- Selected Publications:
(Click here for links
to electronic copies of all papers)
(Copyright notices)
Spectrum and Power Allocation in Wireless Cooperative Communication
- M.
Hajiaghayi, M. Dong, and B. Liang, “Jointly
optimal bit loading, channel pairing and power allocation for
multi-channel relaying,” in Proceedings
of the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
Orlando, Florida, March 2012.
- M. Hajiaghayi, M. Dong, and B. Liang, “Jointly optimal
channel and power assignment for dual-hop multi-channel
multi-user relaying,”IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas
in Communications, vol. 30, no. 9, pp.
1806 – 1814, October 2012. Preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5314.
- M. Hajiaghayi, M. Dong, and B. Liang, “Jointly
optimal
channel pairing and power allocation for multi-channel
multi-hop relaying,” IEEE
Transactions on Signal
Processing, vol. 59, no. 10, pp.
4998 – 5012,
September 2011.
- M.
Hajiaghayi,
M. Dong, and B. Liang, “Maximizing
lifetime in relay
cooperation through energy-aware power allocation,” IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 4354 – 4366, August 2010.
- M. Hajiaghayi, M. Dong, and B. Liang, “Using
limited feedback in
power allocation design for a two-hop relay OFDM system,” in
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC),
Dresden, Germany, June 2009.
Network Pricing and Economics
- W. Wang, D. Niu, B.
Li, and B. Liang, “Dynamic cloud resource reservation via cloud
brokerage,” to
be presented in IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems
(ICDCS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2013.
- W. Wang, B. Li, and
B. Liang, “To reserve or not to reserve: optimal online multi-instance acquisition in
IaaS clouds,”
to be presented in USENIX International Conference on Automatic
Computing
(ICAC), San Jose, California, June 2013.
- W. Wang, B. Liang,
and B. Li, “Revenue
maximization with dynamic auctions in IaaS cloud markets,” short
paper, to be presented in ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Qualify
of
Service (IWQoS), Montreal, Quebec, June 2013.
- W. Wang, B. Liang,
and B. Li, “Designing
truthful spectrum double auctions with local markets,” with
supplemental document, in
press, to appear in the IEEE Transactions
on Mobile Computing. (Earlier verion in
SECON'11)
- W. Wang, B. Li, and
B. Liang, “Towards optimal
capacity segmentation with hybrid cloud pricing,” in Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems (ICDCS), Macau, China, June 2012.
Stochastic Control in Wireless Networks and Smart Energy Systems
- S. Sun, M. Dong, and
B. Liang, "Real-time
welfare-maximizing regulation allocation in aggregator-EVs
Ssystems," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on
Communications and
Control for Smart Energy Systems, Turin, Italy, April 2013.
- H. Ju, B. Liang, J.
Li, and X. Yang, “Dynamic
power allocation for throughput utility maximization
in interference-limited networks,” IEEE Wireless
Communications Letters, vol. 2, no. 1,
pp. 22 – 25, February 2013.
- M. Lotfinezhad, B. Liang, and E. Sousa, “Optimal
control of
constrained cognitive radio networks with dynamic population size,”
in
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer
Communications (INFOCOM), San Diego, California, March 2010.
- M. Lotfinezhad, B. Liang, and E. Sousa, “On
stability region and
delay performance of linear-memory randomized scheduling for
time-varying networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1860 – 1873, December 2009.
- M.
Lotfinezhad, B. Liang, and E. Sousa, “Dynamic
control of tunable
sub-optimal algorithms for scheduling of time-varying wireless
networks,”
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Quality
of Service (IWQoS), Enschede, The Netherlands, June 2008.
Extended version at
http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4594
Network Coding in Multihop Wireless
Networks
- Y. Lin, B. Liang, and B. Li, “SlideOR:
oline
opportunistic network coding in wireless mesh networks,” in Proceedings
of
the Mini-Conference track of the IEEE Conference on Computer
Communications (INFOCOM), San Diego, California, March 2010.
- Y. Lin, B. Liang, and B. Li, “Passive
loss inference
in wireless sensor networks based on network coding,” in Proceedings
of
the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.
- Y. Lin, B. Liang, and B. Li, “Priority
random
linear codes in distributed storage systems,” IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, in IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 20, no. 11, pp.
1653-1667, November 2009.
- Y. Lin, B. Li, and B. Liang. “CodeOR:
opportunistic routing
in wireless mesh networks with segmented network coding,” in Proceedings
of
the 16th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP),
Orlando, Florida, October 2008.
