Jikang Deng

Jikang Deng

Master Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Researcher in Wireless Communication and Artificial Intelligence

Welcome! I’m Jikang Deng (邓纪康), a Master’s student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini. I obtained my master’s degree of science from KAUST in 2025. I graduated from School of Information and Communication Engineering (SICE), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a bacher’s degree in 2023.

My research interests include wireless communication, non-terrestrial network (NTN), near-field communication, and AI for communications. My research aims to bridge the digital divide and connect the unconnected. Please feel free to connect—I’m always open to new ideas and collaborations!

🔬 Research Interest

  • Wireless Communication
  • Non-terrestrial Network (NTN)
  • Near-field Communication
  • AI for communications

🔔 News

  • 2025.06.04: My first transaction paper “Orthogonality Analysis in LoRa Uplink Satellite Communications Affected by Doppler Effect” gets accepted by IEEE TAES.
  • 2025.06.01: I graduate from KAUST with a Master’s degree of science.
  • 2025.04.29: I successfully defend my master’s thesis “Hierarchical Distributed Coordination for Heterogeneous Non-terrestrial Network” in KAUST.
  • 2024.11: I present my poster “Orthogonality Analysis in LoRa Uplink Satellite Communications Affected by Doppler Effect” in 2024 6G Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • 2023.08: I join Communication Theory Lab (CTL) in KAUST as a Master student in Saudi Arabia.

📝 Research Experience

Publications

IEEE TAES
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Orthogonality Analysis in LoRa Uplink Satellite Communications Affected by Doppler Effect

Jikang Deng, Fatma Benkhelifa, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Accepted by IEEE TAES 2025.06

  • Index Terms: LoRa, Orthogonality, Satellite Communication, Doppler Effect
  • Main Contribution: This paper provides an comprehensive analysis of LoRa’s orthogonality in uplink satellite communication scenario under either high Doppler shift or high Doppler rate.
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Distributed Coordination for Heterogeneous Non-Terrestrial Networks

Jikang Deng, Hui Zhou, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, arXiv 2025.02

  • Index Terms: Distributed Coordination, Distributed Learning, Heterogeneous Network, Non-terrestrial Network(NTN)
  • Main Contribution: This paper summarizes the unique characteristics of each NTN platform, identifes the communication challenges, and proposes the potential coordinated solution based on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) in heterogeneous NTN.

Academic Service

  • Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS)
  • Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

📖 Educations

  • 2023.08 - 2025.06: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    • Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019.09 - 2023.06: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
    • Bachelor of Engineering, Network Engineering
    • Chengdu, China

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2022: SICE Person of the Year in College (荣耀信通年度人物), UESTC
  • 2022: Meritorious Winner, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Held by COMAP, USA)
  • 2022: Xiaomi Scholarship, UESTC
  • 2021: Suzhou Yucai Scholarship, UESTC
  • 2020 - 2022: Outstanding Students First-Level Scholarships (Three Times), UESTC