Yifan Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
T412 Department of Information and Communications Engineering
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
yifan.1.zhang@aalto.fi
Phone number
+358505766715
Research groups
- Communication Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
Publications
A Survey on Ambient IoT: Use Cases, Standardization, Enabling Technologies, and Research Directions
Jeroen Famaey, Onel L.A. López, Rubén Altuna Pérez, Gilles Callebaut, Lieven De Strycker, Efstathios Katranaras, Jingyi Liao, Ritesh Kumar Singh, Mateen Ashraf, Amirhossein Azarbahram, Andrey Belogaev, Jona Cappelle, Alexander Chassaigne, Henrique Duarte Moura, Benjamin J.B. Deutschmann, Miltiadis C. Filippou, Shahab Jahanbazi, Riku Jäntti, Masoud Kaveh, Guus Leenders, Ulrich Muehlmann, Samer Nasser, Priyesh Pappinisseri Puluckul, Daniel Poehl, Prasoon Raghuwanshi, Lyssa Ramaut, Osmel Martínez Rosabal, David E. Ruíz-Guirola, Bikramjit Singh, Boxuan Xie, Yifan Zhang
2026
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
Toward Secure Reflection: A Survey on Physical Layer Security in Backscatter Communications
Niya Luo, Yishan Yang, Zheng Yan, Yifan Zhang
2026
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
Joint Visible Light and RF Backscatter Communications for Ambient IoT Networks: Fundamentals, Applications, and Opportunities
Boxuan Xie, Yifan Zhang, Kalle Koskinen, Alexis A. Dowhuszko, Jiacheng Wang, Ruichen Zhang, Zehui Xiong, Zhu Han, Riku Jäntti
2026
IEEE Communications Magazine
AmbShield: Enhancing Physical Layer Security with Ambient Backscatter Devices Against Eavesdroppers
Yifan Zhang, Yishan Yang, Masoud Kaveh, Riku Jantti, Zheng Yan, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han
2026
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Artificial Noise Management for Securing Backscatter Communication Networks: Current Advances, Open Challenges, and Future Directions
Yifan Zhang, Zheng Yan, Jie Wang, Yishan Yang, Zhao Li, Riku Jäntti
2026
IEEE Network
Backscatter Device-Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication: A Pareto Optimization Framework
Yifan Zhang, Yu Bai, Shuhao Zeng, Riku Jäntti, Zheng Yan, Christos Masouros, Zhu Han
2026
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Covert ISAC: From Hiding Communication to Communication-and-Sensing State Covertness
Zheng Zhang, Shengyu Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Boyu Ning, Yan Ting Liu, Zan Li, Tony Q.S. Quek
2026
IEEE Communications Letters
Physical Layer Challenge-Response Authentication and Handover for Movable Ambient IoT Devices
Yifan Zhang, Ying Liu, Jin Cao, Hui Li, Riku Jantti, Zheng Yan, Zhu Han
2026
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Physical Layer Challenge-Response Authentication between Ambient Backscatter Devices
Yifan Zhang, Riku Jäntti, Zheng Yan, Yongchao Dang, Masoud Kaveh, Zhu Han
2026
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security