Son Dinh-Van

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Publications

Full list on Google Scholar

Under Review

  1. Zhanle Zhao, Son Dinh-Van, Yuen Kwan Mo, Siddartha Khastgir, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Misalignment-aware link analysis and subarray adaptation for LEO uplink NTN,” Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  2. Zhanle Zhao, Son Dinh-Van, Xinjie Luo, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Performance evaluation of ephemeris-aided LEO NTN uplink under beam misalignment,” Under review for the 2026 IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops.
  3. Xinjie Luo, Son Dinh-Van, Zhanle Zhao, Mohd Saif Ali Khan, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Directivity upper bound and its attainability for cavity-backed dynamic metasurface antennas,” Under review for the 2026 IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops.
  4. Mohd Saif Ali Khan, Son Dinh-Van, Zhanle Zhao, Xinjie Luo, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Wideband channel estimation for dynamic metasurface antennas with coupling mismatch,” Under review for the 2026 IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops.

Journals

  1. Son Dinh-Van, Phuong Nam Tran, and M. D. Higgins, “Near-optimal reconfigurable intelligent surface configuration: Blind beamforming with sensing,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted for publication.
  2. Zhanle Zhao, Son Dinh-Van, Yuen Kwan Mo, Siddartha Khastgir, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Toward safe and energy-efficient 5G NR V2X communications in rural environments,” IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 7, pp. 746–758, March 2026.
  3. Son Dinh-Van, V. L. Nguyen, B. B. Cebecioglu, A. Masaracchia, and M. D. Higgins, “Reinforcement learning with selective exploration for interference management in mmWave networks,” IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, vol. 3, pp. 280–295, February 2025.
  4. Son Dinh-Van, H. Q. Ngo, S. L. Cotton, Y. K. Mo, and M. D. Higgins, “Distributed massive MIMO for wireless power transfer in the industrial Internet of Things,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 7160–7175, November 2024.
  5. B. B. Cebecioglu, Y. K. Mo, Son Dinh-Van, A. Evans, D. Mi, M. D. Higgins, R. Abozariba, and A. Aneiba, “Experimental analysis of 5G NR for indoor industrial environments,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 89310–89321, June 2024.
  6. Son Dinh-Van, T. M. Hoang, B. B. Cebecioglu, D. S. Fowler, Y. K. Mo, and M. D. Higgins, “A defensive strategy against beam training attack in 5G mmWave networks for manufacturing,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 18, pp. 2204–2217, April 2023.
  7. D. S. Fowler, Y. K. Mo, A. Evans, Son Dinh-Van, B. Ahmad, M. D. Higgins, and C. Maple, “A 5G automated-guided vehicle SME testbed for resilient future factories,” IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, vol. 4, pp. 242–258, June 2023.
  8. Son Dinh-Van, T. M. Hoang, R. Trestian, and H. X. Nguyen, “Unsupervised deep-learning-based reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided broadcasting communications in industrial IoTs,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 19, pp. 19515–19528, October 2022.
  9. T. M. Hoang, Son Dinh-Van, B. Barn, R. Trestian, and H. X. Nguyen, “RIS-aided smart manufacturing: information transmission and machine health monitoring,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 22, pp. 22930–22943, November 2022.
  10. B. B. Cebecioglu, Y. K. Mo, Son Dinh-Van, D. S. Fowler, A. Evans, A. Sivanathan, E. Kampert, B. Ahmad, and M. D. Higgins, “Sub-6 GHz channel modelling and evaluation in indoor industrial environments,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 127742–127753, December 2022.
  11. Son Dinh-Van, H. Q. Ngo, and S. L. Cotton, “Wireless powered wearables using distributed massive MIMO,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2156–2172, April 2020.
  12. Son Dinh-Van, S. L. Cotton, and D. B. Smith, “Channel deviation-based power control in body area networks,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 785–798, May 2018.
  13. Son Dinh-Van, V.-D. Nguyen, and O.-S. Shin, “Interference-aware transmission for D2D communications in a cellular network,” Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 98, pp. 1489–1503, January 2018.
  14. Son Dinh-Van, Y. Shin, and O.-S. Shin, “Resource allocation and power control based on user grouping for underlay device-to-device communications in cellular networks,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 28, no. 1, e2920, January 2017.

Conferences

  1. Son Dinh-Van, Phuong Nam Tran, and Matthew D. Higgins, “Blind beamforming for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces via quadratic modeling,” IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshop, Glasgow, U.K., 2026.
  2. B. B. Cebecioglu, D. Mi, R. Abozariba, A. Aneiba, Son Dinh-Van, M. D. Higgins, Z. Wang, and L. Zhang, “Fountain codes based rapid wireless data offloading strategy for CAV,” 2024 IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking (MECOM), Abu Dhabi, 2024, pp. 380–385.
  3. Son Dinh-Van, M. D. Higgins, and H. X. Nguyen, “Joint beamforming design for distributed RIS-aided broadcast communications with deep learning,” 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, April 2024, pp. 1–6.
  4. Son Dinh-Van, Y. K. Mo, J. Zidan, D. S. Fowler, A. Evans, M. D. Higgins, and V. C. Trinh, “Rapid beam training at terahertz frequency with contextual multi-armed bandit learning,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Bristol, March 2024, pp. 1–7.
  5. Son Dinh-Van, S. L. Cotton, and D. B. Smith, “A transmit power control scheme for body area networks used in ambient assisted living,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, September 2016, pp. 1–6.
  6. V.-D. Nguyen, Son Dinh-Van, and O.-S. Shin, “Opportunistic relaying with wireless energy harvesting in a cognitive radio system,” 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, March 2015, pp. 87–92.
  7. Son Dinh-Van, Q. Duong, and O.-S. Shin, “User grouping for device-to-device communications underlaying cellular networks,” 2014 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, January 2014, pp. 563–568.
  8. V.-D. Nguyen, Son Dinh-Van, Y. Shin, W. C. Lee, and O.-S. Shin, “The problem of pilot contamination reduction in massive MIMO for physical channel models,” 2014 International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), Shanghai, 2014, pp. 378–382.
  9. Son Dinh-Van, Q. Duong, and O.-S. Shin, “Grouped device-to-device communication underlaying cellular networks,” 2013 International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, October 2013, pp. 36–37.