Book Translation:
Xiumei Li, Yong Xiao, and Guoan Bi, An Interactive Multimedia Introduction to Signal Processing (German Version by Urich Karrenbeng, English Version Translated by U. Boltz, R. Hooton, Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, August 2002), Chinese translated version published by Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, 2008.
Journal Papers
Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao*, and Yingyu Li, "Personalized Federated Learning for Generative AI Empowered Digital Twin Networks," under minor revision at IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Kui Chen, Jing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Minho Jo, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, "Completion Time Minimization for UAV-Assisted Semi-Decentralized Hybrid Federated Learning," accepted at IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). [URL] [PDF]
Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao*, Yingyu Li, and Yiwei Liao, "Robust Federated Learning against Model Perturbation in Edge Networks, " accepted at IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Yiwei Liao, Shurui Tu, Yujie Zhou, Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao*, and Yingyu Li, "Implicit Semantic Communication Based on Bayesian Reconstruction Framework," accepted at IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 15, pp. 430-434, 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Yingyu Li, Anqi Huang, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, Guangming Shi, and Walid Saad, "Distributed Network Slicing for Time-Sensitive Edge Learning in Edge Computing-supported IoT Networks," accepted at IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025. [URL]
Jingxuan Chai, Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, and Ping Zhang, "On the Rate-Distortion Theory for Task-Specific Semantic Communication," (invited paper) Entropy, 2025. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, Ping Zhang, "Towards Agentic AI Networking in 6G: A Generative Foundation Model-as-Agent Approach," accepted at IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 68 - 74, September 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Yingyu Li, Jiangying Rao, Lian Wang, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, Guangming Shi, "Distributed Optimization of Resource-Efficiency for Federated Edge Intelligence in UAV-enabled IoT Networks," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 9449 - 9464, April 2025. [URL]
Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao*, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Marwan Krunz, "SANSee: A Physical-Layer Semantic-aware Networking Framework for Distributed Wireless Sensing," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1636-1653, March 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Yufei Xiao, Kai Cai, Xiaohu Ge, and Yong Xiao, "Energy Consumption modeling of 2D and 3D Decoder Circuits," IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, vol. 6, pp. 74-84, February 2025
Deniz Gunduz, Michele Wigger, Tze-Yang Tung, Ping Zhang, and Yong Xiao, "Joint Source-Channel Coding: Fundamentals and Recent Progress in Practical Designs," accepted at Proceedings of IEEE, 2025. [URL] [PDF]
Nguyen Quang Hieu, Dinh Thai Hoang, Diep N. Nguyen, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Yong Xiao, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Enhancing Immersion and Presence in the Metaverse with Over-the-Air Brain-Computer Interface, " IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 23, no. 12, December 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Xiangli Zhang, Zishuo Wang, Xuesong Wang, Tianze Luo, Yong Xiao, Bin Fang, Fei Xiao, and Dapeng Luo, "STARNet: An Efficient Spatiotemporal Feature Sharing Reconstructing Network for Automatic Modulation Classification," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 13300-13312, October 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Xiaohu Ge, Muyao Ruan, Xiaoxuan Peng, Yong Xiao*, and Yang Yang, "An Energy and Information Analysis Method of Logic Gates Based on Stochastic Thermodynamics," PNAS Nexus, vol. 3, no. 9, September 2024. [URL]
Guangming Shi and Yong Xiao, "An Introduction to Semantic Communication and Semantic-Aware Networking Standardization for 6G," ACM GetMobile, vol. 28, no. 3, September 2024. [URL]
Chi-Hieu Nguyen, Yuris Mulya Saputra, Dinh Thai Hoang, Diep N. Nguyen, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Yong Xiao*, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Encrypted Data Caching and Learning Framework for Robust Federated Learning-based Mobile Edge Computing," IEEE/ACM Transactions On Networking (ToN), vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2705-2720, June 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Cong T. Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, Diep N. Nguyen, Yong Xiao*, Dusit Niyato, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "MetaShard: A Novel Sharding Blockchain Platform for Metaverse Applications," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4348-4361, May 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Peng Zhang, Yong Xiao*, Yingyu Li, Xiaohu Ge, Guangming Shi, and Yang Yang, "Towards Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in Network AI for 6G and Beyond," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 58-64, April 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Yiwei Liao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, H. Vincent Poor, Walid Saad, Merouane Debbah, and Mehdi Bennis, "Reasoning over the Air: A Reasoning-based Implicit Semantic Communication Framework," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 3839-3855, April 2024. [URL] [PDF] [Code]
