General

Tangxuan   Email: xtang@fjirsm.ac.cn

Research Areas

 Optical Wireless Communication Systems  

Education

9/2008-5/2012

PhD, Polarisation Shift Keying Modulated Free-Space Optical Communication Systems, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.

9/2007-6/2008

BEng (1st Class with Hons.), Electronic and Communications Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.

9/2004-3/2007

Diploma (3.8 out of 4, Hons.), Electronics, Computer and Communications Engineering, Nan Yang Polytechnic, Singapore.

Experience

  • External Cooperation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016/1-2018/12 

    Total founding: 1 million RMB

    Responsibility: Project leader

  • National Science Found for Young Scholars (Grant No.: 61501427), 01/2016-20/2018

Total founding: 230k RMB

Responsibility: Project leader

  • Funds from Youth Innovation Promotion Association in Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 01/2017-12/2017

Total founding: 0.4million RMB

Responsibility: Project leader

  • External Cooperation Program of Quanzhou Science and Technology Bureau, 06/2016-05/2019

Total founding: 290k RMB

Responsibility: Project leader

  • Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of the State Education Ministry, 01/2016-12/2018

    Total founding: 30k RMB

    Responsibility: Project leader

  • "2016 Hundred Talents Program of Foreign Experts" in Fujian province (Grant No.:[2015]79), 10/2016-07/2017

    Total founding: 200k RMB

    Responsibility: Project leader

  • "2016 Hundred Talents Program of Foreign Experts " in Fujian province (Grant No.:[2015]79),10/2015-06/2016

    Total founding: 200k RMB

    Responsibility: Project leader

  • "2015 Hundred Talents Program of Foreign Experts" of Chinese academy of sciences,10/2015-06/2016

    Total founding: 120k RMB

    Responsibility: Project leader

  • National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2013CB329200), 1/1/2013 – 30/12/2017

    Total founding: 16.43 million RMB (1st two years)

    Responsibility: Scientific researcher

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2013M530625), 6/5/2013 – 30/6/2014

Total founding: 5k Pounds

Responsibility: Project applicant and Independent bearer

  • Cooperate with Fujian Xianchuang Electric Co, Ltd, 2015/8-2016/7

Total founding: 500k RMB

Responsibility: Project leader

Work Experience

PI, Associate Professor - Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China, 10/2014-present

Duties: Research area includes high speed infrared/ ultraviolet laser communications, visible light communications, optical MIMO systems, LTE230 and RF communication technologies.

 

Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Electronic Communication Engineering at Tsinghua University (Top University), China, 10/2012-7/2014

Duties:

1st Technical Director for National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) –

  1. research of wide spectrum optical wireless signal communications, including overall reporting on the project progress and periodic survey

  2. research on the fundamental concept of the optical wireless communications, setting-up experimental prototype, and writing technical papers and co-supervising PhD and MSc students.

Visiting Researchers - Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (First-Three University), China, 10/2013-4/2014

Duties:

  • Development of a platform for large-scale instruments

  • Identifying and ordering the test and measurement equipment

  • Co-supervising post-graduate students

  • Participation in establishment of the State Key Laboratory at USTC University

  • Participating in organizing international conferences, such as ICCC, SOPO et al.

Part-time Teaching - Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, 10/2008-5/2011

Duties:

  • Seminars and laboratories in Digital Signal Processing

  • Co-supervision of final year undergraduate projects.

Publications

   
Papers

Journals

  1. Xuan Tang, Zhaocheng Wang, Zhengyuan Xu, and Zabih Ghassemlooy, “Multihop free-space optical communications over turbulence channels with pointing errors using heterodyne detection,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 15, pp. 2597-2604, August 1, 2014. (SCI, impact factor: 2.555)

  2. Xuan Tang, Zhengyuan Xu, Zabih Ghassemlooy, “Coherent polarization modulated transmission through MIMO atmospheric optical turbulence channel,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 20, pp. 3221-3228, October 15, 2013. (SCI, impact factor: 2.555)

  3. M. Hulea, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, and X. Tang, "Compensating for optical beam scattering and wandering in FSO communications," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1323-1328, April 1, 2014. (SCI, impact factor: 2.555)

  4. Z. Ghassemlooy, D. Wu, M. A. Khalighi, X. Tang, “Indoor non-directed optical wireless communications - optimization of the lambertian order,” Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Innovations Table of Content Alert, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-9, June 14, 2013. (SCI)

  5. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, C. G. Lee, “Coherent heterodyne multilevel polarization shift keying with spatial diversity in a free-space optical turbulence channel,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 30, no. 16, pp. 2689-2695, June 14, 2012. (SCI, impact factor: 2.555)

  6. Z. Ghassemlooy, Xuan Tang, and S. Rajbhandari, “Experimental investigation of polarization modulated free space optical communication with direct detection in a turbulence channel,” Journal of IET Communications, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 1489-1494, July 24, 2012. (SCI, impact factor: 0.712)

  7. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, and C. G. Lee, "Coherent optical binary polarisation shift keying heterodyne system in the free-space optical turbulence channel," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 1031-1038, June 27, 2011. (SCI, impact factor:0.952)

  8. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, and C. G. Lee, "Coherent polarization shift keying modulated free space optical links over a gamma-gamma turbulence channel," American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 520-530, 2011. (SCI)

  9. P. Luo, M. Zhang, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le Minh, H. Tsai, X. Tang, and D. Han, "Experimental Demonstration of a 1024-QAM Optical Camera Communication System," Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, vol. 28, pp. 139-142, 2016.

  10. Sujan Rajbhandari, Z. Ghassemlooy, Paul Anthony Haigh, Thavamaran Kanesan, and Xuan Tang, “Experimental error performance of modulation schemes under a controlled laboratory turbulence FSO channel,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 244-250, January 22, 2015. (SCI, impact factor: 2.555)

  11. P. Luo, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. L. Minh, E. Bentley, A. Burton, and X. Tang, "Performance analysis of a car-to-car visible light communication system," Applied Optics, vol. 54, pp. 1696-1706, 2015/03/01 2015.

  12. P. Luo, M. Zhang, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le Minh, H.-M. Tsai, X. Tang, L. C. Png, and D. Han, "Experimental Demonstration of RGB LED-Based Optical Camera Communications," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, pp. 1-12, 2015.

  13. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Hui Yang, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Shihao Zhang, Yiwei Li, and Chun Lin, “Experimental Demonstration of IFDMA for Uplink Visible Light Communication,” accepted in Photonics Technology Letters, 2016.

  14. Bangjiang Lin, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, Xuan Tang, “Weighted Inter-frame Averaging-Based Channel Estimation for OFDM-PON”, Optical Engineering, accepted. (SCI, impact 0.954)

  15. Bangjiang Lin, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, Xuan Tang, “Asymmetrical TWDM-PON with 4×25-Gb/s Downstream DSB OFDM and 4×10-Gb/s Upstream OOK Modulations”, Optical Fiber Technology, accepted. (SCI, impact 1.3)

  16. Bangjiang Lin, Li Yiwei, Zhang Shihao, Xuan Tang. Asymmetrical TWDM-PON with 4×25-Gb/s downstream DSB OFDM and 4×10-Gb/s upstream OOK modulations [J]. Optical Fiber Technology, 2015, vol. 26, pp. 206-210. (SCI)

  17. Bangjiang Lin, Li Yiwei, Zhang Shihao, Xuan Tang. Weighted interframe averaging-based channel estimation for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing passive optical network [J]. Optical Engineering, 2015, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 106108-106108. (SCI)

  18. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Yiwei Li, and Shihao Zhang, “Time-domain channel estimator for polarization interleaving direct-detection orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing passive optical network”, Optical Engineering, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 066107, June 2016. (SCI)

Conference

  1. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, et al, “Time-Domain Channel Estimation for Polarization Interleaving OFDM-PON”, International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) 2016, accepted.

  2. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, et al, “Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access for Uplink VLC”, International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) 2016, accepted.

  3. M. Hulea, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, “Effects of the atmospheric turbulence on laser beam propagation – an analytic approach”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  4. Z. Abu-Almaalie, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le-Minh, N. Aslam, “Iterative Multiuser detection with Physical Layer Network Coding for Multi-pair Communications”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  5. M. Ijaz, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, “Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optical Communication under the Weak Turbulance Regime”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  6. R. Paudel, Xuan Tang and Z. Ghassemlooy, “Laboratory Demonstration of FSO Ground-to-Train Communications with Multiple Base Stations”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  7. P. Luo, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. L. Minh, H.-M. Tsai, and X. Tang, "Undersampled-PAM with subcarrier modulation for camera communications," in Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2015, Shanghai, China, 2015, pp. 1-3.

  8. Norhanis Aida M.Nor1, Elizabeth Fabiyi1, M. Mansour Abadi1, Xuan Tang, Zabih Ghassemlooy, “Investigation of Moderate-to-Strong Turbulence Effects on Free Space Optics - A Laboratory Demonstration,” ConTEL 2015, Graz, Austria, 13-15 July 2015.

