Frank Yong Li

Research Interests:

Networking aspects (MAC mechanisms and routing protocols) of mobile systems and wireless networks (5G, multi-hop ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks); Internet of Things (IoT); Cooperative communications; Device-to-Device (D2D) communication; Cognitive radio networks; Green wireless communication and energy efficiency; Protocol design in IP networks; Reliable and robust communications, QoS and resource management; Analysis, simulation and performance evaluation of communication protocols and networks; MAC, network and transport layer issues in mobile and wireless networks.

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision at UiA:

1. Abhishek Kumar, "Concurrent Data Transmission in Beyond 5G and Massive IoT Networks," started from Nov. 2021. 
2. Dr. Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, "Enabling mMTC and URLLC in 5G: Initial Access, Traffic Prediction, and User Availability," (Defended in May 2021).
3. Dr. Debasish Ghose,“Protocol Design and Performance Evaluation of Wake-up Radio enabled IoT Networks,” (Defended in May 2019).
4. Dr. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge,“Channel Access and Reliability Performance in Cognitive Radio Networks: Modelling and Performance Analysis,” (Defended in Nov. 2016).
5. Dr. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, "Energy Efficiency inWireless Sensor Networks: Transmission Protocols and Performance Evaluation,” (Defended in Sept. 2016).
6. Dr. Lei Jiao, “Medium Access in Cognitive Radio Networks: from Single Hop to Multiple Hops,” (Defended in Sept. 2012).
7. Dr. Xin He, “Cooperative Communications in Wireless Local Area Networks: MAC Protocol Design and Multi-layer Solutions,” (Defended in Sept. 2012).
8. Dr. Ziaul Haq Abbas, “Energy Efficiency in Hybrid Mobile and Wireless Networks,” (Defended in Aug. 2012).
9. Dr. Yi Ren, "Security Mechanisms in Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks," (Defended in April 2012. As an active co-supervisor; Main supervisor: Prof. Vladimir Oleshchuk).
10. Dr. Hongzhi Jiao, “Cooperative Medium Access Mechanisms and Service-oriented Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” (Defended in Nov. 2011).    

Teaching at UiA:

Ph.D. courses:

• IKT 715 - Advanced Topics on Selected Areas in ICT (2022, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 5 ECTS)
• IKT 709 - Advanced Protocols in Mobile Communications (2010 - 2011, 2008 - 2009, 5 ECTS)
• IKT 700 - Advanced Mobile Network and Service Architectures (2008, 5 ECTS) 

M.Sc. courses:

• IKT 444 - Mobile Communication Networks (Autumn 2016 -, 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 443 - WiFi and Internet of Things (Spring 2020 - , 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 454 - 5G and IoT: Fundamentals (Autumn 2022-, 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 458 - 5G and IoT: Advanced (Spring 2023-, 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 446 - ICT Seminar 4: Selected Topics in Beyond 5G and IoT Networks (Autumn 2015 - , 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 442 - ICT Seminar 3: Beyond 5G and IoT (Autumn 2015 - , 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 442 - ICT Seminar 2: 5G and IoT: Advanced (Spring 2016 - , 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 440 - ICT Seminar 1: 5G and IoT: Fundamentals (Autumn 2015 - , 7.5 ECTS)
• IKT 443 - WiFi and Ad Hoc Networking (Spring 2016 - 2019, 7.5 ECTS)

• IKT 428 - Mobile Communication Networks (Autumn 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 5 ECTS)
• IKT 429 - Ad Hoc Networking (Spring 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 5 ECTS)
• IKT 501 - Mobile Communication Networks (Autumn 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 (30%), 10 ECTS)
• IKT 426 - Research Seminar (Spring 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 5 ECTS (Partially responsible))

B.Sc. courses:

• MAS 114 - Elektronisk kretser (Autumn 2007, 10 ECTS)
• ELE 101 - Kretsteknikk (Autumn 2007, 10 ECTS, 50%)

Semester Project Supervision:

• IKT 508 - Specialization Seminar (Autumn 2015, M.Sc., 10 ECTS)
• IKT 411 - Advanced Seminar (Spring 2015, M.Sc., 10 ECTS)
• IKT 508 - Specialization Project (Autumn 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, M.Sc., 10 ECTS)
• IKT 411 - Advanced Project (Spring 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, M.Sc., 10 ECTS)
• IKT 420 - Basic Project (Autumn 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, M.Sc., 5 ECTS)
• IKT 410 - Basic Project (Autumn, 2009, M.Sc., 10 ECTS)

