Publications

Publications

Professor Jie Zhang

Professor Jie Zhang’s Publications (2006-2010)

Book:

1. Jie Zhang, Guillaume de la Roche, et al, “Femtocells – Technologies and Deployment”, Wiley, Jan. 2010。ISBN: 978-0470742983. This is the first technical book on femtocells.

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Book Chapters:

1. R. Kwan, C. Leung, and J. Zhang, “Downlink resource scheduling in an LTE system," in Mobile and Wireless Communications: Key Technologies and Future Applications, ISBN978-3-902613-47-9, In-Tech, 2009.
2. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez and J. Zhang, “Planning and optimization of multihop relaying networks,” in Evolved Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS and LTE, L. Song and J. Shen Ed. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.

2009/2010

Journal

1. H. Song, R. Kwan and J. Zhang, "General Results on SNR Statistics involving EESM-based Frequency Selective Feedbacks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2010 (to appear)
2. A. Valcarce, H. Song and J. Zhang, "Characterization of the Numerical Group Velocity in Yee’s FDTD Grid," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2010 (to appear)
3. David Lopez-Perez, Akos Ladanyi, Guillaume de La Roche, and Jie Zhang. “Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in OFDMA Two-Tier Networks,” EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking. Special issue on Femtocells, March 2010.
4. M. Peng, W. Wang, and J. Zhang, “Investigation of capacity and call admission control schemes in TD-SCDMA uplink systems employing smart antenna techniques,” Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 241 - 256, Feb. 2010
5. G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Access Control Mechanisms for Femtocells," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 33 - 39, Jan. 2010.

1. M. Peng, W. Wang and J. Zhang, “Performance analysis of multi-user diversity in heterogeneous cooperative communication systems, Wireless Networks, 2010 (to appear).
2. D. Lopez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: A roadmap on interference avoidance," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no 9, pp. 41 - 48, Sept. 2009. (ranked in 47 of top 100 documents accessed in IEEExplore in Oct. 2009).
3. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez, A. Juttner and J. Zhang, “A multiobjective optimization framework for IEEE 802.16e network design and performance analysis,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC), vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 202-216, February 2009 special issue on Broadband Access Networks.
4. H. Song, R. Kwan, J. Zhang, "On statistical characterization of EESM effective SNR over frequency selective channels," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.8, no. 8, pp. 3955-3960, Aug. 2009.
5. R. Kwan, M. E. Aydin, C. Leung, J. Zhang, " Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA," IET Communications, vol. 3, no. 8 , pp. 1363-1370, Aug. 2009
6. R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang, "Proportional Fair Multiuser Scheduling in LTE,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 461-464, June 2009.
7. A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, A. Juttner, D. Lopez, and J. Zhang, "Applying FDTD to the coverage prediction of WiMAX femtocells," in Eurasip Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking, Feb. 2009, Article ID 308606.
8. L. Zhao, L. Guo, J. Zhang, and H. Zhang, "A Game-theoretic MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks,” IET Communications, vol. 3, no. 8 , pp. 1274-1283, Aug. 2009.
9. Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, and N. Zhang, “Evaluation of an Ultra-wide Bandwidth Wireless Indoor Non-line-of-sight Channels,” Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 169-179, Feb. 2009.

Recently submitted journal papers

1. Hui Song, Raymond Kwan and Jie Zhang, " Approximations of EESM Effective SNR Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Communications (under review)
2. Alvaro Valcarce and Jie Zhang, "Empirical Indoor-to-Outdoor propagation model for residential areas at (0.9 - 3.5) GHz," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (under review)
3. Alvaro Valcarce, Hui Song and Jie Zhang. “On the design of dispersion-robust pulsed sources for wideband finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulations,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. (under review)
4. David Lopez, Akos Ladanyi, Alpar Juttner and Jie Zhang, "Sensing and Tuning Techniques for the Self-organization of Frequency Allocation in Autonomous OFDMA Femtocell Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (under review).
5. David Lopez-Perez, Akos Ladanyi, Alpar Juttner, Herve Rivano, and Jie Zhang, “Optimization Method for the Joint Allocation of Modulation Schemes, Coding Rates, Resource Blocks and Power in Self-Organizing LTE Networks,” submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2010.
6. David Lopez-Perez, Akos Ladanyi, Alpar Juttner, and Jie Zhang, “Dynamic frequency Planning in LTE networks: Model and Optimization Methods,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2010.

