信道测量与建模，无线AI，通信感知一体化，全息MIMO，智能超表面

Research topics:

Channel measurements and modeling, Integrated AI and wireless, Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), Holographic MIMO, Reconfigurable intelligent surface

课题组招聘博士后科研人员，欢迎有意向的申请人将简历发送至shusun@sjtu.edu.cn.

代表性学术报告 (Representative academic talk)：https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Ck8J6gEeg/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_XzTojkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

著作及专利

Contributor for the book "Radio Propagation Measurements and Channel Modeling: Best Practices for Millimeter-Wave and Sub-Terahertz Frequencies", Cambridge University Press, 2022. (Edited by Theodore S. Rappaport, New York University, Kate A. Remley, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland, Camillo Gentile, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland, Andreas F. Molisch, University of Southern California, Alenka Zajic, Georgia Institute of Technology)

重要论文

Selected papers:

S. Sun, Y. Guo, M. Tao, W. Feng, J. Chen, R. Gao, Y. Li, J. Wang, and T. S. Rappaport, “Modeling and analysis of land-to-ship maritime wireless channels at 5.8 GHz,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 10051-10065, 2026.

S. Sun, R. Li, C. Han, X. Liu, L. Xue, and M. Tao, “How to differentiate between near field and far field: Revisiting the Rayleigh distance,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 22-28, Jan. 2025. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

M. Liu, S. Sun, R. Gao, J. Zhang and M. Tao, "Fusion of monostatic and bistatic sensing for ISAC-enabled low-altitude environment mapping," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 12451-12467, 2026.

R. Gao, S. Li, J. Wang, Q. Zhu and S. Sun, "Invertible diffusion for low-memory channel gain map construction in wireless communication networks," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 30, pp. 1681-1685, 2026.

H. Yan, H. Yang and S. Sun, "A spectrally convergent discretization of holographic MIMO channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 30, pp. 1964-1968, 2026.

T. Zhang, S. Sun, M. Tao, Q. Zhu, and R. Gao, “Diffuse scattering measurements and mechanism analysis at 8, 12, and 28 GHz for typical building surfaces,” npj Wireless Technol., vol. 2, Art. no. 1, Jan. 2026.

Z. Zeng, S. Sun, M. Tao, Y. Xu and X. Yu, "VoxelRF: Voxelized Radiance Field for Fast Wireless Channel Modeling," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 30, pp. 617-621, 2026.

X. Liu, S. Sun, M. Tao, et al., “Channel knowledge maps for 6G wireless networks: construction, applications, and future challenges (Invited Paper),” ZTE Communications, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 46–59, Jun. 2025. 

R. Li, S. Sun, and M. Tao, "Applicable regions of spherical and plane wave models for extremely large-scale array communications," China Communications, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 128-151, May 2025.

X. Zhang, S. Sun, M. Tao, Q. Huang, and X. Tang, "Multi-satellite cooperative networks: Joint hybrid beamforming and user scheduling design," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 7938-7952, Jul. 2024.

R. Li, S. Sun, and M. Tao, "Ergodic achievable rate maximization of RIS-assisted millimeter-wave MIMO-OFDM communication systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 2171-2184, Mar. 2023.

X. Zhang, S. Sun, M. Tao, Q. Huang, and X. Tang, "Joint hybrid beamforming and user scheduling for multi-satellite cooperative networks," 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Mar. 2023.

S. Sun and M. Tao, “Characteristics of channel eigenvalues and mutual coupling effects for holographic reconfigurable intelligent surfaces,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 14, pp. 5297, Jul. 2022.

S. Sun and H. Yan, “Small-scale spatial-temporal correlation and degrees of freedom for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 2698-2702, Dec. 2021.

S. Sun and H. Yan, “Channel estimation for reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted wireless communications considering Doppler effect,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 790-794, Apr. 2021.

