Technical Reports

•  Y. Shi and Y.T. Hou, "Theoretical results on base station movement problem for sensor networks," Technical Report, The Bradley Dept. of ECE, Virginia Tech, July 2007. [PDF]
  

  
  

  Selected Journal Publications

• S. Kompella, S. Mao, Y.T. Hou, and H.D. Sherali, "On path selection and rate allocation for concurrent video sessions in ad hoc networks," accepted by IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

• J. Liu, Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Cross-layer optimization for MIMO-based wireless ad hoc networks: Routing, power allocation, and bandwidth allocation," to appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

• Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, and H.D. Sherali, "Cross-layer optimization for data rate utility problem in UWB-based ad hoc networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 764-777, June 2008.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Rate allocation and network lifetime problems for wireless sensor networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 321-334, April 2008.

• J. Liu, Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, H.D. Sherali, and S. Kompella, "On the capacity of multiuser MIMO networks with interference," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 488-494, February 2008.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Spectrum sharing for multi-hop networking with cognitive radios," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 146-155, January 2008.

• S. Mao and Y.T. Hou, "BeamStar: An edge-based approach to routing in wireless sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 1284-1296, November 2007.

• Y.T. Hou and Y. Shi, "Variable bit rate flow routing in wireless sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 2140-2148, June 2007.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, H.D. Sherali, and J.E Wieselthier, "Multicast communications in ad hoc networks using directional antennas: A lifetime-centric approach," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, , vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 1333-1344, May 2007.

• S. Kompella, S. Mao, Y.T. Hou, and H.D. Shrali, "Cross-layer optimized multipath routing for video communications in wireless networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 831-840, May 2007.

• S. Mao, X. Cheng, Y.T. Hou, H.D. Sherali, and J. Reed, "On joint routing and server selection for MD video streaming in ad hoc networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 338-347, January 2007.

• C. Wang, J. Liu, B. Li, K. Sohraby, and Y.T. Hou, "LRED: A robust and responsive AQM algorithm using Packet Loss Ratio Measurement," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 29-43, January 2007.

• S. Mao, Y.T. Hou, X. Cheng, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "On routing for multiple description video over wireless ad hoc networks," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1063-1074, October 2006.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, J. Pan, and S.F. Midkiff, "Maximizing the lifetime of wireless sensor networks through optimal single-session flow routing," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 1255-1266, September 2006.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Optimal base station selection for anycast routing in wireless sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 813-821, May 2006.

• Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "Optimal routing for UWB-based sensor networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 857¨C863, April 2006.

• S. Mao, S.S. Panwar, and Y.T. Hou, "On minimizing end-to-end delay with optimal traffic partitioning," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 681-690, March 2006.

• S. Mao, X. Cheng, Y.T. Hou, and H.D. Sherali, "Multiple description video multicast in wireless ad hoc networks," ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 63-73, February 2006.

• S. Mao, S. Kompella, Y.T. Hou, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "Routing for concurrent video sessions in ad hoc networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 317-327, January 2006.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "On node lifetime problem for energy-constrained wireless sensor networks," ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 865-878, December 2005.

• Z. Duan, Z.-L. Zhang, and Y.T. Hou, "Fundamental trade-offs in aggregate packet scheduling," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 1166-1177, December 2005.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "On energy provisioning and relay node placement for wireless sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 5, pp.2579-2590, September 2005.

• J. Pan, L. Cai, Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and S.X. Shen, "Optimal Base-station Locations in Two-tiered Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 458- 473, Sept./Oct. 2005.

• Y.T. Hou, S.S. Panwar, and H. Tzeng, "On generalized max-min rate allocation and distributed convergence algorithm for packet networks," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 401-416, May 2004.

• J. Liu, B. Li, Y.T. Hou, and I. Chlamtac, "On optimal layering and bandwidth allocation for multisession video broadcasting," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 656-667, March 2004.

• Z. Duan, Z.-L. Zhang, Y.T. Hou, and L. Gao, "A core stateless bandwidth broker architecture for scalable support of guaranteed services," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 15, no. 2, pp.167-182, February 2004.

• Y.T. Hou, J. Pan, B. Li, and S.S. Panwar, "On expiration-based hierarchical caching systems," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 134-150, January 2004.

• W. Kumwilaisak, Y.T. Hou, Q. Zhang, W. Zhu, C.-C. J. Kuo and Y.-Q. Zhang, "A Cross-layer quality of service mapping architecture for video delivery in wireless networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 1685-1689, December 2003. (Best Paper Award)

• Z. Duan, Z.-L. Zhang, and Y.T. Hou, "Service overlay networks: SLAs, QoS and bandwidth provisioning," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 870-883, December 2003.

• D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, W. Zhu, Y.-Q. Zhang, and J.M. Peha, "Streaming video over the Internet: Approaches and directions," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 282-300, March 2001.

