Song Jian

Professor Jian Song received his B. Eng and PhD degrees from Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China in 1990 and 1995, respectively and worked for the same university upon his graduation. He then conducted Postdoctoral research work in The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Waterloo, Canada in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Dr. Song then joined the industry in 1998 and has been with the Advance Development Group of Hughes Network Systems in USA for seven years before joining the faculty team in Tsinghua in 2005 as a full professor.

Prof. Song is now the Director of DTV Technology R&D Center of Tsinghua University, Director of National Engineering Laboratory of Digital TV, and the director of Key Laboratory of DTV System of Shenzhen. Tsinghua DTV technology R&D center is one of the major technical contributors for the Chinese digital television terrestrial broadcasting standard with the acronym of DTMB. This center also successfully developed the second generation of DTMB, i.e., DTMB Advanced or DTMB-A. Both standards are the ITU standards, and have been deployed.

The research areas of Prof. Song include wireless communications, digital TV broadcasting, visible light communications, light and health, powerline communications, and network convergence.

Prof. Song is very active in serving the IEEE community, was the founding Editor-in-Chief of ITU Journal of ICT Discoveries, and now the founding Editor-in-Chief of ITU Journal of Intelligent and Converged Networks, the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Access for BTS section. Prof. Song is the TPC Co-chair of the ISPLC2012, ICC 2012 Co-chair of the Symposium of the selected areas, and the General Chair of IEEE Healthcom 2012, IEEE BMSB 2014, and IEEE SmartGridComm 2019, and has been the technical committee members for many IEEE conferences.

Prof. Song has published over 300 technical journal and conference papers with good citation record, holds over 80 Chinese patents and two US patents, and co-authored several books and book chapters in various areas in communications and broadcasting.

July 1990 - March 1995, Information and Communication Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University，PhD

September 1986 - July 1990, Information and Communication Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Bachelor

June 1997 - April 1998, Tsinghua University, Associate professor

April 1998 - January 2005, ADG (Advanced Development Group), Senior member of technical staff

January 2005 - Present, Tsinghua University, Professor

Ø  Fellow IEEE

Ø  Fellow IET

Ø  Fellow CIE (Chinese Institute of Electronics)

Ø  Fellow CIC (Chinese Institute of Communications)

Ø  Founding Editor-in-Chief, ITU ((International Telecommunication Union) Journal of ICT Discoveries

Ø  Founding Editor-in-Chief, ITU Journal of Intelligent and Converged Networks

Ø  Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Broadcast

Ø  Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Access for BTS section

Ø  The visiting professor of ISEP (Institut supérieur d'électronique de Paris), France

Ø  Honorary Professor of Amity University, Dubai, UAE

Ø  Member of ISPLC Steering Committee

Ø  Vice chair of Working Party 6A of ITU-R and Chair of sub-working group on sound and multimedia broadcasting

Ø  “Signals and Systems” in the spring term for sophomores (in English) , main campus of Tsinghua University

Ø  “Case Study on the Design of the Communication Networks” in the spring term for juniors and graduates (in English), main campus of Tsinghua University

Ø  “Communication System” in the spring term for juniors, main campus of Tsinghua University

01/2005-Present

       • Research and development on Wireless communications, digital TV terrestrial broadcasting technologies, and Network convergence

        • Visible light communications with focus on its integration with PLC

        • Lighting and health

10/1998-01/2005 with Hughes Network Systems, USA

         • Satellite communication using spot beams

         • Electronic scanning antenna

07/1997-10/1998 with University of Waterloo, Canada

         • Simulation package development for fiber-optic components and systems.

04/1996-06/1997 with Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

         • Fiber-optic component/system modeling, and system performance evaluation.

Ø  National Key Research and Development Plan Project for the Indoor Smart Lighting.

Ø  Director of the joint research lab between Tsinghua University and Agilent after it was established in 2007.

Ø  Director of the joint research lab between Tsinghua University and the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute of Hong Kong (2007 ~2010).

Ø  Chinese coordinator of EC sponsored project “Multistandard integrated network convergence for global mobile and broadcast technologies”.

Ø  High-end SoC development for DTV project sponsored by the National Key Program.

