Professor Qiang Ni
ProfessorResearch Overview
Prof Qiang Ni's main interests are Wireless Networking and Communications, including Energy-Efficient Green Communications and Networking, Cognitive Radio Networks, Broadband Wireless (5G/4GLTE/WiMAX, WiFi), Intelligent Communication Techniques, Context-&User- Aware Networks/Communication, Smart Grids Communication, Vehicular Networks, Quantum Communication and Mobile Positioning. He was an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard working group Voting Member. China CSC PhD applicants/visitors are very welcome.
Profile
Prof Qiang Ni is a Chair and Professor in Communications and Networking at InfoLab21, School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. He is the School's Director of Postgraduate Studies (previously was School's Deputy Director of Research) and the Head of Communications Research Group. Prof Ni is a Fellow of IET, Fellow of Higher Education Academy and Senior Member of IEEE. Visit our Commuincations Research Group website at: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/research/communication-systems/
Professional Role
Journal Editor/AE:
Wiley Journal of Security and Communication Networks;
KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems;
IEEK Transactions on Smart Processing & Computing;
IEEE Access Journal Special Issue on “AI-enabled Networking”, 2015;
IET Network Journal Special Issue on “A Smarter Environment through the Advancements of Communication Systems, Networks and Applications”.
Conference Chair:
Chairing various IEEE conferences, including IEEE ICUMT’ 2014/13/11/10/09, IUCC 12, CIT 10.
TPC committee member of over 100 international conferences, including regulary for IEEE Globecom, ICC.
Research Grants
- Principal Investigator, "Cognitive Resources Scheduling Designs towards Green Wireless Systems (CogGreen)", UK EPSRC funded Project, 2013-2016.
- Principal Investigator, "Cross-Layer Research on Green Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks and Services (CROWN)", EU FP7 funded Project, 2014-2018.
- Co Investigator, 5G Wireless Heterogeneous Millimetre Wave Communications (TWEETHER), EU Horizon 2020 funded Project, 2015-2018.
- Principal Investigator, Smart ICT Technology for Smart City: Big Video Data Analytics Research, International Cooperation funded Project, 2015-2018.
PhD Supervision Interests
You are welcome to contact me if you are interested in doing your PhD in Wireless/Mobile Communications and Networking. China CSC PhD or visitors are very welcomed.
Selected Publications Show all 93 publications
Nash Bargaining Game Theoretic Scheduling for Joint Channel and Power Allocation in Cognitive Radio Systems
Ni, Q., Zarakovitis, C.C. 01/2012 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 30, 1, p. 70-81. 12 p.
Journal article
Power-Efficient Cross-Layer Design for OFDMA Systems With Heterogeneous QoS, Imperfect CSI, and Outage Considerations
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q., Skordoulis, D.E., Hadjinicolaou, M.G. 02/2012 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 61, 2, p. 781-798. 18 p.
Journal article
An evolving graph-based reliable routing scheme for VANETs
Eiza, M.H., Ni, Q. 05/2013 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 62, 4, p. 1493-1504. 12 p.
Journal article
Aggregation with fragment retransmission for very high-speed WLANs
Li, T., Ni, Q., Malone, D., Leith, D., Xiao, Y., Turletti, T. 04/2009 In: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking . 17, 2, p. 591-604. 14 p.
Journal article
Capacity analysis of reservation-based random access for broadband wireless access networks
Vinel, A., Ni, Q., Staehle, D., Turlikov, A. 02/2009 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 27, 2, p. 172-181. 10 p.
Journal article
Performance Analysis of Contention Based Bandwidth Request Mechanisms in WiMAX Networks
Ni, Q., Hu, L., Vinel, A., Xiao, Y., Hadjinicolaou, M. 12/2010 In: IEEE Systems Journal. 4, 4, p. 477-486. 10 p.
Journal article
Effective capacity maximization with statistical delay and effective energy efficiency requirements
Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 07/2015 In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 14, 7, p. 3824-3835. 12 p.
