Ping Wang
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
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Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology
School of Computer Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
50 Nanyang Avenue, N4-02C-92, Singapore, 639798
Telephone: +65 6790 6822
Fax: +65 6792 6559
Email: wangping@ntu.edu.sg
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral researcher) Position Opening:
Research fellow positions are available to highly motivated and qualified scholars with PhD degree for the project "Design and
Analysis of Cloud Computing for Data Value Chain". Details of this position can be found from the following link.
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Research Interests
Cognitive radio
Multimedia wireless communications
Distributed resource allocation
Quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning
Medium access control, call admission control, and congestion control
Cross-layer design
Education
Ph.D., in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Dissertation: Distributed Medium Access Control for QoS Support in Wireless Networks
- Advisor: Professor Weihua Zhuang
MASc., in Electrical and Information Engineering, 1997
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, Hubei, China
B.E., in Electrical and Information Engineering, 1994
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Grants
PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1 - " Radio Resource Management over Cognitive Radio Networks"
Co-PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1 - "Protocol Design and Application of IEEE 802.22-Based Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN)"
Co-PI, A*STAR TSRP - "Design and Analysis of Cloud Computing for Data Value Chain: Operation Research Approach"
Awards
The Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007
IEEE Student Travel Grant, 2008
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Canada, 2007
President's Graduate Scholarship, 2007
Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST), Canada, 2005, 2006
Research in Motion Scholarship, 2007
Provost/Faculty of Engineering Women's Incentive Scholarship, 2004-2006
University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, 2004, 2006
University of Waterloo Engineering Graduate Scholarship, 2004
GuangHua Scholarship, HUST, 1992, 1993
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Professional Activities
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Editorship
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Associate Editor, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Associate Editor, International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems
Associate Editor, International Journal of Communication Systems (2008-2011)
Chair/Co-chair
Co-Chair for Vehicular Communications Symposium, IEEE, IWCMC 2012, Aug. 27-31, 2012, Cyprus.
Publication Chair for IEEE Asia Pacific Wireless Communication Symposium (IEEE APWCS 2011), Aug. 22-23, 2011, Singapore.
Co-chair for Wireless Networking Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2011, June 5-9, 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
Co-Chair for General Symposium, IEEE IWCMC 2011, July 5-8, 2011, Istanbul.
Web chair for The 5th Annual International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2010) , March 1-3, 2010, Singapore.
Technical program committee (TPC) member
IEEE INFOCOM 2012
IEEE GLOBECOM 2007,2008,2010, 2011,2012
IEEE ICC 2009, 2010, 2012
IEEE IWCMC 2007,2008,2009,2010, 2011,2012
IEEE ICCS 2010
Queen's Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC) 2010
The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN'10)
IEEE CCECE 2009, Communications and Networking Symposium
IEEE CHINACOM 2008, Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium
IEEE ISSPIT 2006
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Teaching
ES6125: Wireless Communications (Lecture, 2009-2011)
CSC 420: Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Lecture, Tutorial, 2009-2011)
CPE103: Mathematics I / CSC103: Foundation Mathematics (Tutorial, 2008-2011)
CPE 104: Logic Designs (Lab, 2010-2011)
CSC 101: Introduction to Computer Systems (Tutorial, 2008)
Graduate students and Research staff
Tumuluru Vamsi Krishna (PhD), Graduated in 2011.
Yifan Li (PhD)
Shimin Gong (PhD)
Ran Wang (PhD)
Kun Zhu (PhD co-supervised)
Qiumin Dong (PhD co-supervised)
Yang Zhang (PhD co-supervised)
Xiao Lu (RA)
Chonho Lee (Postdoc, co-supervised)
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Research Publications
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Book chapters
S. Gong, P. Wang, and J. Huang, "Sensing Under Distribution Uncertainty in Cognitive Radio Networks", in Radio and Interference Management: Technology and Strategy, IGI Global, to appear
L. Xiao, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Power management for wireless base station in smart grid environment: Modeling and optimization," invited chapter in Green Radio Communication Networks, (Eds. E. Hossain, V. K. Bhargava, and G. Fettweis), Cambridge University Press, 2012.