• D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, and Y.-Q. Zhang, "Scalable video coding and transport over broadband wireless networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 6-20, January 2001.

• Z.-L. Zhang, Z. Duan, and Y.T. Hou, "Virtual time reference system: A unifying scheduling framework for scalable support of guaranteed services," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 2684-2695, December 2000.

• D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, and Y.-Q. Zhang, "Transporting real-time video over the Internet: Challenges and approaches," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 88, no. 12, pp. 1855-1875, December 2000.

• D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, W. Zhu, H.-J. Lee, T. Chiang, Y.-Q. Zhang, and H.J. Chao, "On end-to-end architecture for transporting MPEG-4 video over the Internet," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 923-941, September 2000. (Best Paper Award)

• D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, B. Li, W. Zhu, Y.-Q. Zhang, and H.J. Chao, "An end-to-end approach for optimal mode selection in Internet video communication: Theory and application," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 977-995, June 2000.

  Selected Conference Publications

• Y. Shi, S. Sharma, and Y.T. Hou, "Optimal relay assignment for cooperative communications," in Proc. ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), May 26-30, 2008, Hong Kong, China.

• Y. Shi, and Y.T. Hou, "Theoretical results on base station movement problem for sensor network," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, April 13-18, 2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA. (Best Paper Award)

• Y. Shi, and Y.T. Hou, "A distributed optimization algorithm for multi-hop cognitive radio networks," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, April 13-18, 2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

• J. Liu, and Y.T. Hou, "Weighted Proportional Fairness Capacity of Gaussian MIMO Broadcast Channels," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, April 13-18, 2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

• J. Liu, Y.T. Hou, and H.D. Sherali, "Conjugate gradient projection approach for MIMO Gaussian broadcast channels," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 24-29 2007, Anchorage, Nice, France.

• Y. Shi, and Y.T. Hou, "Approximation algorithm for base station placement in wireless sensor networks," in Proc. IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), pp. 512-519, June 18-21, 2007, San Diego, CA, USA.

• Y. Shi, and Y.T. Hou, "Optimal power control for programmable radio networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2007, May 6-12 2007, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Optimal spectrum sharing for multi-hop software defined radio networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2007, May 6-12 2007, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "Prolonging sensor network lifetime with energy provisioning and relay node placement," in Proceedings of IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), pp. 295-304, Sept. 26-29, 2005, Santa Clara, CA, USA.

• Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "Cross-layer optimization for routing data traffic in UWB-based sensor networks," in Proceedings of ACM MobiCom, pp. 299-312, August 28-Sept. 2, 2005, Cologne, Germany.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, and J.E Wieselthier, "Online lifetime-centric multicast routing for ad hoc networks with directional antennas," in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 761-772, March 13-17, 2005, Miami, Florida.

• S. Mao, Y.T. Hou, X. Cheng, H.D. Sherali, and S.F. Midkiff, "Multipath routing for multiple description video in wireless ad hoc networks," in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 740-750, March 13-17, 2005, Miami, Florida.

• S. Mao, S.S. Panwar, and Y.T. Hou, "On optimal partitioning for realtime traffic over multiple paths," in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2325-2336, March 13-17, 2005, Miami, Florida.

• Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, and H.D. Sherali, "Rate allocation in wireless sensor networks with network lifetime requirement," in Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), pp. 67-77, May 24-26, 2004, Tokyo, Japan.

• C. Wang, B. Li, Y.T. Hou, and K. Sohraby, "LRED: A robust active queue management scheme based on packet loss ratio," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, March 7-11, 2004, Hong Kong.

• J. Pan, Y.T. Hou, L. Cai, Y. Shi, and S.X. Shen, "Topology control for wireless sensor networks," in Proc. ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom), pp. 286-299, San Diego, CA, Sept. 14-19, 2003.

• J. Liu, B. Li, Y.T. Hou and I. Chlamtac, "Dynamic layering and bandwidth allocation for multi-session video broadcasting with general utility functions," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM 2003, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 30-April 3, 2003.

• Z. Duan, Z.-L. Zhang, and Y.T. Hou, "Service overlay networks: SLAs, QoS and bandwidth provisioning," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), Paris, France, Nov. 12-15, 2002. (Best Paper Award)

• Z.-L. Zhang, Z. Duan, and Y.T. Hou, "Fundamental trade-offs in aggregate packet scheduling," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2001), Riverside, CA, USA, Nov. 11-14, 2001.

• Z.-L. Zhang, Z. Duan, L. Gao, and Y.T. Hou, "Decoupling QoS control from core routers: a novel bandwidth broker architecture for scalable support of guaranteed services," Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM 2000 Conference, pp. 71-83, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2000.

• Y.T. Hou, H. Tzeng, and S.S. Panwar, "A generalized max-min rate allocation policy and its distributed implementation using the ABR flow control mechanism," Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM'98 - The Conference on Computer Communications, pp. 1366-1375, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 29-April 2, 1998.