Journal article
All Publications Show only selected publications
Tradeoff analysis and joint optimization of link-layer energy efficiency and effective capacity toward green communications
Yu, W., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 21/01/2016 In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Journal article
Secure and robust multi-constrained QoS aware routing algorithm for VANETs
Hashem Eiza, M., Owens, T., Ni, Q. 01/2016 In: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 13, 1, p. 32-45. 14 p.
Journal article
Application of reinforcement learning for security enhancement in cognitive radio networks
Ling, M.H., Yau, K.A., Qadir, J., Poh, G.S., Ni, Q. 12/2015 In: Applied Soft Computing. 37, p. 809-829. 21 p.
Journal article
Situation-aware QoS routing algorithm for vehicular ad hoc networks
Hashem Eiza, M., Owens, T., Ni, Q., Shi, Q. 12/2015 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 64, 12, p. 5520-5535. 16 p.
Journal article
Area energy and area spectrum efficiency tradeoff in 5G heterogeneous networks
Pervaiz, H.B., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 1/10/2015 In: Communication Workshop (ICCW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on . IEEE p. 1178-1183. 6 p.
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Energy and spectrum efficiency trade-off for green small cell networks
Pervaiz, H.B., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 1/10/2015 In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2015. IEEE p. 5410-5415. 6 p.
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Energy and spectrum efficient transmission techniques under QoS constraints toward green heterogeneous networks
Pervaiz, H.B., Musavian, L., Ni, Q., Ding, Z. 17/09/2015 In: IEEE Access. 3, p. 1655-1671. 17 p.
Journal article
Energy efficiency in energy harvesting cooperative networks with self-energy recycling
Hu, S., Ding, Z., Ni, Q., Yu, W., Song, Z. 9/09/2015 In: 20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks. IEEE p. 59-63. 5 p.
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Throughput and backhaul energy efficiency analysis in two-tier HetNets: a multiobjective approach
Pervaiz, H.B., Song, Z., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 09/2015 In: 20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks. IEEE p. 69-74. 6 p.
Paper
Multimedia over massive MIMO wireless systems
Wang, H., Ge, X., Zi, R., Zhang, J., Ni, Q. 28/08/2015 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2015 International. IEEE p. 1492-1497. 6 p.
Paper
Maximising energy efficiency in multi-user multi-carrier broadband wireless systems: convex relaxation and global optimisation techniques
Zarakovitis, C.C., Ni, Q. 13/07/2015 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Journal article
Energy- and spectral-efficiency tradeoff with $\alpha$-fairness in downlink OFDMA systems
Song, Z., Ni, Q., Navaie, K., Hou, S., Wu, S. 8/07/2015 In: IEEE Communications Letters. 19, 7, p. 1265-1268. 4 p.
Journal article
Effective capacity maximization with statistical delay and effective energy efficiency requirements
Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 07/2015 In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 14, 7, p. 3824-3835. 12 p.
Journal article
User-level fairness delivered: network resource allocation for adaptive video streaming
Mu, M., Farshad, A., Simpson, S., Ni, Q., Race, N.J.P. 15/06/2015 In: 2015 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS). IEEE p. 85-94. 10 p.
Paper
Energy efficiency optimization with energy harvesting using harvest-use approach
Siddiqui, A., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 8/06/2015 In: Communication Workshop (ICCW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 1982-1987. 6 p.
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A cell specific reference signal interference cancellation scheme for LTE cellular access systems
Li, W., Zhang, Y., Huang, L., Cosmas, J., Ni, Q. 06/2015 In: Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on . IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p.
Paper
Multi-carrier link-layer energy efficiency and effective capacity tradeoff
Yu, W., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 06/2015 In: Communication Workshop (ICCW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 2763-2768. 6 p.
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Weighted tradeoff between effective capacity and energy efficiency
Yu, W., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 06/2015 In: Communications (ICC), 2015 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 238-243. 6 p.