N. Kayastha, D. Niyato, P. Wang, and E. Hossain, "Communication networks in smart grid: An architectural view," invited chapter in Smart Grid Communications and Networks, (Eds. E. Hossain, Z. Han, and H. V. Poor), Cambridge University Press, 2012.
C. Foh, Y. Zhang, Z. Ni, J. Cai, and P. Wang, ¡°Cross layer quality of service support in WLAN¡±, in Cross Layer Designs in WLAN Systems, ISBN: 9781848762275, by Troubador Publishing Ltd, Leicester, UK, to appear.
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "Real-time services over WLANs with QoS support," in Encyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications, B. Furht, ed., CRC Press, pp. 1381-1391, 2007.
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Journal papers
H. Dong, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "A dynamic offloading algorithm for mobile computing," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, D. Niyato, and W. Song, "Analysis of cognitive radio spectrum access with prioritized traffic," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, accepted
Z. Kun, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Dynamic service selection and bandwidth allocation in IEEE 802.16m mobile relay networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on Cooperative Networking Challenges and Applications, accepted.
Z. Kun, D. Niyato, P. Wang, and Z. Han, "Dynamic spectrum leasing and service selection in spectrum secondary market of cognitive radio networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted.
D. Niyato and P. Wang, "Cooperative transmission for meter data collection in smart grid," IEEE Communications Magazine, accepted.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, and E. Hossain, "Reliability analysis and redundancy design of smart grid wireless communications system for demand side management," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, accepted.
Q. Dong, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Medium access control for dynamic spectrum access in cognitive radio networks: Analysis under uncertainty," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), accepted.
J. Fan, J. Chen, Y. Du, P. Wang£¬and Y. Sun, "DelQue: A Socially-Aware Delegation Query Scheme in Delay Tolerant Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 2181-2193, June 2011.
D. Niyato, L. Xiao, and P. Wang, "Machine-to-machine communications for home energy management system in smart grid," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 53-59, April 2011.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "A novel spectrum scheduling scheme for multi-channel cognitive radio network and performance analysis," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1849-1858, May 2011.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "Channel status prediction for cognitive radio networks", Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, accepted.
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, and P. Wang, "Optimal channel access management with QoS support for cognitive vehicular networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 573-591, February 2011.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, W. Saad, and A. Hjørungnes, "Exploiting mobility diversity in wireless access for vehicular telematics: A game-theoretic approach," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 3866-3877, October 2010.
P. Wang, D. Niyato, and H. Jiang, "Voice service capacity analysis for cognitive radio networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1779-1790, May 2010.
K. Zhu, D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, and D. I. Kim, "Mobility and handoff management in vehicular networks: A survey," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, accepted.
H. Jiang, P. Wang, H.V. Poor, and W. Zhuang, "A distributed MAC scheme supporting voice services in mobile ad hoc networks," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 547-558, Apr. 2010. [Full Text].
D. Niyato and P. Wang, "Optimization of the mobile router and traffic sources in vehicular delay tolerant network," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 5095-5104, Nov. 2009. [Full Text] (This paper is one of the Top 10 Documents Accessed in the journal in Dec 2009 The Dec 2009 list)
P. Wang and W. Zhuang, "A collision-free MAC scheme for multimedia wireless mesh backbone," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 3577-3589, July 2009. [Full Text].
M. Alsabaan, W. Zhuang, and P. Wang, "Link layer solutions for supporting real-time traffic over CDMA wireless mesh networks," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, accepted. [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "A new MAC scheme supporting voice/data traffic in wireless ad hoc networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1491-1503, Dec. 2008 [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, W. Zhuang, and H.V. Poor, "Redefine max-min fairness for multi-hop wireless networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp.4786-4791, Dec. 2008 [Full Text].