Thesis Supervision:

 M.Sc. theses at UiA:

1. Kamar Mubasier, "5G Roaming in the Maritime Sector: Implementation and Experiments," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li and Jon Anders S. Øgaard (Telenor Maritime), (30 ECTS, Spring 2024).  
2. Pernille Berg Andersen, "Energy consumption for cluster-based IoT uplink transmissions," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li and Abhishek Kumar (30 ECTS, Spring 2024).  
3. Jon Anders Skadberg Øgaard, "Open-Source based 5G Mobile Communication Systems: Design, Implementation, and Experiments," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li, Geir Jevne, and Kjetil Kjellstadli (Telenor Maritime) (60 ECTS, Autumn 2021 - Spring 2022). Best Master Thesis in ICT 2022. 
4. Simen Birkeland Skriubakken, "Automation and Digitalization of Agreements in the Maritime Sector: A Blockchain Based Approach," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li, Vladimir A Oleshchuk, and Kjetil Kjellstadli (Telenor Maritime), (30 ECTS, Spring 2022).
5. Fredrik Bull Bringager and Simon Erik Nylund, "A Machine Learning and Point Cloud Processing based Approach for Object Detection and Pose Estimation: Design, Implementation, and Validation," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li,
   Geir Jevne, Andreas Fjetland (RedRock), and Ajit Jha, (30 ECTS, Spring 2022).  
6. Edmond John Bosco and Hussein Hajj-Ahmad, "Non-Wearable IoT-Empowered Real-Time Data Collection for Health Monitoring: Design and Implementation," Supervisor: Frank Y. Li. (30 ECTS, Spring 2021).  
7. Stian Schedin Halvorsen, "IoT-based Data Collection and Transmission for Thermal Water Supply Systems in a Smart Home: Implementation and Testing,"  Supervisors Geir Jevne and Frank Y. Li, (30 ECTS, Spring 2021).  
8. Rajai Awad Al jamous and Mulham Abdulkarim Alkarmo, "A Study on LoRaWAN and Sigfox based IoT Networks: Firmware Update and Performance Assessment," Supervisors: Frank Y. Li and Geir Jevne, (30 ECTS, Spring 2020). 
9. Junaid Jalal, "Local Area Data Network (LADN) in 5G: Implementation and Experiments", (30 ECTS, Autumn 2019). 
10. Asmund Såraa, "A Machine Learning based Prediction Model for Bursty Traffic in 5G mMTC Networks", Supervisors: Frank Y. Li, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, (30 ECTS, Spring 2019). 
11. Diego Armando Centeno Ariza and Lasse Reehaug Jørgensen, "Multi-Client Traffic Emulation for On-boardWiFi Networks: Implementation and Real-Life Experiments," Supervisors: Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, Magnus Wennberg (Telenor Maritime), and Sjur Lien (Telenor Maritime), (30 ECTS, Spring 2018).
12. Ridwan Bin Zafar, "Real-Life Experiments based on IQRF IoT Testbed: From Sensors to Cloud," Supervisors: Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge and Frank Y. Li, (30 ECTS, Spring 2018).
13. Matrika Subedi and Nonso Japhet Ezennabuike, "Relevance- and Aggregation-based Scheduling for Data Transmission in IEEE 802.15.4e IoT Networks,"  (30 ECTS, Spring 2017).
14. Kalpanie Mendis, "Ultra Reliable Communication in 5G Networks: A Dependability-based Availability Analysis in the Space Domain," (60 ECTS, Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017). Best Master Thesis in ICT Award, 2017).
15. Min Zhang, "MAC Protocols for WuR Enabled WSNs: Design and Performance Evaluation," (60 ECTS, Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017).
16. Geeth Priyankara Wijesiri N. B. A, "DTMC Modelling and Performance Evaluation for LTE-U Medium Access Mechanism and Enhancement of FBE," (Spring 2016, 30 ECTS).
17. Farhad Firoozi, "Subjective Logic-based In-network Data Processing in Distributed WSNs: Design & Performance Assessment," (Spring 2016, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Prof. Vladimir Zadorozhny, Univ. of Pittsburgh).
18. Sahar Aeyadi, "Adaptive Video Transmission over Wireless Links: Algorithms and Implementation," (Spring 2016, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Prof. Enrico Masala, Politecnico di Torino).
19. Ayyaz Mahmood and Salekin Imran, "Packet Aggregation in TelosB WSNs: Design, Implementationand Experiments," (Spring 2016, 30 ECTS).
20. A. S. M. Samiul Saki Chowdhury, "Long Distance, Low Data Rate Packet Transmission at 868 MHz: Protocol Design and Implementation," (Spring 2016, 30 ECTS).
21. Harald Gramsatad Lie and Michael Stensrud, "On-the-Fly Establishment of Multi-hop D2D Communication based on Android Smartphones and Embedded Platforms: Implementation and Real-Life Experiments," (Spring 2015, 30 ECTS. Best Master Thesis in ICT Award, 2015).
22. Alexandre Kanyeshuli, "LTE in Unlicensed Band: Medium Access and Performance Evaluation," (Spring 2015, 30 ECTS).
23. Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, "Adaptive Backbone and Link Correlation based Data Transmission Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks," (Spring 2015, 30 ECTS).
24. Yngve Lågbu, "Distributed Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communication in LTE/LTE-A Networks," (Spring 2015, 30 ECTS).
25. Anuradha Bista and Milka Radin, "Neighbor and Service Discovery Protocols with Security Enhancement for Device-to-Device Communication in LTE/LTE-A Cellular Networks," (Spring 2015, 30 ECTS).
26. Faustin Ahishakiye, "Neighbor Discovery and Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communication," (Spring 2014, 30 ECTS).
27. Javad Lamei, "Design of Energy Efficient MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks," (Spring 2014, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Lakshmikanth Guntupalli).
28. Nils Erik Skjønsberg and Magnus Wennberg, "Mobile to Mobile Communication with or without Temporary Infrastructure: Prototype Implementation and Real-life Experiments," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Best Master Thesis in ICT Award, 2013).
29. Muhammad Maqsood and Awais Masood, "Integration of WirelessHART and STK600 Development Kit for Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisos: Ahmed Noor, and Erlend Knutson, Applica).
30. Elmira Jalali, "Channel Aggregation for Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks: Access Schemes and Performance Evaluation," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge).
31. Faraz Iqbal,  "Performance Evaluation of Robust Header Compression Protocol for Low Data Rate Networks," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisors: Drs. Mariann Hauge and Margrete Allern Brose, FFI).
32. Pavlo Prykhodko, "Development and Testing of Web GUI Application for the LHCb VELO Data Quality Monitoring System," (Spring and Autumn 2013, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Dr. Paula Collins, CERN).
33. Baddam Sriram Reddy and Xiaolong Chen, “Data Collection and Transmission for Leisure Time Boats based on Arduino WSNs and LTE," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Main supervisor: Dr. Lei Jiao).
34. Mingli Yue and Yihai Sun, “Marine Data Collection based on Embedded System with Wired and Wireless Transmission," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Main supervisor: Dr. Lei Jiao).
35. Qihao Li, “Performance Evaluation of the GCR Block ACK Mechanism in IEEE 802.11aa Networks," (Spring 2013, 30 ECTS. Main supervisor: Dr. Lei Jiao).
36. Zhaohan Jia, “GPS-based Collision Avoidance for Moving Vehicles: Algorithm, Implementation and Testing," (Spring 2012, 30 ECTS. Co- supervisor: Lei Jiao).
37. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, “Performance Evaluation of Channel Aggregation Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks with Queues," (Spring 2012, 30 ECTS. Co- supervisor: Lei Jiao. Best Master Thesis in ICT Award, 2012).
38. Ali Raza, "A Battery and Network Usage Model for Smartphones," (Spring 2012, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisors: Jonny Ervik and Stian Haugen, ST-Ericsson).
39. Sverre A. Larsen, "Sikkerhetsanalyse i AMS (Avansert Måle- og Styringssystem)," (Spring 2011, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Dr. Per-Oddvar Osland, Devoteam).
40. Ole-Martin Rodal and Erdem Özkan, "Multi-Protocol Correlation: Data Record Analyses and Correlator Design," (Spring 2011, 30 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Frode Gorseth, Utel Systems).
41. Huaqiang He and Xiaowen Guo, "Design a WLAN Mini Access Point in the Android Platform," (Spring 2010, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisors: Roger Frøysaa, Andreas Ludviksen, and Jonny Ervik, ST-Ericsson).
42. Ali Azami, "Cooperative Retransmission Implementation in ns 2," (Spring 2010, 30 ECTS).
43. Peipei Liu, "Ad Hoc Network for Oil Supply Boats," (Spring 2009, 30 ECTS.  Co-supervisors: Arild Haglund and Ziaul Haq Abbas).
44. Meng Li, "Investigating Power Consumption in 802.11 WLANs: Measurement, Visualization, and Improvement," (Spring 2009, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisors: Paulo Pamplona, Kim Tommy Humborstad, and Arild Løvendahl, Ericsson Mobile Platforms).
45. Xiaorui Zhang and Aqsa Liaqat, "A Study on Next Generation IP Multimedia Home Surveillance Services,"  (Spring 2008, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisor: Leif Arne Dalane, Devoteam).
46. Harald Unander and Wang Wenjuan, "Accurate Measurement and Visualization of Traffic Load in IEEE 802.11 WLANs," (Spring 2008, 30 ECTS, Co-supervisors: Øyvind Murberg and Kim Lilliestierna, Ericsson Mobile Platforms). 