Yong Xiao, Rong Xia, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, Diep N. Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, Dusit Niyato, and Marwan Krunz, "Distributed Traffic Synthesizing and Classification Over Network Edge: A Federated Self-supervised Learning Approach," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1815-1829, February 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Xiaohan Zhang, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, Marwan Krunz, Diep N. Nguyen, and Dinh Thai Hoang, "Time-sensitive Learning for Heterogeneous Federated Edge Intelligence," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1382-1400, February 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Xiangyu Lv, Xiaohu Ge, Yi Zhong, Qiang Li, and Yong Xiao, "Energy Consumption Optimization for Edge Computing-supported Cellular Networks Based on Optimal Transport Theory," SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, vol. 67, no. 2, February 2024. [URL]
Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas, Walid Saad, Yong Xiao, “Causal Semantic Communication for Digital Twins: A Generalizable Imitation Learning Approach,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory (JSAIT), vol. 4, pp. 698-717, November 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Rongping Lin, Xuhui Guo, Shan Luo, Yong Xiao, Bill Moran, Moshe Zukerman, "Application-aware computation offloading in edge computing networks," Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 146, pp. 86-97, September 2023. [URL]
Islam Samy, Xiao Han, Loukas Lazos, Ming Li, Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, "Misbehavior Detection in Wi-Fi/LTE Coexistence over Unlicensed Bands," accepted at IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 4773-4791, August 2023.
Cong T. Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, Diep N. Nguyen, Yong Xiao, Hoang-Anh Pham, Eryk Dutkiewicz, and Nguyen Huynh Tuong, "FedChain: Secure Proof-of-Stake-based Framework for Federated-blockchain Systems," IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2642-2656, July-August. 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zijian Sun, Guangming Shi, Dusit Niyato, "Imitation Learning-based Implicit Semantic-aware Communication Networks: Multi-layer Representation and Collaborative Reasoning," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 639-658, March 2023. [URL] [PDF] [Code]
Yang Yang, Mulei Ma, Hequan Wu, Quan Yu, Ping Zhang, Xiaohu You, Jianjun Wu, Chenghui Peng, Tak-Shing Peter Yum, Sherman Shen, Hamid Aghvami, Geoffrey Y Li, Jiangzhou Wang, Guangyi Liu, Peng Gao, Xiongyan Tang, Chang Cao, John Thompson, Kat-Kit Wong, Shanzhi Chen, Zhiqin Wang, Merouane Debbah, Schahram Dustdar, Frank Eliassen, Tao Chen, Xiangyang Duan, Shaohui Sun, Xiaofeng Tao, Qinyu Zhang, Jianwei Huang, Shuguang Cui, Wenjun Zhang, Jie Li, Yue Gao, Honggang Zhang, Xu Chen, Xiaohu Ge, Yong Xiao, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Zaichen Zhang, Song Ci, Guoqiang Mao, Changle Li, Ziyu Shao, Yong Zhou, Junrui Liang, Kai Li, Liantao Wu, Fanglei Sun, Kunlun Wang, Zening Liu, Kun Yang, Jun Wang, Teng Gao, Hongfeng Shu, "6G Network AI Architecture for Everyone-Centric Customized Services," IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 71-80, September/October 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Marwan Krunz, "AdaptiveFog: A Modelling and Optimization Framework for Fog Computing in Intelligent Transportation Systems," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 4187-4200, December 2022. [URL] [PDF]
Rongping Lin, Tianze Xie, Shan Luo, Xiaoning Zhang, Yong Xiao, Bill Moran, and Moshe Zukerman, “Energy-Efficient Computation Offloading in Collaborative Edge Computing,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 21305-21322, November 2022. [URL] [PDF]
Shuang Zheng, Yuna Jiang, Xiaohu Ge, Yong Xiao, Yang Huang, Yuan Liu, “Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Fusion Based on Tangle Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 3614-3632 September-October 2022. [URL]
Cong T. Nguyen, Diep N. Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, Hoang-Anh Pham, Nguyen Huynh Tuong, Yong Xiao, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, “BlockRoam: Blockchain-based Roaming Management System for Future Mobile Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 3880 - 3894, November 2022. [URL]
Qingyang Zhou, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Yong Xiao, and Honggang Zhang, "Adaptive Bit Rate Control in Semantic Communication with Incremental Knowledge-based HARQ," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, no. 3, July 2022. [URL]
Xiao Lu, Nguyen Cong Luong, Dinh Thai Hoang, Dusit Niyato, Yong Xiao, and Ping Wang, "Secure Wirelessly-Powered Networks at the Physical Layer: Challenges, Countermeasures, and Road Ahead," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 193-209, January 2022. [URL]
Guangming Shi, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, and Xuemei Xie, “From Semantic Communication to Semantic-aware Networking: Model, Architecture, and Open Problems,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 8, August 2021. [URL] [PDF]
