CWiND Publications (2006 - 2010)

Books

• “Femtocells – Technologies and Deployment”, Wiley, January 2010. (Lead authors: Prof. Jie Zhang and Dr Guillaume de la Roche ;  Contributing authors: Alvaro Valcarce, David Lopez, Enjie Liu and Hui Song) [link] [table of contents]

Femtocell Publications

• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, A. Ladanyi, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in OFDMA Two-Tier Macrocell-Femtocell Networks," to be published in EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking. Volume 2010, 16 pages.
• G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Access Control Mechanisms for Femtocells," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 48, no 1, Page(s):33 - 39, January, 2010.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: A roadmap on interference avoidance," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no 9, Page(s):41 - 48, September, 2009.
• A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, A. Juttner, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Applying FDTD to the coverage prediction of WiMAX femtocells," in EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking. Volume 2009, Article ID 308606, 13 pages.

• D. López-Pérez, A. Ladanyi, A. Jüttner and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in Two-Tier Networks," in IEEE WCNC (Wireless Communications and Networking Conference), Sydney, Australia, April 2010.

• D. López-Pérez, A. Ladanyi, 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.
• 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.
• A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "Predicting small-scale fading distributions with Finite-Difference methods in Indoor-to-Outdoor scenarios," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2009-Spring, Barcelona, April 2009.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, “Access Methods to WiMAX Femtocells: A downlink system-level case study,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
• D. López-Pérez, G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, A. Jüttner and J. Zhang, “Interference Avoidance and Dynamic Frequency Planning for WiMAX Femtocells Networks,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.

2010

Journal

• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, A. Ladanyi, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in OFDMA Two-Tier Macrocell-Femtocell Networks," to be published in EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking. Volume 2010, 16 pages.
• G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Access Control Mechanisms for Femtocells," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 48, no 1, Page(s):33 - 39, January, 2010.

Conference

• D. López-Pérez, A. Ladanyi, A. Jüttner and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: Intracell Handover for Interference and Handover Mitigation in Two-Tier Networks," in IEEE WCNC (Wireless Communications and Networking Conference), Sydney, Australia, April 2010.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 COST2100Management Meeting, TD(10)10045, Athens, Greece, February 2010.

2009

Journal

• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: A roadmap on interference avoidance," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no 9, Page(s):41 - 48, September, 2009.
• A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, A. Juttner, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Applying FDTD to the coverage prediction of WiMAX femtocells," in EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking. Volume 2009, Article ID 308606, 13 pages.
• H. Song, R. Kwan and J. Zhang, "On Statistical Characterization of EESM Effective SNR over Frequency Selective Channels," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 7, July 2009.
• R. Kwan, M. E. Aydin, C. Leung and J. Zhang, "On Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA," in IET Communications, 2009.
• P. Ho, R. Kwan and X. Wang, "Impact of Non-identical Branches on the Switching Rate of Generalized Selection Combining in Rayleigh Fading Channels", in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2009.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "OFDMA femtocells: A roadmap on interference avoidance," in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2009. (submitted)
• G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "Access Control Mechanisms for Femtocells," in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2009. (submitted)
• R. Kwan, C. Leung and J. Zhang, "Proportional Fair Multiuser Scheduling in LTE," in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, June 2009.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang, C. Maple and Z. Zhao: “Guaranteeing Hard Real-Time Traffic with Legitimately Short Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol,” to appear in the Special Issue on “Industrial Networking Standards for Real-time Automation and Control" of the international journal of  Computer Standards & Interfaces, vol. 31, no. 3, pp.557-565, March 2009.
• F. Gordejuela-Sanchez, A. Juttner and J. Zhang, “A Multiobjective Optimization Framework for IEEE 802.16e Network Design and Performance Analysis,” in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) special issue on Broadband Access Networks: Architectures and Protocols, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 202-216, February 2009.
• Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang and N. Zhang, “Evaluation of an Ultra-wide Bandwidth Wireless Indoor Non-line-of-sight Channels,” in Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, vol. 9 (2): 169-179, February 2009.
• M. Peng, W. Wang and J. Zhang, “Capacity Evaluation and Investigation of Uplink Call Admission Control Schemes for TD-SCDMA Systems Employing Smart Antenna Techniques,” in Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, February 2009.
• L. Zhao, L. Guo, J. Zhang and H. Zhang, "A Game-theoretic MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," in IET Communications, 2009

