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2026

Conference Papers

[AAAI] Ziyi Song, Chen Xia, Chenbing Wang, Haibao Yu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "UniMM-V2X: MoE-Enhanced Multi-Level Fusion for End-to-End Cooperative Autonomous Driving" , in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE INFOCOM] Jialin Dong, Yaodan Xu, Tan Chen, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Task Profiling and Draft Model Selection for Accelerating Distributed Speculative Decoding" , in IEEE INFOCOM 2026 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2026 DOI

[IEEE VTC] Chen Xia, Ziyi Song, Qianxin Qu, Guipeng Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "SparseCoM: Fully Sparse Collaborative Perception via Mixture of BEV Experts" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2026 Conference acceptance list

[IEEE ICC] Yikun Wang, Yang Li, Zeyi Ren, Jingreng Lei, Yik-Chung Wu, Rui Zhang, "Learning to Jointly Optimize Antenna Positioning and Beamforming for Movable Antenna-Aided Systems" , in ICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE VTC] V. Vardanyan, Z. Niu, S. Zhou, "DRIVE: Dynamic Residual Information Exchange for Communication-Efficient Collaborative Perception in Autonomous Driving" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2026-Spring), 2026 Video

[Lecture Notes in Computer Science] Ziyi Song, Chen Xia, Hang Yu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "DH-VLM: Dual-Horizon Cooperative Latent Reasoning for Autonomous Driving" , in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2026 PDF DOI

[2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)] Chen Xia, Qianxin Qu, Ziyi Song, Guipeng Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "CoSTr: Fully Sparse Transformer with Mutual Information for Pragmatic Collaborative Perception" , in 2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2026 PDF DOI

Journal Articles

[IEEE TMC] Zhaojun Nan, Yunchu Han, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Robust DNN Partitioning and Resource Allocation Under Uncertain Inference Time" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE TMC] Jintao Yan, Tan Chen, Yuxuan Sun, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Mobility-Aware Asynchronous Federated Learning With Dynamic Sparsification" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE TMC] Tan Chen, Jintao Yan, Yuxuan Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "FedCGD: Collective Gradient Divergence Optimized Scheduling for Wireless Federated Learning" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE T-ITS] Minh D. Thao Chan, Ruoyu Zhao, Yukuan Jia, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-Efficient Collaborative Perception: A Block-Skipping DNN Approach With Dynamic Frequency Scaling and Environment Awareness" , in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2026 DOI

[IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters] Wei Zuo, Zeyi Ren, Chengyang Li, Yikun Wang, Mingle Zhao, Shuai Wang, Wei Sui, Fei Gao, Yik-Chung Wu, Chengzhong Xu, "DPNet: Doppler LiDAR Motion Planning for Highly-Dynamic Environments" , in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026 PDF DOI

[IEEE TVT] Yukuan Jia, Yuxuan Sun, Ruiqing Mao, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "C-MASS: Combinatorial Mobility-Aware Sensor Scheduling for Collaborative Perception With Second-Order Topology Approximation" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2026 PDF DOI

2025

Conference Papers

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Yunchu Han, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Memory Frequency and Computing Frequency Scaling for Energy-efficient DNN Inference" , in GLOBECOM 2025 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2025 DOI

[IEEE ICC] Yunchu Han, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "DVFS-Aware DNN Inference on GPUs: Latency Modeling and Performance Analysis" , in ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025 DOI

[2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)] Yinsong Richard Wang, Siwei Chen, Ziyi Song, Sheng Zhou, "WHALES: A Multi-Agent Scheduling Dataset for Enhanced Cooperation in Autonomous Driving" , in 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE INFOCOM] Jintao Yan, Tan Chen, Yuxuan Sun, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "On the Impact of Mobility in Asynchronous Federated Learning over Device-to-Device Networks" , in IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2025 DOI

[International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)] Chen Zhang, Weixin Bu, Zeyi Ren, Zhengwu Liu, Yik-Chung Wu, Ngai Wong, "Nonparametric Teaching for Graph Property Learners" , in International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025 PDF

[IEEE ICC] Yaodan Xu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Optimization of Offloading, Batching and DVFS for Multiuser Co-Inference" , in ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025 DOI

[2025 IEEE 31th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS)] Yuxuan Bai, Yuxuan Sun, Tan Chen, Wei Chen, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "FedTeddi: Temporal Drift and Divergence Aware Scheduling for Timely Federated Edge Learning" , in 2025 IEEE 31th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Jingreng Lei, Yang Li, Zeyi Ren, Qingfeng Lin, Ziyue Wang, Ya-Feng Liu, Yik-Chung Wu, "Distributed Activity Detection for Cell-Free Hybrid Near-Far Field Communications" , in GLOBECOM 2025 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE ICC] Bowen Xie, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Hao Wu, Cong Shi, "AEPHORA: AI/ML-Based Energy-Efficient Proactive Handover and Resource Allocation" , in ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025 DOI

Journal Articles

[IEEE WCL] Zeyi Ren, Qingfeng Lin, Jingreng Lei, Yang Li, Yik-Chung Wu, "Mixture of Experts-Augmented Deep Unfolding for Activity Detection in IRS-Aided Systems" , in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2025 PDF DOI

[China Comm.] Zhou Sheng, Xie Bowen, Shen Daohong, Feng Wei, Jiang Zhiyuan, Niu Zhisheng, "Agile coverage for low-altitude aerial intelligent networks: A blended hyper-cellular solution" , in China Communications, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TMC] Zhaojun Nan, Yunchu Han, Jintao Yan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Robust Task Offloading and Resource Allocation Under Imperfect Computing Capacity Information in Edge Intelligence Systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TWC] Jintao Yan, Tan Chen, Yuxuan Sun, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Dynamic Scheduling for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Enhanced Federated Learning" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhiyuan Jiang, Yi Shi, Limin Jiang, Haiqin Hu, Qingyu Deng, Siyi Xu, Yintao Liu, Feng Yuan, Shan Cao, Sheng Zhou, "Venus: A RISC-V Domain Specific Architecture Towards Integrated AI and Wireless Baseband Processing for 6G Edge Intelligence" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TVLSI] Limin Jiang, Yi Shi, Yihao Shen, Shan Cao, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, "Unlimited Vector Processing for Wireless Baseband Based on RISC-V Extension" , in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 2025 DOI

