Journal Publications
Submitted
- H. Liu, K. Liu, and Q. Zhao
"Learning in A Changing World: Restless Multi-Armed Bandit
with Unknown Dynamics"
pdf file
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, November, 2011.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- W. Ren, Q. Zhao, R. Ramanathan, J. Gao, A. Swami, A. Bar-Noy, M. Johnson, P. Basu
"Broadcasting in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel
Wireless Networks using Simplicial Complexes"
pdf file
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, October, 2011.
- W. Dai, Y. Gai, B. Krishnamachari, and Q. Zhao
"The Non-Bayesian Restless Multi-Armed Bandit: A Case of Near-Logarithmic Regret"
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, September, 2011.
- K. Liu and Q. Zhao
"Deterministic Sequencing of Exploration and Exploitation for Multi-Armed Bandit Problems"
submitted to Journal of Applied Probability, August, 2011,
available at arXiv.org.
- W. Ren, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"Temporal Traffic Dynamics Improve the
Connectivity of Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks"
pdf file
submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, January, 2011.
Published/Accepted
- K. Liu and Q. Zhao
"Cooperative Game in Dynamic Spectrum Access with Unknown Model and Imperfect Sensing"
pdf file
to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
- P. Tehrani, L. Tong, and Q. Zhao,
"Asymptotically Efficient Multi-Channel Estimation for Opportunistic Spectrum Access,''
pdf file
to appear in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
- P. Tehrani, K. Liu, and Q. Zhao
"Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Unslotted Primary Systems"
to appear in Journal of The Franklin Institute (invited), available
online.
- W. Ren and Q. Zhao
"A Note on ‘Algorithms for Connected Set Cover Problem
and Fault-Tolerant Connected Set Cover Problem’"
in Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 412, no. 45, pp. 6451-6454, October 2011. Available
at arXiv.org.
- W. Ren, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"Connectivity of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 4315-4332, July, 2011.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- W. Ren, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"On the Connectivity and Multihop Delay of Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks"
pdf file
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC),
vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 805-818, April, 2011.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- Q. Zhao and J. Ye
"Quickest Detection in Multiple On-Off Processes"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 5994-6006, December, 2010.
- K. Liu and Q. Zhao
"Distributed Learning in Multi-Armed Bandit
with Multiple Players" pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 5667-5681, November, 2010.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- K. Liu and Q. Zhao
"Indexability of Restless Bandit Problems and Optimality
of Whittle Index for Dynamic Multichannel Access"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 5547-5567, November, 2010.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- K. Liu, Q. Zhao, and B. Krishnamachari
"Dynamic Multichannel Access with Imperfect Channel State Detection"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 2795 - 2808, May, 2010.
- T. Zhao and Q. Zhao
"Lifetime Maximization Based on Coverage and Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks"
pdf file
in Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 385-400, December, 2009.
- W. Ren, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"Power Control in Cognitive Radio Networks: How to Cross a Multi-Lane Highway"
pdf file
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC): Special Issue on Stochastic Geometry
and Random Graphs for Wireless Networks, vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 1283-1296, September, 2009
Also available at arXiv.org.
- S.H. Ahmad, M. Liu, T. Javidi, Q. Zhao and B. Krishnamachari
"Optimality of Myopic Sensing in Multi-Channel Opportunistic Access"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, No. 9, pp. 4040-4050, September, 2009.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- X. Xiao, K. Liu, and Q. Zhao
"Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Self Similar Primary Traffic" pdf file
in
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing: Special Issue on Dynamic Spectrum Access for Wireless
Networking, March, 2009 (invited).
- Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"Distributed Spectrum Sensing and Access in Cognitive Radio Networks with Energy Constraint"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 783-797, February, 2009.
- M. Maskery, V. Krishnamurthy, and Q. Zhao
"Decentralized Dynamic Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radios: Cooperative Design of a Non-cooperative Game"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 459-469, February, 2009.