  9. Pengfei Luo, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Hoa Le Minh, Edward Bentley, Andrew Burton, Xuan Tang, “Undersampled phase shift on-off keying for camera communication,” International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP2014 ), He Fei, China, pp. 1-6, October 23-24, 2014.

  10. E. T. Fabiyi, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, M. Mansour Abadi and W. O. Popoola, “Performance of free space optical link under a controlled atmospheric turbulence channel,” 15thAnnul Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Network and Broadcasting, Liverpool, UK, pp. 138-141, June 23-24, 2014.

  11. M. Hulea, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, and X. Tang, “Evaluation of the spherical concave mirror and convex lens in compensating turbulence effect on FSO systems,” 9th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing 2014, pp. 914-918, July 23-25, 2014.

  12. Pengfei Luo, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Hoa Le Minh, Edward Bentley, Andrew Burton, Xuan Tang, “Fundamental analysis of a car-to-car visible light communication system”, 9th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing 2014, pp. 1011-1016,July 23-25, 2014.

  13. Xuan Tang, Zhengyuan Xu, Z. Ghassemlooy, "Outage Probability of multihop free space optical communications over nakagami fading channels," Proceedings of 2013 NOC-OC&I, Graz, pp. 199-202, July 10-12,2013. (EI,citations: 2)

  14. Xuan Tang, Zhengyuan Xu, Z. Ghassemlooy, W.O. Popoola and C.G. Lee, "Coherent binary polarization shift keying in free space optical turbulence channel," OPTIC 2012, Taiwan, OB-SA-BL1-(3)-2, December 8, 2012. (EI)

  15. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W.O. Popoola, M. Uysal, D. Wu, "Experimental demonstration of polarisation shift keying in the free space optical turbulence channel," 2012 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications in China Workshops (ICCC), pp. 31-36, August 15-17,2012. (EI)

  16. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, and C. G. Lee, "Differential circular polarization shift keying with heterodyne detection for free space optical links with a turbulence channel," 16th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), pp. 149-152, July 20-22, 2011. (EI)

  17. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, C. G. Lee, E. Leitgeb, and V. Ahmadi, "Free-space optical communication employing polarization shift keying coherent modulation in atmospheric turbulence channel," Proceeding of the 7th Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing 2010 (CSNDSP 2010), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, pp. 615-620, July 21-23, 2010. (EI: Invited paper)

  18. Xuan Tang, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, Z. Ghassemlooy, E. Leitgeb, S. S. Muhammad, and G. Kandus, "Performance of BPSK subcarrier intensity modulation free-space optical communications using a log-normal atmospheric turbulence model," 2010 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), pp. 1-4, June 19-2,1 2010. (EI)

  19. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, and W. O. Popoola, "Performance of the coherent optical binary polarization-shift-keying heterodyne system in free space optical communications using a lognormal atmospheric turbulence model," Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Propagation, and Electronics (MIC-CPE 2010), Amman, Jordan, pp. 30-35, March 5-7, 2010. (EI: Invited paper)

  20. D. Wu, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le Minh, S. Rajbhandari, M.A. Khalighi, Xuan Tang, "Optimisation of Lambertian order for indoor non-directed optical wireless communication," 2012 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications in China Workshops (ICCC), pp. 43-48, August 2012. (EI)

Patents

  1. 林邦姜，汤璇，张士灏，李艺伟，一种室内可见光定位系统及方法，专利号201510849295.4[P]。

  2. 李艺伟，汤璇，林邦姜，张士灏，一种可见光语音对讲系统.中国，专利号201620105194.6。

  3. 李艺伟，汤璇，林邦姜，张士灏，一种基于MIMO技术的可见光语音对讲系统.中国，专利号201610073055.4。

  4. 李艺伟，汤璇，林邦姜，张士灏，一种基于双极化MIMO的无线信道测量数据分析方法.中国，专利号201610080075.4。

  5. 张士灏，汤璇，林邦姜，李艺伟，一种对QAM信号进行非数据辅助的相位噪声盲估计方法，专利号201610197196.7。

Research Interests

High Speed Infrared/ultraviolet Laser Communications, Visible Light Communications and Optical MIMO Systems,​Radio Frequency Communication Technologies

Conferences


  1. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, et al, “Time-Domain Channel Estimation for Polarization Interleaving OFDM-PON”, International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) 2016, accepted.

  2. Bangjiang Lin, Xuan Tang, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Yiwei Li, Shihao Zhang, et al, “Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access for Uplink VLC”, International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) 2016, accepted.

