Full Publication List

(* denotes postgraduate students and research assistants of Angela Zhang)

Referred Journal Publications

  1. W. L. Li*, Y. Shen, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, “Robust power allocation for energy-efficient location-aware networks,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Networking.
  2. J. Liu, W. Chen, Ying Jun Zhang, and Z. Cao, "A utility maximization framework for fair and efficient multicasting in multicarrier wireless cellular networks," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Networking.
  3. L. Qian*,  Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Chiang, "Distributed nonconvex power control using Gibbs Sampling,"IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 3886-3898, Dec. 2012
  4. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Delay optimal scheduling for cognitive radios with cooperative beamforming: a structured matrix-geometric method,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1412-1423, Aug. 2012.
  5. H. Li, Q. Guo, D. Huang, and Ying Jun Zhang, "User identification for opportunistic OFDM based multiuser wireless communications,"IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1673-1684, May, 2012.
  6. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Cooperative beamforming for cognitive radio networks: a cross-layer design,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1420-1431, May 2012.
  7. S. Bi* and Ying Jun Zhang, "Outage-optimal TDMA based scheduling in relay-assisted MIMO cellular networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2012
  8. Ying Jun Zhang and A. M.-C. So, “Optimal spectrum sharing in MIMO cognitive radio networks via semidefinite programming,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 362-373, Feb. 2011.
  9. Ying Jun Zhang, S. C. Liew, and D. R. Chen*, “Sustainable throughput of wireless LANs with multipacket reception capability under bounded delay-moment requirements,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1226-1241, Sept. 2010.
  10. W. L. Li*, Ying Jun Zhang, A. M.-C. So, and M. Z. Win, “Slow adaptive OFDMA through chance constrained programming,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 7, July 2010.
  11. F. Liu, C. Y. Tsui, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Joint routing and sleep scheduling for lifetime maximization of wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 2258-2267, July 2010.
  12. L. Qian* and Ying Jun Zhang, “S-MAPEL: Monotonic optimization for non-convex joint power control and scheduling problems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1708-1719, May 2010.
  13. Ying Jun Zhang, “Multi-round contention in wireless LANs with multipacket reception,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1503-1513, April 2010.
  14. D. R. Chen* and Ying Jun Zhang, “A two-level medium access framework for exploiting multi-user diversity in multi-rate IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 5144-5154, Oct. 2009.
  15. S. C. Liew, Ying Jun Zhang, and D. R. Chen*, “Bounded mean-delay throughput and non-starvation conditions in ALOHA network,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1606-1618, Oct. 2009.
  16. Ying Jun Zhang, P. X. Zheng*, and S. C. Liew, “How does multiple-packet reception capability scale the performance of wireless local area networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 923-935, July, 2009.
  17. W. Xie*, Ying Jun Zhang, M. L. Sichitiu, L. Fu, and Y. Yao, “Feasibility of optimally assigning channels by exhaustive search in commercial multi-radio wireless mesh networks,” Telecommunication Systems, vol.44, no. 1-2, 2009.
  18. L. Qian*, Ying Jun Zhang, and J. W. Huang, “MAPEL: Achieving global optimality for a non-convex wireless power control problem,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1553-1563, March, 2009. (2011 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications)
  19. J. Ma*, Ying Jun Zhang, X. Su, and Y. Yao, “On Capacity of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with MIMO MMSE Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 5493-5503, Dec. 2008.
  20. W. L. Huang, K. B. Letaief, and Ying Jun Zhang,, “Joint Channel State Based Random Access and Adaptive Modulation in Wireless LANs with Multi-Packet Reception,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 4185-4197, Nov. 2008.
  21. S. C. Liew and Ying Jun Zhang, “Proportional fairness in multi-channel multi-rate wireless networks – Part I: The case of deterministic channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 3446-3456, Sept. 2008.
  22. Ying Jun Zhang and S. C. Liew, “Proportional fairness in multi-channel multi-rate wireless networks – Part II: The case of time-varying channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 3457-3467, Sept. 2008.
  23. W. L. Huang, K. B. Letaief, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Cross-layer multi-packet reception based medium access control and resource allocation for space-time coded MIMO/OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 3372-3384, Sept. 2008.
  24. Ying Jun Zhang, “A multi-server scheduling framework for resource allocation in wireless multi-carrier networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 10, Oct. 2007.
  25. D. R. Chen* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Is dynamic backoff effective for multi-rate WLANs,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 647-649, Aug. 2007.
  26. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Cross layer adaptive resource management for wireless packet networks with OFDM signaling,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 3244-3254, Nov. 2006.
  27. K. B. Letaief and Ying Jun Zhang, “Dynamic multiuser resource allocation and adaptation for wireless systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications (invited paper), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 38-47, Aug. 2006.
  28. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Adaptive resource allocation for multiuser MIMO/OFDM systems with matched filtering,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1810-1816, Nov. 2005.
  29. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “An efficient resource allocation scheme for spatial multiuser access in MIMO/OFDM systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 107-116, Jan. 2005.
  30. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Multiuser adaptive subcarrier-and-bit allocation with adaptive cell selection for OFDM systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 1566-1575, Sep. 2004.