Conferences

1. David Lopez-Perez, Akos Ladanyi, Alpar Juttner, and Jie Zhang, “OFDMA femtocells: Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in Two-Tier Networks,” In IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Sydney, Australia, April 2010.
2. Z. Lai, N. Bessis, G. de la Roche, P. Kuonen, J. Zhang, and G. Clapworthy. The Characterization and Human-Body Influence on Indoor 3.525 GHz Path Loss Measurement. In International Workshop on Planning and Optimization of Wireless Communication Networks (IEEE WCNC2010 Workshop), Sydney, Australia, April 2010.
3. G. de la Roche, P. Flipo, Z. Lai, G. Villemaud, J. Zhang, and J-M Gorce. Combination of Geometric and Finite Difference Models for Radio Wave Propagation in Outdoor to Indoor Scenarios. In European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2010), Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.
4. Z. Lai, N. Bessis, G. de la Roche, P. Kuonen, J. Zhang, and G. Clapworthy. On the use of an Intelligent Ray Launching for Indoor Scenarios. In European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2010), Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.
5. G. de la Roche, P. Flipo, Z. Lai, G. Villemaud, J. Zhang, and J-M Gorce. Combined Model for Outdoor to Indoor Radio Propagation. In COST2100 Management Meeting, TD(10)10045, Athens, Greece, February 2010.
6. Z. Lai, N. Bessis, G. de la Roche, P. Kuonen, J. Zhang, and G. Clapworthy. A New Approach to Solve Angular Dispersion of Discrete Ray Launching for Urban Scenarios. In Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC 2009), Loughborough, UK, November 2009.
7. D. López-Pérez, A. Jüttner and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: A self-organizing approach for frequency assignment," in IEEE PIMRC (Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications), Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
8. A. Valcarce, D. López Pérez, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "Limited Access to OFDMA femtocells," in IEEE PIMRC (Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications), Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
9. Lorenzo Galati, David Lopez-Perez, Luca Reggiani, Laura Dossi, Alpar Juttner, and J. Zhang. “Two-Dimensional Radio Resource Allocation Algorithms with Contiguity Constraint for IEEE 802.16e Systems,” In IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium (PIMRC), Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
10. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez and J. Zhang, “LTE Access Network Planning and Optimization: A Service-Oriented and Technology-Specific Perspective,” in IEEE Globecom, 2009.
11. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez, D. Lopez, and J. Zhang, “Frequency Planning in IEEE 802.16j Networks: An Optimisation Framework and Performance Analysis,” in IEEE WCNC 2009, Budapest.
12. R. Kwan, C. Leung, and J. Zhang, "Resource Allocation in an LTE Cellular Communication System,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2009.
13. D. Lopez-Perez, A. Juttner,  and J. Zhang, "Dynamic Frequency Planning Versus Frequency Re-use Schemes in OFDMA Networks," in IEEE VTC 2009 Spring, Barcelona.
14. Alvaro Valcarce, David Lopez-Perez, Guillaume De La Roche and Jie Zhang, "Predicting small-scale fading distributions with Finite-Difference methods in Indoor-to-Outdoor scenarios," in IEEE VTC 2009 Spring, Barcelona.
15. Qianqian Zhang, Wenbo Wang, Weilan Huang and Jie Zhang, Cooperative Multi-antenna Relaying in Heterogeneous Networks, in IEEE VTC 2009 Spring, Barcelona.
16. P. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Maple and S. Zhang, "Capacity and Coverage Dimensioning for 3G Radio Access Network Planning," in Proc of the 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing, London, England, UK, September 2008.
17. G. de la Roche, J-M. Gorce and J. Zhang, "Optimized implementation of the 3D MR-FDPF method for Indoor radio propagation predictions," in 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2009 ), Berlin, Germany, March 2009.
18. Z. Lai, N. Bessis, G. de la Roche, H. Song, J. Zhang and G. Clapworthy. "An Intelligent Ray Launching for Urban Propagation Prediction," in 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2009), Berlin, Germany, March 2009.

2008

Journal

42. L. Zhao, J. Zhang, and H. Zhang, “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Wireless Mesh Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 22 (1), pp. 39-44, 2008.