Paper
5G communications race: pursuit of more capacity triggers LTE in unlicensed band
Al-dulaimi, A., Al-rubaye, S., Ni, Q., Sousa, E. 1/03/2015 In: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. 10, 1, p. 43-51. 9 p.
Journal article
Horizon 2020 TWEETHER project for W-band high data rate wireless communications
Paoloni, C., Letizia, R., Napoli, F., Ni, Q., Rennie, A., Zimmerman, R., Andre, F., Pham, K., Krozer, V., Magne, F., Burciu, I., Ramirez, A., Rocchi, M., Marilier, M., Vilar, R. 2015 In: Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International . IEEE 2 p.
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Inter-cell collaborative spectrum monitoring for cognitive cellular networks in fading environment
Deepak, G.C., Navaie, K., Ni, Q. 2015 In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2015 . IEEE p. 7498-7503. 6 p.
Paper
Scenarios and use cases in Tweether: W-band for Internet Everywhere
Paoloni, C., Letizia, R., Ni, Q., Krozer, V., Andre, F., Magne, F., Marilier, M., Zimmerman, R., Ramirez, A., Vilar, R., Burciu, I. 2015
Conference paper
New energy efficiency metric with imperfect channel considerations for OFDMA systems
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q., Spiliotis, J. 9/10/2014 In: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 3, 5, p. 473-476. 4 p.
Journal article
User adaptive QoS aware selection method for cooperative heterogeneous wireless systems: a dynamic contextual approach
Pervaiz, H., Ni, Q., Zarakovitis, C.C. 10/2014 In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 39, p. 75-87. 13 p.
Journal article
5G communications: race for more capacity triggers LTE in unlicensed band
Al-Dulaimi, A., Al-Rubaye, S., Ni, Q., Sousa, E. 24/09/2014 In: 33rd Wireless World Research Forum Proceedings. Guildford, Surrey : WWRF p. 1-7. 7 p.
Conference contribution
Delay-QoS-driven spectrum and energy efficiency tradeoff
Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 06/2014 In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2014). IEEE p. 4981-4986. 6 p.
Conference contribution
A new link lifetime estimation method for greedy and contention-based routing in mobile ad hoc networks
Noureddine, H., Ni, Q., Min, G., Al-raweshidy, H. 03/2014 In: Telecommunication Systems. 55, 3, p. 421-433. 13 p.
Journal article
Energy efficient designs for communication systems: resolutions on inverse resource allocation principles
Zarakovitis, C.C., Ni, Q. 12/2013 In: IEEE Communications Letters. 17, 12, p. 2264-2267. 4 p.
Journal article
Joint user association and energy-efficient resource allocation with minimum-rate constraints in two-tier HetNets
Pervaiz, H., Musavian, L., Ni, Q. 8/09/2013 In: Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2013 IEEE 24th International Symposium on. IEEE p. 1634-1639. 6 p.
Paper
Investigation of routing reliability of vehicular ad hoc networks
Eiza, M., Ni, Q., Owens, T., Min, G. 1/07/2013 In: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. 2013, 15 p.
Journal article
An evolving graph-based reliable routing scheme for VANETs
Eiza, M.H., Ni, Q. 05/2013 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 62, 4, p. 1493-1504. 12 p.
Journal article
A performance comparative study on the implementation methods for OFDMA cross-layer optimization
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q. 06/2012 In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 28, 6, p. 923-929. 7 p.
Journal article
Power-Efficient Cross-Layer Design for OFDMA Systems With Heterogeneous QoS, Imperfect CSI, and Outage Considerations
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q., Skordoulis, D.E., Hadjinicolaou, M.G. 02/2012 In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 61, 2, p. 781-798. 18 p.
Journal article
Nash Bargaining Game Theoretic Scheduling for Joint Channel and Power Allocation in Cognitive Radio Systems
Ni, Q., Zarakovitis, C.C. 01/2012 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 30, 1, p. 70-81. 12 p.
