Publications

Selected Journals (Submitted/in preparation):

Selected Journals (Published/accepted):

1. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, Marco Di Renzo, Yong Liang Guang, Dusit Niyato, Lijun Qian, and Merouane Debbah, "Federated Spectrum Learning for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Aided Wireless Edge Networks",  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear.

2. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, Chau Yuen, Zhu Han, H. Vincent Poor, and Lajos Hanzo, "Massive Access of Static and Mobile Users via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Protocol Design and Performance Analysis", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, accepted.

3. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Chongwen Huang, Yong Liang Guan, Chau Yuen, Marco Di Renzo, Dusit Niyato, Merouane Debbah, and Lajos Hanzo, "Spectrum Learning-enabled Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Future Green 6G Networks", IEEE Network Magazine, to appear, 2021. 

4. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Chau Yuen, and Zhu Han. "HAP-Assisted Reserved Communication in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, early access, 2021.

5. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, Yan Zhang, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han, "Converged Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface and Mobile Edge Computing for Space Information Networks", IEEE Network Magazine, to appear, 2021.  (Selected as most 50 popular paper in Sep. 2021)

6. Bo Yang, Omobayode Fagbohungbe, Xuelin Cao, Chau Yuen, Lijun Qian, Dusit Niyato, and Yan Zhang. "Joint Energy and Latency Optimization for Transfer Learning in 5G Industrial Edge Networks", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, early access, 2021. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in Oct. 2021)

7. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, Marco Di Renzo, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han. "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-assisted Aerial-Terrestrial Communications via Multi-task Learning", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, early access, 2021. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in Sep., Oct. 2021)

8. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Hongliang Zhang, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, and Zhu Han. "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted MAC for Wireless Networks: Protocol Design, Analysis, and Optimization", IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal, early access, 2021.

9. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Joshua Bassey, Xiangfang Li, and Lijun Qian. "Computation Offloading in Multi-Access Edge Computing Networks: A Multi-Task Learning", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 20, no. 9, Aug. 2021.  (Selected as most 50 popular paper in Aug., Sep., Oct., Nov., Dec., 2021)

10. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, Marco Di Renzo, Zhu Han, Dusit Niyato, H. Vincent Poor, and Lajos Hanzo, "AI-Assisted MAC for Reconfigurable Intelligent SurfaceAided Wireless Networks: Challenges and Opportunities", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 21-27, June 2021. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in July and Aug. 2021)

11. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, Lijun Qian, and Marco Di Renzo. "Intelligent Spectrum Learning for Wireless Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 3920-3925, April 2021. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in May 2021)

12. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Kai Xiong, Chau Yuen, Yongliang Guan, Supeng Leng, Lijun Qian, and Zhu Han. "Edge Intelligence for Autonomous Driving in 6G Wireless System: Design Challenges and Solutions", IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 40-47, April 2021.  (Selected as most 50 popular paper in May, June, July, and Aug. 2021)

13. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Chau Yuen, and Lijun Qian. "Offloading Optimization in Edge Computing for Deep Learning Enabled Target Tracking by Internet-of-UAVs", IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 9878-9893, June 2021.

14. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Oluwaseyi Omotere, Xiangfang Li, Zhu Han, and Lijun Qian. "Improving Medium Access Efficiency with Intelligent Spectrum Learning," IEEE Access, 8: 94484-94498, 2020.

15. Xuelin Cao, Zuxun Song, Bo Yang*, Lijun Qian, and Zhu Han. "Modeling and Analysis of LTE-U/Wi-Fi Coexistence Networks with Full-duplex MAC", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 5531-5546, Aug. 2020.

16. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Xiangfang Li, Chau Yuen, and Lijun Qian. "Lessons Learned from Accident of Autonomous Vehicle Testing: An Edge Learning-aided Offloading Framework", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 9(8): 1182 - 1186, 2020.

17. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Xiangfang Li, Qinqing (Christine) Zhang, and Lijun Qian. "Mobile Edge Computing based Hierarchical Machine Learning Tasks Distribution for Industrial Internet-of-Things", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(3), 2020.

18. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Zhu Han, and Lijun Qian. "A Machine Learning Enabled MAC Framework for Heterogeneous Internet-of-Things Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 18(7), 2019. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in July and Aug. 2019).

19. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, Der-Jiunn Deng, and Mao Yang. "Performance Analysis of Multi-channel MAC with Single Transceiver for the Next Generation WLAN," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2019. 

20. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, Mao Yang. "A Channel Reservation based Cooperative Multichannel MAC Protocol for Next Generation WLAN",  Wireless Networks, 24(2): 627-646, 2018. 

21. Xuelin Cao, Zuxun Song, Bo Yang, Mohamed ElMossallamy, Lijun Qian, and Zhu Han. "A Distributed Ambient Backscatter MAC Protocol for Internet-of-Things Networks", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(2), 2020 .

22. Cao Xuelin, Zuxun Song, and Bo Yang. "Multi-slot reservation-based multi-channel MAC protocol for dense wireless ad-hoc networks", IET Communications, 12(10): 1263-1271, 2018.

23. Cao Xuelin, Bo Yang, and Zuxun Song. "Performance analysis of hybrid MAC scheme with multi-slot reservation", Electronics Letters, 54(4): 250-252, 2018.

24. Cao, Xuelin, Zuxun Song, Bo Yang, and Yi Chen. "A Hybrid MAC Protocol with Multi-slot Reservation for Dense Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks", Wireless Personal Communications, 97(3): 4747-4772, 2017.

25. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, Mao Yang, and Xiaoya Zuo. "A reliable channel reservation based multi-channel MAC protocol with a single transceiver", EAI Endorsed Transactions on Wireless Spectrum, 1 (4): e4, 2015.

26. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Mao Yang, Zhongjiang Yan, and Xiaoya Zuo. "Mi-MMAC: MIMO-based multichannel MAC protocol for WLAN", EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cognitive Communications, 15(4): e1, 2015.

Selected Conferences:

1. Xuelin Cao, Bo Yang, Hongliang Zhang, Lijun Qian, Chau Yuen, and Zhu Han. "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Internet-of-Things: MAC Design and Optimization,"  IEEE WCNC Workshop 2021, Nanjing, China.

2. Xuelin Cao, Zuxun Song, Bo Yang, Xunsheng Du, Lijun Qian and Zhu Han. "Deep Reinforcement Learning MAC for Backscatter Communication Relying on Wi-Fi Architecture," IEEE Globecom 2019, Waikoloa, HI, USA.

3. Bo Yang, Hsiang-Huang Wu, Xuelin Cao, Xiangfang Li, Timothy Kroecker, Zhu Han, and Lijun Qian. "Intelli-Eye: An UAV Tracking System with Optimized Machine Learning Tasks Offloading," IEEE INFOCOM Workshop 2019, Paris, France.

4. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Xiangfang Li, Timothy Kroecker, Lijun Qian. "Joint Communication and Computing Optimization for Hierarchical Machine Learning Task Distribution," IEEE ISCC 2019, Spain.

5. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Joshua Bassey, Xiangfang Li, Timothy Kroecker, Lijun Qian. "Computation Offloading in Multi-Access Edge Computing Networks: A Multi-Task Learning Approach,"  IEEE ICC 2019, Shanghai, China. (Selected as most 50 popular paper in July 2019).

6. Xuelin Cao,  Zuxun Song, Bo Yang, Mohamed ElMossallamy, Lijun Qian, and Zhu Han. "A Distributed MAC Using Wi-Fi to Assist Sporadic Backscatter Communications," IEEE INFOCOM Workshop 2019, Paris, France.

7. Bo Yang, Xuelin Cao, Lijun Qian. "A Scalable MAC Framework for Internet of Things Assisted by Machine Learning," in Proc. of IEEE VTC-2018 Fall, Chicago, IL, USA.