1. L. Zhao, H. W. Zhang, J. Zhang, and H. Zhang, "Selfish Traffic with Rational Nodes in WLANs," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12 (9), pp. 645-647, 2008.
2. L. Zhao, Y. Wu , H. Zhang, and J. Zhang, “Integrated QoS Differentiation over IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” IET Communications, vol. 2 (2), pp. 329-335, 2008
3. L. Zhao,  J. Zhang, and H. Zhang, “Hub-Polling-Based IEEE 802.11 PCF with Integrated QoS Differentiation,” Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, published online, Sept., 2008, DOI: 10.1002/wcm.687.
4. R. Kwan, C. Leung, and J. Zhang, "Multiuser Scheduling on the Downlink of an LTE Cellular System," Research Letters in Communications, vol. 2008, Article ID 323048, 4 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/323048.

Conferences

1. A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, “On the Use of a Lower Frequency in Finite Difference Simulations for Urban Radio Coverage,” IEEE VTC 2008 Spring
2. R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang “A Power Assignment Scheme for Improving Outage Probability in HSDPA”. IEEE VTC 2008 Spring
3. R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang, “Multiuser Scheduling for High Speed Uplink Packet Access”. IEEE VTC 2008 Spring.
4. R. Kwan, M. E. Aydin, C. Leung, J. Zhang, "Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA using Simulated Annealing,” Proc. of the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'08), 2008.
5. Liqiang Zhao, Li Cong, Wei Ding, Hailin Zhang, and Jie Zhang, “Game-theoretic EDCA in IEEE 802.11e WLANs,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), 21-24 September 2008, Calgary, Canada.
6. Liqiang Zhao, Wei Ding, Hailin Zhang, and Jie Zhang, “Game-theoretic Particle Swarm Optimization for WMNs,” IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 15-18 September 2008, Cannes, France.
7. Liqiang Zhao, Xiangyi Zou, Wei Ding, Hainlin Zhang, and Jie Zhang, “Game-theoretic Cross-layer Design in WLANs,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 6-8 August 2008, Crete Island, Greece, pp. 570-575.
8. Liqiang Zhao, Jie Zhang, and Hailin Zhang, “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 31 March - 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 1483-1488.
9. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez and J. Zhang, “Practical design of IEEE 802.16e networks: A mathematical model and algorithms,” in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), December, 2008.
10. F. Gordejuela-Sanchez, D. Lopez-Perez, L. Q. Zhao and J. Zhang, “Efficient Mobile WiMAX Capacity Estimations in a Multihop Environment,” in IEEE 11th International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), November, 2008.
11. M. E. Aydin,  R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang, "A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA,” Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, Sept. 22-24, 2008.
12. D. López Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, J. Zhang, “Access Methods to WiMAX Femtocells: A downlink system-level case study,” in IEEE ICCS (International Conference on Communication Systems), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
13. D. López-Pérez, G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, A. Jüttner, J. Zhang, “Interference Avoidance and Dynamic Frequency Planning for WiMAX Femtocells Networks,” IEEE ICCS (International Conference on Communication Systems), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
14. D. López-Pérez, A. Jüttner, and J. Zhang, “Optimisation Methods for Dynamic Frequency Planning in OFDMA Networks,” in IEEE Networks 2008, Budapest, Hungary, October 2008.
15. F. Gordejuela-Sánchez, D. López-Pérez, L. Zhao, and J. Zhang, “Efficient Mobile WiMAX Capacity Estimations in a Multi-hop Environments,” in IEEE ICCS (International Conference on Communication Systems), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
16. A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, J. Zhang. “A GPU approach to FDTD for Radio Coverage Prediction,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
17. X. Lin, J. Zhang and S. Zhang, "A Tabu Search and Automatic Planning Tool for Mobile WiMAX Radio Network Planning," Proc 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC'08), pp.186-191, ISBN 978-0-9555293-2-0, Uxbridge, England, 2008.
18. P. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Maple and S. Zhang, "Capacity and coverage dimensioning for 3G radio access network planning," Proc 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC'08), pp.192-196, ISBN 978-0-9555293-2-0, Uxbridge, England, 2008.