-
Y. Lin, B. Liang, and B. Li, "Geometric
random linear
codes in sensor networks," in Proceedings of the
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
Beijing, China, May 2008.
- Y. Lin, B. Li, and B. Liang, "Efficient
network coded
data transmissions in disruption tolerant networks," in
Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, Pheonix, Arizona, April 2008.
- Y. Lin, B. Li, and B. Liang, "Stochastic
analysis
of network coding in epidemic routing,"
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,
Special Issue on Delay and Disruption Tolerant Wireless Communication
Systems, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 794 – 808, June 2008.
- Y. Lin, B. Liang, and B. Li, "Data
persistence in
large-scale sensor networks with decentralized fountain codes,"
in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM,
May 2007. (This version contains post-publication corrections.)
Mobility Modeling and Resource Management in Wireless and Heterogeneous
Networks
- W. Bao and B. Liang, "On
the insensitivity of user distribution in multicell networks under
general mobility and session patterns," in Proceedings
of IEEE INFOCOM Mini Conference, Turin, Italy, April
2013.
- A. Farbod and B. Liang, “Structured
admission
control policies in heterogeneous wireless networks with mesh underlay,”
in
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer
Communications (INFOCOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.
- A. H.
Zahran, B. Liang, and A. Saleh, “Mobility
modeling
and performance evaluation of heterogeneous wireless networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 7,
no. 8, pp. 1041 – 1056, August 2008.
- A. Farbod and B. Liang, “Efficient
structured
policies for admission control in heterogeneous wireless
networks,” ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and
Applications, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 309 – 323, December 2007.
- J. Lau and B. Liang, “Optimal
pricing for selfish users and prefetching in heterogeneous wireless
networks,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2007.
- B. Liang, S. Drew, and D. Wang, “Performance
of
multiuser network-aware prefetching in heterogeneous wireless systems,”
ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, vol. 16, no. 1,
pp. 99 – 110, January 2009 (Online First edition appeared February
2007).
- A. H.
Zahran and B. Liang, “A
generic framework for mobility modeling and performance analysis in
next-generation heterogeneous wireless networks,”
IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 92 - 99,
September 2007.
- A. H. Zahran, B. Liang, and A. Saleh, "Impact
of
technology overlap in next-generation wireless heterogeneous systems,"
in Proceedings of IFIP Networking, Atlanta, Georgia, May
2007.
- A. H. Zahran, B. Liang, and A. Saleh, “Signal
threshold adaptation
for vertical handoff in heterogeneous wireless networks,” ACM/Spring
Mobile
Networks and Applications, Special Issue on Soft Radio Enabled
Heterogeneous Networks, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 625-640, August
2006.
- Y. Fang, Z. J. Haas, B. Liang, and Y.-B. Lin, “TTL
prediction schemes and
effects of inter-update time distribution on wireless data access,”
ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks, vol. 10, no. 5,
pp. 607–619, September 2004.
- B. Liang and Z. J. Haas, “Predictive
distance-based
mobility management for multi-dimensional PCS networks,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions
on Networking, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 718-732,
October 2003.
- B. Liang and Z. J. Haas, “Predictive
distance-based mobility management for PCS networks,” in Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication
(INFOCOM), New York, New York, March 1999.
Transmission Control for Multimedia
Streaming
- G. Ji and B. Liang, "Stochastic
rate control for scalable VBR video streaming over wireless networks,"
in
Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(GLOBECOM), Honolulu, Hawaii, November 2009.
- G. Ji and B. Liang, and A. Saleh, “Buffer
schemes
for VBR video streaming over heterogeneous wireless networks,”
in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009.
- G. Liang and B. Liang, "Balancing
interruption
frequency and buffering penalties in VBR video streaming,"
in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM,
Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
- G. Liang and B. Liang, “Effect
of
delay and buffering on jitter-free streaming over random VBR channels,”
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 10, no. 6,
pp. 1128 – 1141, October 2008.
Signal Processing with Multi-antenna/Multi-channel Relays
- M.Dong, M. Hajiaghayi, and B. Liang, “Optimal
fixed gain linear processing for amplify-and-forward multichannel
relaying,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 60, no. 11, pp.
6108 – 6114, November 2012.
- M. Dong, Q. Xiao, and
B. Liang, “Optimal multi-antenna relay
beamforming with per-antenna power control,” in Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
June 2012.
Capacity of Wireless Relaying
- S. A. Hejazi and B. Liang, “Throughput
analysis of
multiple access relay channel under collision model,” in Proceedings
of
the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
San Diego, California, March 2010.
