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Patents and Invention Disclosure


1. Frequency Hopping Systems, 2005 (Provisional patent)
2. Sampling rate reduction Methods and Apparatus, 2005 (Provisional patent)
3. Time Division OFDMA Systems, 2006 (Invention Disclosure)
4. Improved Frequency-Domain Equalization, 2006 (Invention Disclosure)
5. Carrier Frequency Offset Compensation, 2006 (Invention Disclosure)

Book Chapters


Jian (Andrew) Zhang, "Ultra Wideband Systems:- A Research Overview", in Advances in Broadband Communication and Networks, Editors: J. I. Agbinya, et. al, 2008 River Publishers, Denmark.

Journal Articles


11. Ying Chen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Dhammika Jayalath, "Low-complexity Estimation of CFO and Frequency Independent I/Q Mismatch for OFDM Systems", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, accepted for publication, Volume 2009, Article ID 542187, pp. 1-11, April 2009

10. Syed Imtiaz Husain, Jinhong Yuan, Richard Martin and Jian (Andrew) Zhang, "Time Domain Equalizer Design Using Bit Error Rate Minimization for UWB Systems", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, accepted for publication, April 2009

9. Lin Luo, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Zhenning Shi, "Advanced Receiver Design for Quadrature OFDMA Systems", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Volume 2009, Article ID 953018, pp. 1-9, Jan. 2009

8. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, David Smith, Leif Hanlen, Dino Miniutti, David Rodda and Ben Gilbert, "Stability of narrowband dynamic body area channel", IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation letters, vol. 8, pp. 53-56, 2009

7. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Rodney A. Kennedy, Thushara D. Abhayapala, "Reduced Rank Shift Invariant Technique and its Application for Synchronization and Channel Identification in UWB Systems", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Volume 2008, Article ID 892193, pp. 1-13, Nov. 2008

6. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Lin Luo, Zhenning Shi, "Quadrature OFDMA Systems based on layered FFT Structure", IEEE Trans. On Communications, Vol. 57, pp. 850-860, March 2009

5. Ying Chen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Dhammika Jayalath, "Clipping Noise Compensation for OFDM Systems", IRE Electronics Letters, vol 44(25),pp. 1490-1491, Dec. 2008

4. Jian Zhang, Dhammika Jayalath and Ying Chen, "Asymmetric OFDM Systems Based on Layered FFT Structure ", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Nov. 2007, pp 812 -815

3. Syed Imtiaz Husain, Jinhong Yuan and Jian Zhang, "A Modified Channel Shortening Receiver Based on MSSNR Algorithm for UWB Channels", IRE Electronics Letters, April 2007

2. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Cramer-Rao lower bounds for the synchronization of UWB signals", EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Vol.3, 2005

1. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Conditions and performance of ideal RAKE reception for UWB signals in Lognormal-fading channels", International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, vol. 10(4), Oct. 2003, pp.193-200.

Refereed Conference Papers (International)


34. David Smith, Leif Hanlen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang,Dino Miniutti, David Rodda, and Ben Gilbert, "Characterization of the Dynamic Narrowband On-Body to Off-Body Area Channel", ICC 2009, Dresden Germany

33. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Leif Hanlen, "Non-coherent Receiver with Fractional Sampling for Impulsive UWB Systems", ICC 2009, Dresden Germany

32. Leif W. Hanlen, David Smith, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Daniel Lewis, "Key-sharing via channel randomness in narrowband body area networks: Is everyday movement suf?cient?", Bodynets, Los Angeles USA, 2009

31. David Smith, Leif Hanlen, Andrew Zhang, Dino Miniutti, David Rodda and Ben Gilbert, "A Simulator for the Dynamic On-Body Area Propagation Channel", 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation

30. Ying Chen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, A. D. S. Jayalath, "Clipping Noise Compensation for OFDMA Systems", In AusCTW 2009, Sydney Australia, Feb. 2009

29. Lin Luo, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Zhenning Shi, "BER Analysis for Asymmetric OFDM Systems", IEEE Globecom 2008, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2008

28. D. Smith, L. Hanlen, D. Miniutti, J. Zhang, D. Rodda and B. Gilbert, "Statistical Characterization of the dynamic narrowband body area channel", ISABEL 2008, Denmark (Best Paper award)

27. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, "Reduced rank equalization for precoded OFDM systems", PIMRC 2008, France, pp. 1-4, Sept. 2008

26. Lin Luo, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Zhenning Shi, "Iterative (Turbo) Joint Channel Estimation and Signal Detection for Quadrature OFDMA Systems", PIMRC 2008, France, pp. 1-5, Sept. 2008