2007

Journal

1. K. Yang, J. Zhang, H. Chen (2007),  “A Flexible QoS-aware Service Gateway for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” IEEE Network, Vol. 21 (2), pp. 6-12, March 2007
2. L. Zhao, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, “GDCF: A Game-theoretic Distributed Coordination Function in WLANs,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 43 (9), pp. 510-511, 2007
3. L. Zhao, J. Zhang, and H. Zhang, “Directional DCF – A MAC Protocol to Simultaneously Support Both Omni-directional and Smart Antennas in a Same WLAN Cell,” IET Communications, vol. 1 (4), pp. 765-771, 2007
4. H. Gu, J. Zhang, K. Wang, Z. Liu, G. Kang, “Enhanced Fault Tolerant Routing Algorithms Using A Concept of Balanced Ring,” Journal of Systems Architecture, vol. 53 (12), pp. 902-912, 2007
5. S. Ou, K. Yang, J. Zhang, "An Effective Offloading Middleware for Pervasive Services on Mobile Devices,” Elsevier Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC), 2007 Vol 3/4 pp 362-385
6. J. Yang, M. Aydin, J. Zhang, C. Maple, "UMTS Base Station Location Planning: a Mathematical Model and Heuristic Optimisation Algorithms,” IET Communications, October 2007, vol. 1 (5) , pp.1007-1014.
7. J. Yang, J. Zhang, M. Aydin, J. Wu, “Optimisation of WCDMA Radio Networks with Consideration of Link-Level Performance Factors,” Inter. J. of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, vol. 2 (1), pp. 26-33, 2007

Conferences

1. M. Aydin, J. Yang, J. Zhang, “A Comparative Investigation on Heuristic Optimization of WCDMA Radio Networks,” EvoWorkshops 2007, Valencia, Spain, April 11-13, 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS Volume 4448: “Applications of Evolutionary Computing,” Springer-Verlag, 2007.
2. L. Zhao, J. Zhang, K. Yang and H. Zhang, “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE ICC 2007, 24-27 June 2007, Glasgow.
3. J. Yang, J. Zhang, M. Aydin and J. Wu, “A Novel Programming Model and Optimisation Algorithms for WCDMA Networks,” 65th IEEE VTC, Dublin, Ireland, 22-25 April, 2007.
4. H. Gu, J. Zhang, K. Wang, C. Wang, “rHALB: A New Load-Balanced Routing Algorithm for k-ary n-cube Networks,” The 7th bi-annual Conference on Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT'07), Guangzhou, China, Nov. 22-23, 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3756, Springer-Verlag, 2007.
5. H. Gu, J. Zhang, WOCN 07 The 4th IEEE and IFIP Inter. Conf. on Wireless and Optical Commu. Networks, 02-04 July 2007, Singapore.
6. Z. Lai, N. Bessis, J. Zhang, and G. Clapworthy, Some Thoughts on Adaptive Grid-Enabled Optimisation Algorithms for Wireless Network Simulation and Planning, UK e-Science, All Hands Meeting, Nottingham, September 10-13, 2007

2006

1. H. Gu, J. Zhang, Z. Liu, X. Tu, "Routing in Hexagonal Networks under a Corner-Based Addressing Scheme,” IEICE Trans. on Information & Systems, May 2006; vol. E89-D: pp.1755-1758
2. J. Zhang, A. Capone, “Guest editorial: 3G/4G/WLAN/WMAN Planning and Optimisation,” IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 13 (6), December 2006.
3. H. X. Gu, Q. Mi Xie, K. Wang and J. Zhang, “X-torus: A Variation of Torus Topology with Lower Diameter and Larger Bisection Width,” Computational Science and its Applications - ICCSA 2006, Glasgow, 8-11 May 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3980, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
4. Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, N. Zhang, “A New Multi-Template CLEAN Algorithm for UWB Channel Impulse Response Characterization,” International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT’2006), Guilin, China, Nov. 2006.
5. J. Zhang, J. Yang, M. E. Aydin and J. Wu, “Mathematical Modelling and Comparisons of Four Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for WCDMA Radio Network Planning,” Proc. of 8th IEEE ICTON, GRAAL Annual Conference, Vol. 3, pp. 253-257, June 2006, Nottingham, UK.
6. Y. Wu, K. Yang and J. Zhang, “An Adaptive Routing Protocol for an Integrated Cellular and Ad-hoc Network with Flexible Access,” The 2006 Inter. Wireless Commu. and Mobile Computing Conf. (IWCMC 2006), Vancouver, Canada, July 3 - 6, 2006.