[IEEE JSAC] J. Yan, Y. Sun, S. Zhou, Z. Niu, D. Gündüz, "SNAKE: Sequential Continual Learning for Knowledge Extension over Communication-Constrained Networks" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2025

[IEEE TPDS] Yaodan Xu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "SMDP-Based Dynamic Batching for Improving Responsiveness and Energy Efficiency of Batch Services" , in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE IoT-J] Wei Zhang, Yuhang Gu, Beining Zhao, Qingyu Deng, Xinyu Chen, Yi Shi, Limin Jiang, Shan Cao, Zhiyuan Jiang, Ruiqing Mao, Sheng Zhou, "Near-Sensor LiDAR and Visual Feature Extraction and Communication for Low-Latency Roadside Cooperative Perception" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TVT] Tan Chen, Jintao Yan, Yuxuan Sun, Sheng Zhou, Deniz Gündüz, Zhisheng Niu, "Mobility Accelerates Learning: Convergence Analysis on Hierarchical Federated Learning in Vehicular Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2025 PDF DOI

[IEEE TCCN] Ning Huang, Chenglong Dou, Yuan Wu, Liping Qian, Sheng Zhou, Rongxing Lu, "Image Analysis Oriented Integrated Sensing and Communication via Intelligent Reflecting Surface" , in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TIT] Lehan Wang, Jingzhou Sun, Yuxuan Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Miao Jiang, Lu Geng, "Grouping-Based Cyclic Scheduling Under Age of Correlated Information Constraints" , in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2025 DOI

[IEEE TCCN] Peichun Li, Huanyu Dong, Liping Qian, Sheng Zhou, Yuan Wu, "FlexGen: Efficient On-Demand Generative AI Service With Flexible Diffusion Model in Mobile Edge Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025 DOI

2024

Conference Papers

[IEEE WCNC] Minh David Thao Chan, Zhaojun Nan, Yukuan Jia, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "RSU-Aided Energy-Efficient Collaborative Perception for Connected Autonomous Vehicles" , in 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024 DOI

[IEEE WCNC] Tianhao Liang, Zhaoyi Yu, Tingting Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Wentao Liu, Dong Li, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Frame Structure and Beamwidth Optimization for Integrated Localization and Communication" , in 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024 DOI

[2024 IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring)] Yukuan Jia, Jiawen Zhang, Shimeng Lu, Baokang Fan, Ruiqing Mao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Infrastructure-Assisted Collaborative Perception in Automated Valet Parking: A Safety Perspective" , in 2024 IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring), 2024 PDF DOI

[IEEE WCNC] Jintao Yan, Yunchu Han, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, "CPU-Utilization-Aware Scheduling for In-Vehicle Distributed Computing" , in 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024 DOI

Journal Articles

[IEEE TVT] Bowen Xie, Sheng Chen, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Boris Galkin, Ivana Dusparic, "Learning-Assisted User Scheduling and Beamforming for mmWave Vehicular Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024 DOI

[中国科学: 信息科学] 牛志升, "面向6G网络的高可靠低延时通信计算与控制" , in 中国科学: 信息科学, 2024 DOI

[中国科学: 信息科学] 周盛, 孙宇璇, 姜之源, 龚杰, 常征, 牛志升, "能量信息深度融合的移动网络架构及其技术挑战" , in 中国科学: 信息科学, 2024 DOI

[IEEE Network] Sheng Zhou, Yukuan Jia, Ruiqing Mao, Zhaojun Nan, Yuxuan Sun, Zhisheng Niu, "Task-Oriented Wireless Communications for Collaborative Perception in Intelligent Unmanned Systems" , in IEEE Network, 2024 PDF DOI

[JCIN] Yining Xu, Sheng Zhou, "Resource Allocation for Channel Estimation in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Multi-Cell Networks" , in Journal of Communications and Information Networks, 2024 PDF DOI

[IEEE TMC] Xiufeng Huang, Sheng Zhou, "QMNet: Importance-Aware Message Exchange for Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024 PDF DOI

[IEEE TNSM] Binbin Lu, Yuan Wu, Liping Qian, Sheng Zhou, Haixia Zhang, Rongxing Lu, "Multi-Agent DRL-Based Two-Timescale Resource Allocation for Network Slicing in V2X Communications" , in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2024 DOI

[Entropy] Qicheng Zeng, Zhaojun Nan, Sheng Zhou, "Adaptive Privacy-Preserving Coded Computing with Hierarchical Task Partitioning" , in Entropy, 2024 PDF DOI

2023

Conference Papers

[ITC] T. Chen, J. Yan, Y. Sun, S. Zhou, D. Gunduz, Z. Niu, "Data-Heterogeneous Hierarchical Federated Learning with Mobility" , in 35th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-35), 2023

[IEEE SPAWC] J. Yan, Z. Nan, S. Zhou, "V2V-Assisted Timely Hierarchical Federated Learning" , in IEEE Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2023

[IEEE VTC] Yaodan Xu, S. Zhou, Q. Cao, B. Zheng, Z. Xiong, Y. Ni, "Time-Triggered Reservation for Cooperative Random Access in Wireless LANs" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2023

[IEEE ICC] Yaodan Xu, J. Sun, S. Zhou, Z. Niu, "SMDP-Based Dynamic Batching for Efficient Inference on GPU-Based Platforms" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023 PDF

[IEEE VTC] H. Wu, Y. Jia, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Random Access Protocol Design and Analysis for Neural Interfaces Under Non-Saturated Regime" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2023

[IEEE Healthcom] H. Wu, Y. Jia, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "NI-MAC: MAC Protocol Design for Neural Interfaces" , in IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, 2023

[IEEE VTC] R. Mao, J. Guo, Y. Jia, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "MoRFF: Multi-View Object Detection for Connected Autonomous Driving under Communication and Localization Limitations" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2023

[IEEE ICC] B. Xie, Y. Sun, S. Zhou, Z. Niu, J. Chen, D. Gunduz, "MOB-FL: Mobility-Aware Federated Learning for Intelligent Connected Vehicles" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023 PDF

