Quantum-related Publications of Dr. Soon Xin Ng (Michael)

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Conference papers

  1. P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Low-Complexity Iterative Quantum Multi-User Detection in SDMA systems", Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Sydney, Australia, 10-14 June, 2014.

  2. Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "EXIT-Chart Aided Code Design for Symbol-Based Entanglement-Assisted Classical Communication over Quantum Channels", Proceeding of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Fall, 14-17 Sept. 2014, Vancouver, BC.

  3. P. V. Trinh, T. V. Pham, H. Nguyen, S. X. Ng and A. T. Pham, "Performance of Free-Space QKD Systems using SIM/BPSK and Dual-Threshold/Direct-Detection", Proceeding of IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, Washington DC, USA, 4-8 December, 2016.

  4. X. Ai, R. Malaney, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Short Codes and Entanglement-based Quantum Key Distribution via Satellite", Proceeding of Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD), London, UK, 6-7 December 2017.

Journal papers

  1. P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum search algorithms, quantum wireless, and a low-complexity maximum likelihood iterative quantum multi-user detector design", IEEE Access, vol 1, 10th May 2013, pp. 94 - 122, (doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2259536).

  2. Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Near-Capacity Code Design for Entanglement-Assisted Classical Communication over Quantum Depolarizing Channels", IEEE Transactions on Communications 2013.

  3. P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Fixed-Complexity Quantum-Assisted Multi-User Detection for CDMA and SDMA", IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2014.

  4. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Low-complexity soft-output quantum-assisted multi-user detection for direct-sequence spreading and slow subcarrier-hopping aided SDMA-OFDM systems", IEEE Access, 2, 451-472, 2014.

  5. D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum-assisted routing optimization for self-organizing networks", IEEE Access, 2, 614-632. 2014.

  6. Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "EXIT-Chart Aided Quantum Turbo Code Design", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, no. 3, vol. 64, pp. 866-875, 2015.

  7. Z. Babar, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "The road from classical to quantum codes: a hashing bound approaching design procedure", IEEE Access, 3, 1-31, 2015.

  8. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Noncoherent quantum multiple symbol differential detection for wireless systems", IEEE Access, 2015.

  9. D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Non-dominated quantum iterative routing optimization for wireless multihop networks", IEEE Access, 2015.

  10. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Iterative quantum-assisted multi-user detection for multicarrier interleave division multiple access systems", IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2015.

  11. Z. Babar, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Fifteen years of quantum LDPC coding and improved decoding strategies", IEEE Access, vol. 3, pp. 2492-2519, 2015.

  12. D. Alanis, J. Hu, P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum-Assisted Joint Multi-Objective Routing and Load Balancing for Socially-Aware Networks", IEEE Access, 4, 9993 - 10028, 2016.

  13. Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng, R. G. Maunder and L. Hanzo, "Fully-Parallel Quantum Turbo Decoder", IEEE Access, 4, 6073 - 6085, 2016.

  14. Z. Babar, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Construction of Quantum LDPC Codes From Classical Row-Circulant QC-LDPCs", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 2016.

  15. H. Nguyen, Z. Babar, D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "EXIT-Chart Aided Quantum Code Design Improves the Normalised Throughput of Realistic Quantum Devices", IEEE Access, 4, 2016.

  16. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Joint Quantum-Assisted Channel Estimation and Data Detection", IEEE Access, 4, 2016.

  17. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum-Aided Multi-User Transmission in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems", IEEE Access, 4, 2016.

  18. Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Serially Concatenated Unity-Rate Codes Improve Quantum Codes Without Coding-Rate Reduction", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 20, No. 10, October 2016.

  19. P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, D. Alanis, D. Chandra, H. Nguyen, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Error Correction Protects Quantum Search Algorithms Against Decoherence", Nature Scientific Reports, 6, (38095), pp. 1-13, December 2016.

  20. H. Nguyen, P. V. Trinh, A. T. Pham, Z. Babar, D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Network Coding Aided Cooperative Quantum Key Distribution Over Free-Space Optical Channels", IEEE Access, 5, 2017.

  21. D. Chandra, Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Coding Bounds and a Closed-Form Approximation of the Minimum Distance Versus Quantum Coding Rate", IEEE Access, 5, 2017.

  22. H. Nguyen, Z. Babar, D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, D. Chandra, M. A. M. Izhar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Towards the Quantum Internet: Generalised Quantum Network Coding for Large-Scale Quantum Communication Networks", IEEE Access, 5, 2017.

  23. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Coherent Versus Non-Coherent Quantum-Assisted Solutions in Wireless Systems", IEEE Wireless Communications, 2017.

  24. P. Botsinis, Y. Huo, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Search-Aided Multi-User Detection of IDMA-Assisted Multi-Layered Video Streaming", IEEE Access, 2017.