- S. Vakil and B. Liang, “Effect of joint cooperation and
multi-hopping on the capacity of wireless networks,” in Proceedings
of the IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad
Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), San Francisco,
California, 2008. Extended version at
http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3569
- S. Vakil and B. Liang, "Decentralized
multiuser diversity
with cooperative relaying in wireless sensor networks," in Proceedings
of
the IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad
Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), June 2007.
- S. Vakil and B. Liang, “Cooperative
diversity
in interference limited wireless networks,” IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 8, pp.
3185 – 3195, August 2008.
Topology Control in Peer-to-Peer Streaming
-
T. Small, B. Li, and B. Liang, "Topology
affects the
efficiency of network coding in peer-to-peer networks," in Proceedings
of
the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
Beijing, China, May 2008.
- T. Small, B. Liang, and B. Li. "Scaling
laws and tradeoffs in
peer-to-peer live multimedia streaming," in
Proceedings of ACM Multimedia, Santa Barbara, California,
October 2006.
- T. Small, B. Li, and B. Liang, “Outreach:
peer-to-peer
topology construction towards minimized server bandwidth costs,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,
Special Issue on Peer-to-Peer Communications and Applications, vol. 25,
no. 1, pp. 35-45, January 2007.
Fairness and Prioritization
- W. Wang, B. Liang,
and B. Li, “Multi-resource
generalized processor sharing for packet processing,”
to be presented in ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Qualify of
Service
(IWQoS), Montreal, Quebec, June 2013.
- J. Deng, Y. Han, and B. Liang, “Fairness
index based
on variational distance,”in Proceedings
of the IEEE Global
Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Honolulu,
Hawaii, November 2009.
- B. Liang and M. Dong, “Packet
prioritization in
multihop latency aware scheduling for delay constrained communication,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,
Special Issue on Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia
Communications, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 819-930, May 2007. (Early
version in ACM MobiHoc'06)
- J. Eshet and B. Liang, “Randomly
ranked mini slots
for fair and efficient medium access control in ad hoc networks,”
IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing,
vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 481-493, May 2007.
Cooperation and Clustering for Data Aggregation in Sensor
Networks
- M. Lotfinezhad, B. Liang, and E. Sousa, “Adaptive
cluster-based
data collection in sensor networks with direct sink access,” IEEE
Transactions
on Mobile Computing, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 884 –
897, July 2008.
- K. Yuen, B. Liang, and B. Li, “A
distributed framework for correlated data gathering in sensor networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 578 – 593, January 2008.
- M. Lotfinezhad and B. Liang, “Effect
of partially
correlated data on clustering
in wireless sensor networks,” in Proceedings of the
IEEE International
Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON),
Santa Clara, California, October 2004.
Wireless Relay Placement
-
A. So and B. Liang, “Optimal
placement
and channel assignment of relay stations in heterogeneous
wireless mesh networks by modified Bender's decomposition,” Elsevier
Ad
Hoc Networks,
vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 118 – 135, January 2009.
(invited from IFIP Networking 2007)
- A. So and B. Liang, “Enhancing
WLAN
capacity by strategic placement of tetherless relay points,”
IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing,
vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 522-535, May 2007.
- A. So and B. Liang, “An
efficient wireless
extension point placement algorithm in urban rectilineal WLANs,”
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 532 – 547, January 2008.
Ad Hoc Networking
- B. Liang and Z. J. Haas, “Hybrid
routing in ad hoc
networks with a dynamic virtual backbone,” IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 6, pp.
1392-1405, June 2006.
- B. Liang and Z. J. Haas, "Optimizing
route-cache
lifetime in ad hoc networks," in Proceedings of the
22th IEEE INFOCOM, San Francisco, CA, April 2003.
- Z. J. Haas, J. Deng, B. Liang, P. Papadimitratos, and S.
Sajama, "Wireless
Ad Hoc Networks," in Wiley Encyclopedia of
Telecommunications, John G. Proakis, Editor, John Wiley
& Sons, New York, 2002.
- B. Liang and Z. J. Haas, "Virtual
backbone
generation and maintenance for ad hoc network mobility management,"
in
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE INFOCOM, Tel Aviv,
Israel, March 2000.
- Z. J. Haas and B. Liang, “Ad-hoc
mobility management
with randomized database groups,” Proceedings of
the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 1999.
- Z. J. Haas and B. Liang, “Ad hoc
mobility management
with Uniform Quorum Systems,” IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 228-240, April 1999.
- Research
funding and collaboration
- Code release:
RRMS
Last updated May 2013.