P. Wang and W. Zhuang, "A token-based scheduling scheme for WLANs supporting voice/data traffic and its performance analysis," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 4, April 2008 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, W. Zhuang, and H.V. Poor, "Service time analysis of a distributed medium access control scheme," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 3988-3998, Oct. 2008 [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "Capacity improvement and analysis for voice/data traffic over WLANs," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1530-1541, April 2007 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, and W. Zhuang, "A distributed channel access scheme with guaranteed priority and enhanced fairness," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 2114-2125, June 2007 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "An interference aware distributed resource management scheme for CDMA-based wireless mesh backbone," IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4558-4567, Dec. 2007 [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "IEEE 802.11e enhancement for voice service," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 30-35, Feb. 2006 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, W. Zhuang, X. Shen, A. Abdrabou, and P. Wang, "Differentiated services for wireless mesh backbone," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 113-119, July 2006 [Full Text].
Conference papers
S. Gong, P. Wang, and J. Huang, "Robust Threshold Design for Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks", to be presented in IEEE INFOCOM'12 (mini-conference), Orlando, FL, USA, 25-30 March 2012.
Y. Li, R. Kaewpuang, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "An energy efficient solution: Integrating PHEV in smart grid with renewable energy," to be presented in IEEE INFOCOM'12 Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids (INFOCOM WS - CCSES), Orlando, FL, USA, 30 March 2012.
S. Gong, P. Wang, and W. Liu, "Spectrum Sensing Under Distribution Uncertainty in Cognitive Radio Networks", to be presented in IEEE ICC, Ottawa, Canada, 10-15 June, 2012.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, W. Saad, and Z. Han, "Game theoretic modeling of cooperation among service providers in mobile cloud computing environments," to be presented in IEEE WCNC, Paris, France, 1-4 April 2012.
D. T. Hoang, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Optimal admission control policy for mobile cloud computing hotspot with cloudlet," to be presented in IEEE WCNC, Paris, France, 1-4 April 2012.
Q. Dong, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Dynamic spectrum access for meter data transmission in smart grid: Analysis of packet loss," to be presented in IEEE WCNC, Paris, France, 1-4 April 2012.
X. Lu, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "Payoff allocation of service coalition in wireless mesh network: A cooperative game perspective," to be presented in IEEE Globecom, Houston, TX USA, 5-9 December 2011.
Y. Li, P. Wang, D. Niyato, and W. Zhang, "On hierarchical cooperation formation in mobile infostation networks," to be presented in IEEE Globecom, Houston, TX USA, 5-9 December 2011.
K. Zhu, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Dynamic bandwidth allocation under uncertainty in cognitive radio networks," to be presented in IEEE Globecom, Houston, TX USA, 5-9 December 2011.
D. Niyato, X. Zhou, A. Hjørungnes, P. Wang, and Y. Li, "Hierarchical coalition formation game of relay transmission in IEEE 802.16m," Proc. International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets), Shanghai, China, 16-18 April 2011 (invited paper).
D. Niyato, K. Zhu, and P. Wang, "Cooperative virtual machine management for multi-organization cloud computing environment," Proc. International Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks (Gamecomm), Ecole Normale Sup¨¦rieure de Cachan, Paris, France, 16 May 2011.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "Performance analysis of cognitive radio spectrum access with prioritized traffic,'' Proc. IEEE ICC, Kyoto, Japan, 5-9 June 2011.
Y. Li, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "Optimal power allocation for secondary users in cognitive relay networks," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Cancun, Mexico, 28-31 March 2011.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, W. Saad, Z. Han, and A. Hjørungnes, "Coalition formation games for relay transmission: Stability analysis under uncertainty," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Cancun, Mexico, 28-31 March 2011.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, and Z. Han, "Impact of packet loss on power demand estimation and power supply cost in smart grid," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Cancun, Mexico, 28-31 March 2011.
Y. Li, P. Wang, D. Niyato, W. Zhuang, "A dynamic relay selection scheme for mobile users in wireless relay networks", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'11 (mini-conference), Shanghai, China, 10-15 April, 2011(acceptance ratio = 23%).
S. Gong, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "Optimal power control in interference-limited cognitive radio networks," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), 17-20 November 2010, Singapore (invited paper).