Journal Articles

[ZTE Commun.] J. Yan, T. Chen, B. Xie, Y. Sun, S. Zhou, Z. Niu, "Hierarchical Federated Learning: Architecture, Challenges, and its Implementation in Vehicular Networks" , in ZTE Communications, 2023

[模式识别与人工智能] 毛瑞清, 贾宇宽, 孙宇璇, 周盛, 牛志升, "定位与通信受限的网联协同感知算法" , in 模式识别与人工智能, 2023

[IEEE TMC] F. Peng, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, S. Zhang, "Sensing and Communication Co-Design for Status Update in Multiaccess Wireless Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2023

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Xiaoyang Li, Yi Gong, Kaibin Huang, Zhisheng Niu, "Over-the-Air Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computation in IoT Networks" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2023 DOI

[IEEE JSAC] J. Sun, L. Wang, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimizing Task-Specific Timeliness With Edge-Assisted Scheduling for Status Update" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2023 PDF

[IEEE TWC] W. Shi, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, M. Jiang, L. Geng, "Multiuser Co-inference with Batch Processing Capable Edge Server" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023 PDF

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Y. Sun, B. Xie, S. Zhou, Z. Niu, "MEET: Mobility-Enhanced Edge inTelligence for Smart and Green 6G Networks" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2023 PDF

[IEEE TVT] Y. Jia, R. Mao, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "MASS: Mobility-Aware Sensor Scheduling of Cooperative Perception for Connected Automated Driving" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023 PDF

[IEEE TWC] Sheng Zhou, Y. Jia, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Vehicular Edge Computing with Result Feedback Delay" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023

[IEEE Commun. Lett.] Q. Zeng, Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, "Delay Optimization of Coded Computing With Hierarchical Task Partitioning" , in IEEE Communications Letters, 2023

[IEEE TMC] T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Y. Sun, Zhisheng Niu, "A Predictive Frame Transmission Scheme for Cloud Gaming in Mobile Edge Cloudlet Systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2023

2022

Conference Papers

[IEEE ICC] Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, D. Gündüz, "Time-Correlated Sparsification for Efficient Over-the-Air Model Aggregation in Wireless Federated Learning" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022 PDF

[IEEE ICC] Y. Jia, R. Mao, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Online V2X Scheduling for Raw-Level Cooperative Perception" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022 PDF

[IEEE GLOBECOM] X. Huangand S. Zhou, "Importance-Aware Message Exchange and Prediction for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2022

[ACCV] R. Mao, J. Guo, Y. Jia, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "DOLPHINS: Dataset for collaborative perception enabled harmonious and interconnected self-driving" , in Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 2022 PDF

Journal Articles

[通信学报] 牛志升, 周盛, 孙宇璇, "面向’双碳’战略的绿色通信与网络：挑战与对策" , in 通信学报, 2022

[Comput. Commun.] J. Hribar, Da Silva, Sheng Zhou, Zhiyuan Jiang, I. Dusparic, "Timely and Sustainable: Utilising Correlation in Status Updates of Battery-Powered and Energy-Harvesting Sensors Using Deep Reinforcement Learning" , in Computer Communications, 2022

[JCIN] X. Huangand S. Zhou, "Importance-Aware Data Pre-Processing and Device Scheduling for Multi-Channel Edge Learning" , in Journal of Communications and Information Networks, 2022

[IEEE JSAC] Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Z. Niuand D. Gündüz, "Dynamic Scheduling for Over-the-Air Federated Edge Learning With Energy Constraints" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2022

[China Comm.] Y. Xuand S. Zhou, "Coverage Analyses on Directional Transmissions Ultra-Dense Networks with Imperfect Beam Alignment" , in China Communications, 2022

[IEEE TSP] Y. Sun, Fan Zhang, Junlin Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Z. Niuand D. Gündüz, "Coded Computation Across Shared Heterogeneous Workers with Communication Delay" , in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2022 PDF

[IEEE TSP] Y. Sun, F. Zhang, J. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, D. Gündüz, "Coded Computation across Shared Heterogeneous Workers with Communication Delay" , in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2022 PDF

2021

Conference Papers

[IEEE/CIC ICCC] Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "The Impact of Interference Reflection on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Directional Transmissions" , in IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, 2021

[IEEE/CIC ICCC] Zeng, Sheng Zhou, "On the Capacity of Privacy-Preserving and Straggler-Robust Distributed Coded Computing" , in IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, 2021

[IEEE SPAWC] W. Shi, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Device Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Federated Learning under Delay and Energy Constraints" , in IEEE Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2021

Journal Articles

[电信科学] 孙径舟, 王乐涵, 孙宇璇, 周盛, 牛志升, "面向6G网络的信息时效性度量及研究进展" , in 电信科学, 2021

[IEEE TCCN] Zhiyuan Jiang, Y. Liu, J. Hribar, L. A. Da Silva, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "SMART: Situationally-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Transmissions" , in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2021

[IEEE TWC] W. Shi, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Device Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Latency Constrained Wireless Federated Learning" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

[IEEE TWC] H. Zhang, Zhiyuan Jiang, Siyi Xu, Sheng Zhou, "Error Analysis for Status Update from Sensors with Temporally and Spatially Correlated Observations" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

[IEEE TWC] Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Distributed Task Replication for Vehicular Edge Computing: Performance Analysis and Learning-based Algorithm" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

[IEEE Commun. Lett.] F. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Y. Sun, "Coded Computation over Heterogeneous Workers with Random Task Arrivals" , in IEEE Communications Letters, 2021

[IEEE TWC] S. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Luo, X. Maand S. Zhou, "AoI-Delay Tradeoff in Mobile Edge Caching With Freshness-Aware Content Refreshing" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

[IEEE JSAC] Jingzhou Sun, Lehan Wang, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Age-Optimal Scheduling for Heterogeneous Traffic with Timely-Throughput Constraint" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2021

[IEEE JSAC] J. Sun, L. Wang, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Age-Optimal Scheduling for Heterogeneous Traffic with Timely-Throughput Constraint" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2021