List of supervised semester projects (this list is not updated after 2015): 

1. Ayyaz Mahmood and Salekin Imran, "Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks: Real Life and Simulation based Measurements", (IKT 508, Autumn 2015, 10 ECTS).
2. Farhad Firoozi, "Subjective Logic-based In-network Processing Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks",  (IKT 508, Autumn 2015, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Prof. Vladimir Zadorozhny, Univ. of Pittsburgh).
3. Geeth Priyankara Wijesiri N. B. A., "Enabling LTE in Unlicensed Band: LTE-U Access Mechanisms and Enhancements", (IKT 508, Autumn 2015, 10 ECTS).
4. Sahar Ayedi, "Adaptive Modulation Schemes for Video Transmission in LTE Cellular Networks", (IKT 508, Autumn 2015, 10 ECTS).
5. A.S.M. Samiul Saki Chowdhury, "Voice Transmission over Low Data Rate Wireless Networks: Embedded Systems and Implementation",  (IKT 508, Autumn 2015, 10 ECTS).
6. Geeth Priyankara Wijesiri N. B. A. and A.S.M. Samiul Saki Chowdhury, "MAC Enhancement and Performance Evaluation in Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting", (IKT 411, Spring 2015, 10 ECTS).
7. Salekin Imran and Ayyaz Mahmood, "MAC Principle and Throughput Enhancement in Next Generation Wi-Fi Networks: IEEE 802.11ax", (IKT 411, Spring 2015, 10 ECTS).
8. Alexandre Kanyeshuli and Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, "Channel Correlation based Cooperative Communication in WSNs: Sliding Window Enhancement and Simulations", (IKT 508, Autumn 2014, 10 ECTS).
9. Harald Gramstad Lie and Michael Stensrud, "D2D Communication Temporarily Deployed Infrastructure with Enhanced Secure Services", (IKT 508, Autumn 2014, 10 ECTS). 
10. Anuradha Bista and Milka Radin,"Understanding OLSRv2: Metrics, MPR Selection and Security Enhancement", (IKT 508, Autumn 2014, 10 ECTS). 
11. Atique Azam, "Backbone Formation Algorithms in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", (IKT 508, Autumn 2014, 10 ECTS). 
12. Ayyaz Mahmood, Farhad Firoozi, Sahar Ayedi, A.S.M. Samiul Saki Chowdhury, and Geeth Priyankara Wijesiri N. B. A, "Energy Harvesting in Mobile and Wireless Networks: A Survey and Potential Topics", (IKT 420, Autumn 2014, 5 ECTS).
13. Prashil Regmi and Rishav Koirala, "Traffic Offloading in Cellular-alone and WiFi-assisted Mobile Networks", (IKT 411, Spring 2014, 10 ECTS).
14. Michael Stensrud and Henrik Nergaard, "Dynamic Address and User Interface Enhancements for Android-based Smartphone D2D Communication: Implementation and Experiments", (IKT 411, Spring 2014, 10 ECTS).
15. Harald Gramstad Lie and Yngve Lågbu, "Development and Evaluation of an OpenBTS Small-Scale Cellular Network", (IKT 411, Spring 2014, 10 ECTS).
16. Alexandre Kanyeshuli and Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, "Analysis of Correlation and CDS Based Transmission Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks", (IKT 411, Spring 2014, 10 ECTS).
17. Espen Løvø, "IPv6 Routing: Principles and Status", (IKT 508, Autumn 2013, 10 ECTS).
18. Faustin Ahishakiye, "Service Discovery for Device to Device Communication: Reactive versus Proactive Protocols", (IKT 508, Autumn 2013, 10 ECTS).