    Referred Conference Publications

  31. S. Bi* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Mitigating power law delays: the use of polynomial backoff in IEEE 802.11 DCF,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2012.
  32. W. L. Li*, Y. Shen, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, “Robust power allocation via semidefinite programming for wireless localization,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2012.
  33. L. Fu, Ying Jun Zhang, and J. Huang, "Energy efficient transmission in MIMO cognitive radio networks," 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2012.
  34. W. L. Li*, Y. Shen, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, "Doubly robust power optimization for network localization," (Invited Paper) 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2012
  35. B. Zhu, D. Huang, N. Sven, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Performance analysis of enhanced verification-based decoding for packet-based LDPC codes over binary symmetric channel,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2011, Houston, USA.
  36. S. Bi* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Defending mechanisms against false-data injection attacks in power system state estimation,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2011, Houston, USA.
  37. L. P. Qian* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Distributed Power Control with Limited Message Passing for Nonconcave Utility Maximization,” (Invited paper) The 2011 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nov. 2011 Nanjing, China.
  38. J. Liu, W. Chen, Ying Jun Zhang, and Z. Cao, “Distributed beamforming based directional spectrum sharing,” (Invited paper) Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2011, Asilomar, USA.
  39. W. M. Gifford, W. L. Li, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, “On the multipath order in wideband indoor propagation environments,” (Invited paper) IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Sept. 2011, Bologna, Italy
  40. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, "Cooperative beamforming aided incremental relaying in cognitive radios," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
  41. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, "Delay optimal scheduling for cognitive radio networks with cooperative beamforming," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
  42. W. L. Li*, Y. Shen, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, "Efficient anchor power allocation for location-aware networks," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
  43. W. M. Gifford, W. L. Li*, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, “Effect of bandwidth on the number of multipath components in realistic wireless indoor channels," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
  44. L. Qian*, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Chiang, “Globally optimal distributed power control for nonconcave utility maximization,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2010, Miami, Florida, USA.
  45. S. Bi* and Ying Jun Zhang, “TDMA Achieves the Same Diversity Gain as Opportunistic Scheduling in Relay-assisted Wireless Networks,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2010, Miami, Florida, USA.
  46. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, “An opportunistic scheduling scheme for cognitive wireless networks with cooperative beamforming,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2010, Miami, Florida, USA.
  47. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, “An opportunistic relaying protocol exploiting distributed beamforming and token passing in cognitive radios,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
  48. J. Chen*, L. Qian*, and Ying Jun Zhang, “On optimization of joint base association and power control via Benders’ Decomposition,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2009, Hawaii, USA.
  49. J. Liu, W. Chen, Z. Cao, and Ying Jun Zhang, “A distributed beamforming approach for enhanced opportunistic spectrum access in cognitive radios,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2009, Hawaii, USA.
  50. W. L. Li*, Ying Jun Zhang, and M. Z. Win, "Slow adaptive OFDMA via stochastic programming," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2009, Dresden, Germany.
  51. J. Liu*, W. Chen, Z. Cao, Ying Jun Zhang, and S. C. Liew, "Utility-based user grouping and bandwidth allocation for wireless multicast systems," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2009, Dresden, Germany.