[Entropy] L. Wang, J. Sun, Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "A UoI-Optimal Policy for Timely Status Updates with Resource Constraint" , in Entropy, 2021

2020

Conference Papers

[ITC] L. Wang, J. Sun, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Timely Status Update Based on Urgency of Information with Statistical Context" , in International Teletraffic Congress, 2020

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] X. Huangand S. Zhou, "Latency Guaranteed Edge Inference via Dynamic Compression Ratio Selection" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2020

[IEEE ICC] Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, D. Gunduz, "Energy-Aware Analog Aggregation for Federated Learning with Redundant Data" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2020 PDF

[IEEE ICC] W. Shi, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Device Scheduling with Fast Convergence for Wireless Federated Learning" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2020 PDF

[IEEE/CIC ICCC] R. Jiang, Sheng Zhou, "Cluster-Based Cooperative Digital Over-the-Air Aggregation for Wireless Federated Edge Learning" , in IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, 2020

[IEEE 6G Summit] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Beyond Age: Urgency of Information for Timeliness Guarantee in Status Update Systems" , in IEEE 6G Summit, 2020 PDF

[IEEE INFOCOM] J. Sun, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Age-Optimal Scheduling for Heterogeneous Traffic with Timely-Throughput Constraint" , in IEEE INFOCOM, 2020

[IEEE ICC] X. Huangand S. Zhou, "Adaptive Transmission for Edge Learning via Training Loss Estimation" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2020

[IEEE VTC] R. Jiang, Sheng Zhou, K. Huang, "Achieving Cooperative Diversity in Over-the-Air Computation via Relay Selection" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2020

[IEEE 6G Summit] S. Chen, K. Vu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, M. Bennis, M. Latva-Aho, "A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework to Combat Dynamic Blockage in mmWave V2X Networks" , in IEEE 6G Summit, 2020

Journal Articles

[IEEE TWC] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Urgency of Information for Context-Aware Timely Status Updates in Remote Control Systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2020 PDF

[Intelligent and Converged Networks] Zhisheng Niu, Xuemin S. Shen, Qinyu Zhang, Yuliang Tang, "Space-air-ground integrated vehicular network for connected and automated vehicles: Challenges and solutions" , in Intelligent and Converged Networks, 2020 DOI

[IEEE JSAC] G. Wang, Sheng Zhou, S. Zhang, Zhisheng Niu, S. Shen, "SFC-Based Service Provisioning for Reconfigurable Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2020

[IEEE IoT-J] Zhiyuan Jiang, Z. Cao, B. Krishnamachari, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "SENATE: A Permissionless Byzantine consensus protocol in wireless networks for real-time internet-of-things applications" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Sheng Zhou, "On the Coverage and Capacity of Ultra-Dense Networks with Directional Transmissions" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2020 PDF

[IEEE TWC] P. Wang, L. Liu, Sheng Zhou, G. Peng, S. Yin, S. Wei, "Near-Optimal MIMO-SCMA Uplink Detection with Low-Complexity Expectation Propagation" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2020

[IEEE TWC] L. Wang, Sheng Zhou, "Flexible Functional Split and Power Control for Energy Harvesting Cloud Radio Access Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2020 PDF

[China Comm.] T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, L. Song, Zhiyuan Jiang, X. Guo, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-optimal computation offloading with delay constraints in mobile edge computing systems with heterogeneous clouds" , in China Communications, 2020

[China Comm.] Tianchu Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Linqi Song, Zhiyuan Jiang, Xueying Guo, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-optimal and delay-bounded computation offloading in mobile edge computing with heterogeneous clouds" , in China Communications, 2020 DOI

[IEEE TSP] L. Liu, G. Peng, P. Wang, Sheng Zhou, Q. Wei, S. Yin, S. Wei, "Energy- and Area-Efficient Recursive-Conjugate-Gradient-Based MMSE Detector for Massive MIMO Systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2020

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Y. Sun, W. Shi, X. Huang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Edge Learning with Timeliness Constraints: Challenges and Solutions" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2020 PDF

[IEEE IoT-J] X. Huang, Sheng Zhou, "Dynamic Compression Ratio Selection for Edge Inference Systems with Hard Deadlines" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020 PDF

[IEEE TVT] L. Wangand S. Zhou, "Dynamic Caching: A Collaborative Design of Storage and Backhaul" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2020

[IEEE TCOM] J. Sun, Zhiyuan Jiang, B. Krishnamachari, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Closed-Form Whittle's Index-Enabled Random Access for Timely Status Update" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2020

[IEEE Commun. Lett.] R. Deng, S. Chen, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, W. Zhang, "Channel Fingerprint Based Beam Tracking for Millimeter Wave Communications" , in IEEE Communications Letters, 2020 PDF

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhiyuan Jiang, S. Fu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, S. Zhang, Siyi Xu, "AI-Assisted Low Information Latency Wireless Networking" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2020 PDF

[IEEE JSSC] Guiqiang Peng, Leibo Liu, Sheng Zhou, Shouyi Yin, Shaojun Wei, "A 2.92-Gb/s/W and 0.43-Gb/s/MG Flexible and Scalable CGRA-Based Baseband Processor for Massive MIMO Detection" , in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2020 DOI

2019

Conference Papers

[IEEE ISIT] Z. Jiangand S. Zhou, "Status from a Random Field: How Densely Should One Update?" , in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2019 PDF

[IEEE GLOBECOM] G. Wang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, S. Zhang, S. Shen, "Service Function Chain Planning with Resource Balancing in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2019

[IEEE SPAWC] Zhiyuan Jiang, A. Marinescu, L. Da Silva, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Scalable Multi-Agent Learning for Situationally-Aware Multiple-Access and Grant-Free Transmissions" , in IEEE Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2019

[IEEE INFOCOM] J. Sun, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimizing Information Freshness in Broadcast Network with Unreliable Links and Random Arrivals: An Approximate Index Policy" , in IEEE INFOCOM, 2019 PDF

[IEEE INFOCOM] B. Yin, S. Zhang, Y. Cheng, L. X. Cai, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Only Those Requested Count: Proactive Scheduling Policies for Minimizing Effective Age-of-Information" , in IEEE INFOCOM, 2019

