Publications And Patents

PATENTS 

1. M. Chowdhury, P. A. Kratz, J. S. Lu, S. Miocinovic, S. Yousefi, “Hybrid method for time-of-arrival-based ranging,” U.S. Patent 11493619, Nov 8, 2022.

2. J. S. Lu, M. Chowdhury, P. A. Kratz, “Systems and methods for multicarrier phasebased localization," U.S. Patent 11445333, Sept 13, 2022.

3. J. S. Lu, M. Chowdhury, P. A. Kratz, “Systems and methods for multicarrier phasebased localization," U.S. Patent 11425536, Aug 23, 2022.

4. J. S. Lu, "Estimating the location of a reference radio in a multi-story building and using the estimated location of the reference radio to estimate the location of a wireless terminal,” U.S. Patent 11405753,  Aug 2, 2022.

5. J. S. Lu, "Estimating the location of a reference radio in a multi-story building and using the estimated location of the reference radio to estimate the location of a wireless terminal,” U.S. Patent 11399262,  July 26, 2022 .

6. J. S. Lu, "Estimating the excess path loss inside of a building and using the estimates of excess path loss to estimate the location of a wireless terminal,” U.S. Patent 11368813,  Jun 21, 2022.

7. J. S. Lu, V. Degli-Esposti, E. M. Vitucci , "Bounced Ray Tubes with Preprocessing of Visibility," U.S. Patent 10924195, Feb 16, 2021.

8. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Calibration of Measurement Bias of a Barometric Sensor in a Wireless Terminal," U.S. Patent 10917513, Feb 09, 2021.

9. J. Zhu, J. S. Lu, "Estimation of Building Floors Based on Difference in Barometric Pressure Measured by Wireless Terminals," U.S. Patent 10863327, Dec 08, 2020.

10. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Estimation of a Stack-Effect Compensation Model Based on Measurements Provided by a Wireless Terminal," U.S. Patent 10715960, Jul 14, 2020.

11. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Method Of Considering The Positions Of Data Points In Relation To Boundaries Represented In A Geographic Information System Database, In Estimating Location," U.S. Patent 10716090, Jul 14, 2020.

12. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Estimating elevation of a wireless terminal, based on the measurement bias of a pressure reference that is in a second region, based on the measurement bias of a pressure reference that is in a first region," U.S. Patent 10616399, Apr 07, 2020.

13. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Method of considering boundaries represented in a geographic information system database, in estimating location," U.S. Patent 10602477, Mar 24, 2020.

14. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Calibration of Measurement Bias of a Barometric Sensor in a Wireless Terminal," U.S. Patent 10547735, Jan 28, 2020.

15. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Enhancing an estimate of the location of a wireless terminal by using one or more types of identifiers of a wireless network," U.S. Patent 10517063, Dec 24, 2019.

16. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Estimating the elevation of a wireless terminal based on determining the measurement bias of a pressure reference," U.S. Patent 10462282, Oct 29, 2019.

17. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Enhancing an estimate of the location of a wireless terminal by using one or more types of identifiers of a wireless network," U.S. Patent 10412699, Sep 10, 2019.

18. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Calibration of measurement bias of a barometric sensor in a wireless terminal," U.S. Patent 10412211, Sep 10, 2019.

19. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, E. M. Vitucci , "Simplification of data for representing an environment, based on the heights and elevations of polyhedrons that define structures represented in the data," U.S. Patent 10372835, Aug 06, 2019.

20. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, E. M. Vitucci , "Simplification of data for representing an environment via the expansion of polyhedrons that define structures represented in the data," U.S. Patent 10372840, Aug 06, 2019.

21. J. A. Blaha Jr., S. D. Gordon, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, "Calibration of measurement bias of a barometric sensor in a wireless terminal," U.S. Patent 10367932, Jul 30, 2019.

22. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, E. M. Vitucci , "Simplification of data for representing an environment, via the reduction of vertices that define structures represented in the data," U.S. Patent 10366181, Jul 30, 2019.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal/Magazine 

1. J. Li, I. -T. Lu and J. S. Lu, "Hybrid Fingerprinting and Ray Extension Localization in NLOS Regions," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3192180.

2. J. S. Lu, V. Degli-Esposti, and E. M. Vitucci, “A Discrete Environment-Driven GPU-Based Ray Launching Algorithm,” in IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 1180-1192, Feb. 2019. 

3. E. M. Vitucci, J. Chen, V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, H. L. Bertoni and X. Yin, “Analyzing Radio Scattering Caused by Various Building Elements Using mm-Wave Scale Model Measurements and Ray-Tracing,” in IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 665-669, Jan. 2019.

4. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, E. M. Vitucci, F. Fuschini, and M. Barbiroli, “A Semi-Deterministic Model for Outdoor-to-Indoor Prediction in Urban Areas,” in IEEE Ant. and Wireless Prop. Letters, Vol. 16, pp. 2412-2415, Jun. 2017.

5. E. M. Vitucci, V. Degli-Esposti, F. Fuschini, J. Lu, M. Barbiroli, J. Wu, M. Zoli, J. Zhu, H. L. Bertoni, “The Truth About Ray Tracing RF Field Prediction: an Unforgiving Validation,” in Hindawi Int. Journal of. Ant. and Prop., Vol. 2015, July 2015.

6. J. S. Lu, H. L. Bertoni, and V. Degli-Esposti, “Scale Model Investigation of Mechanisms for Scattering From Office Buildings at 2 GHz,” in IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 62, No. 12, pp. 6435-6442, Dec. 2014.