S. Gong, P. Wang, W. Liu, and W. Yuan, "Maximize secondary user throughput via optimal sensing in multi-channel cognitive radio networks", Proc. IEEE Globecom'10, Miami FL USA, 6-10 December 2010.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, and Y. Li, "Optimal content transmission policy in publish-subscribe mobile social networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom10, Miami FL USA, 6-10 December 2010.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, W. Saad, and A. Hjørungnes, "Coalition formation games for improving data delivery in delay tolerant networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom'10, Miami FL USA, 6-10 December 2010.
K, Zhu, D. Niyato, and P. Wang, "Optimal bandwidth allocation with dynamic service selection in heterogeneous wireless networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom'10, Miami FL USA, 6-10 December 2010.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "An opportunistic spectrum scheduling for multi-channel cognitive radio networks," Proc. IEEE VTC 2010-Fall, Ottawa, Canada, 6-9 September 2010.
V. K. Tumuluru, P. Wang, and D. Niyato, "A neural network based spectrum prediction scheme for cognitive radio," Proc. IEEE ICC, Cape Town, South Africa, 23-27 May 2010.
W. Liu, S. Gong, Y. Zhou, and P. Wang, "Two-phase indoor positioning technique in wireless networking environment," Proc. IEEE ICC, Cape Town, South Africa, 23-27 May 2010.
K. Zhu, D. Niyato and P. Wang, "Network selection in heterogeneous wireless networks: Evolution with incomplete information," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 April 2010.
D. Niyato and P. Wang, "Credit-based spectrum sharing for cognitive mobile multihop relay networks," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 April 2010.
D. Niyato, P. Wang, W. Saad, and A. Hjorungnes, "Coalition formation games for bandwidth sharing in vehicle-to-roadside communications," Proc. IEEE WCNC, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 April 2010.
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, and P. Wang, "Competitive wireless access for data streaming over vehicle-to-roadside communications," Proc. IEEE Globecom'09, Honolulu, Hawaii, 30 Nov.-4 Dec. 2009.
P. Wang, D. Niyato, and H. Jiang, "Voice service support over cognitive radio networks", Proc. IEEE ICC'09, Dresden, Germany, 14-18 June, 2009 [Full Text].
D. Niyato, P. Wang, and C. M. Teo, "Performance analysis of the vehicular delay tolerant network," Proc. IEEE WCNC'09, Budapest, Hungary, 5-8 April, 2009 [Full Text].
H. Shan, P. Wang, W. Zhuang, and Z.X. Wang, "Cross-layer cooperative triple busy tone multiple access for wireless networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom'08, Nov.-Dec. 2008 [Full Text].
P. Wang and W. Zhuang, "A collision-free MAC scheme for multimedia wireless mesh backbone," Proc. IEEE ICC'08, May 2008 [Full Text].
M. Alsabaan, W. Zhuang, and P. Wang, "Link layer priority techniques for real- time traffic in CDMA wireless mesh networks," Proc. IEEE ICC'08, May 2008 [Full Text].
P. Wang and W. Zhuang, "A token-based scheduling scheme for WLANs and its performance analysis," Proc. IEEE ICC'07, June 2007. (received the Best Paper Award) [Full Text]
H. Jiang, P. Wang, and W. Zhuang, "Performance analysis of a distributed wireless access scheme," Proc. IEEE ICC'07, June 2007 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, H.V. Poor, and W. Zhuang, "Voice service support in mobile ad hoc networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom'07, Nov.-Dec. 2007 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "An interference aware distributed MAC scheme for CDMA-based wireless mesh backbone," Proc. IEEE CCNC'07, Jan. 2007 [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "A dual busy-tone MAC scheme supporting voice/data traffic in wireless ad hoc networks," Proc. IEEE Globecom'06, Nov.-Dec. 2006 [Full Text].
P. Wang and W. Zhuang, "An improved busy tone solution for collision avoidance in mobile ad hoc networks," Proc. IEEE ICC'06, June 2006 [Full Text].
P. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Zhuang, "Performance enhancement for WLAN supporting integrated voice/data traffic," Proc. IEEE ICC'06, June 2006 [Full Text].
H. Jiang, P. Wang, and W. Zhuang, "Enhanced QoS provisioning in distributed wireless access," Proc. IEEE ICC'06, June 2006 [Full Text].
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