WELCOME TO
WICL
@Ajou Univ.
Wireless Communications Laboratory (WICL) was founded in September 2015 by Professor Bang Chul Jung in the Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University. In March 2025, Professor Bang Chul Jung and WICL officially relocated to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University.
We carry out advanced research on various cutting-edge technologies in wireless communications, statistical signal processing, machine learning, and information theory. In general, we apply mathematical tools such as linear algebra, mathematical analysis, statistics and probability theory, optimization theory, and information theory to analyze performances of the developed technologies. Our research interests include 6G mobile communications, physical-layer security, mmWave communications, analog/digital/hybrid beamforming, compressed sensing, wireless localization, military communication systems, radar signal processing, spectrum sharing techniques, statistical machine learning, sparse Bayesian learning, interference management, spectrum engineering, etc.
WICL is led by Prof. Bang Chul Jung, the recipient of the 5th IEEE Communication Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2011, the KICS Haedong Young Scholar Award in 2015, the 29th KOFST Science and Technology Best Paper Award in 2019, and the Commendation Award from the Minister of Science and ICT in 2024. Prof. Jung served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine from 2020 to 2022 and is currently a Senior Editor of the same journal as well as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society. He was also the TPC Chair of IEEE CCNC 2023 and now serves as the General Chair of IEEE CCNC 2025.
Recent News
[Feb. 2026]
- The paper titled “Achievable Rate Analysis of Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing and Demultiplexing based on E-band Metasurface” (H. Chung*, B. Kim, Y. -S. Lee, H. Choi, B. C. Jung, E. Choi, and J. Lee*) has been accepted in Scientific Reports (Impact Factor: 3.9, JCR Top 20% Journal).
- H. S. Choi, J. Youn, and Prof. Jung have received the Encouragement Paper Award in the undergraduate student paper contest, for the paper entitled “ Low-Complexity Hybrid Beamforming Technique Based on Element-Iteration Algorithm for Multi-User OFDM Systems (H. S. Choi, J. Youn, and B. C. Jung)” which was presented at the 2026 KICS Winter Conference. (link)
[Jan. 2026]
- Prof. Jung received the Certificate of Merit from the IEEE CCNC 2026 in Las Vegas, USA. (link)
- The paper titled “Space-Time Coded Over-the-Air Computation with Receive Diversity for 6G Massive IoT Networks” (Y. -S. Lee, K. -H. Lee, and B. C. Jung*) has been published in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (Impact Factor: 5.5, JCR Top 20% Journal)
- The paper titled “Novel Secure User Scheduling for Uplink Wireless Networks Against Potential Eavesdroppers” (W. Son, K. -H. Lee, H. Yu*, and B. C. Jung*) has been published in Elsevier Computer Networks (Impact Factor: 4.6, JCR Top 20% Journal).
[Dec. 2025]
- The paper titled “Multidimensional Swarm Flight Approach for Chasing Unauthorized UAVs Leveraging Asynchronous Deep Learning” (T. W. Ban, K. -M. Kang, and B. C. Jung*) has been published in IEEE Systems Journal (Impact Factor: 4.4, JCR Q1-Ranked Journal).
- The paper titled “Sixth-Generation Nonterrestrial Networks: Where Standards and Technology Are Heading” by B. C. Jung has been published in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (Impact Factor:7.6, JCR Top 10%)
- The paper titled “Cooperative Jamming for Secure Air-Ground Integrated Networks: A Hierarchical Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach” (K. Jeon, Y. -S. Lee, B. C. Jung*, and H. Lee*) has been published in IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Impact Factor: 8.9, JCR Top 5%).