Journal article
A Reliability-Based Routing Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) on Highways
Eiza, M., Ni, Q. 2012 In: Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on. Liverpool : IEEE p. 1578-1585. 8 p.
Paper
Design and Analysis of Multicast-Based Publisher/Subscriber Models over Wireless Platforms for Smart Grid Communications
Fateri, S., Ni, Q., Taylor, G., Panchadcharam, S., Pisica, I. 2012 In: Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on. Liverpool : IEEE p. 1617-1623. 7 p. ISBN: 978-1-4673-2172-3.
Conference contribution
Performance evaluation of smart metering infrastructure using simulation tool
Panchadcharam, S., Taylor, G.A., Ni, Q., Pisica, I., Fateri, S. 2012 In: Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2012 47th International. London : IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4673-2854-8. Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4673-2855-5.
Conference contribution
User Preferences-Adaptive Dynamic Network Selection Approach in Cooperating Wireless Networks: A Game Theoretic Perspective
Pervaiz, H., Ni, Q. 2012 In: Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on. Liverpool : IEEE p. 1609-1616. 8 p. ISBN: 978-1-4673-2172-3.
Conference contribution
Evaluation of Throughput and Latency Performance for Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Communication Infrastructures
Panchadcharam, S., Ni, Q., Taylor, G., Irving, M., Gershinsky, G., Lewin-Eytan, L., Shagin, K. 2011 In: Universities' Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Proceedings of 2011 46th International. Soest, Germany : IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p. ISBN: 978-3-8007-3402-3.
Conference contribution
Performance Analysis of Contention Based Bandwidth Request Mechanisms in WiMAX Networks
Ni, Q., Hu, L., Vinel, A., Xiao, Y., Hadjinicolaou, M. 12/2010 In: IEEE Systems Journal. 4, 4, p. 477-486. 10 p.
Journal article
A Comparative Study on Iterative Methods Regarding Cross-Layer Optimization for OFDMA Systems
C. Zarakovitis, C., Nikolaros, I., Skordoulis, D., Hadjinicolaou, M., Ni, Q. 08/2010 In: IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 10.1109/CIT.2010.98. IEEE p. 420-425. 6 p.
Paper
Novel Game-Theoretic Cross-Layer Scheduling for Single-Cell OFDMA Systems with Heterogeneous QoS and Partial CSIT
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q. 06/2010 In: SED Research Conference. p. 425-431. 7 p.
Paper
An unsaturated model for request mechanisms in WiMAX
Ni, Q., Hu, L. 01/2010 In: IEEE Communications Letters. 14, 1, p. 45-47. 3 p.
Journal article
A New Link Lifetime Prediction Method for Greedy and Contention-based Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Noureddine, H., Ni, Q., Min, G., Al-Raweshidy, H. 2010 In: Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on. IEEE p. 2662-2667. 6 p.
Paper
A Novel Game-Theoretic Cross-Layer Design for OFDMA Broadband Wireless Networks
Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q., Nikolaros, I., Tyce, O. 2010 In: Communications (ICC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p.
Paper
Adaptive contention resolution procedure for emerging WiMAX networks
Delicado, J., Delicado, F., Orozco-Barbosa, L., Ni, Q. 2010 In: Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), 2010 Third Joint IFIP. IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p.
Paper
An adaptive medium access control scheme for mobile ad hoc networks under self-similar traffic
Abu-Tair, M., Min, G., Ni, Q., Liu, H. 2010 In: Journal of Supercomputing. 53, 1, p. 212-230. 19 p.
Journal article
Cross-layer Design for Multiuser OFDMA Systems with Cooperative Game and MMPP Queuing Considerations
Nikolaros, I., Zarakovitis, C., Skordoulis, D., Hadjinicolaou, M., Ni, Q. 2010 In: Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on. IEEE p. 2649-2654. 6 p.
Paper
Evaluation of QoS Parameters for Real-time Rich Media Applications Using a Test-bed Implementation
Panchadcharam, S., Ni, Q., Taylor, G. 2010 In: Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on. IEEE p. 343-348. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-7547-6.