- Q. Zhao, B. Krishnamachari, and K. Liu
"On Myopic Sensing for Multi-Channel Opportunistic Access: Structure, Optimality, and Performance"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 5431-5440, December, 2008.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, and A. Swami
"Joint Design and Separation Principle for Opportunistic
Spectrum Access in the Presence of Sensing Errors"
pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 2053-2071, May, 2008.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- Y. Chen, C. Chuan, and Q. Zhao
"Network Configuration for Optimal Utilization Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks" pdf file
in Elsevier Journal on Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 92-107, January, 2008.
- Q. Zhao, L. Tong, and D. Counsil
"Energy-Aware Adaptive Routing for Large-Scale Ad Hoc Networks: Protocol and Performance Analysis" pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 1048-1059, September, 2007.
- Q. Zhao and A. Swami
"A Decision-Theoretic Framework for Opportunistic Spectrum Access" pdf file
in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine: Special Issue on Cognitive Wireless Networks,
vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 14-20, August, 2007.
- Y. Chen and Q. Zhao
"An Integrated Approach to Energy-Aware Medium Access for Wireless Sensor Networks" pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 3429-3444, July, 2007.
- Q. Zhao and B.M. Sadler
"A Survey of Dynamic Spectrum Access"
pdf file
in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 79-89, May, 2007.
Also available at arXiv.org.
- Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, V. Krishnamurthy, and D. Djonin
"Transmission Scheduling for Optimizing Sensor
Network Lifetime: A Stochastic Shortest Path Approach" pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 2294-2309, May, 2007.
- Q. Zhao, L. Tong, A. Swami, and Y. Chen
"Decentralized Cognitive MAC for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Ad Hoc Networks: A POMDP Framework" pdf file, simulation source code
in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC):
Special Issue on Adaptive, Spectrum Agile and Cognitive Wireles Networks , vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 589-600, April, 2007.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"Energy-Efficient Information Retrieval for
Correlated Source Reconstruction in Sensor Networks" pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 157-165, January, 2007.
- G. Mergen, Q. Zhao, and L. Tong
"Sensor Networks with Mobile Access: Energy
and
Capacity Considerations," pdf file
in IEEE Transactions on
Communications, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2033-2044, November, 2006.
- Q. Zhao, A. Swami, and L. Tong
"The Interplay between Signal Processing and Networking in Sensor Networks"
pdf file
in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine: Special Issue on Distributed Signal Processing in Sensor Networks,
vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 84-93, July, 2006.
- Y. Chen and Q. Zhao
"On the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks" pdf file
in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 976 - 978, November, 2005.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"Energy Efficiency of Large-Scale Wireless Networks:
Proactive vs. Reactive Networking" pdf file
in IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications (JSAC):
Special Issue on Advances in Military Wireless
Communications, vol. 23, pp. 1100-1112, May, 2005.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"Opportunistic Carrier Sensing for Energy-Efficient Information
Retrieval in Sensor Networks" pdf file
in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking: Special Issue on
Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms for Wireless Communications,
no. 2, pp. 231-241, May, 2005.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"A Dynamic Queue
Protocol for Multiaccess Wireless Networks with Multipacket Reception,"
pdf
file
in IEEE Transactions
on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 2221-2231, November, 2004.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"A Multi-Queue
Service Room MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks with Multipacket
Reception,"
pdf
file,
Typo Correction
in IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 125-137, February, 2003.
- L. Tong, Q. Zhao, and G. Mergen
"Multipacket
Reception in Random Access Wireless Networks: From Signal
Processing
to Optimal Medium Access Control," pdf
file
in IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 108-112,
November, 2001.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"Semi-Blind
Collision Resolution in Random Access Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," pdf
file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2910-2920, October, 2000.
- Q. Zhao and L. Tong
"Adaptive Blind
Channel Estimation by Least Squares Smoothing," pdf
file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 3000--3012, November, 1999.
- L. Tong and Q. Zhao
"Joint
Order Detection and Blind Channel Estimation by Least Squares
Smoothing,"
pdf
file
in IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 2345--2355, September, 1999.
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