Haofan Dong

Third-year PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK

Haofan Dong

Haofan Dong joined the Centre for neXt Communications (CXC) at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering as a Ph.D. student in 2023, supervised by Prof. Akan. He completed his MRes in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems CDT (UCL based) in 2023. He received his BEng in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Leeds and BEng in Communication Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in 2022. Haofan’s research interests include integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), 6G, satellite communications, and space communications.


Research Interests

  • Space Communication
  • Satellite Communication
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
  • THz Communication


Publications

  1. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “Distortion Is Not Noise: On the Limits of the Kappa Model for Monostatic ISAC,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (Early Access), May 2026, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2026.3697114, 2026.
  2. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “Martian Dust Storm Detection with THz Opportunistic Integrated Sensing and Communication in the Internet of Space (IoS),” IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Early Access), doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3624590, 2025.
  3. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “DebriSense: THz-based Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) for Debris Detection and Classification in the Internet of Space (IoS),” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (Early Access), doi: 10.1109/TWC.2025.3572276, 2025.


Conference Papers

  1. H. Dong, H. Wang, H. Cai, and O. B. Akan, “Performance Bounds and Robust Filtering for LEO Inter-Satellite Synchronization under Cross-Epoch Doppler Coupling,” in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (IEEE SPAWC), Athens, Greece, September 2026.
  2. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “Ku-Band Satellite Signals for Rain Rate Estimation: Performance Limits and 215-Link Validation,” in Proc. European Microwave Conference (EuMC), European Microwave Week, London, UK, October 2026.
  3. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “Joint Range and Spin Rate Estimation of Tumbling Space Targets Using OFDM Radar,” in Proc. European Radar Conference (EuRAD), European Microwave Week, London, UK, October 2026.


Submitted Papers

  1. H. Dong, H. Wang, H. Cai, and O. B. Akan, “A reversed solar illumination dependence of unintended emission from Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellites at 72–234 MHz with the EDA2,” submitted to Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA), Manuscript ID: PAS-2026-0104, 2026.
  2. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “MI-ISAC: Magneto-Inductive Integrated Sensing and Communication in the Reactive Near-Field for RF-Denied Environments,” submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine, 2026.
  3. H. Cai, K. Li, H. Wang, H. Dong, Y. Li, F. Dressler, and O. B. Akan, “Graph Representation Learning Augmented Model Manipulation on Federated Fine-Tuning of LLMs,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2026.
  4. H. Dong, H. Wang, H. Cai, and O. B. Akan, “Fundamental Limits of Cooperative Integrated Sensing and Communications over Low-Earth Orbit THz Satellite Channels,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.
  5. H. Cai, H. Dong, O. B. Akan, et al., “Graph Representation-based Model Poisoning on the Heterogeneous Internet of Agents,” submitted to the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2026, 2025.
  6. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “Fundamental Limits of THz Inter-Satellite ISAC Under Hardware Impairments,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.
  7. H. Dong and O. B. Akan, “MASC: Integrated Sensing and Communications for the Martian Internet of Space,” submitted to IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Manuscript ID: JSAC-00796-2025, 2025.
  8. H. Cai, H. Wang, H. Dong, O. B. Akan, “Semantic Communication for the Internet of Space: New Architecture, Challenges, and Future Vision,” 2025.