[IEEE INFOCOM] W. Shi, Y. Hou, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Y. Zhang, L. Geng, "Improving Device-Edge Cooperative Inference of Deep Learning via 2-Step Pruning" , in IEEE INFOCOM, 2019 PDF

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Y. Sun, J. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, D. Gunduz, "Heterogeneous Coded Computation across Heterogeneous Workers" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2019 PDF

[IEEE ICC] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Distributed Policy Learning Based Random Access for Diversified QoS Requirements" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2019 PDF

[IEEE GLOBECOM] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Context-Aware Information Lapse for Timely Status Updates in Remote Control Systems" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2019 PDF

[IEEE GLOBECOM] S. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Luo, X. Ma, Sheng Zhou, "Age of Information and Delay Tradeoff with Freshness-Aware Mobile Edge Cache Update" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2019

[IEEE INFOCOM] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Y. Cheng, "A Unified Sampling and Scheduling Approach for Status Update in Multiaccess Wireless Networks" , in IEEE INFOCOM, 2019 PDF

Journal Articles

[物联网学报] 曾启程, 孙宇璇, 周盛, "车辆间计算任务卸载算法与系统级仿真验证" , in 物联网学报, 2019

[IEEE IoT-J] Zhiyuan Jiang, B. Krishnamachari, X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Timely Status Update in Wireless Uplinks: Analytical Solutions with Asymptotic Optimality" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2019 PDF

[IEEE IoT-J] K. Liu, W. Shen, Y. Cheng, L. Cai, Q. Li, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Security Analysis of Mobile Device-to-Device Network Applications" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2019

[JCIN] G. Wang, Sheng Zhou, "Radio Resource Allocation for Bidirectional Offloading in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Vehicular Network" , in Journal of Communications and Information Networks, 2019

[IEEE TWC] S. Chen, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Z. He, A. Marinescu, L. Da Silva, "Learning-Based Remote Channel Inference: Feasibility Analysis and Case Study" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2019

[IEEE TMC] L. Liu, Y. Cheng, X. Cao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, P. Wang, "Joint Optimization of Scheduling and Power Control in Wireless Networks: Multi-Dimensional Modeling and Decomposition" , in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2019

[IEEE TCOM] R. Deng, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Intermittent CSI update for massive MIMO systems with heterogeneous user mobility" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Zhiyuan Jiang, S. Chen, A. F. Molisch, R. Vannithamby, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Exploiting wireless channel state information structures beyond linear correlations: A deep learning approach" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2019 PDF

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Sheng Zhou, Y. Sun, Zhiyuan Jiang, Zhisheng Niu, "Exploiting moving intelligence: Delay-optimized computation offloading in vehicular fog networks" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2019 PDF

[IEEE TWC] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhiyuan Jiang, Zhisheng Niu, "Closed-Form Analysis of Non-Linear Age-of-Information in Status Updates with an Energy Harvesting Transmitter" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2019 PDF

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Sheng Zhou, G. Wang, S. Zhang, Zhisheng Niu, X. Shen, "Bidirectional mission offloading for agile space-air-ground integrated networks" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2019 PDF

[IEEE TVT] Y. Sun, X. Guo, J. Song, Sheng Zhou, Zhiyuan Jiang, X. Liu, Zhisheng Niu, "Adaptive learning-based task offloading for vehicular edge computing systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2019 PDF

2018

Conference Papers

[IEEE GlobalSIP] S. Chen, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Time-sequence channel inference for beam alignment in vehicular networks" , in IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, 2018

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Y. Sun, J. Song, Sheng Zhou, X. Guo, Zhisheng Niu, "Task Replication for Vehicular Edge Computing: A Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandit based Approach" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018

[IEEE WCSP] G. Wang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Mode Selection in UAV-aided Vehicular Network: an Evolutionary Game Approach" , in International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, 2018

[IEEE ICC] Y. Sun, X. Guo, Sheng Zhou, Zhiyuan Jiang, X. Liu, Zhisheng Niu, "Learning-based task offloading for vehicular cloud computing systems" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2018

[IEEE ICC] C. Dai. X. Xiao, Y. Ding, L. Xiao, Y. Tang, Sheng Zhou, "Learning Based Security for VANET with Blockchain" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2018

[IEEE GLOBECOM] T. Liu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Optimization of Cache Allocation and Content Placement in Urban Vehicular Networks" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Zhiyuan Jiang, Z. He, S. Chen, A. Molisch, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Inferring Remote Channel State Information: Cramer-Rao Lower Bound and Deep Learning Implementation" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Improved Scaling Law for Status Update Timeliness in Massive IoT by Elastic Spatial Multiplexing" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018

[IEEE ICC] L. Wangand S. Zhou, "Flexible functional split in C-RAN with renewable energy powered remote radio units" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2018

[IEEE SPAWC] L. Wangand S. Zhou, "Energy-efficient UAV deployment with flexible functional split selection" , in IEEE Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2018

[IEEE ICC] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Discrete spatial compression beyond beamspace channel sparsity based on branch-and-bound" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2018

[IEEE ISIT] Zhiyuan Jiang, B. Krishnamachari, X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Decentralized status update for age-of-information optimization in wireless multiaccess channels" , in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2018

[ITC] Zhiyuan Jiang, B. Krishnamachari, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Can Decentralized Status Update Achieve Universally Near-Optimal Age-of-Information in Wireless Multiaccess Channels?" , in International Teletraffic Congress, 2018

[IEEE GLOBECOM] R. Deng, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, S. Cui, Zhisheng Niu, "A Two-Step Learning and Interpolation Method for Location-Based Channel Database Construction" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018

Journal Articles

[IEEE Access] Z. Chang, Z. Zhou, Sheng Zhou, Tan Chen, T. Ristaniemi, "Towards service-oriented 5G: Virtualizing the networks for everything-as-a-Service" , in IEEE Access, 2018

[IEEE IoT-J] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, X. Guo, Zhisheng Niu, "Task replication for deadline-constrained vehicular cloud computing: optimal policy, performance analysis and implications on road traffic" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhiyuan Jiang, B. Krishnamachari, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal sleeping mechanism for multiple servers with MMPP-based bursty traffic arrival" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2018