Shan Luo, Yuwei Zhao, Yong Xiao, Rongping Lin, and Yao Yan, "A Temporal-Spatial Spectrum Prediction Using the Concept of Homotopy Theory for UAV Communications, " IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 3314-3324, April 2021. [URL]
Jing Hou, Li Sun, Tao Shu, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "Economics of Strategic Network Infrastructure Sharing: A Backup Reservation Approach," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 665-680, April 2021. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, Yingyu Li, Walid Saad, and H. Vincent Poor, "Toward Self-learning Edge Intelligence in 6G," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 34-40, December 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Rongping Lin, Zhijie Zhou, Shan Luo, Yong Xiao, Xiong Wang, Sheng Wang, and Moshe Zukerman, "Distributed Optimization for Computation Offloading in Edge Computing," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 8179-8194, December 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Qiang Li, Yuanmei Zhang, Yingyu Li, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, "Capacity-Aware Edge Caching in Fog Computing Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 9244-9248, August 2020. [URL]
Huaqing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Shengrong Bu, Richard Yu, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han, "Distributed Resource Allocation for Data Center Networks: A Hierarchical Game Approach," IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), vol. 8, no. 3, July-September 2020. [URL]
Mohammed Hirzallah, Marwan Krunz, and Yong Xiao, "Harmonious Cross-Technology Coexistence with Heterogeneous Traffic in Unlicensed Bands: Analysis and Approximations," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 690 - 701, September 2019. [URL]
Ahmed Salama, Ming Li, Loukas Laos, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "Trading Privacy for Utility in Database-assisted Dynamic Spectrum Access," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), vol. 5, no. 3, September 2019. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, and Tao Shu, "Multi-operator Network Sharing for Massive IoT," IEEE Communication Magazine, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 96-101, April 2019. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Marwan Krunz, "Dynamic Network Slicing for Scalable Fog Computing Systems with Energy Harvesting," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 2640 - 2654, December 2018. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Marwan Krunz, "Distributed Optimization for Energy-efficient Fog Computing in the Tactile Internet," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 2390 - 2400, November 2018. (IEEE Tactile Internet Emerging Technical Subcommittee Best Reading) [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Mohammed Hirzallah, and Marwan Krunz, "Distributed Resource Allocation for Network Slicing over Licensed and Unlicensed Bands," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) Special Issue on Network Softwarization & Enablers, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 2260 - 2274, October 2018. [URL] [PDF]
Irmak Aykin, Marwan Krunz and Yong Xiao, "Adaptive Frequency Hopping Schemes for CR-based Multi-link Satellite Networks," International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 36, no. 4, July/August 2018. [URL] [PDF]
Xiao Lu, Dusit Niyato, Hai Jiang, Dong In Kim, Yong Xiao, and Zhu Han, "Ambient Backscatter Assisted Wireless Powered Communications," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 170-177, April 2018. [URL] [PDF]
Huaqing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Shengrong Bu, Dusit Niyato, Richard Yu and Zhu Han, "Computing Resource Allocation in Three-Tier IoT Fog Networks: a Joint Optimization Approach Combining Stackelberg Game and Matching," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 4, no. 5, 1204-1215, October 2017. [URL] [PDF]
Xianfu Chen, Zhu Han, Honggang Zhang, Guoliang Xue, Yong Xiao, and Mehdi Bennis, "Wireless Resource Scheduling in Virtualized Radio Access Networks Using Stochastic Learning," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 961-974, April 2018. [URL] [PDF]
Fahira Sangare, Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han, "Mobile Charging in Wireless-Powered Sensor Networks: Optimal Scheduling and Experimental Implementation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 7400-7410, August 2017. [URL] [PDF]
Shan Luo, Guoan Bi, Yong Xiao and Rongping Lin, "A Keystone-Based Cosine Transform," Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 36, no. 8, pp 3438–3447, August 2017. [URL] [PDF]
Pu Yuan, Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi, and Liren Zhang, “Towards Cooperation by Carrier Aggregation in Heterogeneous Networks: A Hierarchical Game Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 66, no. 2, February 2017. [URL] [PDF]
Huaqing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Lin X. Cai, Dusit Niyato, Lingyang Song, and Zhu Han, "A Multi-Leader Multi-Follower Stackelberg Game Approach for Resource Management With LTE Unlicensed Technology," IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 16, No. 1, January 2017. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, Ping Wang, and Zhu Han, "Dynamic Energy Trading for Wireless Powered Communication Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 158-164, November 2016. [URL] [PDF].
Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, Kwang-Cheng Chen, and Zhu Han, "Enhance Device-to-Device Communication with Social-Awareness: A Belief-based Stable Marriage Game Framework," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 36-44, August 2016. [URL] [PDF]
Shao-Chou Hung, Yong Xiao, and Kwang-Cheng Chen, "Transmission Strategy with Cooperative Sensors in Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 3416-3429, May 2016. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Dynamic Energy Trading for Energy Harvesting Communication Networks: A Stochastic Energy Trading Game,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) Special Issue on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 33 , No. 12, pp. pp. 2718-2734, December 2015.[URL] [PDF]
Ping Wang, Wei Song, Dusit Niyato, and Yong Xiao, "QoS-Aware Cell Association in 5G Heterogeneous Networks with Massive MIMO," IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 76-82, November/December 2015. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zhu Han, Chau Yuen, and Luiz A. DaSilva, "Carrier Aggregation between Operators in Next Generation Cellular Networks: A Stable Roommate Market," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 15 , no. 1, pp. 633 - 650, January 2016. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Chau Yuen, Zhu Han, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “A Bayesian Overlapping Coalition Formation Game for Device-to-Device Spectrum Sharing in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 14 , no. 7, pp. 4034-4051, July 2015. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Zhu Han, Kwang-Cheng Chen, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Bayesian Hierarchical Mechanism Design for Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC): Cognitive Radio Series, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 986-1001, May 2015. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han, and Kwang-Cheng Chen, "Secondary Users Entering the Pool: A Joint Optimization Framework for Spectrum Pooling," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC): Cognitive Radio Series, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 572 - 588, March 2014. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi, Dusit Niyato, and Luiz A. Dasilva, "A Hierarchical Game Theoretic Framework for Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC): Cognitive Radio Series, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 2053-2069, November 2012. (Acceptance rate: 14 %) [URL]
Yong Xiao, Luiz A. Dasilva, and X. J. Zhang, "On the Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff of an Improved Amplify-and-forward Relaying Strategy," IEEE Communications Letters (CL), vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 482 - 485, April 2012. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi, and Dusit Niyato, "A Simple Distributed Power Control Algorithm for Cognitive Radio networks," IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 3594-3600, Nov. 2011. [URL]
Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi, and Dusit Niyato, "Game Theoretic Analysis for Spectrum Sharing with Multi-hop Relaying," IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1527 -1537, May 2011. [URL]
Conference Papers:
Yuxuan He, Yayu Gao, Yingyu Li, Peng Zhang, and Yong Xiao, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Explicit Congestion Notification Threshold Fine Tuning in Data Center Networks," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Shurui Tu, Yiwei Liao, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, and Guangming Shi, "Hypergraph Reasoning for Implicit Semantic-Aware Communication," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Yong Xiao, Haoran Zhou, Xubo Li, Yayu Gao, Guangming Shi, and Ping Zhang, "SANNet: A Semantic-Aware Agentic AI Networking Framework for Multi-Agent Cross-Layer Coordination," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025. [URL]
Yayu Gao, Yong Xiao, Bo Liu, Xubo Li, Aoyu Hu, Wenhao Li, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Ping Zhang, "Skillsets on the Chain: A Blockchain-based Trustworthy Agentic AI Networking Framework," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Xubo Li, Yong Xiao, and Yingyu Li, "On the Generalization and Personalization Tradeoff for Agentic AI Networks," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Qi Wang, Xubo Li, and Yong Xiao, "LoRAT: Low Rank Adaptation and Transfer for Multi-environment Channel Estimations," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Tianzi Li, Yong Xiao, and Yingyu Li, "Optimal Grid-Battery Power Allocation for Time-Energy-Sensitive Wireless Systems," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, China, December 2025.