Conference

• 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.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Ladanyi, 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.
• 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.
• L. Galati, D. López Pérez, l.Reggiani, L. Dossi, A. Juttner and J. Zhang "Two-Dimensional Radio Resource Allocation Algorithms with Contiguity Constraint for IEEE 802.16e Systems," in in IEEE PIMRC (Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications), Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
• Z. Lai, N. Bessis, P. Kuonen, G. de la Roche, J. Zhang and G. Clapworthy, "A Performance Evaluation of a Grid-enabled Object-Oriented Parallel Outdoor Ray Launching for Wireless Network Coverage Prediction," in fifth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), Cannes, France, August 2009.
• R. Kwan, C. Leung and J. Zhang, "Resource Allocation in an LTE Cellular Communication System," in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2009.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Jüttner and J. Zhang, "Dynamic System-Level Simulation of Dynamic Frequency Planing for Real Time Services in WiMAX Networks," in IEEE IWCMC 2009 (International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference 2009), Leipzig, Germany, June 2009.
• F. Gordejuela-Sánchez, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang, "A Two-Step Method for the Optimization of Antenna Azimuth/Tilt and Frequency Planning in OFDMA Multihop Networks," in IEEE IWCMC 2009 (International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference 2009), Leipzig, Germany, June 2009.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Juttner  and J. Zhang, "Dynamic Frequency Planning Versus Frequency Re-use Schemes in OFDMA Networks," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2009-Spring, Barcelona, April 2009.
• A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "Predicting small-scale fading distributions with Finite-Difference methods in Indoor-to-Outdoor scenarios," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2009-Spring, Barcelona, April 2009.
• Q. Zhang, W. Wang, W. Huang and J. Zhang, “Cooperative Multi-antenna Relaying in Heterogeneous Networks,” in IEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2009-Spring, Barcelona, April 2009.
• F. Gordejuela-Sanchez, D. López-Pérez and J. Zhang: “Frequency Planning in IEEE 802.16j Networks: An Optimisation Framework and Performance Analysis,” in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Budapest, April 2009. 
• M. E. Aydin, R. Kwan, C. Leung and J. Zhang, "Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA with Particle Swarm Optimization," in Proc. of EvoWorkshops. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, April 2009.
• 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.
• 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

• L. Zhao, J. Zhang and H. Zhang: “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in IEEE Network, vol. 22 (1), pp. 39-44, 2008.
• L. Zhao, H. W. Zhang, J. Zhang and H. Zhang, "Selfish Traffic with Rational Nodes in WLANs," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12 (9), pp. 645-647, 2008.
• L. Zhao, Y. Wu , and H. Zhang, J. Zhang: “Integrated QoS Differentiation over IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” in IET Communications, vol. 2 (2), pp. 329-335, 2008.
• L. Zhao,  J. Zhang and H. Zhang: “Hub-Polling-Based IEEE 802.11 PCF with Integrated QoS Differentiation,” in Wiley Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, published online, September, 2008.
• R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang, "Multiuser Scheduling on the Downlink of an LTE Cellular System," in Research Letters in Communications, vol. 2008, Article ID 323048, 4 pages, 2008.

