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Dr Zeping Sui

Senior Research Officer
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Dr Zeping Sui

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Biography

Zeping Sui received the B. Eng. degree in electronic information engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi' an, China, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in signal and information processing from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2023. From Mar 2022 to Feb 2023, He was a research assistant with the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. From Aug 2023 to Aug 2024, he was a research fellow with the Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. Currently, he is a Senior Research Officer with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE), University of Essex, Colchester, U.K. His research interests include 6G wireless communication networks, statistical signal processing, system performance analysis and optimization, and compressed sensing.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2023)

  • B. Eng. Northwestern Polytechnical University, (2017)

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) (14/8/2024 - present)

Other academic

  • Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast (1/8/2023 - 9/8/2024)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

OFDM

OTFS

AFDM

Cell-free massive MIMO

Reconfigurable intelligent surface

Index modulation

Compressed sensing

Channel estimation

Data detection

Signal processing for wireless communications

Integrated sensing and communication

Radio localization and sensing

Publications

Publications (9)

Sui, Z., Liu, Z., Musavian, L., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2025). Generalized Spatial Modulation Aided Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Ngo, HQ., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2024). On the BER vs. Bandwidth-Efficiency Trade-offs in Windowed OTSM Dispensing with Zero-Padding

Sui, Z., Ngo, HQ., Chien, TV., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2024). RIS-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Relying on Reflection Pattern Modulation

Sui, Z., Ngo, HQ. and Matthaiou, M., (2024). STAR-RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Imperfect Hardware

Mao, L., Yan, S., Sui, Z. and Li, H., (2024). Multi-bit Distributed Detection of Sparse Stochastic Signals over Error-Prone Reporting Channels

Sui, Z., Ngo, HQ., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2024). Performance Analysis and Optimization of STAR-RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Relying on Imperfect Hardware

Sui, Z., Yan, S., Zhang, H., Sun, S., Zeng, Y., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2023). Performance Analysis and Approximate Message Passing Detection of Orthogonal Time Sequency Multiplexing Modulation

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Sun, S., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2023). Space-Time Shift Keying Aided OTFS Modulation for Orthogonal Multiple Access

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Xin, Y., Bao, T., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2023). Low Complexity Detection of Spatial Modulation Aided OTFS in Doubly-Selective Channels

Journal articles (13)

Sui, Z., Ngo, HQ., Chien, TV., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2025). RIS-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Relying on Reflection Pattern Modulation. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73 (2), 968-982

Wang, W., Yan, S., Mao, L., Sui, Z. and Yang, J., (2025). Robust direct position determination for chirp signal-based underwater acoustic sensor networks. Signal Processing. 230, 109841-109841

Sui, Z., Ngo, HQ., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2025). Performance Analysis and Optimization of STAR-RIS-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Relying on Imperfect Hardware. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 1-1

Sui, Z., Yan, S., Zhang, H., Sun, S., Zeng, Y., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2024). Performance Analysis and Approximate Message Passing Detection of Orthogonal Time Sequency Multiplexing Modulation. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23 (3), 1913-1928

Yang, J., Yan, S., Mao, L., Sui, Z., Wang, W. and Zeng, D., (2024). Underwater acoustic signal denoising based on sparse TQWT and wavelet thresholding. Digital Signal Processing. 153, 104601-104601

Mao, L., Yan, S., Sui, Z. and Li, H., (2024). Multi-Bit Distributed Detection of Sparse Stochastic Signals Over Error-Prone Reporting Channels. IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks. 10, 881-893

Ye, Z., Yan, S., Sui, Z., Zhang, H. and Sun, S., (2023). Successive Interference Cancellation Aided Bidirectional Soft Decision Feedback Equalization for OTFS Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 12 (12), 2028-2032

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Xin, Y., Bao, T., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2023). Low Complexity Detection of Spatial Modulation Aided OTFS in Doubly-Selective Channels. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72 (10), 13746-13751

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Sun, S., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2023). Space-Time Shift Keying Aided OTFS Modulation for Orthogonal Multiple Access. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71 (12), 7393-7408

Liu, G., Yan, S., Mao, L. and Sui, Z., (2022). Passive Source Localization Based on Normalized Data Fusion of Multiple Heterogeneous Arrays. Journal of Signal Processing. 38 (8), 1642-1655

Sui, Z., Yan, S., Zhang, H., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2021). Approximate Message Passing Algorithms for Low Complexity OFDM-IM Detection. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70 (9), 9607-9612

Sui, Z., Yan, S. and Liu, G., (2021). Variable step size p-norm-like constraint sparse underwater acoustic channels estimation method. Shengxue Xuebao/Acta Acustica. 46 (5), 664-676

Sui, Z. and Yan, S., (2020). Noise robust variable step-size LMS algorithm and its application in OFDM underwater channel equalization. Xi Tong Gong Cheng Yu Dian Zi Ji Shu/Systems Engineering and Electronics. 42 (7), 1605-1613

Book chapters (1)

Xiong, Q., Zhou, J., Cao, J., Zhu, X. and Sui, Z., (2024). Communication-control co-design for closed-loop metaverse. In: Advanced Metaverse Wireless Communication Systems. The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 81- 99. 9781839539077

Conferences (4)

Sui, Z., Zhang, H., Ngo, HQ., Matthaiou, M. and Hanzo, L., (2024). On the BER vs. Bandwidth-Efficiency Trade-offs in Windowed OTSM Dispensing with Zero-Padding

Zhang, H., Sui, Z., Basar, E., Yang, L-L. and Hanzo, L., (2021). Performance Evaluation of Index Modulation with Single Subcarrier Activation

Liu, G., Yan, S., Mao, L. and Sui, Z., (2020). Time Synchronization and Clock Parameter Estimation for Wireless Sensor Networks with Unequal Propagation Delays

Sui, Z. and Yan, S., (2019). Frequency Channel Equalization Based on Variable Step-Size LMS Algorithm for OFDM Underwater Communications

Contact

z.sui@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus