YANG Fengfan (仰枫帆), received the B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees all in electrical engineering in 1990, 1993 and 1997, respectively, from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, Nothwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an, and Southeast University, Nanjing, China. During Jan. 1997-Sept. 2003 and Nov. 2006-Feb. 2008, he was first a senior research associate at City University of HK, and Institute of Communication Systems (ICS), Surrey of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK, and then as a visiting professor at Dept. of ECE, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada for various research in wireless communication technologies. Now he is a full professor at College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. His main current research interests include the followings:Category 1: Telecommunication Engineering1. Channel Coding and Information Theory: From Theory to Practice2. Network Codes and Network Information3. Cooperative Communications and Coded MIMO Cooperation for Wireless Communications 4. Signal Processing for Wireless Communications5. Satellite Communications and Communication NetworksCategory 2: Applied Mathematics for Wireless Communications1. Abstract Algebra and Geometry2. Algebraic Geometry Codes for Wireless CommunicationsProf. Yang now Part-Time Serves as:1. Senior Member of IEEE and Member of IET2. Adjunct visiting professor at Dept. of ECE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 3. Adjunct visiting professor at Dept. of ECE, University of Pretoria (UP), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa4. Adjunct visiting professor at Dept. of ECE, University Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Institute of Military Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil5. Adjunct visiting scholar at National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, BraziRecent Publications[1] Shoaib Mughal, Rahim Umar, Fengfan Yang, Hongjun Xu and Rizwan Iqbal, "Distributed Reed-Muller coded-cooperative spatial modulation," Accepted by Wireless Personal Communications, to be published in 2022.[2] Chunli Zhaoa, Fengfan Yang, Daniel Kariuki Wawerua and Rahim Umara, "Network polar coded cooperative GSM scheme based on Plotkin's construction," Accepted by International Journal of Electronics, to be published in 2022. [3] Pengcheng Guo, Fengfan Yang, Chunli Zhao and Waheed Ullah, "Jointly optimized design of distributed Reed-Solomon codes by proper selection in relay," Telecommunication Systems, August 16, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-021-00822-w.[4] Chunli ZHAO, Fengfan YANG, Daniel Kariuki WAWERU, "Reed-Solomon Coded Cooperative Spatial Modulation Based on Nested Construction for Wireless Communication," RADIOENGINEERING, VOL. 30, NO. 1, APRIL 2021.[5] Saqib Ejaz, Fengfan Yang, · Hongjun Xu, "Split labeling diversity for wireless half-duplex relay assisted cooperative communication systems," Telecommunication Systems, 13 July, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-020-00694-6. [6] Shoaib Mughal , Fengfan Yang and Rahim Umar, “Reed-Muller Network Coded- Cooperation With Joint Decoding,” IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 24- 27, Jan. 2019.[7] Ejaz Saqib, Fengfan Yang, “Jointly Optimized Reed-Muller Codes for Multi-Level Multi-Relay Coded-Cooperative VANETS,” IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 4017-4028, May 2017.[8] Rahim Umar, Fengfan Yang, Hongjun Xu, Shoaib Mughal, “Multiple relay-based Reed- Muller network coded cooperation for wireless communication system,” IET Communications, Vol. 13, No. 13. Pp. 2034-2044, August, 2019.[9] Rahim Umar, FengFan Yang and Shoaib Mughal, “Distributed Polar Coded Single Carrier-FDMA Based on Multilevel Construction Over Multipath Channels,” Vol. 105, No. 3, Wireless Personal Communications, pp. 835-856, 2019.[10] Rahim Umar, FengFan Yang, Hongjun Xu and Shoaib Mughal, “Distributed Polar Code Based on Plotkins Construction with MIMO Antennas in Frequency Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels,” Vol. 104, No. 1, Wireless Personal Communications, pp. 287-306, 2019.[11] Shoaib Mughal, Fengfan Yang, HongJun Xu and Rahim Umar, “Coded cooperative spatial modulation based on multi-level construction of polar code,” Telecommunication Systems (2019) 70: pp. 435–446.[12] Rahim Umar, Fengfan Yang, Hongjun Xu, Shoaib Mughal, “Multi-level construction of polar-coded single carrier-FDMA based on MIMO antennas for coded cooperative wireless communication,” IET Communications, Vol. 12, No. 10, pp. 1253-1262, 2018.