  52. L. Qian* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Monotonic optimization for non-concave power control in multiuser multicarrier network systems,” IEEE INFOCOM, April 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  53. J. Liu*, W. Chen, Z. Cao, Ying Jun Zhang, and S. C. Liew, “Asymptotic throughput in wireless multicast OFDM systems,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2008, New Orleans, USA.
  54. Y. Wu*, Ying Jun Zhang, and Z. Niu, “Non-preemptive constrained link scheduling in wireless mesh networks,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2008, New Orleans, USA.
  55. Ying Jun Zhang, S. C. Liew, and D. R. Chen*, “Delay analysis for wireless local area networks with multipacket reception under finite load,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2008, New Orleans, USA.
  56. S. C. Liew, Ying Jun Zhang, and D. R. Chen*, “Delay analysis of ALOHA network,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.2008, New Orleans, USA.
  57. L. Qian* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Optimal Throughput-oriented Power Control by Linear Multiplicative Fractional Programming,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2008, Beijing, China.
  58. D. R. Chen* and Ying Jun Zhang, “On Throughput Limit of Multi-rate IEEE 802.11 WLANs: Basic Access vs. RTS/CTS Access,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC),March 2008, Las Vegas, USA.
  59. D. R. Chen* and Ying Jun Zhang, “Distributed MAC Strategy for Exploiting Multi-user Diversity in Multi-rate IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs,” IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Oct. 2007, Pisa, Italy.
  60. J. Ma*, Ying Jun Zhang, Y. Yao, and Y. Su, “Maximal ratio combining in cellular MIMO-CDMA downlink systems,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2007, Glasgow, UK.
  61. B. W. Ke*, Soung Chang Liew, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Media access control with spatial correlation for MIMO ad hoc networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2007, Glasgow, UK.
  62. W. L. Huang, K. B. Letaief, and Ying Jun Zhang, “Joint channel state based random access and adaptive modulation in wireless LAN with multi-packet reception,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2007, Glasgow, UK.
  63. Y. X. Shen*, Ying Jun Zhang, and W. S. Wong, “Cross-layer scheduling for end-to-end throughput maximization in wireless ad hoc networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), March 2007, Hong Kong.
  64. D. F. Huang and Ying Jun Zhang, “User identification for opportunistic OFDM based broadband wireless network,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), March 2007, Hong Kong.
  65. P. X. Zheng*, Ying Jun Zhang, and S. C. Liew, “Multipacket reception in wireless local area networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June2006, Istanbul, Turkey.
  66. W. L. Huang*, K. B. Letaief, and Ying Jun Zhang, “A CSIT-adaptive resource allocation scheme for multiuser space-time block coded MIMO/OFDM systems,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June2006, Istanbul, Turkey.
  67. S. C. Liew and Ying Jun Zhang, “Proportional fairness in multi-channnel multi-rate wireless networks,” IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2006, San Francisco, USA.
  68. P. X. Zheng*, Ying Jun Zhang, and S. C. Liew, “Analysis of exponential backoff with multipacket reception in wireless networks,” IEEE Sixth International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN), Nov. 2006, Tampa, USA.
  69. Ying Jun Zhang and S. C. Liew, “Link-adaptive largest-weighted-throughput packet scheduling for real-time traffics in wireless OFDM networks,” IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2005, St. Louis, USA.
  70. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Energy-Efficient MAC-PHY Resource Management with Guaranteed QoS in Wireless OFDM Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2005, Seoul, Korea.
  71. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Adaptive resource allocation and scheduling for multiuser packet-based OFDM networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), vol. 5, pp. 2949-2953, Paris, France, June 2004.
  72. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Optimizing power and resource management for multiuser MIMO/OFDM systems,”IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM), vol. 1, pp. 179-183, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2003.
  73. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Single- and multi-user adaptive pragmatic trellis coded modulation for OFDM systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), vol. 1,  pp. 9-14, New Orleans, USA, March 2003.
  74. Ying Jun Zhang and K. B. Letaief, “Multiuser subcarrier and bit allocation along with adaptive cell selection for OFDM transmission,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),vol. 2, pp. 861-865, New York, USA, April 2002.