Conference contribution
FORTEL: Forecasting routing technique using location information for Mobile Ad hoc networks
Noureddine, H., Hamed, A., Ni, Q. 2010 In: Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Workshops (PIMRC Workshops), 2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on. IEEE p. 473-478. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-9117-9.
Conference contribution
Joint Channel Parameter Estimation Using Evolutionary Algorithm
Li, W., Ni, Q. 2010 In: Communications (ICC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on. New York : IEEE 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-6404-3.
Conference contribution
SS-CBF: Sender-based Suppression algorithm for contention-based forwarding in Mobile ad-hoc Networks
Noureddine, H., Ni, Q., Al-Raweshidy, H. 2010 In: Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on. New York : IEEE p. 1810-1813. 4 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-8016-6.
Conference contribution
Novel Cross-Layer Scheduling for Single-Cell OFDMA Systems with Heterogeneous QoS and Partial CSIT
C. Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q. 06/2009 In: SED Research Conference. p. 86-92. 7 p.
Paper
Aggregation with fragment retransmission for very high-speed WLANs
Li, T., Ni, Q., Malone, D., Leith, D., Xiao, Y., Turletti, T. 04/2009 In: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking . 17, 2, p. 591-604. 14 p.
Journal article
Capacity analysis of reservation-based random access for broadband wireless access networks
Vinel, A., Ni, Q., Staehle, D., Turlikov, A. 02/2009 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 27, 2, p. 172-181. 10 p.
Journal article
A Selective Delayed Channel Access (SDCA) for the high-throughput IEEE 802.11n
Skordoulis, D., Ni, Q., C. Zarakovitis, C. 2009 In: Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. WCNC 2009. IEEE. New York : IEEE p. 1173-1178. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-2947-9. Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4244-2948-6.
Conference contribution
A dynamic spectrum access scheme for cognitive radio networks
Du, K.-., Swamy, M.N.S., Ni, Q. 2009 In: Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009. CCECE '09. Canadian Conference on. NEW yORK : IEEE p. 450-454. 5 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-3509-8. Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4244-3508-1.
Conference contribution
A new partial transmit sequence scheme using genetic algorithm for peak-to-average power ratio reduction in a multi-carrier code division multiple access wireless system
Zhang, Y., Ni, Q., Chen, H. 2009 In: International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. 2, 1, p. 40-57. 18 p.
Journal article
Cross-layer design for single-cell OFDMA systems with heterogeneous QoS and partial CSIT
Zarakovitis, C., Ni, Q., Skordoulis, D. 2009 In: Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. WCNC 2009. IEEE. IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p.
Paper
New contention resolution schemes for WiMAX
Delicado, J., Ni, Q., Delicado, F.M., Orozco-Barbosa, L. 2009 In: Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. WCNC 2009. IEEE. IEEE p. 1-6. 6 p.
Paper
Adaptive medium access control for VoIP services in IEEE 802.11 WLANs
Abu-tair, M.I., Min, G., Ni, Q., Liu, H. 1/05/2008 In: Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. ICCSC 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 487-491. 5 p.
Paper
Adaptive delayed channel access for IEEE 802.11n WLANs
Skordoulis, D., Ni, Q., Min, G., Borg, K. 05/2008 In: Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. ICCSC 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 167-171. 5 p.
Paper
An effective ant-colony based routing algorithm for mobile ad-hoc network
Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Ni, Q., Zhou, Z., Zhu, G. 05/2008 In: Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. ICCSC 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 100-103. 4 p.
Paper
IEEE 802.11n MAC frame aggregation mechanisms for next-generation high-throughput WLANs
Skordoulis, D., Ni, Q., Chen, H., Stephens, A.P., Liu, C., Jamalipour, A. 02/2008 In: IEEE Wireless Communications. 15, 1, p. 40-47. 8 p.
Journal article
A Minimum Distance guided Genetic Algorithm for Multi-User Detection in a Multi-Carrier CDMA Wireless Broadband System
Ni, Q., Jehanzeb, J., Zhang, Y., Guan, S. 2008 In: Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, 2008. BROADNETS 2008. 5th International Conference on. New York : IEEE p. 500-505. 6 p.