[IEEE TSP] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal discrete spatial compression for beamspace massive MIMO signals" , in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2018

[IEEE TGCN] J. Gong, Z. Zhou, Sheng Zhou, "On the time scales of energy arrival and channel fading in energy harvesting communications" , in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2018

[IEEE TWC] Zhiyuan Jiang, S. Chen, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint user scheduling and beam selection optimization for beam-based massive MIMO downlinks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2018

[IEEE IoT-J] J. Liu, B. Krishnamachari, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "DeepNap: Data-driven base station sleeping operations through deep reinforcement learning" , in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018

[JCIN] H. Pan, Sheng Zhou, Y. Jia, Zhisheng Niu, M. Zheng, L. Geng, "Data-driven user complaint prediction for mobile access networks" , in Journal of Communications and Information Networks, 2018

[IEEE/ACM ToN] L. Chen, Sheng Zhou, J. Xu, "Computation peer offloading for energy-constrained mobile edge computing in small-cell networks" , in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2018 PDF

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Z. Chang, Sheng Zhou, T. Ristaniemi, Zhisheng Niu, "Collaborative mobile clouds: an energy efficient paradigm for content sharing" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2018

[IEEE TSP] G. Peng, L. Liu, Sheng Zhou, Y. Xue, S. Yin, S. Wei, "Algorithm and architecture of a low-complexity and high-parallelism preprocessing-based K-best detector for large-scale MIMO systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2018

[IEEE TCAS-I] G. Peng, L. Liu, Sheng Zhou, S. Yin, S. Wei, "A 1.58 Gbps/W 0.40 Gbps/mm² ASIC Implementation of MMSE Detection for 128 × 8 64-QAM Massive MIMO in 65 nm CMOS" , in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2018

2017

Conference Papers

[IEEE ICC] T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, X. Guo, Zhisheng Niu, "Tasks scheduling and resource allocation in heterogeneous cloud for delay-bounded mobile edge computing" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Sheng Chen, Zhiyuan Jiang, Jingchu Liu, Rath Vannithamby, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Ye Wu, "Remote Channel Inference for Beamforming in Ultra-Dense Hyper-Cellular Network" , in GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2017 DOI

[IEEE VTC] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Proactive content push in heterogeneous networks with multiple energy harvesting small cells" , in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2017

[IEEE ICC] T. Liu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Mobility-aware coded-caching scheme for small cell network" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[IEEE GLOBECOM] R. Deng, Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "How often should CSI be updated for massive MIMO systems with massive connectivity?" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2017

[2017 IEEE 18th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)] Liumeng Wang, Sheng Zhou, "Fractional dynamic caching: Minimizing the file delivery time under limited backhaul" , in 2017 IEEE 18th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2017 DOI

[IEEE ICC] L. Chen, Sheng Zhou, J. Xu, "Energy efficient mobile edge computing in dense cellular networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017 PDF

[IEEE WCSP] Y. Li, Zhiyuan Jiang, A. Xu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Elastic local breakout strategy and implementation for delay-sensitive packets with local significance" , in International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, 2017

[IEEE ICC] J. Xu, Y. Sun, L. Chen, Sheng Zhou, "E2M2: Energy efficient mobility management in dense small cells with mobile edge computing" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[IEEE ICC] L. Liu, Y. Cheng, Lin X. Cai, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Deep learning based optimization in wireless network" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[IEEE GLOBECOM] L. Chen, J. Xu, Sheng Zhou, "Computation peer offloading in mobile edge computing with energy budgets" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2017

[IEEE ICC] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Antenna-beam spatial transformation in C-RAN with large antenna arrays" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[IEEE ICC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, "Analysis and optimization of wireless transmissions over fast fading channels with slow time-varying energy arrival" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2017

[APCC] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "A block coordinated update method for beam-based massive MIMO downlink scheduling based on statistical CSI" , in Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, 2017

Journal Articles

[IEEE Network] Z. Zhou, C. Sun, R. Shi, Z. Chang, Sheng Zhou, Y. Li, "Robust energy scheduling in vehicle-to-grid networks" , in IEEE Network, 2017

[IEEE TWC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Policy optimization for content push via energy harvesting small cells in heterogeneous networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2017

[IEEE Commun. Lett.] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, R. Deng, Zhisheng Niu, Shan Cao, "Pilot-data superposition for beam-based FDD massive MIMO downlinks" , in IEEE Communications Letters, 2017

[IEEE Commun. Lett.] L. Wangand S. Zhou, "On the fronthaul statistical multiplexing gain" , in IEEE Communications Letters, 2017

[IEEE TCC] Dan Xu, Xin Liu, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint Resource Provisioning for Internet Datacenters with Diverse and Dynamic Traffic" , in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2017 DOI

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] S. Zhang, N. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, X. Shen, "Energy-sustainable traffic steering for 5G mobile networks" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017 PDF

[Sci. China Inf. Sci.] Sheng Zhou, S. Zhang, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy efficient network planning and dynamic control for hyper-cellular network" , in Science China: Information Sciences, 2017

[IEEE JSAC] Y. Sun, Sheng Zhou, J. Xu, "EMM: Energy-aware mobility management for mobile edge computing in ultra dense networks" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2017

2016

Conference Papers

[IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops] R. Deng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Scalable non-orthogonal pilot design for massive MIMO systems with massive connectivity" , in IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, 2016

[IEEE ICC] T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, X. Guo, Y. Zhao, Zhisheng Niu, "Pricing policy and computational resource provisioning for Delay-aware mobile edge computing" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2016

[Wireless Netw.] X. Zheng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "On the online minimization of completion time in an energy harvesting system" , in Wireless Networks, 2016

[IEEE ICC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint optimization of content caching and push in renewable energy powered small cells" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2016

Journal Articles

[IEEE TWC] J. Liu, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, Siyi Xu, "Statistical multiplexing gain analysis of heterogeneous virtual base station pools in cloud radio access networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2016 PDF

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] T. Zhao, Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, "Software-defined hyper-cellular architecture for green and elastic wireless access" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2016