Cheng Peng, Yujie Zhou, Rulong Wang, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, and Guangming Shi, "Multi-User Information Bottleneck for Semantic-Aware Communication," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2025.
Rulong Wang, Yujie Zhou, Yong Xiao, and Yingyu Li, "Multi-View Semantic-Aware Communication: An Information Bottleneck Perspective," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2025.
Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao, and Yingyu Li, "Robust Federated Learning against Model Perturbation in Edge Networks," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2025.
Yuxuan Liu, Zijian Sun, Yong Xiao, Haohui Cai, Huixiang Zhu, Yingyu Li, and Guangming Shi, "Clustered Federated Learning for Distributed Wireless Sensing," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Cape Town, South Africa, December 2024.
Xubo Li, Yuanjie Jia, Yingyu Li, and Yong Xiao, "Towards Energy Efficient Federated Meta-learning in Edge Network," IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring, Singapore, June 2024.
Dongzi Jin, Yingyu Li, and Yong Xiao, "Federated Generative Learning for Digital Twin Network Modeling," IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring, Singapore, June 2024.
Haohui Cai, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Yujie Zhou, Dusit Niyato, and Sumei Sun, "Towards Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in Federated Edge Intelligence," IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring, Singapore, June 2024.
Chaofan Li, Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Dusit Niyato, Sumei Sun, and Walid Saad, "Optimizing Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Distributed Wireless Sensing," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Denver, CO, USA, June 2024. [URL] [PDF]
Yayu Gao, Aoyu Hu, and Yong Xiao, "Research-Oriented Online Laboratory Design on 5G-V2X Latency Measurements, Modeling and Optimization in the Campus Environment," IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Kos Island, Greece, May 2024.
Xianfu Chen, Celimuge Wu, Zhifeng Zhao, Yong Xiao, Shiwen Mao, Yusheng Ji, "Hierarchical Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Resource-Efficient Slicing in O-RAN," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Jingxuan Chai, Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, and Walid Saad, "Rate-Distortion-Perception Theory for Semantic Communication," IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Huixiang Zhu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Walid Saad, "Physical-Layer Semantic-Aware Network for Zero-Shot Wireless Sensing," IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2023. [URL]
Zhimin Lu, Yong Xiao, Zijian Sun, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, Xianfu Chen, Mehdi Bennis, and H. Vincent Poor, "Adversarial Learning for Implicit Semantic-Aware Communications," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, May 2023. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Xu Zhang, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Tamer Basar, "Rate-distortion Theory for Strategic Semantic Communication," IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Mumbai, India, November 2022. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and H. Vincent Poor, "Reasoning on the Air: An Implicit Semantic Communication Architecture," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Workshop, Seoul, South Korea, May 2022. [URL] [PDF]
Jingming Liang, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Mehdi Bennis " Life-Long Learning for Reasoning-Based Semantic Communication," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Workshop, Seoul, South Korea, May 2022. [URL] [PDF]
Qu Wang, Yong Xiao, Huixiang Zhu, Zijian Sun, Yingyu Li, and Xiaohu Ge, "Towards Energy-efficient Federated Edge Intelligence for IoT Networks," IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) Workshop on Next-Generation Mobile Networking and Computing, Virtual conference, July 2021. [URL] [PDF]
Dongzi Jin, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Dusit Niyato, "Optimizing Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Base Station Association for Mobile Networks," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Virtual conference, June 2021. [URL] [PDF]
Juntong Liu, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, Walid Saad, and H. Vincent Poor, "Spatio-temporal Modeling for Large-scale Vehicular Networks Using Graph Convolutional Networks," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Virtual conference, June 2021. [URL] [PDF]
Chenxin Xu, Rong Xia, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and Kwang-cheng Chen, "Federated Traffic Synthesizing and Classification Using Generative Adversarial Networks," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Virtual conference, June 2021. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Zhang, Yong Xiao, Yuna Jiang and Xiaohu Ge, "A Hierarchical Blockchain Framework for Fog Computing-supported IoT Networks," IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC), Chengdu, China, December 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, and H. Vincent Poor "Optimizing Resource Efficiency for Federated Edge Intelligence in IoT Networks," International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Nanjing, China, October 2020. (Best Paper Award) [URL] [PDF]
Rong Xia, Yong Xiao, Yingyu Li, Marwan Krunz, and Dusit Niyato, "A Generative Learning Approach for Spatio-temporal Modeling in Connected Vehicular Network," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Maohong Chen, Yong Xiao, Qiang Li, and Kwang-cheng Chen, "Minimizing Age-of-Information for Fog Computing-supported Vehicular Networks with Deep Q-learning," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Xiaohan Zhang, Yong Xiao, Qiang Li, and Walid Saad, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Fog Computing-based Vehicular System with Multi-operator Support," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Anqi Huang, Yingyu Li, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, Sumei Sun, and Han-Chieh Chao, "Distributed Resource Allocation for Network Slicing of Bandwidth and Computational Resource," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020.