Paper
An intelligent genetic algorithm for PAPR reduction in a multi-carrier CDMA wireless system
Zhang, Y., Ni, Q., Chen, H., Song, Y. 2008 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, 2008. IWCMC'08. International. IEEE p. 1052-1057. 6 p.
Paper
Capacity issues in meshed high data rate WPANs
Mahmud, S.A., Khan, S., Ni, Q., Al-Raweshidy, H.S. 2008 In: Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Workshops, 2008. AINAW 2008. 22nd International Conference on. New York : IEEE p. 1285-1290. 6 p.
Paper
Radio frequency identification: technologies, applications, and research issues
Xiao, Y., Yu, S., Wu, K., Ni, Q., Janecek, C., Nordstad, J. 05/2007 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 7, 4, p. 457-472. 16 p.
Journal article
Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11n under different STBC rates using 64-QAM
Gravalos, A., Hadjinicolaou, M., Ni, Q. 02/2007 In: Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2007. ISWPC '07. 2nd International Symposium on. IEEE
Paper
DeReQ: a QoS routing algorithm for multimedia communications in vehicular ad hoc networks
Niu, Z., Yao, W., Ni, Q., Song, Y. 1/01/2007 In: IWCMC '07 Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing. New York : ACM p. 393-398. 6 p.
Paper
Investigation of bandwidth request mechanisms under point-to-multmipomint mode of WiMAX networks
Ni, Q., Vinel, A., Xiao, Y., Turlikov, A., Jiang, T. 2007 In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 45, 5, p. 132-138. 7 p.
Journal article
Multicast broadcast services support in OFDMA-based WiMAX systems
Jiang, T., Xiang, W., Chen, H., Ni, Q. 2007 In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 45, 8, p. 78-86. 9 p.
Journal article
Study on QoS support in 802.11e-based multi-hop vehicular wireless ad hoc networks
Niu, Z., Yao, W., Ni, Q., Song, Y. 2007 In: Networking, Sensing and Control, 2007 IEEE International Conference on . New York : IEEE p. 705-710. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4244-1075-0.
Conference contribution
Investigation of the block ACK scheme in wireless ad hoc networks
Li, T., Ni, Q., Xiao, Y. 09/2006 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 6, 6, p. 877-888. 12 p.
Journal article
On optimizing backoff counter reservation and classifying stations for the IEEE 802.11 distributed wireless LANs
Xiao, Y., Li, F.H.Z., Wu, K., Leung, K.K., Ni, Q. 07/2006 In: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 17, 7, p. 713-722. 10 p.
Journal article
FHCF: a simple and efficient scheduling scheme for IEEE 802.11e wireless LAN
Ansel, P., Ni, Q., Turletti, T. 06/2006 In: Mobile Networks and Applications. 11, 3, p. 391-403. 13 p.
Journal article
A connection-level call admission control using genetic algorithm for multi-class multimedia services in wireless networks
Hong, X., Xiao, Y., Ni, Q., Li, T. 2006 In: International Journal of Mobile Communications. 4, 5, p. 568-580. 13 p.
Journal article
Saturation throughput analysis of error-prone 802.11 wireless networks
Ni, Q., Li, T.J., Turletti, T., Xiao, Y. 12/2005 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 5, 8, p. 945-956. 12 p.
Journal article
Enhancing IEEE 802.11 MAC in congested environments
Aad, I., Ni, Q., Barakat, C., Turletti, T. 1/09/2005 In: Computer Communications. 28, 14, p. 1605-1617. 13 p.
Journal article
Performance analysis and enhancements for IEEE 802.11e wireless networks
Ni, Q. 07/2005 In: IEEE Network. 19, 4, p. 21-27. 7 p.
Journal article
Performance analysis under finite load and improvements for multirate 802.11
Cantieni, G.R., Ni, Q., Barakat, C., Turletti, T. 16/06/2005 In: Computer Communications. 28, 10, p. 1095-1109. 15 p.
