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Dr Vuong Mai

Lecturer in Electronics & Communication

Faculty/Dept/School Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
Emailv.mai@bradford.ac.uk

Biography

Vuong Mai is a Lecturer in Electronics and 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. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu, Japan.

Dr Mai's research interests encompass several areas, including optical wireless, free-space optics, B5G/6G, aerial communications, and space communications. He is always eager to collaborate with other scholars who share his areas of expertise. Moreover, he welcomes students who are interested in exploring research topics related to his interests to contact him, as he is readily available to discuss research proposals and provide guidance and support.

Major achievements

  • 78 papers in refereed journals and conferences 
  • 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
Recent activities

  • Accepted Journal Paper, Free-Space Optical Communication Technologies for Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine (Impact Factor: 11.2), 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
  • Accepted Journal Paper, Acquisition Time in Laser Inter-Satellite Link Under Satellite Vibrations, IEEE Photonics Journal, 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, International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), 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
For more detailed information about Dr Mai's academic activities, kindly refer to Vuong Mai's Google Site.

Research

Optical Wireless and Future Space Networks

The increasing demand for high-speed data transmission and congestion in the radio frequency spectrum is creating exciting opportunities for optical wireless. Dr 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 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 of highly precise beam alignment. Dr 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. To be explored and addressed are open issues and challenges in SpaceNets.

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

Teaching interests

Dr Mai is currently interested in teaching modules within the MSc Satellite Systems Engineering programme at the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI, which include:
  • Communication Satellite Systems
  • Earth Observation Satellite Systems
  • Ground Satellite Systems

Professional activities

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member
  • Optica (formerly OSA), Member

Publications

TitleBeaconless Angle-of-Arrival Tracking with Improved Receiver Sensitivity and Tracking Precision for Free-Space Optical Communications (2023)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalOptics Communications
 
TitleAcquisition Time in Laser Inter-Satellite Link Under Satellite Vibrations (2023)
AuthorsKwanyong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
DOI10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3291807
 
TitleFree-Space Optical Communication Technologies for Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Communications (2023)
AuthorsGihong Park, Vuong Mai, Hojae Lee, Sangrim Lee, and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Communications Magazine
 
TitleMitigation of Scintillation in FSO Communication using Temporally and Spatially Incoherent Spectrum-Sliced Light Source (2022)
AuthorsDaeseong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalOptics Letters
 
TitleDynamic Adaptive Beam Control System Using Variable Focus Lenses for Laser Inter-Satellite Link (2022)
AuthorsKwanyong Lee, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
 
TitleBeam Steering and Divergence Control Using Variable Focus Liquid Lenses for WDM FSO Communications (2022)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
 
TitleMultiple-Aperture Direct-Detection Receiver Based on Maximal Ratio Combining for FSO Communication (2022)
AuthorsMat T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
 
TitleMitigation of Scintillation in FSO Communication using RSOA-based Spectrum-Sliced Incoherent Light (2021)
AuthorsDaeseong Lee, Vuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
 
TitleProbing Packet Retransmission Scheme in Underwater Optical Wireless Communication with Energy Harvesting (2021)
AuthorsCuong T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Chuyen T. Nguyen
JournalIeee Access
 
TitleNon-mechanical Beam Steering and Adaptive Beam Control using Variable Focus Lenses for Free-Space Optical Communications (2021)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology
 
TitleBeaconless PAT and Adaptive Beam Control using Variable Focus Lens for Free-Space Optical Communication Systems (2021)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalApl Photonics
 
TitleReliability Improvement of Satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution Systems using Retransmission Scheme, (2021)
AuthorsNam D. Nguyen, Hang T. T. Phan, Hien T. T. Pham, Vuong Mai, and Ngoc T. Dang
JournalPhotonic Network Communications
 
TitleComprehensive Performance Analysis of Satellite-to-Ground FSO/QKD Systems using Key Retransmission (2020)
AuthorsNam D. Nguyen, Hien T. T. Pham, Vuong Mai, and Ngoc T. Dang
JournalOptical Engineering
 
TitleUnderwater Optical Wireless Communication-based IoUT Networks: MAC Performance Analysis and Improvement (2020)
AuthorsChuyen T. Nguyen, Mat T. Nguyen, and Vuong Mai
JournalOptical Switching and Networking
 
TitleDesign and Analysis of Sliding Window ARQ Protocols with Rate Adaptation for Burst Transmission over FSO Turbulence Channels (2019)
AuthorsHoang D. Le, Vuong Mai, Chuyen T. Nguyen, and Anh T. Pham
JournalJournal of Optical Communications and Networking
 
TitleA PHY/MAC Cross-Layer Analysis for IEEE 802.15.7 Uplink Visible Local Area Network (2019)
AuthorsNgoc T. Dang and Vuong Mai
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
 
TitleBeam Size Optimization and Adaptation for High-Altitude Airborne Free-Space Optical Communication Systems (2019)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
 
TitleOn the Throughput Performance of TCP Cubic in Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks (2019)
AuthorsHoang D. Le, Chuyen T. Nguyen, Vuong Mai, and Anh T. Pham
JournalIeee Access
 
TitleAdaptive Beam Control Techniques for Airborne Free-Space Optical Communication Systems (2018)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
JournalApplied optics
 
TitleA Cross-Layer Analysis of TCP/Link Adaptation Technologies over Free-Space Optical Links with Markov Error Model (2018)
AuthorsChuyen T. Nguyen, Hoang D. Le, and Vuong Mai
JournalPhotonic Network Communications
 
TitleComments on “Capacities for Long-Distance Free-Space Optical Links Under Beam Wander Effects” (2018)
AuthorsVuong Mai, Jaedon Park, and Hoon Kim
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
 
TitleCross-Layer Designs and Analysis of Adaptive-Rate Transmission and ARQ for Free-Space Optical Communications (2016)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Anh T. Pham
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
 
TitleAdaptive Multi-Rate Designs and Analysis for Hybrid FSO/RF Systems over Fading Channels (2015)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Anh T. Pham
JournalIEICE Transactions on Communications
 
TitlePerformance Analysis of TCP Over Visible Light Communication Networks with ARQ-SR Protocol (2014)
AuthorsVuong Mai, Ngoc-Anh Tran, Truong C. Thang, and Anh T. Pham
JournalTransactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
 
TitlePerformance Analysis of Cooperative-ARQ Schemes in Free-Space Optical Communications (2014)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Anh T. Pham
JournalIEICE Transactions on Communications
 
TitlePerformance of TCP Over Free-Space Optical Atmospheric Turbulence Channels (2013)
AuthorsVuong Mai, Truong C. Thang, and Anh T. Pham
JournalJournal of Optical Communications and Networking
 
TitleLink Availability of Satellite-to-Ground Free-Space Optical Communication Systems in South Korea (2022)
AuthorsGyuwan Kim, Daeho Kim, Vuong Mai, Hoon Kim
PublisherKorean Journal of Optics and Photonics
 
TitleAirborne Free-Space Optical Communications for Fronthaul/Backhaul Networks of 5G and Beyond (2021)
AuthorsVuong Mai and Hoon Kim
PublisherIEEE Future Networks Tech Focus
 
TitleComparison of Phase-Screen Generation Methods for Simulating the Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence (2019)
AuthorsDung T. Ha, Vuong Mai, and Hoon Kim
PublisherKorean Journal of Optics and Photonics
 
TitleLink Availability of Terrestrial Free-Space Optical Communication Systems in Korea (2018)
AuthorsVuong Mai, Dung T. Ha, and Hoon Kim
PublisherKorean Journal of Optics and Photonics