Conference

• F. Gordejuela-Sanchez and J. Zhang, “Practical design of IEEE 802.16e networks: A mathematical model and algorithms,” in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, December 2008.
• D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche, J. Zhang, “Access Methods to WiMAX Femtocells: A downlink system-level case study,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
• D. López-Pérez, G. De La Roche, A. Valcarce, A. Jüttner, J. Zhang, “Interference Avoidance and Dynamic Frequency Planning for WiMAX Femtocells Networks,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
• F. Gordejuela-Sánchez, D. López-Pérez, L. Zhao, and J. Zhang, “Efficient Mobile WiMAX Capacity Estimations in a Multi-hop Environments,” in IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Guangzhou, China, November 2008.
• 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.
• 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.
• G. de la Roche, A. Valcarce, D. López-Pérez, E. Liu and J. Zhang, "Radio Coverage and System Level Simulation of WiMAX Femtocells," in COST2100 MCM, Lille, France, October 2008.
• L. Zhao, W. Ding, H. Zhang, and J. Zhang, “Game-theoretic Particle Swarm Optimization for WMNs,” in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Cannes, France, September 2008.
• L. Zhao, L. Cong, W. Ding, H. Zhang, and J. Zhang, “Game-theoretic EDCA in IEEE 802.11e WLANs,” in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Calgary, September 2008.
• 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, September 2008.
• 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.
• R. Kwan, M. E. Aydin, C. Leung, J. Zhang, "Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA using Simulated Annealing," in Proc. of the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'08), August 2008.
• L. Zhao, X. Zou, W. Ding, H. Zhang, and J. Zhang, “Game-theoretic Cross-layer Design in WLANs,” in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Crete Island, Greece, August 2008.
• A. Valcarce, Guillaume De La Roche, Jie Zhang. “On the Use of a
  Lower Frequency in Finite-Difference Simulations for Urban Radio
  Coverage,” in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2008-Spring, Singapore, May 2008.
• R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang “A Power Assignment Scheme for Improving Outage Probability in HSDPA,” in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2008-Spring, Singapore, May 2008
• R. Kwan, C. Leung, J. Zhang, “Multiuser Scheduling for High Speed Uplink Packet Access,” in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2008-Spring, Singapore, May 2008.
• Liqiang Zhao, Jie Zhang, and Hailin Zhang, “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Wireless Sensor Networks,” in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Las Vegas, USA , 31 March - 3 April 2008.
• A. Valcarce, G. De La Roche and J. Zhang, "On the Use of a Lower Frequency in Finite Difference Simulations for Urban Radio Coverage," in COST2100 MCM, Wroclaw, Poland, February 2008
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, "Synchronous bandwidth allocation with the timed token protocol," Proc 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC'08), pp.169-174, ISBN 978-0-9555293-2-0,  Uxbridge, England, 2008.
• 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.
• 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

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

Conference

• H. Gu, J. Zhang, K. Wang and C. Wang, “rHALB: A New Load-Balanced Routing Algorithm for k-ary n-cube Networks,” in The 7th bi-annual Conference on Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT'07), Guangzhou, China, November 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3756, Springer-Verlag, 2007.
• Z. Lai, N. Bessis, J. Zhang and G. Clapworthy, "Some Thoughts on Adaptive Grid-Enabled Optimisation Algorithms for Wireless Network Simulation and Planning,” in UK e-Science, All Hands Meeting, Nottingham, September 2007.
• L. Zhao, J. Zhang, K. Yang and H. Zhang, “Using Incompletely Cooperative Game Theory in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2007, Glasgow, June 2007.
• M. Aydin, J. Yang and J. Zhang: “A Comparative Investigation on Heuristic Optimization of WCDMA Radio Networks,” in EvoWorkshops 2007, Valencia, Spain, April 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS Volume 4448: “Applications of Evolutionary Computing”, Springer-Verlag, 2007.
• J. Yang, J. Zhang, M. Aydin and J. Wu, “A Novel Programming Model and Optimisation Algorithms for WCDMA Networks,” in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Dublin, Ireland, April 2007.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “Real-Time Communication in Wireless Home Networks: A Survey,” Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC’07), pp.248-252, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “PSA: A personalisation support architecture for mobile advertising,” Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC’07), pp.253-257, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.

2006

Journal

• J. Zhang and A. Capone, “Guest editorial: 3G/4G/WLAN/WMAN Planning and Optimisation”, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 13 (6), December 2006.
• H. Gu,  J. Zhang, Z. Liu and  X. Tu, "Routing in Hexagonal Networks under a Corner-Based Addressing Scheme," in IEICE Trans. on Information & Systems, vol. E89-D: pp.1755-1758, May 2006.
• 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,” in Computational Science and its Applications - ICCSA 2006, Glasgow, May 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3980, Springer-Verlag, 2006.

Conference

• Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang and N. Zhang, “A New Multi-Template CLEAN Algorithm for UWB Channel Impulse Response Characterization,” in International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT’2006), Guilin, China, November 2006.
• Y. Wu, K. Yang and J. Zhang: “An Adaptive Routing Protocol for an Integrated Cellular and Ad-hoc Network with Flexible Access,” in The 2006 Inter. Wireless Commu. and Mobile Computing Conf. (IWCMC 2006), Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.
• J. Zhang, J. Yang, M. E. Aydin and J. Wu, “Mathematical Modelling and Comparisons of Four Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for WCDMA Radio Network Planning,” in Proc. of 8th IEEE ICTON, GRAAL Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, June 2006.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “Guaranteeing real-time traffic with short deadlines in a timed token network,” Proc CACSUK'06, pp.111-116, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “A node-reordering based algorithm for testing the schedulability of real-time traffic in timed token networks,” Proc CACSUK’06, pp.117-122, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue and S. Zhang, “A study into intelligent mobile advertising,” Proc CACSUK’06, pp.165-170, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.