Dr. Vuong Mai,Lecturer in Electronics & Communication
Information about Dr. Vuong Mai at the University of Bradford.
- School of CSAI&E
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies) - Email:
- v.mai@bradford.ac.uk
Biography
Vuong Mai is a Lecturer in Electronicsand Communication Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies,University of Bradford, UK. He is also a core team member of the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI. Prior to joining Bradford, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, South Korea. His current research interests encompass several areas, including optical wireless, free-space optics, B5G/6G, aerial communications, and space communications.
Prospective PhD students can find more information here PhD Projects.
Major achievements
- 80 papers in refereed journals and conferences (Google Scholar)
- Invited papers in top-tier journals in optical communications (JLT) and photonics (APL Photonics)
- Invited talks at major conferences in optical communications and photonics (CLEO, CLEO-PR, SPPCom, PGC, ICOCN, and ACP)
- Presentations at flagship conferences of Optica (OFC) and IEEE (GLOBECOM and ICC)
- Best paper awards at international conferences in telecommunications (ICT and ICTC)
- 4 patents
- PI, Grant from GÉANT Innovation Programme, GÉANT Association, 2024
- PI, Grant from Space Placements in Industry (SPIN) Programme, UK Space Agency, 2024
- Technical Program Committee Member, Selected Areas in Communications: Satellite and Space Communications, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2024
- Technical Program Committee Member, International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), 2024
- Journal Paper Published, Free-Space Optical Communication Technologies for Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine (Impact Factor: 11.2), 2024
- Local Chair, SatNEx (European Space Agency’s Satellite Network of Experts) School, 2023
- Journal Paper Published, Time-Efficient Simulation of Free-Space Optical Communication Systems Under Atmospheric Turbulence, Pointing Error, and Angle-of-Arrival Fluctuations, IEEE Photonics Journal, 2023
- Journal Paper Published, Enhancing Design and Performance Analysis of Satellite EB/CV-QKD/FSO Systems, IEEE Access, 2023
- Invited Speaker, Applications of Adaptive Beam Control Technique for Laser Satellite Communication Systems, IEEE Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2023
- Invited Speaker, Adaptive Beam Control for Optical Inter-Satellite Communication Systems, International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2023
- Journal Paper Published, Acquisition Time in Laser Inter-Satellite Link Under Satellite Vibrations, IEEE Photonics Journal, 2023
- Session Chair and Technical Program Committee Member, International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), 2023
- Technical Program Committee Co-chair, Workshop on Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023
- STEM Ambassador, UK, 2023
- Technical Program Committee Member, Selected Areas in Communications: Satellite and Space Communications, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023
- Technical Program Committee Member, Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023
- Technical Program Committee Member, Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2023
Research
OSpace (Optical Wireless and Future Space Networks): The increasing demand for high-speed data transmission and congestion in the radio frequency spectrum are creating exciting opportunities for optical wireless. Vuong Mai's current research focuses on the optical wireless technology operating in the near-infrared band, which is widely referred to as free-space optics (FSO). This technology, having an extremely wide unregulated bandwidth and narrow beam divergence, is capable of delivering high data-rate signals (e.g., >1 Gb/s) over a long distance (e.g., >1000 km). Low-SWaP (size, weight, and power) terminals and high-secure transmission are also enabled by FSO. However, still perceived are significant challenges, including adverse effects of the atmospheric transmission medium and requirements for highly precise beam alignment. Vuong Mai is working on various techniques for enabling reliable FSO systems. He is also interested in future space networks (SpaceNets), in which FSO could be one of the key technologies for realizing high-speed/large-capacity space communication links and long-distance/free-space quantum key distribution.
Research topics
- Optical Beam Control
- Optical Beam Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking
- Optical Wireless Channel Modeling and Simulation
- Mitigation of Optical Wireless Channel Impairments
- Optical/Radio Integration for SpaceNets
- AI/ML for SpaceNets
- Cross-Layer Design for SpaceNets
- Quantum Key Distribution over SpaceNets
- Softwarization and Edge Computing for SpaceNets
With applications in
- Satellite Backhaul Networks
- Satellite Constellation Networks
- Integrated Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks
- Deep-Space Networks
- Space Quantum Networks
- Space Remote Sensing
- Space Data Centers and Cloud Computing
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Vuong Mai as follows:
Teaching interests
Vuong Mai is currently teaching modules within the MSc Satellite Systems Engineering programme at the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI.