19. Javad Lamei, "Emotion Detection and Transmission over Low Data Rate Wireless Networks", (IKT 508, Autumn 2013, 10 ECTS).
20. Harald Gramstad Lie, Yngve Lågbu, Milka Radin, Henrik Nergaard and Michael Stensrud, "Future Wireless LAN with Very High Throughput and Interworking Capability", (IKT 420, Autumn 2013, 5 ECTS).
21. Atique Azam, Rajib Chakrabartty, Alexandre Kanyeshuli, Rishav Koirala, Prashil Regmi, and Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, "Path towards 5G: Mobile Communications beyond 2020", (IKT 420, Autumn 2013, 5 ECTS).
22. Zhaohan Jia, "Gumstix Overo based Wireless Communication Testbed: Implementation and Testing",  (IKT 411, Spring 2013, 10 ECTS).
23. Faustin Ahishakiye, Javad Lamei and Gaoqiang Zhuo, "Device-to-device Communication in Cellular Networks: Capacity, Throughput and Protocol Design", (IKT 411, Spring 2013, 10 ECTS).
24. Ali Azami, "The CORE and EMANE Network Emulators", (IKT 411, Spring 2013, 10 ECTS).
25. Elmira Jalali, "Performance Comparison of Overlay and Underlay Channel Access Schemes in Cognitive Radio Networks", (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Indika B. A. M. Balapuwaduge).
26. Faraz Iqbal and Awais Masood, "Performance Evaluation of Packet Aggregation in WSN",  (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Lakshmikanth Guntupalli).
27. Muhammad Maqsood and Xiaolong Chen, "Implementation of Cooperative Transmission Schemes in Duty-Cycle Wireless Sensor Networks using NS2", (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Lakshmikanth Guntupalli).
28. Nils Erik Skjønsberg and Magnus Wennberg, "Mobile to Mobile Communication: Phase II", (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS).
29. Pavlo Prykhodko and Mingli Yue, "Data Collection System for CAN Bus Network", (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Dr. Lei Jiao).
30. Qihao Li, "Performance Evaluation of GCR Block ACK in 802.11aa", (IKT 508, Autumn 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Dr. Lei Jiao).
31. Faustin Ahishakiye, Javad Lamei, Gaoqiang Zhuo, and Ali Azami, "Relay and CoMP Techniques in LTE-Advanced", (IKT 420, Autumn 2012, 5 ECTS).
32. Faraz Iqbal and Awais Masood, "Traffic Analysis through Wireshark", (IKT 411, Spring 2012, 10 ECTS).
33. Qihao Li, "MAC Enhancements for Robust Audio Video Streaming in 802.11aa Wireless Networks", (IKT 411, Spring 2012, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Lei Jiao).
34. Nils Erik Skjønsberg and Magnus Wennberg, "Voice over Wi-Fi Direct", (IKT 411, Spring 2012, 10 ECTS). 
35. Pavlo Prykhodko, "Implementation of Multicast Services in Wireless Networks", (IKT 411, Spring 2012, 10 ECTS). 
36. Mingli Yue, "Energy Eciency Improvement in Cellular System", (IKT 411, Spring 2012, 10 ECTS).   
37. Zhaohan Jia, "Enabling Concurrency in Wi-Fi Networks using Positional Carrier Sense", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Xin He).