Ahmed M. Salama, Ming Li, Loukas Lazos, Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, "Privacy-Utility Tradeoff in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing with Non-Cooperative Incumbent Users," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020. [URL] [PDF]
Zhiwu Guo, Ming Li, and Yong Xiao, "Enhancing LAA/WiFi Coexistence via Concurrent Transmissions and Interference Cancellation," IEEE International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Newark, NJ, USA, November 2019. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, Haris Volos, and Takashi Bando, "Driving in the Fog: Latency Measurement, Modeling, and Optimization of LTE-based Fog Computing for Smart Vehicles," IEEE SECON conference, Boston, MA, June 2019. (Acceptance rate: 28%) [URL] [PDF]
Mohammed Hirzallah, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "MatchMaker: An Inter-operator Network Sharing Framework in Unlicensed Bands," IEEE SECON conference, Boston, MA, June 2019. (Acceptance rate: 28%) [URL] [PDF]
Jing Hou, Li Sun, Tao She, Yong Xiao and Marwan Krunz, "Strategic Network Infrastructure Sharing through Backup Reservation in a Competitive Environment," IEEE SECON conference, Boston, MA, June 2019. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
Qiang Li, Yuanmei Zhang, Ashish Pandharipande, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, "Edge Caching in Wireless Infostation Networks: Deployment and Cache Content Placement," IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Integrating Edge Computing, Caching, and Offloading in Next Generation Networks, Paris, France, April 2019
Ahmed Salama, Ming Li, Loukas Lazos, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "On the Privacy and Utility Tradeoff in Database-Assisted Dynamic Spectrum Access," IEEE International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Seoul, South Korea, October 2018.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, “On Modeling and Optimizing LTE/Wi-Fi Coexistence with Prioritized Traffic Classes,” IEEE International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Seoul, South Korea, October 2018.
Qiang Li, Wennian Shi, Yong Xiao, Xiaohu Ge, and Ashish Pandharipande, "Content Size-Aware Edge Caching: A Size-Weighted Popularity-Based Approach," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 2018.
James Oyedokun, Shengrong Bu, Yong Xiao, and Zhu Han, "Smart Meter Data Characterization and Clustering for Peak Demand Targeting in Smart Grids," IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Coneference Europe (ISGT Europe), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2018.
