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PhD Candidate in Wireless Communications
6G5G NR3GPPWireless Spectrum SharingNetwork EconomicsGame TheoryWireless CommunicationsReinforcement Learning
Updated on Sep 21, 2026
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Awards

Best Student Paper Award at IEEE WiOpt 2024

Best Student Paper Award

IEEE WiOpt 2024

Recognized for outstanding research at IEEE International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks.

Best Paper Award (Policy Track) at IEEE DySPAN 2024

Best Paper Award (Policy Track)

IEEE DySPAN 2024

Recognized for outstanding research on spectrum sharing policies at IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks

Patents

Invention Title Topic Inventor Order Status Year
Northwestern University
Dynamic Backoff Mechanisms for Collision Resolution in Random Access Systems RAN2 (RRC and MAC) First inventor Provisional application 2026
Samsung Research America (SRA)
Downlink Wake-Up Signal Based on Zadoff-Chu Sequence RAN1 (PHY) First inventor Provisional application 2026
Downlink Wake-Up Signal Based on Gold Sequence RAN1 (PHY) First inventor Provisional application 2026
Downlink Wake-Up Signal Based on M Sequence RAN1 (PHY) First inventor Provisional application 2026
Sequence Generation for a Synchronization Signal RAN1 (PHY) Co-inventor Provisional application 2026
Resource Mapping for Downlink Wake-Up Signal RAN1 (PHY) Co-inventor Provisional application 2026

Experience

Summer Internship — Samsung Research America (SRA)

Jun 2026 – Sep 2026

  • Project: sequence design of downlink wake-up signal (DL-WUS) for 6GR cellular system
  • Studied multiple sequence candidates for DL-WUS; optimized sequence pool generation for each sequence family; developed link-level simulator for DL-WUS
  • 3 first-inventor DOIs and 2 co-inventor DOIs filed

News

Sep 2026

Wrapped Up My Summer Internship at Samsung Research America.

Just wrapped up my summer internship at Samsung Research America (SRA), on the RAN1 Standards team.

I spent the summer working on the Downlink Wake-Up Signal (DL-WUS) design for 6G. My piece was studying candidate sequences and running link-level simulations. On the outcomes side: five invention disclosures filed over the summer, three of them as first inventor and two as co-inventor.

Huge thanks to my mentor Hongbo Si, my manager Eko Onggosanusi, and the whole team for the guidance and support! I learned a tremendous amount and it has been a genuine pleasure to contribute to 3GPP standardization.

With the Samsung Research America RAN1 Standards team
May 2026

Presented Our Paper at IEEE DySPAN 2026.

Just wrapped up presenting our paper on Enhanced Random Backoff Designs for 5G NR at IEEE DySPAN 2026 — analyzing RACH instability under incumbent preemption-induced reattach bursts and proposing new dynamic-backoff schemes. Patent filing is on the way. 🔥🔥🔥 (joint work with Zongyun Xie, Igor Kadota, Randall Berry)

Presenting at IEEE DySPAN 2026
May 2025

Presented Our Paper at IEEE DySPAN2025.

I had the privilege of presenting our paper “Compete or Coordinate? Analysis of Spectrum Sharing Strategies for Local Wireless Services”. Huge thanks to my incredible co-authors for their collaboration and guidance throughout this project Zongyun Xie Igor Kadota Randall Berry Carlos Caicedo William Lehr!

DySPAN 2025 presentation
Oct 2024

Received Best Student Paper Award at IEEE WiOPT2024!

Thrilled to share that our paper, "Impact of Geographical Separation on Spectrum Sharing Markets," co-authored with Zongyun Xie, Igor Kadota, Randall A Berry has received the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT) 2024!

WiOpt 2024 reception
Jun 2024

Presented Our Paper at IEEE ICC2024.

Had a great time at IEEE ICC 2024 presenting our work "Market Impacts of Relaxed Incumbent Protection in Spectrum Sharing," co-authored with Prof. Randall Berry. Great to meet our alumnus Dr. Cheng Chen, now a Wireless Standards Engineer at Intel!

ICC 2024 IEEE ICC 2024 conference photo
May 2024

Received Best Paper Award (Policy Track) at IEEE DySPAN2024!

Thrilled to share that our paper, "Market Impacts of Pooling Intermittent Spectrum," co-authored with Prof. Randall Berry has received the Best Paper Award (policy track) at the IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) 2024!

Dyspan 2024 Award Photo 1 Dyspan 2024 Award Photo 2
Nov 2023

Passed PhD Qualifying Exam.

This is the first milestone of my PhD journey!

Education

PhD, ECE — Northwestern University, IL, US

Sept 2022 – Now

MS, ECE — University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US

Aug 2020 – June 2022

BS, Telecommunications Engineering — Xidian University, China

Sep 2016 – Jun 2020

GPA: 3.90/4.00

Graduated #1 in major (Class of 2020)