  25. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. Feng, Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng, R. Zhang and L. Hanzo, "Quantum-Assisted Indoor Localization for Uplink mm-Wave and Downlink Visible Light Communication Systems", IEEE Access, 2017.

  26. M. A. M. Izhar, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Entanglement-Assisted Classical Communication Over Quantum Channels for Binary Markov Sources", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2017.

  27. D. Chandra, Z. Babar, H. V. Nguyen, D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Topological Error Correction Codes: The Classical-to-Quantum Isomorphism Perspective", IEEE Access, 2017.

  28. M. A. M. Izhar, Z. Babar, H. V. Nguyen, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Turbo Decoding for Quantum Channels Exhibiting Memory", IEEE Access, March 2018.

  29. D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, H. V. Nguyen, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "A Quantum-Search-Aided Dynamic Programming Framework for Pareto Optimal Routing in Wireless Multihop Networks", IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2018.

  30. D. Alanis, P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, H. V. Nguyen, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum-aided Multi-Objective Routing Optimization Using Back-Tracing-Aided Dynamic Programming", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2018.

  31. P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, H. Nguyen, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Quantum Algorithms for Wireless Communications", IEEE Communications Surveys Tutorials 2018.

  32. Z. Babar, D. Chandra, H. V. Nguyen, P. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Duality of Quantum and Classical Error Correction Codes: Design Principles & Examples", IEEE Communications Surveys Tutorials 2018.

  33. N. Hosseinidehaj, Z. Babar, R. Malaney, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Satellite-Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Communications: State-of-the-Art and a Predictive Outlook", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 2018.

  34. Z. Babar, Z. B. K. Egilmez, L. Xiang, D. Chandra, R. G. Maunder, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Polar Codes and Their Quantum-Domain Counterparts", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 21 August 2019.

  35. D. Chandra, Z. B. Kaykac Egilmez, Y. Xiong, S. X. Ng, R. G. Maunder and L. Hanzo, "Universal Decoding of Quantum Stabilizer Codes via Classical Guesswork," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 19059-19072, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3247966.

  36. Y. Xiong, D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Circuit Symmetry Verification Mitigates Quantum-Domain Impairments," in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 71, pp. 477-493, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TSP.2023.3244666.

  37. D. Chandra, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "EXIT-Chart Aided Design of Irregular Multiple-Rate Quantum Turbo Block Codes," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 96177-96195, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3312044.

  38. X. Liu, C. Xu, Y. Noori, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "The Road to Near-Capacity CV-QKD Reconciliation: An FEC-Agnostic Design," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 2089-2112, 2024, doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3382225.

  39. D. Pan et al., "The Evolution of Quantum Secure Direct Communication: On the Road to the Qinternet," in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1898-1949, thirdquarter 2024, doi: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3367535.

  40. X. Liu et al., "Tetherless THz CV-QKD – Would It Work?," in IEEE Wireless Communications, doi: 10.1109/MWC.2025.3631612.

  41. X. Liu, C. Xu, S. Wang, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Hybrid Beamforming Assisted OTFS-Based CV-QKD Systems for Doubly Selective THz Channels," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 11931-11946, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3585501.

  42. X. Liu, C. Xu, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "OTFS-Based CV-QKD Systems for Doubly Selective THz Channels," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 6274-6289, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3535889.

  43. D. Wang, X. Liu, C. Xu, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Short-Block Polar-Coded Reverse and Direct Reconciliation in CV-QKD," in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 6, pp. 2195-2209, 2025, doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3591417.

  44. D. Wang, X. Liu, C. Xu, S. X. Ng and L. Hanzo, "Rate-Compatible Polar- and LDPC-Coded Hybrid ARQ Aided Reverse Reconciliation in CV-QKD," in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, 2026, doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3650700.

Thesis of PhD students

  1. Panos Botsinis, "Quantum-Assisted Multi-User Wireless Systems'', Ph.D. thesis, University of Southampton, UK, March 2015.

  2. Zunaira Babar, "Quantum Error Correction Codes'', Ph.D. thesis, University of Southampton, UK, June 2015.

  3. Dimitrios Alanis, "Quantum-Assisted Multi-Objective Optimization of Heterogeneous Networks", Ph.D. thesis, University of Southampton, UK, January 2017.

  4. Daryus Chandra, “Quantum Topological Error Correction Codes for Quantum Computation and Communication”, November 2019.

  5. Rosie Cane, “Fault-tolerant Quantum Stabilizer Codes for Improving the Fidelity of Transversal CNOT”, January 2022.

  6. Yifeng Xiong, “Quantum Error Mitigation for Error-Resilient Quantum Computation”, July 2022.

  7. Xin Liu, “Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems”, January 2025.




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