Journal article
Effective video multicast over wireless Internet: rate allocation and end-system based adaptation
Yin, H., Lin, C., Zhuang, J.J., Li, B., Ni, Q. 04/2005 In: IEICE Transactions on Communications. E88-B, 4, p. 1395-1402. 8 p.
Journal article
Sender-adaptive and receiver-driven layered multicast for scalable video over the Internet
Zhang, Q., Guo, Q., Ni, Q., Zhu, W., Zhang, Y. 04/2005 In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 15, 4, p. 482-495. 14 p.
Journal article
Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel
Li, T., Ni, Q., Turletti, T., Xiao, Y. 2005 In: Broadband Networks, 2005. BroadNets 2005. 2nd International Conference on. New York : IEEE p. 551-557. 7 p. ISBN: 978-0-7803-9276-2.
Conference contribution
Reservation and grouping stations for the IEEE 802.11 DCF
Xiao, Y., Li, H., Wu, K., Leung, K.K., Ni, Q. 2005 In: NETWORKING 2005. Networking Technologies, Services, and Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems 4th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6, 2005. Proceedings. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 395-405. 11 p. ISBN: 3-540-25809-4, 978-3-540-25809-4.
Conference contribution
A survey of QoS enhancements for IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
Ni, Q., Romdhani, L., Turletti, T. 2004 In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 4, 5, p. 547-566. 20 p.
Journal article
Adaptive VoIP transmission over heterogeneous wired/wireless networks
Trad, A., Ni, Q., Afifi, H. 2004 In: Interactive multimedia and next generation networks. Berlin : Springer Verlag p. 25-36. 12 p.
Paper
Adaptive fair channel allocation for QoS enhancement in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
Malli, M., Ni, Q., Turletti, T., Barakat, C. 2004 In: Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on. New York : IEEE p. 3470-3475. 6 p.
Paper
Enhancing IEEE 802.11 MAC in congested environments
Aad, I., Ni, Q., Barakat, C., Turletti, T. 2004 In: Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, 2004. ASWN 2004. 2004 4th Workshop on. New York : IEEE p. 82-91. 10 p.
Paper
Adaptive EDCF: Enhanced service differentiation for IEEE 802.11 wireless-ad-hoc networks
Romdhani, L., Ni, Q., Turletti, T. 2003 In: Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE. New York : IEEE p. 1373-1378. 6 p. ISBN: 0-7803-7700-1.
Conference contribution
Differential space-time block-coded OFDMA for frequency-selective fading channels
Chen, Z., Zhu, G., Cai, W., Ni, Q. 2003 In: Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2003. PIMRC 2003. 14th IEEE Proceedings on. IEEE p. 2171-2175. 5 p. ISBN: 0-7803-7822-9.
Conference contribution
Modeling and analysis of slow CW decrease for IEEE 802.11 WLAN
Ni, Q., Aad, I., Barakat, C., Turletti, T. 2003 In: Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2003. PIMRC 2003. 14th IEEE Proceedings on. IEEE p. 1717-1721. 5 p. ISBN: 0-7803-7822-9.
Conference contribution
SARLM: sender-adaptive & receiver-driven layered multicasting for scalable video
Ni, Q., Zhang, Q., Zhu, W. 22/08/2001 In: Multimedia and Expo, 2001. ICME 2001. IEEE International Conference on. IEEE p. 757-760. 4 p.
Paper
Smart ICT Technology Research for Smart City: Big Video Data Analytics Research
01/02/2015 → …
Projects
H2020: TWEETHER: Travelling wave tube based W-band wireless networks with high data rate, distribution, spectrum and energy efficiency
01/01/2015 → …
Research
EU FP7 funded Project: Cross-Layer Research on Green Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks and Services (CROWN)
01/04/2014 → …
Projects
Cognitive resources scheduling designs towards green wireless systems
07/01/2013 → 06/07/2016
Research