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] W. Guo, Sheng Zhou, Y. Chen, X. Chu, S. Wang, Zhisheng Niu, "Simultaneous information and energy flow for IoT relay systems with crowd harvesting" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2016

[IEEE TCOM] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, "Networked MIMO with fractional joint transmission in energy harvesting systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016

[Wireless Netw.] Y. Jia, Y. Zhang, L. Liang, W. Xu, Sheng Zhou, "Impact of mobile instant messaging applications on signaling load and UE energy consumption" , in Wireless Networks, 2016

[IEEE TVT] Zheng Chang, Jie Gong, Tapani Ristaniemi, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation and User Scheduling for Collaborative Mobile Clouds With Hybrid Receivers" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2016 DOI

[IEEE JSAC] S. Zhang, N. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, X. Shen, "Energy-aware traffic offloading for green heterogeneous networks" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2016

[IEEE JSAC] Zheng Chang, Jie Gong, Yingyu Li, Zhenyu Zhou, Tapani Ristaniemi, Guangming Shi, Zhu Han, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy Efficient Resource Allocation for Wireless Power Transfer Enabled Collaborative Mobile Clouds" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2016 DOI

[IEEE JSAC] X. Guo, Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, P. R. Kumar, "Delay-constrained energy-optimal base station sleeping control" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2016

[IEEE TVT] J. Wu, Y. Bao, G. Miao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Base-station sleeping control and power matching for energy-delay tradeoffs with bursty traffic" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2016

2015

Conference Papers

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "User scheduling in pilot-assisted TDD multiuser MIMO systems" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015

[IEEE GLOBECOM] S. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, N. Zhang, S. Shen, "Spatial traffic shaping in heterogeneous cellular networks with energy harvesting" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2015

[IEEE GLOBECOM] J. Liu, R. Deng, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Seeing the unobservable: channel learning for wireless communication networks" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2015

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] X. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, X. Lin, "RF chain and user selection for multiuser MIMO systems under random data arrival" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015

[IEEE ICC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Proactive push with energy harvesting based small cells in heterogeneous networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2015

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "On dimensionality loss in FDD Massive MIMO Systems" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015

[IEEE ICC] J. Liu, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, Siyi Xu, "Graph-based framework for flexible baseband function splitting and placement in C-RAN" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2015

[IEEE ICC] Y. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, T. Zhao, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-efficient task offloading for multiuser mobile cloud computing" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2015

[IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops] T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, X. Guo, Y. Zhao, Zhisheng Niu, "A Cooperative scheduling scheme of local cloud and internet cloud for delay-aware mobile cloud computing" , in IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, 2015

Journal Articles

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] J. Liu, Siyi Xu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Redesigning fronthaul for next-generation networks: beyond baseband samples and point-to-point links" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015

[IEEE JSAC] Sheng Zhou, Tan Chen, W. Chen, Zhisheng Niu, "Outage minimization for a fading wireless link with energy harvesting transmitter and receiver" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2015

[EURASIP JWCN] Xiaolei Wang, Jie Gong, Congshi Hu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal power allocation on discrete energy harvesting model" , in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2015 DOI

[EURASIP JWCN] Xiaolei Wang, Jie Gong, Congshi Hu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal power allocation on discrete energy harvesting model" , in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2015 DOI

[IEEE TVT] C. Hu, J. Gong, X. Wang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal green energy utilization in MIMO systems with hybrid energy supplies" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015

[IEEE TVT] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal antenna cluster size in cell-free distributed large-scale antenna systems with imperfect CSI and inter-cluster interference" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015

[IEEE Access] Sheng Zhou, Dongheon Lee, Bingjie Leng, Xuan Zhou, Honggang Zhang, Zhisheng Niu, "On the Spatial Distribution of Base Stations and Its Relation to the Traffic Density in Cellular Networks" , in IEEE Access, 2015 DOI

[IEEE TWC] S. Zhang, J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "How many small cells can be turned off via vertical offloading under a separation architecture?" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2015

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Z. Zhou, W. Chen, Zhisheng Niu, "GreenDelivery: Proactive content caching and push with energy-harvesting-based small cells" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2015

[IEEE JSAC] Zhisheng Niu, X. Guo, Sheng Zhou, P. R. Kumar, "Characterizing energy–delay tradeoff in hyper-cellular networks with base station sleeping control" , in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2015

2014

Conference Papers

[IEEE ICC] J. Wu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, C. Liu, P. Yang, G. Miao, "Traffic-aware data and signaling resource management for green cellular networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2014

[2014 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers] Shan Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Traffic aware offloading for BS sleeping in heterogeneous networks" , in 2014 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2014 DOI

[Wireless Netw.] Tan Chen, Sheng Zhou, W. Chen, Zhisheng Niu, "Power control policies for a wireless link with energy harvesting transmitter and receiver" , in Wireless Networks, 2014

[IEEE GLOBECOM] J. Liu, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, "On the statistical multiplexing gain of virtual base station pools" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2014

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Z. Zhou, Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-efficient antenna selection and power allocation for large-scale multiple antenna systems with hybrid energy supply" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2014

[IEEE ICC] X. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, X. Lin, "Energy-efficiency and spectrum-efficiency tradeoff in coordinated small-cell networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2014

[IEEE ICC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Z. Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Downlink base station cooperation with energy harvesting" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2014

[IEEE ICC] S. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Y. Cheng, "A practical channel allocation scheme based on the weighted conflict graph in heterogeneous networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2014

Journal Articles

[IEICE Trans. Commun.] Shan Zhang, Yiqun Wu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Traffic-Aware Network Planning and Green Operation with BS Sleeping and Cell Zooming" , in IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2014 DOI

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] D. Lee, Sheng Zhou, X. Zhong, Zhisheng Niu, X. Zhou, H. Zhang, "Spatial modeling of the traffic density in cellular networks" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2014

[IEEE TVT] P. He, L. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Recursive waterfilling for wireless links with energy harvesting transmitters" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2014

[IEEE TWC] Zheng Chang, Tapani Ristaniemi, Zhisheng Niu, "Radio Resource Allocation for Collaborative OFDMA Relay Networks with Imperfect Channel State Information" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2014 DOI