[13] Shoaib Mughal , Fengfan Yang, Hongjun Xu and Rahim Umar, “Polar coded space-time block coded spatial modulation based on Plotkin's construction for coded cooperative networks” IET Communications, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 237-245, 2018.[14] Rahim Umar, Fengfan Yang, Shoaib Mughal and Hongjun Xu, “Distributed polar-coded OFDM based on Plotkin’s construction for half duplex wireless communication,” International Journal of Electronics, 2018, 105(7): 1097-1116.[15] Tamer H.M. Soliman, Fengfan Yang and Saqib Ejaz, “Decoded and Forward Polar Coding for Half-Duplex Two-Relay Channels based on Multilevel Construction,” International Journal of Electronics, 2017 VOL. 104, NO. 4, pp. 539–554,[16] Shoaib Mughal, Fengfan Yang, Saqib Ejaz, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Rahim Umar, “Asymmetric Turbo Code for Coded-Cooperative Wireless Communication based on Matched Interleaver with Channel Estimation and Multi-Receive Antennas at the Destination” RADIO ENGINEERING, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 878-889, Sept. 2017.[17] Tamer Soliman, Fengfan Yang, Saqib Ejaz, Amir Almslmany, Decode-and-forward polar coding scheme for receive diversity: a relay partially perfect retransmission for half- duplex wireless relay channels,” IET Communications, 2016, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 185–191.[18] Tamer H.M. Soliman, Fengfan Yang, “Cooperative Punctured Polar Coding (CPPC) Scheme Based on Plotkin’s Construction,” RADIO ENGINEERING, VOL. 24, NO. 1, April 2016.[19] TANG Lei, YANG Fengfan, ZHANG Shunwai1, SAQIB Ejaz1 and LUO Lin, “Joint Design of QC-LDPC Codes for Coded Relay Cooperation,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 179-184, Jan. 2016[20] Ejaz Saqib, Fengfan Yang, Hongjun Xu and Shunwai Zhang, “Jointly Optimized Multiple Reed Muller Codes for Wireless Half-Duplex Coded-Cooperative Network with Joint Decoding,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2015) 2015:115 DOI 10.1186/s13638-015-0334-1.[21] Shunwai Zhang, Fengfan Yang, Lei Tang, Saqib Ejaz, Lin Luo and B.T. Maharaj, “Joint design of QC-LDPC codes for coded cooperation system with joint iterative decoding,” International Journal of Electronics, 2016, Vol. 103, No. 3, 384–405.[22] Saqib Ejaz, Feng-Fan Yang and Hongjun Xu, “Reed Muller coded-cooperative diversity for multiple relays with signal space diversity and MRC reception at the destination,” Telecommunication Systems, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s11235-016-0147-5, Published online: 09 February, 2016.[23] Saqib Ejaz, Fengfan Yang and Tamer H. M. Soliman, “Network-polar-coded cooperation with joint SC decoding,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 695-697, April 2015.[24] Tamer H. M. SOLIMAN, Fengfan Yang, Saqib EJAZ, “Interleaving Gains for Receive Diversity Schemes of Distributed Turbo Codes in Wireless Half–Duplex Relay Channels,” RADIOENGINEERING, VOL. 24, NO. 2, pp. 481-488, JUNE 2015.[25] Ejaz Saqib, Fengfan Yang, Turbo Codes with Modified Code Matched Interleaver for Coded-Cooperation in Half-Duplex Wireless Relay Networks, FREQUENZ (Journal on RF-Engineering and Telecommunications) 2015, 69(3-4): 171-184.[26] Shunwai Zhang, Fengfan Yang and Lei Tang, “Network-Coding-Based Multi-Source Multi-Relay LDPC Coded Cooperative MIMO,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 491-502, March 2015. Research Funds Granted[1] Yang Fengfan, Reaech on Jointly Optimized Multiple Reed Muller Codes for Relay Cooperation Employing Joint Decoding, Funded by National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under contract No. 6177011156, 2018 (Principal Investigator).[2] Yang Fengfan, On the optimized design for QC-LDPC codes and FPGA-based implementation based on convex optimization methods, Funded by Science and Technology of Avionics Integration Laboratory and National Aeronautical Science and Research Foundation (NASRF) of China, 2019 (Principal Investigator).[3] Yang Fengfan, The joint design of multi-LDPC codes by convex optimization and joint iterative decoding for relay cooperation systems, Funded by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, 2018 (Principal Investigator).[4] Yang Fengfan, On the anti-jamming performance study for new generation satellite navigation systems, Funded by the Fundamental Research of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), 2018 (Principal Investigator).