  3. M. Hulea, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, “Effects of the atmospheric turbulence on laser beam propagation – an analytic approach”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  4. Z. Abu-Almaalie, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le-Minh, N. Aslam, “Iterative Multiuser detection with Physical Layer Network Coding for Multi-pair Communications”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  5. M. Ijaz, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, “Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optical Communication under the Weak Turbulance Regime”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  6. R. Paudel, Xuan Tangand Z. Ghassemlooy, “Laboratory Demonstration of FSO Ground-to-Train Communications with Multiple Base Stations”, CSNDSP 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-22 July 2016.

  7. P. Luo, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. L. Minh, H.-M. Tsai, and X. Tang,"Undersampled-PAM with subcarrier modulation for camera communications," in Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2015, Shanghai, China, 2015, pp. 1-3.

  8. Norhanis Aida M.Nor1, Elizabeth Fabiyi1, M. Mansour Abadi1, Xuan Tang, Zabih Ghassemlooy, “Investigation of Moderate-to-Strong Turbulence Effects on Free Space Optics - A Laboratory Demonstration,” ConTEL 2015, Graz, Austria, 13-15 July 2015.

  9. Pengfei Luo, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Hoa Le Minh, Edward Bentley, Andrew Burton, Xuan Tang, “Undersampled phase shift on-off keying for camera communication,” International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP2014 ), He Fei, China, pp. 1-6, October 23-24, 2014.

  10. E. T. Fabiyi, X. Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, M. Mansour Abadi and W. O. Popoola, “Performance of free space optical link under a controlled atmospheric turbulence channel,” 15thAnnul Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Network and Broadcasting, Liverpool, UK, pp. 138-141, June 23-24, 2014.

  11. M. Hulea, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, and X. Tang, “Evaluation of the spherical concave mirror and convex lens in compensating turbulence effect on FSO systems,” 9th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing 2014, pp. 914-918, July 23-25, 2014.

  12. Pengfei Luo, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Hoa Le Minh, Edward Bentley, Andrew Burton, Xuan Tang, “Fundamental analysis of a car-to-car visible light communication system”, 9th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing 2014, pp. 1011-1016,July 23-25, 2014.

  13. Xuan Tang, Zhengyuan Xu, Z. Ghassemlooy, "Outage Probability of multihop free space optical communications over nakagami fading channels," Proceedings of 2013 NOC-OC&I, Graz, pp. 199-202, July 10-12,2013. (EI,citations: 2)

  14. Xuan Tang, Zhengyuan Xu, Z. Ghassemlooy, W.O. Popoola and C.G. Lee, "Coherent binary polarization shift keying in free space optical turbulence channel," OPTIC 2012, Taiwan, OB-SA-BL1-(3)-2, December 8, 2012. (EI)

  15. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W.O. Popoola, M. Uysal, D. Wu, "Experimental demonstration of polarisation shift keying in the free space optical turbulence channel," 2012 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications in China Workshops (ICCC), pp. 31-36, August 15-17,2012. (EI)

  16. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, and C. G. Lee, "Differential circular polarization shift keying with heterodyne detection for free space optical links with a turbulence channel," 16th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), pp. 149-152, July 20-22, 2011. (EI)

  17. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, C. G. Lee, E. Leitgeb, and V. Ahmadi, "Free-space optical communication employing polarization shift keying coherent modulation in atmospheric turbulence channel," Proceeding of the 7thSymposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing 2010 (CSNDSP 2010), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, pp. 615-620, July 21-23, 2010. (EI: Invited paper)

  18. Xuan Tang, S. Rajbhandari, W. O. Popoola, Z. Ghassemlooy, E. Leitgeb, S. S. Muhammad, and G. Kandus, "Performance of BPSK subcarrier intensity modulation free-space optical communications using a log-normal atmospheric turbulence model," 2010 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), pp. 1-4, June 19-2,1 2010. (EI)

  19. Xuan Tang, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Rajbhandari, and W. O. Popoola, "Performance of the coherent optical binary polarization-shift-keying heterodyne system in free space optical communications using a lognormal atmospheric turbulence model," Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Propagation, and Electronics (MIC-CPE 2010), Amman, Jordan, pp. 30-35, March 5-7, 2010. (EI: Invited paper)

  20. D. Wu, Z. Ghassemlooy, H. Le Minh, S. Rajbhandari, M.A. Khalighi, Xuan Tang, "Optimisation of Lambertian order for indoor non-directed optical wireless communication," 2012 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications in China Workshops (ICCC), pp. 43-48, August 2012. (EI)


Students

Zhang Min; Zhou Zhenlei; Zhang Haiguang; Lin Chun