8. Xuelin Cao, Zuxun Song, Bo Yang, and Zhu Han. "Full-duplex MAC Protocol for Wi-Fi/LTE-U Coexistence Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE ICC Workshop, Kansas, MO, May 2018.

9. Xuewei Cai, Bo Li, Mao Yang , Zhongjiang Yan, Bo Yang, Yi Jin, and Xiaobo Li. "Fractional Backoff Algorithm for the Next Generation WLAN," in Proc. of WiCON 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.

10. Zhongyu Ma, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, Mao Yang, Xiaoya Zuo, Bo Yang. "A Flow Network Based Backhaul Path Planning Algorithm for mmWave Small Cell Networks", in Proc. of EAI IoTaaS, Taichung, Taiwan, 2017.

11. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, and Mao Yang. "A distributed Multi-channel MAC Protocol with Parallel Cooperation for the Next Generation WLAN," in Proc. of IEEE WCNC workshop, Doha, Qatar, 2016.

12. Wensheng Lin, Bo Li, Mao Yang, Qiao Qu, Zhongjiang Yan, Xiaoya Zuo, and Bo Yang. "Integrated Link-System Level Simulation Platform for the Next Generation WLAN - IEEE 802.11ax," in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington DC, USA, 2016.

13. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, and Mao Yang. "A Channel Reservation based Multi-channel MAC Protocol with Serial Cooperation for the Next Generation WLAN," in Proc. of IEEE ICSPCC, Hongkong, China, 2016.

14. Xuelin Cao, Zuxun Song, and Bo Yang. "TR-MAC: A multi-step slot reservation-based hybrid MAC protocol for ad hoc networks," in Proc. of IEEE ICSPCC, Ningbo, China, 2015: 1-5.

15. Bo Yang, Bo Li, Qiao Qu, and Zhongjiang Yan. "A New multi-channel MAC protocol based on multistep channel reservation," in Proc. of IEEE ICSPCC, Guilin, China, 2014: 603-607.

US/EP Patents:

1. Bo Li, Bo Yang, Yingpei Lin. "Method, apparatus and system for data interaction between aps in wifi system." EP3133773B1 (granted).

2. Bo Li, Bo Yang, Yunbo Li. "Data transmission method and communication device." US20160373214A1 (granted).

3. Tianyu Wu, Yunbo Li, Bo Li, Bo Yang. "Method and apparatus for establishing transmission mode." US9980289B2 (granted).

4. Bo Li, Bo Yang, Yingpei Lin. "Method and apparatus of data transmission." in prepare for the US Patent Application No. PCT/CN2014/076539.

China Patents:

1. Bo Li, Mao Yang, Bo Yang, Zhongjiang Yan. "A Channel Access Method based on Decimal Backoff." WO2018082133A1.

2. Bo Li, Bo Yang, Mao Yang, Zhongjiang Yan, Xiaoya Zuo. "A multi-channel medium access method based on MIMO transmission." ZL 2015 1 0151506.7 (granted).

3. Zhongjiang Yan, Bo Yang, Bo Li, Mao Yang. "A multi-channel access method based on reliable channel reservation." ZL 2015 1 0240066.2 (granted).

4. Bo Li, Bo Yang, Zhongjiang Yan, Mao Yang. "A multi-channel access method based on parallel cooperation." ZL 2016 1 0004552.9 (granted).

5. Jiang Yu, Bo Li, Qiao Qu, Bo Yang. "Transmission rate allocation method, terminal device, server and system." ZL 2012 1 0591883.9 (granted).

6. Zhongyu Ma, Bo Li, Zhongjiang Yan, Mao Yang, Xiaoya Zuo, Bo Yang. "A backhaul path planning algorithm based on flow network in the millimeter wave network." ZL 2016 1 1180436.9 (granted).

Proposal

1. Bo Li, Mao Yang, Zhongjiang Yan, Xiaoya Zuo, and Bo Yang,  “Fractional-backoff procedure and dynamic cca,” IEEE, doc. IEEE 802.11-16/0589r0, May 2016.