•  Cell Zooming for Hybrid VLC-RF Cellular Networks with High Energy Efficiency，Wang , F； Yang , F； Song, J； and Han, Z ，IEEE Wireless Communications Letters ,vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 789-793, 2023.

•  A Power-Domain MST Scheme with BPPM in NLOS Ultraviolet Communications，Cao, T； Wu, T；Pan, C；and Song, J，IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 2023.

•  Internet of Lamps for Future Ubiquitous Communications: Integrated Sensing, Hybrid Interconnection, and Intelligent Illumination， Wang, F； Huang, X ； Yang, F； Yang, H； Wang, J ；Song, J，China Communications Magazine, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 132-144, 2022.

•  Single-collision-induced path loss model of reflection-assisted non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communications，Cao, T； Wu, T ; Pan, C；and Song, J，optics express，vol. 30, No. 9 , pp. 15227-15237， 2022 .

•  Simplified Closed-Form Single-Scatter Path Loss Model of Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communications in Noncoplanar Geometry， Cao, T ；Song, J；and Pan, C，IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics，vol.57，no.2，April 2021

•  Performance analysis of a low-complexity nonorthogonal multiple access scheme in visible light communication downlinks using pulse modulations, Song, J； Cao, T; Zhang, H，Intelligent and Converged Networks,vol.2，no.1，pp.50-65，2021.

•  The Converged Internet of Lights Network for Telecommunication, Positioning, Illumination, and Medical Therapy，Song, J； Wang,X；Wang, J； Zhang, H； Pan, C；Zhang, Y; John Cosmas，IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 4，no. 3，pp.70-75，2020.

•  Block-Level Utility Maximization for NOMA-Based Layered Broadcasting, Duan, H; Zhang, Y; and Song, J， IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 66, no. 1, pp.21-33, 2020.

•  Key Technologies and Measurements for DTMB-A System, Song, J; Zhang, C; Peng, K; Wang, J; Pan, C; Yang, F; Wang, J; Yang, H; Xue, Y; Zhang, Y; and Yang, Z; IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 53-64, 2019.

•  VLC and D2D Heterogeneous Network Optimization: A Reinforcement Learning Approach Based on Equilibrium Problems with Equilibrium Constraints, Raveendran, N; Zhang, H; Niyato, D; Yang, F; Song, J; and Han, Z; IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 1115-1127, 2019.

•  Progressive Matrix Growth Algorithm for Constructing Rate-Compatible Length-Scalable Raptor-Like Quasi-Cyclic LDPC Codes, Zhang, Y; Peng, K; Chen, Z; and Song, J; IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 816-829, 2018.

•  Uplink pectral Efficiency Analysis and Optimization for Massive SC-SM MIMO With Frequency Domain Detection, Sun, Y; Wang, J; He, L; and Song, J; IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 3937-3949, 2018.

•  Design and Optimization on Training Sequence for mmWave Communications: A New Approach for Sparse Channel Estimation in Massive MIMO, Ma, X; Yang, F; Liu, S; Song, J; and Han, Zhu，IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 1486-1497, 2017.

•  On the Multi-User Multi-Cell Massive Spatial Modulation Uplink: How Many Antennas for Each User?, He, L; Wang, J; Song, J; Hanzo, L, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 1437-1451, 2017.

•  Double Kill: Compressive-Sensing-Based Narrow-Band Interference and Impulsive Noise Mitigation for Vehicular Communications,，Liu, S; Yang, F; Ding, W; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 65, No. 7, pp. 5099-5109, 2016.

•  Spectrally Efficient CSI Acquisition for Power Line Communications: A Bayesian Compressive Sensing Perspective, Ding W; Lu, Y; Yang, F; Dai, W; Li, P; Liu, S; and Song, J, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 2022-2032, 2016.

•  Iterative MMSE-DFE and Error Transfer for OFDM in Doubly Selective Channels, Huang, S; Wang, J; An, Z; Wang, J; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 541-547, 2015.

•  Approaching Capacity Region for Two-user GBC with Bit Division Multiplexing,Song, J; Jin, H; and Peng, K, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 3311-3316, 2015.

•  An Indoor Broadband Broadcasting System Based on PLC and VLC,Song, J; Ding, W; Yang, F; Yang, H; Yu, B; and Zhang, H, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp.299-308, 2015.

