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Dr. Muhammad Furqan

Assistant Professor

Department: Computer Science

Official Email: [email protected]

Highest Qualification: PhD in Information and Communication Engineering

Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, IoT, UAVs, 5G/6G Networks, Coding Techniques and Optical Wireless Communications

Faculty Profile

Dr. Muhammad Furqan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Air University, Aerospace & Aviation Campus Kamra. His research focuses on information and communication engineering, wireless communication networks, coding techniques, autonomous aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence. His research contributions include UAV load balancing, hotspot caching for cellular networks, polar and LDPC coding algorithms, massive MIMO optical wireless communications and coding metasurface designs.

Academic Qualification

Highest Qualification	PhD
Discipline	Information and Communication Engineering
PhD Institution	Southeast University, Nanjing, China
PhD Period	Approximately 2017–2021
Scholarship	Chinese Government (CSC) Scholarship

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Areas of Specialization

Internet of Things
Information-Centric Networks
Current and future-generation wireless and cellular networks
Artificial Intelligence

Research Keywords

Polar Codes, Belief Propagation Decoding, UAV Load Balancing, 5G/6G Networks, Massive MIMO, Optical Wireless Communication, Coding Metasurfaces, Edge/Hotspot Caching and Network-Centric Computing.

Research Impact & Metrics

175 Google Scholar Citations

8 Google Scholar H-Index

9 Sep 2026 Metrics Checked

Selected Publications

1. An Efficient Load-Balancing Scheme for UAVs in 5G Infrastructure

Author: Furqan M. et al.

Journal: IEEE Systems Journal

Volume/Issue: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 780–791

Year: 2022

2. Transformer-Based Precoding for User-Centric Network Massive MIMO Optical Wireless Communications

Authors: Zakir A., Sun C., Jan M.Q., Furqan M., Sun R., Gao X.

Journal: IEEE Access

Year: 2025

3. Precoder Design for Network Massive MIMO Optical Wireless Communications

Authors: Ali Z., Sun C., Jan Q., Furqan M., Gao X.

Journal: Sensors, 24(16), 5188

Year: 2024

DOI: 10.3390/s24165188

4. Improved Belief Propagation Decoder for LDPC-CRC-Polar Codes with Bit-Freezing

Authors: Jan Q., Chao Y., Zhiwen P., Furqan M., Ali Z., Xiaohu Y.

Journal: China Communications, 21(7), 135–148

Year: 2024

DOI: 10.23919/JCC.fa.2022-0129.202407

5. Parity-Check-CRC Concatenated Polar Codes SSCFlip Decoder

Authors: Jan Q., Hussain S., Furqan M., Pan Z., Liu N., You X.

Journal: Electronics, 11(23), 3839

Year: 2022

Publications & Research Outputs

Journal Articles	11
Conference Papers	3
Books / Book Chapters	0
Other Significant Outputs	0
International Co-authorship	Yes — multiple collaborations

For the full publication list, please visit the official Air University faculty profile.

Research Projects & Funding

Contributions to China's National Key R&D Program

Role: Researcher / PhD contributor

Status: Completed

Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, China

Period: Approximately 2017–2021

Grant Number: 2018YFB1800801

Research Contribution: Work associated with wireless networks and communication technologies during doctoral research.

Contributions to NSFC-Funded Research

Role: Researcher / PhD contributor

Status: Completed

Funding Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Period: Approximately 2017–2021

Grant Numbers: 61720106003 and 61531011

Awards & Distinctions

Chinese Government (CSC) Scholarship

Awarding Organization: China Scholarship Council / Government of China

Period: Approximately 2017–2021

Recognition: International

Full scholarship for PhD studies in Information and Communication Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

International Research Collaboration

Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Nature of Collaboration: Ongoing joint research in polar/LDPC coding, massive MIMO optical wireless communications and UAV load balancing.

Joint Outputs: Multiple journal and conference publications (2018–2025).

Engagement: PhD alumnus

Period: 2017–present

Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Nature of Collaboration: Joint research on coding metasurfaces.

Joint Outputs: IEEE Access (2020) and JOSA B (2019) papers with T. J. Cui's group, as reported in the supplied form.

Period: 2019–2020

Research Outcomes & Innovation

Development of load-balancing and hotspot-caching schemes for 5G and UAV-assisted cellular networks.
Contributions to polar and LDPC code-decoding algorithms.
Coding metasurface designs for vortex-beam and spatial/surface-wave manipulation.
Contributions to research projects supported by China's National Key R&D Program and NSFC.
Supervision of undergraduate final-year projects at Air University AACK in AI/deep learning and IoT, including lumbar spinal stenosis diagnosis, cross-domain facial emotion recognition, smart doorbell, smart gym and smart traffic surveillance.

Research Profiles & Academic Links

ORCID	0000-0001-6084-9047
Google Scholar	View Google Scholar Profile
Scopus Author ID	57202784619
Web of Science ResearcherID	IWD-5056-2023
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Professional Information

Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Computer Science
Contact Number	03139715810

Official Air University Faculty Profile

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