7. J. S. Lu, H. L. Bertoni, K. A. Remley, W. F. Young, and J. Ladbury, “Site-Specific Models of the Received Power for Radio Communication in Urban Street Canyons,” in IEEE Trans. Ant. and Prop., Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 2192-2200, Apr. 2014.

8. J. S. Lu, X. Han, and H. L. Bertoni, “The Influence of Terrain Scattering on Radio Links in Hilly/Mountainous Regions,” in  IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 1385-1395, Mar. 2013. [Abstract]

9. J. S. Lu, D. Steinbach, P. Cabrol, and P. Pietraski, “Modeling the Impact of Human Blockers in Millimeter Wave Radio Links” in ZTE Communications Magazine, 2012 No.4, pp. 23-28, Dec. 2012.

Conference 

1. J. Li, I. Lu, J. S. Lu, L. Zhang "DOA-based localization algorithms under NLOS conditions," in IEEE Long Island Systems Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), Farmingdale, New York, May 2018.

2. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu,  E. M. Vitucci, F. Fuschini, M. Barbiroli, J. Blaha and H. L. Bertoni, "Efficient RF Coverage Prediction through a fully Discrete, GPU-Parallelized Ray-Launching model," in European Conf. on Ant. And Prop. (EUCAP), London, U.K., April, 2018.

3. J. Li, I. Lu, J. S. Lu, L. Zhang "Robust Kernel-Based Machine Learning Localization Using NLOS TOAs or TDOAs," in IEEE Long Island Systems Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), Farmingdale, New York, May 2017.

4. C. N. Macwan, J. S. Lu, I. Lu, R. Wang, Y. H. Wu, "Extension of the ITU-R P.1411-8 Urban Path Loss Models to High Antennas," in IEEE LISAT, Farmingdale, New York, May 2017.

5. V. Degli-Esposti, J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu, J. A. Blaha, E. M. Vitucci, F.Fuschini, and M. Barbiroli, “A Semi-deterministic Method for Predicting Indoor Cellular Coverage in Dense Urban Area,” in European Conf. on Ant. And Prop. (EUCAP), Davos, Switzerland, April, 2016.

6. J. S. Lu, J. N. Wu, J. J. Zhu and J. A. Blaha, “Semi-deterministic Urban Canyon Models of Received Power for Microcells,” in IEEE International Symp. on Ant. and Prop., Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

7. E. M. Vitucci, V. Degli-Esposti, F. Fuschini, J. Lu, M. Barbiroli, J. Wu, M. Zoli, J. Zhu and H. L. Bertoni, “The Truth about Ray Tracing RF Field Prediction: an Unforgiving Validation,” TD document presented at COST,  Jan. 2015.

8. J. S. Lu, D. Steinbach, P. Cabrol, P. Pietraski, and R. V. Pragada, “Propagation Characterization of an Office Building in the 60 GHz Band,” in Proc. of European Conf. of Ant. And Prop. (EUCAP), The Hague, Netherlands, April, 2014. 

9. J. S. Lu, V. Degli-Esposti, E. Vitucci and H. L. Bertoni, “Study of Back-Scattering from Buildings Using a 60 GHz Scaled Model,”  in Proc. of European Conf. of Ant. And Prop. (EUCAP), The Hague, Netherlands, April, 2014.

10. J. S. Lu, P. Cabrol, D. Steinbach, and R. V. Pragada, “Measurement and Characterization of Various Outdoor 60 GHz Diffracted and Scattered Paths,” in Proc. of IEEE Military Comm. Conf. (MILCOM), San Diego, C.A., Nov. 2013. 

11. J. S. Lu and H. L. Bertoni, “A Site-Specific MIMO Channel Simulator for Hilly and Mountainous Environments,” in Proc. of IEEE Military Comm. Conf. (MILCOM), San Diego, C.A., Nov. 2013. 

12. J. S. Lu, H. L. Bertoni, P. Cabrol, and D. Steinbach, “60 GHz Investigation of Building Scattering at 2 GHz Using a Scale Model,” in IEEE International Symp. on Ant. and Prop. (ISAP), Orlando, F.L., July 2013.

13. J. S. Lu, H.L. Bertoni, X. Han, C. Chrysanthos, and J. Boskiner. “Dependence of Radio Channel Characteristics on Terrain Variability in Hilly Mountainous Regions,” in Proc. Military Comm. (MILCOM), Baltimore, M.D., pp. 441-446, 2011. 

14. J. S. Lu, H.L. Bertoni, C. Chrysanthos, and J. Boskiner. “Simulation of Fading Statistics in Hilly/Mountainous Terrain,” in Proc. European Conf. of Ant. And Prop.(EUCAP), Rome, pp. 3284-3288, 2011. 

15. J. S. Lu, and I. Lu, “Propagation Based Spectrum Sensing: A Novel Beamforming Detection Method,” in Proc. CROWNCOM, Osaka, pp. 11-15, 2011. 

16. J. S. Lu, H.L. Bertoni, C. Chrysanthos, and J. Boskiner. “Simplified Path Gain Model for Mobile-to-Mobile Communications in an Urban High-rise Environment,” in Proc. Sarnoff Symp., Princeton, N.J., 2010. 

THESES 

1. J. S. Lu, Ph.D Thesis: “Real-Time Propagation Prediction for SISO and MIMO Communications in Urban and Rural Environments,” submitted in partial fulfillment of PhD/EE, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, May 2014.

2. J. S. Lu, Master Thesis: “Simplified Urban Propagation Models for Rapid Computation of Site-Specific Path Gain,” submitted in partial fulfillment of MS/EE, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, May 2010.