ZTE Communications ›› 2024, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 77-86.DOI: 10.12142/ZTECOM.202401009
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ZHAO Yaqiong1, KE Hongqin1, XU Wei1,2(), YE Xinquan3, CHEN Yijian3
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2023-07-15
Online:
2024-03-29
Published:
2024-03-28
About author:
ZHAO Yaqiong received her BE degree in electrical engineering from Southeast University, China in 2018. She is currently working toward a PhD degree with the School of Information Science and Engineering, National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University. Her current research interests include massive MIMO, mmWave communications, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for wireless communications.Supported by:
ZHAO Yaqiong, KE Hongqin, XU Wei, YE Xinquan, CHEN Yijian. RIS-Assisted Cell-Free MIMO: A Survey[J]. ZTE Communications, 2024, 22(1): 77-86.
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