38. Indika B. A. M. Balapuwaduge, "Complexity Analysis for Spectrum Access Strategies with Channel Assembling in Cognitive Radio Networks by Stochastic Process Modeling", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS, Co-supervisor: Lei Jiao).
39. Ali Azami, "Network Simulator NS3: Validation and Performance Evaluation", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS).
40. Feng Xue and Yunpeng Han, "Prototype of Peer-to-Peer Communication: Design, Implementation and Testing", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS).
41. Soroush Kahkes, "NS3", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS).
42. Baddam Sriramreddy and Alsayyed Tarayrah, "Wisebed Sensor Network Testbed: Phase II", (IKT 508, Autumn 2011, 10 ECTS).
43. Xiaolong Chen, Muhammad Maqsood, Daniel Bird, and Mingli Yue, "Green ICT and Energy Eciency for Mobile Communications", (IKT 420, Autumn 2011, 5 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Ziaul Haq Abbas).
44. Nils Erik Skjønsberg, Magnus Wennberg, Pavlo Prykhodko, Faraz Iqbal, Qihao Li, and Elmira Jalali, "Mobile Communication Technologies for Crisis Management", (IKT 420, Autumn 2011, 5 ECTS).
45. Saddique Ali and Trond Ågedal Bue, "WirelessHART Technology",  (IKT 411, Spring 2011, 10 ECTS).
46. Alsayyed Tarayrah and Baddam Sriramreddy, "Wisebed Sensor Network Testbed: Phase I",  (IKT 411, Spring 2011, 10 ECTS).
47. Muhammad Maqsood and Soroush Kahkesh, "MAC Protocols in Wireless Networks and Their Simulations", (IKT 411, Spring 2011, 10 ECTS. Co-supervisor: Lei Jiao).
48. Indika B. A. M. Balapuwaduge, "Stochastic Process Modeling via Markov Chain and its Simulations", (IKT 411, Spring 2011, 10 ECTS.  Co-supervisor: Lei Jiao).
49. Zhaohan Jia, "A Novel Cooperative Multicast Protocol for Multi-hop Wireless Networks", (IKT 411, Spring 2011, 10 ECTS.  Co-supervisor: Hongzhi Jiao).
50. Ali Raza, "Traffic Pattern Analysis and Optimized Bandwidth Utilization across Heterogeneous Macro/Femto Cells", (IKT 508, Autumn 2010, 10 ECTS).
51. Dadallage S. De Silva, "Physical Layer Implementation of MIMO-OFDM Systems", (IKT 508, Autumn 2010, 10 ECTS.  Co-supervisor: Xin He).
52. Ole-Martin Rodal and Erdem Özkan, "Protocol/Call Correlation", (IKT 508, Autumn 2010, 10 ECTS.  Co-supervisor: Frode Gorseth, Utel Systems).
53. Zhaohan Jia, Saddique Ali, Yunpeng Han, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Baddam Sriramreddy, "Paths Towards 4G",  (IKT 420, Autumn 2010, 5 ECTS).
54. Yan Li and Hassan Abo Klosa, "LTE: Enabling Techniques and Use Case of IPv6 Migration",  (IKT 411, Apring 2010, 10 ECTS).
55. Ali Raza and Dadallage S. De Silva, "Femtocells: What, Why and How", (IKT 411, Apring 2010, 10 ECTS).
56. Ermal Mujaj and Thomas Dverseth, "Cognitive Radio Networks", (IKT 411, Apring 2010, 10 ECTS).
57. Jan Olsen, "OMNET++ Framework Validation and Verication of IEEE802.11 Simulation Support", (IKT 508, Autumn 2009, 10 ECTS).
58. Huaqiang He and Xiaowen Guo, "Mobile Energy Efficiency - Challenges and Potential Improvements", (IKT 508, Autumn 2009, 10 ECTS).
59. Abdul Sattar and Asheesh Saraswat, "Performance Statistics of Wireless Multimedia Services (WMS) over Wireless Networks", (IKT 410, Autumn 2009, 10 ECTS).

