Wang obtained his bachelor and master degrees in communications engineering in 1983 and 1986, respectively, from Xidian University, China, and his PhD degree in applied sciences in 1990 from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

In 1990, Wang joined the University of California, San Diego, USA, as a Postdoctoral Fellow doing research on mobile CDMA systems.

In 1992, he joined Rockwell International Corporation, Newport Beach, California as a Senior Engineer, working on GSM systems.

[6] He has served as an Editor for a number of international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Communications from 1998 to 2013.

He has co-authored 4 books in wireless mobile communications and published over 300 papers in international journals and conferences.