•  Energy Saving Multicast Mechanism for Scalable Video Service Using Opportunistic Scheduling, Liu, J; Zhang, Y; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp.464-473, 2014.

•  Compressive Sensing Based Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems under Long Delay Channels, Ding, W; Yang, F; Pan, C; Dai, L; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 313-321, 2014. (Scott Helt Award – the Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting)

•  Bit Division Multiplexing for Broadcasting, Jin, H; Peng, K; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 59, NO. 3, pp. 539-547, 2013.

•  The Noise Transfer Analysis in Frequency Domain Zero-Forcing Equalization, Song, J; Huang, S; Wang, J; Zhang, C; and Wang, J, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol.61, No. 6, pp. 2306-2317, 2013.

•  EXIT-Chart-Matching-Aided Near-Capacity Coded Modulation Design and a BICM-ID Design Example for Both Gaussian and Rayleigh Channels, Xie, Q; Yang, Z; Song, J; and Hanzo, L, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.62, No. 3, pp.1216-1227, 2013.

•  Signal Vector Based Detection Scheme for Spatial Modulation, Wang, J; Jia, S; and Song, J, IEEE Communication Letters, Vol.16, No.1, pp.19-21, 2012.

•  Generalised Spatial Modulation System with Multiple Active Transmit Antennas and Low Complexity Detection Scheme, Wang, J; Jia, S; and Song, J, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.11, No.4, pp.1605-1615, 2012.

•  A measurement method of the DTMB modulator, Han, B; Song, J; Yang, H; and Yang, F, IEE IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol.57, No. 3: 745-751, 2011.

•  Coded Modulation with Signal Space Diversity, Xie, Q; Song, J; Peng, K; Yang, F; and Wang, Z, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 10, No. 2, 660-669, 2011.

•  Technology and standards of digital television terrestrial multimedia broadcasting, Yen, O; Song J; Pan, C; and Li, Y, Communications Magazine, IEEE Vol 48, No. 5, 119-127, 2010.

•  Quantization error reduction for the phased array with 2-bit phase shifter, Song, J; Wang, J; Peng, K; Pan, C; and Yang, Z, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 52, No.1, 29-41, 2010.

•  A New Paradigm for Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Based on Integrated Communication and Broadcast Networks, Niu, Z; Long, L; Song, J; and Pan, C, Communications Magazine, IEEE Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 126-132, 2008.

•  Technical Review on Chinese Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Standard and Measurements on Some Working Modes，Song, J; Yang, Z; Yang, L; Gong, K; Pan, C; Wang, J; and Wu, Y, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol.53, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 2007.

1. “Visible Light Communications: Networking and Applications”, in Chinese by Post and Telecom Press in 2020

2. “Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting - Technology and System”, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in 2015.

3. “Digital TV Transmission Technologies”, in Chinese by Publishing House of Electronic Industry in 2011

4.  “Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting, Technologies and Systems”, in Chinese by Post and Telecom Press in 2009

US Patent:

1. US Patent No. 7,492,749, “Method and system for providing multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) downlink transmission”, by Song, J and Karimullah, K, issued in 2009. (I filed it before I left USA)

2. US Patent No. 6,351,240, “Circularly Polarized Reflectarray Using 2-bit Phase Shifter Having Initial Phase Perturbation” by Karimullah; K, Song, J; Lee, L; and Kay, S, issued in 2002

2022  Gold medal Salon international des inventions de Genève

2021  Champion Award of ITU World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS)

2019  Gold medal Salon international des inventions de Genève

2017  The third batch of 1000 People Plan scientific and technological innovation leaders

2017  Outstanding Service Award for ISPLC from IEEE ComSoc

2017  Leader of innovation team in key areas of Ministry of Science and Technology

2016，First Class for State Science and Technology Progress Award

2016，Second Class for Science and Technology Award, Ministry of Education of China

2015 Second Class for Technology Innovation Award, Chinese Society for Optical Engineering

2014  IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting Best Paper Award - Scott Helt Award

2013  First Class for Science and Technology Award, Beijing Municipal Government

2013  Second Class for Science and Technology Award, Zhejiang Provincial Government

2013  Second Class for Science and Technology Award, Chinese Institute of Electronics