About Me

I am going to start my doctoral career at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof.Yuanwei Liu. Prior to that, I received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from the School of Eletronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, in Jun. 2022 and Jun. 2025, respectively. My recent research focuses on Performance analysis, evaluation and optimization for wireless communication systems, mobile networking and protocols. I have recently developed a Python-based simulation platform for UAV communication networks named "UavNetSim-v1" [Project link], which provides accurate modeling and simulation of packet transmissions within mobile networks, and supports users to design and verify their own protocols and algorithms. I really enjoy my research and always look for related colaboration, if you are interested to chat with me, feel free to reach out via email at eezihaozhou@gmail.com.

Highlights

Publications

Journal

■ Y. Wei, Z. Zhou, J. Tang, N. Zhao, X. Qin and K. -K. Wong, "An Accurate IEEE 802.11 Packet Delay Model for Single-hop UAV Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology., vol. 74, no. 8, pp. 13296-13301, 2025.
■ Z. Zhou, J. Tang, Z. Yang, J. Fan, X. Song and K. -K. Wong, "A New Predictive based Secure Geographic Routing Strategy for UAV Network under Location Spoofing Attack," Chinese Journal of Aeronautics., vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 103498, 2025.
■ Z. Zhou, J. Tang, W. Feng, N. Zhao, Z. Yang and K. -K. Wong, "Optimized Routing Protocol Through Exploitation of Trajectory Knowledge for UAV Swarms," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology., vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 15499-15512, 2024.
■ Z. Zhou, S. Wen, Y. Li, W. Xu, Z. Chen and W. Guan, "Performance Enhancement Scheme for RSE-based Underwater Optical Camera Communication using De-bubble Algorithm and Binary Fringe Correction," Electronics., vol. 10, no. 8, 950-965, 2021.

Conference

■ Z. Zhou, Z. Dai, L. Huang, C. Yang, Y. Xiang, J. Tang and K. -K. Wong, "UavNetSim-v1: A Python-based Simulation Platform for UAV Communication Networks," accepted in 2025 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China., ICCC, 2025.
■ S. Huang, J. Tang, Z. Zhou, G. Yang, M. V. Davydov and K. -K. Wong, "A Q-Learning and Fuzzy Logic based Routing Protocol for UAV Networks," in 2024 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing., WCSP., 2024, pp. 1090-1095.
■ Z. Zhou, J. Tang, W. Feng and K. -K. Wong, "Energy-aware Routing Protocol for UAV Electronic Warfare Using Graph Attention and Fuzzy Reward,” in 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference., GLOBECOM., 2023, pp. 1860-1865.
■ J. Tang, Z. Zhou, W. Feng and K. -K. Wong, "A Distributed and Adaptive Routing Protocol for UAV-aided Emergency Networks,” in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference., VTC2023-Fall., 2023, pp. 1-6.
■ H. Lin, Z. Zhang, L. Wei, Z. Zhou, T. Zheng, "A Deep Reinforcement Learning based UAV Trajectory Planning Method for Integrated Sensing and Communications Networks," in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference., VTC2023-Fall., 2023, pp. 1-6.
■ J. Tang, Z. Peng, Z. Zhou, D. K. C. So, X. Zhang and K. -K. Wong, "Energy-efficient Resource Allocation for IRS-aided MISO System with SWIPT," in 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference., GLOBECOM., 2022, pp. 3217-3222.
■ Z. Zhou, S. Wen and W. Guan, "RSE-based Optical Camera Communication in Underwater Scenery with Bubble Degradation," in 2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition., OFC., 2021, pp. M2B-2.

Selected Honors & Awards

• Postgraduate Studentship, HKU (2025/08)
• National Scholarship for Graduate Students (2024/10)
• Excellent conclusion of National Innovative Training Project for College Students (2022/05)
• Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. donation scholarship (2021/09)
• "Mingwei" Scholarship of School of Electronics and Information Engineering (2021/05)

Academic Services

Reviewer
■ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC)
■ IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
■ 2025 IEEE 102nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-fall)