Xuran Li

Prof. Dr. Xuran Li


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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15 August 2023 in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
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Xuran LiXuran Li
Xuran Li
SGShuaishuai Guo
Shuaishuai Guo
TLTuo Li
Tuo Li
XZXiaofeng Zou
Xiaofeng Zou
DLDengwang Li
Dengwang Li
In this letter, we analyze the performance trade-off in distributed integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks. Specifically, with the aid of stochastic geometry theory, we derive the probability of detection of that of the coverage given user number. Based on the analytical derivations, we provide a quantitative description of the performance limits and the performance trade-off between sensing and communication in a distributed ISAC network under the given transmit power and bandwidth budget. Extensive simulations are conducted and the numerical results validate the accuracy of our derivations.

30 August 2023 in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
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JLJingxian Liu
Jingxian Liu
JYJunjie Yan
Junjie Yan
DWDehuan Wan
Dehuan Wan
Xuran LiXuran Li
Xuran Li
Saba Al-RubayeSaba Al-Rubaye
Saba Al-Rubaye
ZQZhi Quan
Zhi Quan
Maneuvering-target tracking has always been an important and challenge work because the unknown and changeable motion-models can easily lead to the failure of model-driven target tracking. Recently, many neural network methods are proposed to improve the tracking accuracy by constructing direct mapping relationships from noisy observations to target states. However, limited by the coverage of training data, those data-driven methods suffer other problems, such as weak generalization abilities and unstable tracking effects. In this paper, a digital twin system for maneuvering-target tracking is built, and all kinds of simulated data are created with different motion-models. Based on those data, the features of noisy observations and their relationship to target states are found by two specially designed neural networks: one eliminates the observation noises and the other one predicts the target states according to the noise-limited observations. Combining the above two networks, the state prediction method is proposed to intelligently predict targets by understanding the information of motion-model hidden in noisy observations. Simulation results show that, in comparison with the state-of-the-art model-driven and data-driven methods, the proposed method can correctly and timely predict the motion-models, increase the tracking generalization ability and reduce the tracking root-mean-squared-error by over 50% in most of maneuvering-target tracking scenes.

20 May 2021 in Computer Standards & Interfaces
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Xuran LiXuran Li
Xuran Li
Hong-Ning DaiHong-Ning Dai
Hong-Ning Dai
MSMahendra Shukla
Mahendra Shukla
DLDengwang Li
Dengwang Li
HXHuaqiang Xu
Huaqiang Xu
MIMuhammad Imran
Muhammad Imran


27 May 2026 in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
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ZDZhaoxia Ding
Zhaoxia Ding
ZZZhaogui Zeng
Zhaogui Zeng
SGShuaishuai Guo
Shuaishuai Guo
RLRuidong Li
Ruidong Li
JZJi Zhong
Ji Zhong
Xuran LiXuran Li
Xuran Li
Space–air–ground integrated networks (SAGINs) are expected to support ubiquitous communication and sensing in next-generation wireless systems. In this paper, we develop a stochastic-geometry-based analytical framework for a three-tier integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) network composed of ground base stations (BSs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. In the proposed architecture, ground BSs are spatially distributed according to an independent homogeneous Poisson point process (HPPP), UAVs perform sensing and uplink transmission with horizontal locations modeled by an HPPP, and LEO satellites provide relay/backhaul support with ground projections following an independent HPPP. Analytical expressions for the hop-wise communication coverage probability and the single-UAV sensing detection probability are derived. The end-to-end coverage probability is rigorously formulated as a joint event, and a tractable product-form expression is obtained by exploiting the independence of the three-tier spatial processes. Monte Carlo simulations validate the analysis and illustrate how satellite relaying, UAV deployment parameters, and propagation conditions affect communication reliability and sensing detectability. The proposed framework provides useful benchmark-level insights for the design of SAGIN-enabled ISAC systems and establishes analytical building blocks for future studies on cooperative sensing fusion.

1 January 2026 in IEEE Transactions on Communications
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Xuran LiXuran Li
Xuran Li
SGShuaishuai Guo
Shuaishuai Guo
Hong-Ning DaiHong-Ning Dai
Hong-Ning Dai
DWDehuan Wan
Dehuan Wan
CCChen Cheng
Chen Cheng
DLDengwang Li
Dengwang Li