Teaching modules
| Title | Subject | Module code | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Observation Satellite Systems | |||
| Ground Satellite Systems |
Publications
There are 34 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Vuong Mai. They are listed as:
- conference publication (2)
- other journal (4)
- peer reviewed journal (28)
Conference Publication
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Beam Control for Optical Inter-Satellite Communication Systems | 2023 | International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks | International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks | Vuong Mai, Kwanyong Lee, and Hoon Kim | 0.1109/ICOCN59242.2023.10235979 | ||||||
| Applications of Adaptive Beam Control Technique for Laser Satellite Communication Systems | 2023 | IEEE Photonics Global Conference | IEEE Photonics Global Conference | Vuong Mai, Kwanyong Lee, and Hoon Kim | 10.1109/PGC60057.2023.10343717 |
Other Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Availability of Satellite-to-Ground Free-Space Optical Communication Systems in South Korea | 2022 | Gyuwan Kim, Daeho Kim, Vuong Mai, Hoon Kim | Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics | ||||||||
| Airborne Free-Space Optical Communications for Fronthaul/Backhaul Networks of 5G and Beyond | 2021 | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | IEEE Future Networks Tech Focus | ||||||||
| Comparison of Phase-Screen Generation Methods for Simulating the Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence | 2019 | Dung T. Ha, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim | Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics | ||||||||
| Link Availability of Terrestrial Free-Space Optical Communication Systems in Korea | 2018 | Vuong Mai, Dung T. Ha, and Hoon Kim | Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconless Angle-of-Arrival Tracking with Improved Receiver Sensitivity and Tracking Precision for Free-Space Optical Communications | 2023 | Optics Communications | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Beam Steering and Divergence Control Using Variable Focus Liquid Lenses for WDM FSO Communications | 2022 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Dynamic Adaptive Beam Control System Using Variable Focus Lenses for Laser Inter-Satellite Link | 2022 | IEEE Photonics Journal | Kwanyong Lee, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Mitigation of Scintillation in FSO Communication using Temporally and Spatially Incoherent Spectrum-Sliced Light Source | 2022 | Optics Letters | Daeseong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Multiple-Aperture Direct-Detection Receiver Based on Maximal Ratio Combining for FSO Communication | 2022 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Mat T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Non-mechanical Beam Steering and Adaptive Beam Control using Variable Focus Lenses for Free-Space Optical Communications | 2021 | IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Reliability Improvement of Satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution Systems using Retransmission Scheme, | 2021 | Photonic Network Communications | Nam D. Nguyen, Hang T. T. Phan, Hien T. T. Pham, Vuong Mai, and Ngoc T. Dang | ||||||||
| Probing Packet Retransmission Scheme in Underwater Optical Wireless Communication with Energy Harvesting | 2021 | Ieee Access | Cuong T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Chuyen T. Nguyen | ||||||||
| Mitigation of Scintillation in FSO Communication using RSOA-based Spectrum-Sliced Incoherent Light | 2021 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Daeseong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Comprehensive Performance Analysis of Satellite-to-Ground FSO/QKD Systems using Key Retransmission | 2020 | Optical Engineering | Nam D. Nguyen, Hien T. T. Pham, Vuong Mai, and Ngoc T. Dang | ||||||||
| Underwater Optical Wireless Communication-based IoUT Networks: MAC Performance Analysis and Improvement | 2020 | Optical Switching and Networking | Chuyen T. Nguyen, Mat T. Nguyen, and Vuong Mai | ||||||||
| On the Throughput Performance of TCP Cubic in Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks | 2019 | Ieee Access | Hoang D. Le, Chuyen T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| A PHY/MAC Cross-Layer Analysis for IEEE 802.15.7 Uplink Visible Local Area Network | 2019 | IEEE Photonics Journal | Ngoc T. Dang and Vuong Mai | ||||||||
| Beam Size Optimization and Adaptation for High-Altitude Airborne Free-Space Optical Communication Systems | 2019 | IEEE Photonics Journal | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Adaptive Beam Control Techniques for Airborne Free-Space Optical Communication Systems | 2018 | Applied optics | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Comments on “Capacities for Long-Distance Free-Space Optical Links Under Beam Wander Effects” | 2018 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Vuong Mai, Jaedon Park, and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| A Cross-Layer Analysis of TCP/Link Adaptation Technologies over Free-Space Optical Links with Markov Error Model | 2018 | Photonic Network Communications | Chuyen T. Nguyen, Hoang D. Le, and Vuong Mai | ||||||||
| Cross-Layer Designs and Analysis of Adaptive-Rate Transmission and ARQ for Free-Space Optical Communications | 2016 | IEEE Photonics Journal | Vuong Mai and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Adaptive Multi-Rate Designs and Analysis for Hybrid FSO/RF Systems over Fading Channels | 2015 | IEICE Transactions on Communications | Vuong Mai and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Performance Analysis of Cooperative-ARQ Schemes in Free-Space Optical Communications | 2014 | IEICE Transactions on Communications | Vuong Mai and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Performance Analysis of TCP Over Visible Light Communication Networks with ARQ-SR Protocol | 2014 | Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies | Vuong Mai, Ngoc-Anh Tran, Truong C. Thang, and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Performance of TCP Over Free-Space Optical Atmospheric Turbulence Channels | 2013 | Journal of Optical Communications and Networking | Vuong Mai, Truong C. Thang, and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Design and Analysis of Sliding Window ARQ Protocols with Rate Adaptation for Burst Transmission over FSO Turbulence Channels | 2019 | Journal of Optical Communications and Networking | Hoang D. Le, Vuong Mai, Chuyen T. Nguyen, and Anh T. Pham | ||||||||
| Beaconless PAT and Adaptive Beam Control using Variable Focus Lens for Free-Space Optical Communication Systems | 2021 | Apl Photonics | Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | ||||||||
| Enhancing Design and Performance Analysis of Satellite EB/CV-QKD/FSO Systems | 2023 | Ieee Access | Thang V. Nguyen, Hoa T. Le, Hien T. T. Pham, Vuong Mai, and Ngoc T. Dang | 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3323247 | |||||||
| Time-Efficient Simulation of Free-Space Optical Communication Systems Under Atmospheric Turbulence, Pointing Error, and Angle-of-Arrival Fluctuations | 2023 | IEEE Photonics Journal | Mat T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim | 10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3322159 | |||||||
| Free-Space Optical Communication Technologies for Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Communications | 2024 | IEEE Communications Magazine | Gihong Park, Vuong Mai, Hojae Lee, Sangrim Lee, and Hoon Kim | 10.1109/MCOM.001.2300160 | |||||||
| Acquisition Time in Laser Inter-Satellite Link Under Satellite Vibrations | 2023 | IEEE Photonics Journal | 15 | Kwanyong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim | 10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3291807 |