Islam Samy, Loukas Lazos, Yong Xiao, Ming Li, and Marwan Krunz “LTE Misbehavior Detection in Wi-Fi/LTE Coexistence Under the LAA-LTE Standard,” ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and MobileNetworks (WiSec 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, June 2018. (Full Paper Acceptance rate: 25.6%)
Yong Xiao, Mohammed Hirzallah, and Marwan Krunz, “Optimizing Inter-operator Network Slicing over Licensed and Unlicensed Bands,” IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), Hong Kong, June 2018. (Acceptance rate: 23 %) [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Marwan Krunz, “QoE and Power Efficiency Tradeoff for Fog Computing Networks with Fog Node Cooperation,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Atlanta, GA, May 2017. (Acceptance rate: 20 %) [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Fahira Sangare, Duy H. N. Nguyen, Yong Xiao and Zhu Han, “Opportunistic Sensing for Joint Energy Harvesting and Channel Access,” IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Washington, D.C., December 7-9, 2016. [URL] [PDF]
Huaqing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Shengrong Bu, Richard Yu, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han, "Fog Computing in Multi-Tier Data Center Networks: A Hierarchical Game Approach," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 23-27, 2016. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zixiang Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Full-Duplex Machine-to-Machine Communication for Wireless-Powered Internet-of-Things,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 23-27, 2016. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zixiang Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han, "Distortion Minimization via Adaptive Digital and Analog Transmission for Energy Harvesting-based Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Orlando, FL, December 2015. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Huaqing Zhang, Yong Xiao, Lin X. Cai, Dusit Niyato, Lingyang Song and Zhu Han, "A Hierarchical Game Approach for Multi-Operator Spectrum Sharing in LTE Unlicensed," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, December 2015. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han and Luiz A. DaSilva, "Joint Optimization for Power Scheduling and Transfer in Energy Harvesting Communication Systems," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, December 2015. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zhu Han, Dusit Niyato, and Chau Yuen, "Bayesian Reinforcement Learning for Energy Harvesting Communication Systems with Uncertainty," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 8-12, 2015. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Zhu Han, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Opportunistic Relay Selection for Cooperative Energy Harvesting Communication Networks,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Austin, TX, December 8-12, 2014. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Chau Yuen, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Spectrum Sharing for Device-to-Device Communications in Cellular Networks: A Game Theoretic Approach,” IEEE International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Mclean, VA, USA, April 1-4, 2014. (Acceptance rate: 27.7 %) [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Chau Yuen, Paolo Di Francesco, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Dynamic Spectrum Scheduling for Carrier Aggregation: A Game Theoretic Approach,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 9-13, 2013. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Jianwei Huang, Chau Yuen, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “Fairness and Efficiency Tradeoffs for User Cooperation in Distributed Wireless Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Turin, Italy, April 14-19, 2013. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Tim Forde, Irene Macaluso, Luiz A. DaSilva, and Linda Doyle, "Spatial Spectrum Sharing-based Carrier Aggregation for Heterogeneous Networks", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Anaheim, CA, December 3-7, 2012. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Luiz A. DaSilva, "Dynamic Pricing Coalitional Game for Cognitive Radio Networks", IFIP Networking 2012 Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 May 2012. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7291, pp. 19-26. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Guoan Bi, "Spectrum Sharing with Multi-hop Relaying", APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, Singapore, 15-17 Dec., 2010. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi, and Dusit Niyato, "Distributed optimization for cognitive radio networks using Stackelberg game", IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Singapore, 17-19 Nov., 2010. [URL] [PDF] Presentation Slides [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Guoan Bi, "An Improved Amplify-and-Forward Strategy for User Cooperation Channels", ISCIT 2009, Korea, 10-13 Oct., 2009. [URL] [PDF]
Yong Xiao and Guoan Bi, "On the Capacity of Frequency Division Gaussian MIMO Relay Channels", ICICS 2007, Singapore, 10-13 Dec., 2007.
Book Chapter:
Yiwei Liao, Zijian Sun, Yong Xiao, and Guangming Shi, "Imitation Learning-based Implicit Semantic-aware Communication Networks," invited chapter in Book "Foundation of Semantic Communication Networks" (Editors: Walid Saad, Christina Chaccour, Christo Thomas, Merouane Debbah), Wiley, 2024.
Pu Yuan, Yong Xiao, Guoan Bi and Shan Luo, "Spectrum Sharing Games," invited chapter in Spectrum Sharing in Wireless Networks: Fairness, Efficiency, and Security, (Book Editors: Fei Hu, Sunil Kumar and John D. Matyjas), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Aug 2016. [URL]
Other Publications:
Danny Finn, Luiz A. DaSilva and Yong Xiao, "Playing Games in Cognitive Radio Networks," invited, IEEE COMSOC MMTC E-Letter, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 22-25, July 2012.
Available at URL: http://committees.comsoc.org/mmc/e-news/E-Letter-July12.pdf
Luiz A. DaSilva, Linda E. Doyle, Jacek Kibilda, Timothy K. Forde, and Yong Xiao, "An Inter-operator Spectrum Market", European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) IC0902 Newsletter, issue 7, pp. 3--4, November 2012.
Available at URL: http://newyork.ing.uniroma1.it/IC0902/