Haibin Zhang
Specialist and strategist in 5G/6G and upcoming wireless technology, 5G/6G for vertical applications, and sustainable ICT networks. Elected fellow of the IET. His current research activities aim to design and develop next-generation flexible, robust and intelligent wireless network technology, in particular AI-native wireless network architecture and management.
Active in acquisition of externally-funded projects and international research community. Co-initiated European research projects e.g. HEU AMAZING-6G, H2020 5G-HEART, H2020 Clear5G, Bell-Labs co-financed BCG2 and multiple customer-funded projects. TNO’s principal investigator of wireless technology in the national 6G program Future Network Services (FNS).
Elected Co-chair (2013-2015) of the Mobile Group of GreenTouch, Technical Manager of Clear5G (2017-2020), Management Committee member of COST Actions INTERACT, IC1004 and IRACON, Publication Co-chair of IEEE Future Networks Technical Community.
Professorship chair
Mobile networks (National Taiwan University).
Research area
With about 30 years of R&D experience in wireless communication, I have contributed to the development of 3G/4G/5G/6G technologies, ranging from physical-layer signal processing and advanced error-correction coding, to radio network architecture and resource management.
My recent research activities aim to design and develop next-generation flexible, robust and intelligent wireless network technology, in particular AI-native wireless network architecture and management mechanisms with balance between scientific quality and practical limits, for Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS), network energy saving, cell-free networking, 3D networking, hybrid radio and optical access networks, etc. My ambition is to make future wireless networks more sustainable and intelligent, creating networks with sensing capabilities.
My research work contributes directly to the PMC cluster “Fast and Open Infrastructures” within the TNO ISP Unit.
Top publications
- Duc Nguyen Dao, Haibin Zhang, Andre B. J. Kokkeler, Yang Miao, “Joint Beamforming Optimization for Multi-user Multi-target FD JCAS System: A Hybrid GRQ-GA Approach”, Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2025, Milan, Italy, March 2025.
- Haibin Zhang, Yohan Toh, Iñaki Martin Soroa, Donal Morris, Marie-Pauline Roukens, “Pre-hospital Triage Improvement for Ambulances via 5G Video and Vital Data Communication”, Proceedings of IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Montreal, Canada, October 2022.
- Apoorva Arora, Toni Dimitrovski, Remco Litjens, Haibin Zhang, “ML-based Slice Management in 5G Networks for Emergency Scenarios”, Proceedings of EuCNC 2021, Porto, Portugal, 2021.
- Meng Lu, Haibin Zhang, Bastiaan Wissingh, Robbin Blokpoel, “Advanced 5G Validation Trials Across Multiple Vertical Industries: Health, Aquaculture and Transport”, Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, Helsinki, Finland, April 27-30, 2020.(conference cancelled due to COVID-19, abstract published).
- Varun Nair, Remco Litjens, Haibin Zhang, “Optimisation of NB-IoT Deployment for Smart Energy Distribution Networks”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, pp. 1-15, July 2019.
- Ljupco Jorguseski, Haibin Zhang, Sylvie Dijkstra-Soudarissanane, Michal Golinski, 2018, April, “LTE Delay Assessment for Real-Time Management of Future Smart Grids”, Mobile Networks and Applications, pp. 1-8, April 2018.
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Postal address
P.O. Box 96800
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The Netherlands