[5] Yang Fengfan, Combined Space-Time/OFDM and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS/SS) techniques for Aeronautical Information Transmission and Applications, Funded by National Foundation of Aeronautical Science and Research of P. 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China, 2017 (Principal Investigator).[6] Yang Fengfan, Performance Evaluation of Universal Broadband CDMA Satellite Mobile Communication Systems, Funded by Research Foundation of Science and Technology Council of Jiangsu province, 2017 (Principal Investigator).[7] Yang Fengfan, Combined Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) and Equalization with Feedback Detection Strategy for Aeronautical and Satellite Spread Spectrum Communication Systems, Funded by National Foundation of Aeronautical Science and Research of China, 2016 (Principal Investigator).[8] Yang Fengfan, Sparse Generator-based Irregular LDPC Codes for Micro-Satellite Communication Systems: Code Construction and Performance Analysis, Funded by National Foundation of Aeronautical Science and Research of China, 2015 (Principal Investigator).[9] Yang Fengfan, DSP/FPGA-based for Turbo Codes and LDPC Codes in Aeronautical Wireless Transmission Systems, Funded by Science and Technology of Avionics Integration Laboratory, 2015 (Principal Investigator).International Cooeration Research Projects:[1] Iteratively Decodable Coded Cooperation for Wireless Communications,Project in Collaboration with Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu Natal University, Durban, South Africa, Co-Investigator: Prof. Yang Fengfan. Principal Investigator: Prof. Xu Hongjun, KwaZulu Natal University, Duban, South Africa.[2] RS and GRS Coded MIMO Cooperation for Wireless Communications and Joint Detection/Decoding, Project in Collaboration with Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu Natal University, Durban, South Africa. Co-Investigator: Prof. Yang Fengfan. Principal Investigator: Prof. Xu Hongjun, KwaZulu Natal University, Duban, South Africa.[3] Algebraic Geometry Codes and Its Applications for Satellite Communications and Networks, Project in Collaboration with National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazi. Co-Investigator: Prof. Yang Fengfan; Principal Investigator, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil.PhD/Master Students Supervision Our research group is an international team with the aim of cultivating the students not only with solid fundamental knowledge but also with broad and diverse views on various issues of science, engineering and even social problems so that all the students are confident facing the emerging challenges in this ever changing world. Currently, I am supervising altogether 15 master students and 8 Ph.D students, some students are co-supervised by Dr. Prof. Peng Zong who is now affiliated with College of Astronautics Engineering, NUAA.Chinese Students: Native/home students join our research group as master and Ph.D candidates after obtaining their 1st or 2nd degree from NUAA and other renowned universities in Jiangsu provice, Zhejiang province, Anhui province, Shangdong province and Henan province, etc.International Students: Foreign master/Ph.D Students join our research group after obtaing 1st or 2nd degree in their countries or China and are then financially supported through the following scholarship programs:Chinese Government Scholarship through the China Scholarship Council (CSC)Provincial government scholarships, municipal government scholarships in ChinaFundings from foreign governements, enterprises, universities and other organizationsFunded by students themselves Now there are four oversea Ph.D candidates in the group, three obtained their MSc from University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, one obtained his MSc from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. All three are the Africa leading universities in African continent and also world renowned universities. Three master candidates are Ecuador, Nepal and Ghana, respectively. Some previous oversea students obtained their master and Ph.D degree from the group are:Ph.D Awarded:Dr. Saqib Ejaz: Pakistan, Graduated on 15th Oct. 2015, now affiliated with National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) as a senior engineer and also a project manager as well.Dr. Tamer Hassan Mohamed Soliman: Egypt, Graduated on 10th March 2016, now affiliated with Egyptian Air Force.Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Barbary Gadallah: Egypt, Graduated on 15th March 2016, now affiliated with Egyptian Air Force.Dr. Amr Abdelhamid Mohamed Ahmed: Egypt, Graduated on 23th March 2016, now affiliated with Egyptian Air Force.Dr. Shoaib Mughal: Pakistan, Graduated on 27th Sept. 2018, now affiliated with the Department of Computer Engineering (ECE), Bahria Uinversity Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Shoaib Mughal now acts as the Dean of the ECE Department of the university.Dr. Rahim Umar: Pakistan, Graduated on 9th Sept. 2019, now affiliated with Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK, as a research fellow.Dr. Waheed Ullah: Pakistan, Obtained Master Degree on 27th March 2012 in NUAA. From 2017 to 2021 Mr. Waheed Ullah was a Ph.D candidate in the Dept. of ECE, University of Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. He will be awarded a Ph.D in Feb. 2022.Master Degree Awarded:Mr. Esteban Guerrero: Republic of Ecuador, Graduated on 28th March 2012, now affiliated with Ecuadorian Air Force and also as a part-time Ph.D student at Dept. of ECE, Escuela Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.Mr. Giovanny Antonio Tello Santillan: Republic of Ecuador, Graduated on 28th March 2012, now affiliated with Ecuadorian Air Force. Mr. Qaisrani Muhammad Urd Sher: Pakistan, Graduated on 28th March 2017 and returned to Pakistan. Master Degree (To be Awarded in May 2022):Mr. Harit Rijal: Nepal, Submitted master thesis on 4th Jan 2022 and will have defense in March.Mr. Gershon Rodor: Ghana, Submitted master thesis on 4th Jan 2022 and will have defense in March.Group Visiting Professor:1. Prof. Tho Le-Ngoc, Dept. of ECE, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Wireless Communication Technologies. 2. Prof. Zhili Sun, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. Communication Networks. 3. Prof. Xu Hongjun (Adjunct professor at our research group), Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu-Natal University, Duban, South Africa. Advanced MIMO and Coding Techniques for Wireless Communications.4. Prof. Alireza Baghai-Wadji, Dept. of ECE, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Signal Processing for Wireless Communications.5. Prof Sunil Maharaj, Dept. of ECE, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Broadband Wireless Multimedia Communications.6. Prof. Paulo S. R. Diniz, Dept. of ECE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FURJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Signals, Multimedia and Telecommunications.7. Prof. José Antonio Apolinário Jr. Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Military Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Signal Processing for Wireless Communications.8. Prof. Juan E. Cousseau, Dept. of ECE, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Signal Processing and Communications.9. Prof. Cecilia Galarza, Dept. of ECE, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Signal Processing and Communications.10. Prof. Fambirai Takawira, Dept. of ECE, University of Witwatersrand (wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. Information Theory and Coding for Wireless Communication.11. Prof. Ling Chen, Dept. of ECE, University of Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. Information Theory and Coding for Wireless Communication.12. Prof. Bartolomeu Uchôa Filho, Dept. of ECE, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopólis, Brazil.Exchange Visiting Scholars/Researchers/Students1. Dr. Washington Medina, Dept. of ECE, Escuela Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador. Signal Processing for Wireless Communications.2. Miss Mónica Andrea Zabala Haro, Dept. of ECE, Polytechnic University of Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador.3. Mr. Jorge H. Hidalgo G., Former Consul General of the Republic of Ecuador in Shanghai.4. Dr. Kar Ann Chew, Senior Project Manager, Huawei, UK.5. Mr. Rafael Wei, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Military Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.6. Dr. Mohamed Khalil, Dept. of ECE, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt.Group Researchers Visiting the Foreign Universities1. Dr. Saqib Ejaz: Visited the Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa, from Feb. to April, 2014. 2. Dr. Shoaib Mughal: Visited the Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa, from Jan. to March, 2017. 3. Dr. Rahim Umar: Visited the Dept. of ECE, KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa, from June to Sept., 2018.