Xianfu Lei is currently a Full Professor with the School of Information Science and Technology at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU). He received the Ph.D. degree from SWJTU in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Utah State University. His research interests are in the fields of communication theory and wireless networks. He has published nearly 150 technical papers in scientific journals and international conferences. He was a recipient of the Best Paper Award at WCSP’18, IEEE ICCC’20, and IEEE VTS Best Magazine Paper Award in 2023. He is serving as an executive editor for IEEE Communications Letters and an editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. He was an area/senior editor for IEEE Communications Letters. He also served as symposium/track and workshop chairs for major IEEE conferences, including symposium co-chair for IEEE ICC’18.

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Professional Services:

Executive Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (2023-now)

Area/Senior/Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (2014-2023)

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications (2020-now)

Associate Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2020-now)

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2022-now)

Recent Publications：

[1]L. Lv, D. Xu, R. Q. Hu, Y. Ye, L. Yang, X. Lei et al., “Safeguarding next-generation multiple access using physical layer security techniques: A tutorial,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 112, no. 9, pp. 1421-1466, September 2024.

[2] J. Li, L. Yang, Q. Wu, X. Lei, F. Zhou, F. Shu, X. Mu, Y. Liu, and P. Fan, “Active RIS-aided NOMA-enabled Space-Air-Ground integrated networks with cognitive radio,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 314-333, January 2025.

[3] Z. Zhang, Y. Wu, Z. Ma, X. Lei, L. Lei, and Z. Wei, “Coordinated multi-satellite transmission for OTFS-based 6G LEO satellite communication systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 156-170, January 2025. 

[4] X. Zheng, Y. Wu, L. Fan, X. Lei, R. Q. Hu, and G. K. Karagiannidis, “Dual-functional UAVempowered Space-Air-Ground networks: Joint communication and sensing,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 3412-3427, December 2024. 

[5] M. Shen, X. Lei, P. T. Mathiopoulos, X. Tang, R. Q. Hu, and P. Fan, “Robust transmission design for IRS-aided secure cognitive radio systems against internal eavesdropping,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 17841-17855, December 2024.