[IET Commun.] Wenbo Ding, Fang Yang, Jian Song, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy‐efficient orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme based on time–frequency joint channel estimation" , in IET Communications, 2014 DOI

[IEEE TVT] Lu Liu, Xianghui Cao, Yu Cheng, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy-Efficient Sleep Scheduling for Delay-Constrained Applications Over WLANs" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2014 DOI

[IEEE TCOM] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Dynamic channel acquisition in MU-MIMO" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2014

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Jingchu Liu, Tao Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Yu Cheng, Zhisheng Niu, "CONCERT: a cloud-based architecture for next-generation cellular systems" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2014 DOI

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] J. Liu, T. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Y. Cheng, Zhisheng Niu, "CONCERT: a cloud-based architecture for next-generation cellular systems" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2014

[IEEE TCOM] J. Gong, J. Thompson, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Base station sleeping and resource allocation in renewable energy powered cellular networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2014

2013

Conference Papers

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] D. Lee, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Spatial modeling of scalable spatially-correlated log-normal distributed traffic inhomogeneity and energy-efficient network planning" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2013

[IEEE ICTC] Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, "Sleep control for base station powered by heterogenous energy sources" , in IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, 2013

[ITC] X. Guo, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, P. R. Kumar, "Optimal wake-up mechanism for single base station with sleep mode" , in International Teletraffic Congress, 2013

[APCC] S. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Joint optimization of frequency allocation and user association with differentiated service in hyper-cellular networks" , in Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, 2013

Journal Articles

[IEEE TWC] P. He, L. Zhao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Water-filling: A geometric approach and its application to solve generalized radio resource allocation problems" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013

[IEEE TWC] J. Wu, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Traffic-aware base station sleeping control and power matching for energy-delay tradeoffs in green cellular networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013

[IEEE TCOM] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal power allocation for energy harvesting and power grid coexisting wireless communication systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2013

[IEEE TWC] Dongxu Cao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal Combination of Base Station Densities for Energy-Efficient Two-Tier Heterogeneous Cellular Networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013 DOI

[IEEE TWC] D. Cao, Sheng Zhou, "Optimal combination of base station densities for energy-efficient two-tier heterogeneous cellular networks" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013

[Sci. China Inf. Sci.] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, B. K. Lau, Zhisheng Niu, "On precoding for overlapped clustering in a measured urban macrocellular environment" , in Science China: Information Sciences, 2013

[IEEE TVT] Sheng Zhou, J. Xu, Zhisheng Niu, "Interference-aware relay selection scheme for two-hop relay networks with multiple source-destination pairs" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2013

[IEEE TWC] D. Cao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Improving the energy efficiency of two-tier heterogeneous cellular networks through partial spectrum reuse" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013

[IEEE TVT] Zexi Yang, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy Saving in Cellular Networks by Dynamic RS–BS Association and BS Switching" , in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2013 DOI

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, S. Tanabe, P. Yang, "CHORUS: framework for scalable collaboration in heterogeneous networks with cognitive synergetic" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2013

[IEICE Trans. Commun.] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "A novel precoding scheme for dynamic base station cooperation with overlapped clusters" , in IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2013

2012

Conference Papers

[IEEE ICC] D. Cao, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Optimal base station density for energy-efficient heterogeneous networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2012

[IEEE ICC] X. Zhang, Sheng Zhou, X. Wang, Zhisheng Niu, X. Lin, D. Zhu, M. Lei, "Improving network throughput in 60GHz WLANs via multi-AP diversity" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2012

[IEEE GLOBECOM] Zhiyuan Jiang, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Capacity bounds of downlink network MIMO systems with inter-cluster interference" , in 2012 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2012 DOI

Journal Articles

[IEEE TWC] Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, Y. Hua, Q. Zhang, D. Cao, "Energy-aware network planning for wireless cellular system with inter-cell cooperation" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2012

[IEEE TWC] Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, Yao Hua, Qian Zhang, Dongxu Cao, "Energy-aware network planning for wireless cellular system with inter-cell cooperation" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2012

[Sci. China Inf. Sci.] Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, X. Wang, Zhisheng Niu, "Energy management and resource optimization for wireless communications under dynamic energy harvesting" , in Science China: Information Sciences, 2012

[Sci. China Inf. Sci.] Zhisheng Niu, Sheng Zhou, X. Zhong, J. Wang, "Energy efficiency and resource optimized hyper-cellular mobile communication system architecture and its technical challenges" , in Science China: Information Sciences, 2012

[IEICE Trans. Commun.] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "A dynamic programming approach for base station sleeping in cellular networks" , in IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2012

2011

Conference Papers

[IEEE GLOBECOM] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, L. Geng, M. Zheng, "scheduling and dynamic clustering in downlink cellular networks" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2011

[IEEE ICC] J. Gong, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Queuing on energy-efficient wireless transmissions with adaptive modulation and coding" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2011

[IEEE ICC] Sheng Zhou, A. Goldsmith, Zhisheng Niu, "On optimal relay placement and sleep control to improve energy efficiency in cellular networks" , in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2011

[IEEE GLOBECOM] D. Lee, Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, "Multi-hop relay network for base station energy saving and its performance evaluation" , in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2011

[2011 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference - GLOBECOM 2011] Boon Sim Thian, Sheng Zhou, A. Goldsmith, Zhisheng Niu, "Minimizing Transmit Power in a Virtual-Cell Downlink with Distributed Antennas" , in 2011 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference - GLOBECOM 2011, 2011 DOI

Journal Articles

[IEEE Commun. Mag.] Eunsung Oh, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Xin Liu, Zhisheng Niu, "Toward dynamic energy-efficient operation of cellular network infrastructure" , in IEEE Communications Magazine, 2011 DOI

[IEEE Wireless Commun.] Zhisheng Niu, "TANGO: traffic-aware network planning and green operation" , in IEEE Wireless Communications, 2011 DOI

[IEEE TWC] Sheng Zhou, J. Gong, Zhisheng Niu, "Distributed adaptation of quantized feedback for downlink network MIMO systems" , in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2011