . 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops) (pp 2057-2062). Montreal, Canada, 8 June 2025 - 8 June 2025.
  • Zheng Y, Zhang Z, Xu W, Chu X & Zhuge B (2025) . 2025 IEEE 26th International Workshop on Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications (SPAWC) (pp 1-5), 7 July 2025 - 10 July 2025.
  • Hu B, Zhang W, Jia D, Wu F, Chen C & Chu X (2025) . 2025 IEEE 101st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Spring) (pp 1-6), 17 June 2025 - 20 June 2025.
  • Wei C, Shi L, Chu X, Song X & Lu G (2025) . 2025 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) (pp 1-6), 24 March 2025 - 27 March 2025.
  • Hu B, Gao Y, L贸pez-Ben铆tez M, Du J, Zhang J & Chu X (2024) . 2024 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) (pp 382-387), 7 August 2024 - 9 August 2024.
  • Tang N, Liu Y, Chu X & Akyildiz IF (2024) . ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications (pp 4227-4232), 9 June 2024 - 13 June 2024.

Preprints

  • Jin Y, Yu R, Gao Y, Liu S, Chu X, Wong K-K & Chae C-B (2026) , arXiv.
  • Gao Y, Lu Z, Wu X, Yu W, Liu S, Du J, Jin Y, Zhang S, Chu X & Xu S (2026) , arXiv.
  • Ye Y, Li Y, Chu X, Zheng G & Sun S (2025) , arXiv.
  • Xu R, Ye Y, Chu X, Lu G, Ghadi FR & Wong K-K (2025) , arXiv.
  • Xu R, Ye Y, Chu X, Lu G, Wong K-K & Chae C-B (2025) , arXiv.
  • Gao Y, Liu Y, Yu R, Liu S, Jin Y, Zhang S, Xu S & Chu X (2025) , arXiv.
  • Gao Y, Lu Z, Wu Y, Jin Y, Zhang S, Chu X, Xu S & Wang C-X (2025) , arXiv.
  • Zhang Y, Khosravirad SR, Chu X & Uusitalo MA (2023) , arXiv.
Teaching activities
  • EEE6224
Professional activities and memberships
  • Professor
  • Departmental Director of Admissions

Links

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