254 citations · 917 across the 42 of their papers we have counts for
24 papers · 1 filter
Optimizing Mobile-Edge AI-Generated Everything (AIGX) Services by Prompt Engineering: Fundamental, Framework, and Case Study
Yinqiu Liu, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato +4
As the next-generation paradigm for content creation, AI-Generated Content (AIGC), i.e., generating content automatically by Generative AI (GAI) based on user prompts, has gained g…
Holistic Network Virtualization and Pervasive Network Intelligence for 6G
Xuemin, Shen, Jie Gao +4
In this tutorial paper, we look into the evolution and prospect of network architecture and propose a novel conceptual architecture for the 6th generation (6G) networks. The propos…
MAC for Machine Type Communications in Industrial IoT -- Part II: Scheduling and Numerical Results
Jie Gao, Mushu Li, Weihua Zhuang +3
In the second part of this paper, we develop a centralized packet transmission scheduling scheme to pair with the protocol designed in Part I and complete our medium access control…
MAC for Machine Type Communications in Industrial IoT -- Part I: Protocol Design and Analysis
Jie Gao, Weihua Zhuang, Mushu Li +3
In this two-part paper, we propose a novel medium access control (MAC) protocol for machine-type communications in the industrial internet of things. The considered use case featur…
DDPG-based Resource Management for MEC/UAV-Assisted Vehicular Networks
Haixia Peng, Xuemin Shen
In this paper, we investigate joint vehicle association and multi-dimensional resource management in a vehicular network assisted by multi-access edge computing (MEC) and unmanned…
Low-Latency and Fresh Content Provision in Information-Centric Vehicular Networks
Shan Zhang, Junjie Li, Hongbin Luo +4
In this paper, the content service provision of information-centric vehicular networks (ICVNs) is investigated from the aspect of mobile edge caching, considering the dynamic drivi…
A Virtual Network Customization Framework for Multicast Services in NFV-enabled Core Networks
Omar Alhussein, Phu Thinh Do, Qiang Ye +7
The paradigm of network function virtualization (NFV) with the support of software defined networking (SDN) emerges as a promising approach for customizing network services in fift…
The Design of Dynamic Probabilistic Caching with Time-Varying Content Popularity
Jie Gao, Shan Zhang, Lian Zhao +2
In this paper, we design dynamic probabilistic caching for the scenario when the instantaneous content popularity may vary with time while it is possible to predict the average con…
Hierarchical Soft Slicing to Meet Multi-Dimensional QoS Demand in Cache-Enabled Vehicular Networks
Shan Zhang, Hongbin Luo, Junling Li +2
Vehicular networks are expected to support diverse content applications with multi-dimensional quality of service (QoS) requirements, which cannot be realized by the conventional o…
Multi-Drone 3D Trajectory Planning and Scheduling in Drone Assisted Radio Access Networks
Weisen Shi, Junlng Li, Nan Cheng +4
Drone base station (DBS) is a promising technique to extend wireless connections for uncovered users of terrestrial radio access networks (RAN). To improve user fairness and networ…
3D Multi-Drone-Cell Trajectory Design for Efficient IoT Data Collection
Weisen Shi, Junling Li, Nan Cheng +5
Drone cell (DC) is an emerging technique to offer flexible and cost-effective wireless connections to collect Internet-of-things (IoT) data in uncovered areas of terrestrial networ…
Delay-Aware Flow Migration for Embedded Services in 5G Core Networks
Kaige Qu, Weihua Zhuang, Qiang Ye +4
Service-oriented virtual network deployment is based on statistical resource demands of different services, while data traffic from each service fluctuates over time. In this paper…
An SDN-Based Transmission Protocol with In-Path Packet Caching and Retransmission
Jiayin Chen, Si Yan, Qiang Ye +7
In this paper, a comprehensive software-defined networking (SDN) based transmission protocol (SDTP) is presented for fifth generation (5G) communication networks, where an SDN cont…
Bi-Directional Mission Offloading for Agile Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
Sheng Zhou, Guangchao Wang, Shan Zhang +3
Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) provide great strengths in extending the capability of ground wireless networks. On the other hand, with rich spectrum and computing re…
Spectrum Resource Management for Multi-Access Edge Computing in Autonomous Vehicular Networks
Haixia Peng, Qiang Ye, Xuemin Shen
In this paper, a dynamic spectrum management framework is proposed to improve spectrum resource utilization in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) in autonomous vehicular network (…
SDN-Based Resource Management for Autonomous Vehicular Networks: A Multi-Access Edge Computing Approach
Haixia Peng, Qiang Ye, Xuemin Shen
Enabling high-definition (HD)-map-assisted cooperative driving among autonomous vehicles (AVs) to improve the navigation safety faces technical challenges due to increased communic…
Dynamic Mobile Edge Caching with Location Differentiation
Peng Yang, Ning Zhang, Shan Zhang +3
Mobile edge caching enables content delivery directly within the radio access network, which effectively alleviates the backhaul burden and reduces round-trip latency. To fully exp…
Self-Sustaining Caching Stations: Towards Cost-Effective 5G-Enabled Vehicular Networks
Shan Zhang, Ning Zhang, Xiaojie Fang +3
In this article, we investigate the cost-effective 5G-enabled vehicular networks to support emerging vehicular applications, such as autonomous driving, in-car infotainment and loc…
Energy-Sustainable Traffic Steering for 5G Mobile Networks
Shan Zhang, Ning Zhang, Sheng Zhou +4
Renewable energy harvesting (EH) technology is expected to be pervasively utilized in the next generation (5G) mobile networks to support sustainable network developments and opera…
Software Defined Space-Air-Ground Integrated Vehicular Networks: Challenges and Solutions
Ning Zhang, Shan Zhang, Peng Yang +3
This article proposes a software defined space-air-ground integrated network architecture for supporting diverse vehicular services in a seamless, efficient, and cost-effective man…
Optimal Reliability in Energy Harvesting Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Lei Lei, Yiru Kuang, Xuemin +4
For Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks, it is essential to reliably sense and deliver the environmental data on time to avoid system malfunction. While energy harvesting is a prom…
Energy-Aware Traffic Offloading for Green Heterogeneous Networks
Shan Zhang, Ning Zhang, Sheng Zhou +4
With small cell base stations (SBSs) densely deployed in addition to conventional macro base stations (MBSs), the heterogeneous cellular network (HCN) architecture can effectively…
Dynamic Channel Access for Energy Efficient Data Gathering in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks
Ju Ren, Yaoxue Zhang, Ning Zhang +3
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) operating in the license-free spectrum suffer from uncontrolled interference as those spectrum bands become increasingly crowded. The emerging cogni…
SACRM: Social Aware Crowdsourcing with Reputation Management in Mobile Sensing
Ju Ren, Yaoxue Zhang, Kuan Zhang +2
Mobile sensing has become a promising paradigm for mobile users to obtain information by task crowdsourcing. However, due to the social preferences of mobile users, the quality of…