25. Ying Chen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Dhammika Jayalath, "New Training Sequence Structure for Zero-Padded SC-FDE System in Presence of Carrier Frequency Offset", accepted, VTC Fall, 2008, Canada

24. Husain, S.I.; Jinhong Yuan; Jian Zhang, "Channel shortening through bit error rate minimization for UWB systems", AusCTW 08, pp. 130 -134,Feb. 2008

23. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Lin Luo, Zhenning Shi, ¡°Quadrature OFDMA Systems¡±, GlobeCom 2007, pp. 3734 ¨C 3739, Nov 2007

22. S.I. Husain, J. Yuan and J. Zhang, Impulse Response Shortening through Limited Time Reversed Channel in MB OFDM UWB Systems, ISCIT 2007, pp. 1269 ¨C 1273, Oct. 2007

21. S.I. Husain, J. Yuan and J. Zhang, ¡°Rake performance after channel shortening through decay factor optimization in UWB channels¡±, to appear in the proceedings of Vehicular Technology Conference, pp. 1204 ¨C 1207, Oct. 2007.

20. Lin Luo, Jian Zhang, Zhenning Shi, "Novel Block-Interleaved Multi-code CDMA System for UWB Communications", ICUWB 2007, Singapore, accepted

19. Ying Chen, Dhammika Jayalath, Jian Zhang, Tony Pollock, "Frequency Offset Estimation for OFDM Systems in the Presence of I/Q Mismatch", PIMRC 2007, Greece, accepted

18. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Ying Chen and Dhammika Jayalath, "Complexity Adaptive OFDM Systems", ICASSP 2007, Accepted.

17. Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Ying Chen, ¡°Single Local-Oscillator Solution for Multiband OFDM Systems", ICC 2007, Accepted

16. Syed Imtiaz Husain, Jinhong Yuan and Jian Zhang, "Effective Channel Shortening by Modified MSSNR Algorithm for Simplified UWB Receiver", ICC 2007, Accepted

15. Lin Luo, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, Zhenning Shi, "Performance of Time-Division OFDMA Systems with FDE over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels", Proc. AusCTW 2007, Adelaide, Australia

14. Ying Chen, Jian Zhang, Dhammika Jayalath, "Multiband-OFDM UWB vs IEEE802.11n System level design considerations", in Proc. 63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), May 2006, Melbourne, Australia

13. Wen Zhang, Thushara D. Abhayapala, and Jian Zhang, "UWB Spatial-Frequency Channel Characterization", in Proc. 63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), May 2006, Melbourne, Australia

12. X. Yuan, J. Zhang, D. Jayalath and T. D. Abhayapala, "Influence of Timing Offset in Multiband OFDM Systems", First International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications (AusWireless¡¯06), Feb. 2006

11. Wen Zhang, Thushara D. Abhayapala, and Jian Zhang, "Frequency Dependent UWB Channel Modelling", in Proc. 8th International Symposium on DSP and Communication Systems, Dec, 2005

10. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Role of pulses in ultra- wideband systems," in IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Sep. 2005

9. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Performance and Parameter Optimization of UWB RAKE Reception with Interchip Interference", in IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications (ICC), May 2005.

8. J. Zhang, " Identification of Principal Components in Wideband Multipath Channels", in Proc. Global Mobile Congress, Shanghai, China, Oct. 2004.

7. J. Zhang and T. D. Abhayapala and R. A. Kennedy, "Principal Components Tracking Algorithms for Synchronization and Channel Identification in UWB systems", in 8th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Systems and Applications (ISSSTA), Sydney, Australia, accepted for publications, Sep. 2004

6. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Cramer-Rao lower bounds for the time delay estimation of UWB signals," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications (ICC), Vol. 6, June 2004, pp3424 - 3428.

5. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "Rank reduced ESPRIT tech- niques in the estimation of principal signal components", in Proc. AusCTW04, Newcastle, Australia, Feb. 2004, pp. 13-17.

4. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy and T. D. Abhayapala, "Performance of RAKE Reception for Ultra Wideband signals in a Lognormal fading Channel", IWUWBS 2003, Oulo, Finland, June 2003. (Best Paper Award)

3. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy, and T. D. Abhayapala, "New results on the capacity of M-ary PPM Ultra Wideband systems", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications (ICC), vol. 4, May 2003, pp. 2867--2871.

2. J. Zhang, T. D. Abhayapala, and R. A. Kennedy, "Performance of Ultra Wideband correlator receiver using Gaussian monocycles," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications (ICC), vol. 3, May 2003, pp. 2192 --2196.

1. J. Zhang, R. A. Kennedy and T. D. Abhayapala, "Analytical Description of Signal Characteristics and Interference For Time Hopped UWB System", AusCTW 2002, Canberra, pp114-118, 2002.

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