S. Sun and S. Moon, "Practical scheduling algorithms with contiguous resource allocation for next-generation wireless systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 725-729, Apr. 2021.

S. Sun and X. Li, “Deep-reinforcement-learning-based scheduling with contiguous resource allocation for next-generation cellular systems,” in Proceedings of Computing Conference, 2021, pp. 648-660.

S. Sun, S. Moon, and J. -K. Fwu, “Practical link adaptation algorithm with power density offsets for 5G uplink channels,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 851-855, Jun. 2020.

S. Sun, T. S. Rappaport, M. Shafi, and H. Tataria, “Analytical framework of hybrid beamforming in multi-cell millimeter-wave systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 7528-7543, Nov. 2018.

S. Sun, T. S. Rappaport, M. Shafi, P. Tang, J. Zhang, and P. J. Smith, “Propagation models and performance evaluation for 5G millimeter-wave bands,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 8422-8439, Sep. 2018. (2023 IEEE Neil Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award)

S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney, and T. S. Rappaport, “A novel millimeter-wave channel simulator and applications for 5G wireless communications,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, 2017, pp. 1-7.

S. Sun, H. Yan, G. R. MacCartney, and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter wave small-scale spatial statistics in an urban microcell scenario,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, 2017, pp. 1-7.

S. Sun et al., “Investigation of Prediction Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Parameter Stability of Large-Scale Propagation Path Loss Models for 5G Wireless Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 2843-2860, May 2016. (2017 IEEE Neil Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award)

K. Haneda et al., “5G 3GPP-like channel models for outdoor urban microcellular and macrocellular environments,” in IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Nanjing, China, 2016, pp. 1-7. (2016 IEEE VTC-Spring Best Paper Award)

S. Sun, T. S. Rappaport, R. W. Heath, A. Nix and S. Rangan, “MIMO for millimeter-wave wireless communications: beamforming, spatial multiplexing, or both?” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 110-121, Dec. 2014.

T. S. Rappaport, S. Sun, R. Mayzus, H. Zhao, Y. Azar, K. Wang, G. N. Wong, J. K. Schulz, M. K. Samimi, F. Gutierrez, “Millimeter wave mobile communications for 5G cellular: It will work!” IEEE Access, vol. 1, pp. 335-349, May 2013. (2015 IEEE Donald G. Fink Award)

信号与系统（A类）

2025年IEEE通信学会亚太杰出青年学者奖

2025年IEEE通信学会通信进步奖

2024年上海交通大学“季寒冰教育基金”教师奖

2023年IEEE尼尔谢菲尔德最佳传播论文奖

2023年N2Women计算机网络与通信领域新星

2022年上海交通大学小米青年学者

2022年全国人工智能大赛AI+无线通信赛道三等奖（团队奖）

2021年国家级青年人才

2021 年美国英特尔公司杰出发明奖

2020 年美国英特尔公司第三季度部门表彰奖

2018年美国纽约大学工程学院但丁尤拉奖

2017年马可尼学会青年学者奖

2017年IEEE尼尔谢菲尔德最佳传播论文奖

2016年IEEE春季车辆技术会议最佳论文奖

2015年IEEE唐纳德芬克奖

2012年上海交通大学优秀毕业生

Honors and Awards:

2025 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award

2025 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication

2024 "Ji Hanbing Education Fund" Faculty Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2023 IEEE Neil Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award

2023 N2Women Rising Star in Computer Networking and Communications

2022 Xiaomi Young Scholar of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2022 Third Prize in the Track “AI + Wireless Communications” of National Artificial Intelligence Challenge (Team award) (https://naic.pcl.ac.cn/contest/10/34)

2021 Distinguished Invention Award at Intel

2020 Division Recognition Award of NGS at Intel

2018 Dante Youla Award for Graduate Research Excellence in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University

2017 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award

2017 IEEE Neil Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award

2016 IEEE VTC-Spring Best Paper Award

2015 IEEE Donald G. Fink Award

2012 Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University