Ongoing projects

Project title: Elevating the Quality of Education in ICT towards 2030 through Multilateral Collaborations (EQEI); My role: PI/Project Coordinator; Funding source: the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), UTFORSK program 2021; Contract number: UTF-2021/10133; Proect duration: Jan. 2023 - Dec. 2026.

Project title: A Massive MIMO Enabled IoT Platform with Networking Slicing for Beyond 5G IoV/V2X and Maritime Services (SOLID-B5G), Funding sources: European Economic Area (EEA) Norway-Romania program;  Contract number: 42/2021, RO-NO-2019-0499; Project duration: Jan. 2021 - Apr. 2024. 

Project title: Orchestrating Internet of Things and Machine Learning for Early Risk Detection to Ensure Inpatients Safety (StaySafe); Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the HELSEVEL program; Project duration: Dec. 2020 - Nov. 2024. 

Project title: European Network on Future Generation Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (NEWFOCUS), CA19111; Funding sources: EU H2020 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program; Project duration: Sept. 2020 - Sept. 2024. 

Project title: Cooperation on 5G, IoT, and ML with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University/TW, under the EU Erasmus+ Global Mobility program; Project duration: 2017-2019 (Phase I), 2019-2022 (Phase II).   

Completed projects

Project title: NorTex Data Science Cluster; Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the INTPART program; Project duration: 2016-2018.  

Project title: ECO-boat mid of life (ECO-boat MOL); Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the BIA program;  Project duration: 2011-2015.

Project title: Security, Services, Networking and Performance of Next Generation IP-based Multimedia Wireless Networks (S2EuNet); Funding sources: EU FP7, under the PEOPLE program; Project number: 247083;  Project duration: 2010-2014;

Project title: Laterna Guide in WiFi Networks; Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the VRI-Agder program; Project duration: 2012-2013.

Project title: Effecient Security and Privacy Solutions for Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks; Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the Leiv Eiriksson program; Project duration: 2011 - 2011. 

Project title: Secure and Reliable Wireless and Ad Hoc Communications (SWACOM);  Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the VERDIKT program; Project duration: 2007-2010. 

Project title: Dynamic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks; Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the Leiv Eiriksson program; Project duration: 2010 - 2010. 

Project title: WiMAX-Mesh (Mobile Broadband Applications and Business Models); Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR), under the VRI-Agder program; Project duration: 2008 - 2008. 

Project title: Wireless Ad-Hoc Broadband Monitoring System (ADHOCSYS); Funding sources: EU FP6, under the 2004-IST-4-STREP program; contract number 026548; Project duration: 2005-2007. 

Project title: Future Communication Systems (FUCS); Funding source: The Research Council of Norway (NFR); Project duration: 2003-2005. 

Project title: Turbo codes, Access and Networking Technology related to UMTS (TURBAN); Funding source: Telenor Research and NTNU; Project duration: 1999-2002. 

List of Publications 

Refereed Journal Papers:

1. Kamar Mubasier, Frank Y. Li, Jon Anders S. Øgaard, and Marius-Constantin Vochin, "Campus-Based Full-Scale and Portable Open-Source 5G SA Networks: Prototyping and Experiments," in Proc. 
   the 26th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Tampa, FL, USA, Nov. 2023

2. Pantelimon-Teodor Tivig, Eugen Borcoci, Marius-Constantin Vochin, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Slicing 5G Core Network Based on the Ryu SDN Controller for Everything as a Service," in Proc. the 26th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Tampa, FL, USA, Nov. 2023. 

3. Buddhi Jayasekara, Indika A.M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Dynamic Sensitivity Control for Mitigating Hidden and Exposed Terminals in WiFi 7 Networks," in Proc. the 9th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, Aveiro, Portugal, Oct. 2023.

4. Larisa-Mihaela Tufeanu, Marius-Constantin Vochin, Constantin-Laurentiu Paraschiv, and Frank Y. Li, "Enabling Reinforcement Learning for Network Slice Management in Multi-Agent 5G Networks," in Proc. the 9th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, Aveiro, Portugal, Oct. 2023. 

5. Abhishek Kumar, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, Frank Y. Li, Carmen Florea, and Octavia A. Dobre, "Understanding Inter- and Intra-Cluster Concurrent Transmissions for IoT Uplink Traffic in MIMO-NOMA Networks: A DTMC Analysis," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, early access, Dec. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3341613.  

6. Ciprian Ciprian Zamfirescu, Radu Iugulescu, Răzvan Crăciunescu, Alexandru Vulpe, Frank Y. Li and Simona Halunga, "Network slice allocation for 5G V2X networks: A case study from framework to implementation and performance assessment,"  Vehicular Communications, vol. 45, art. no. 100691, Feb. 2024, 
   DOI: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2023.100691. 

7. Ana-Maria Drăgulinescu, Ciprian Zamfirescu, Simona Halunga, Ioana Marcu, Frank Y. Li, and Octavia A. Dobre, "Understanding LoRaWAN Transmissions in Harsh Environments: A Measurement-Based Campaign Through Unmanned Aerial/Surface Vehicles," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, art. no. 5501514, Jan. 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3351262.  

8. Yi Ren, Tuan Phung-Duc, Jyh-Cheng Chen, and Frank Y. Li, "Enabling Dynamic Autoscaling for NFV in a Non-Standalone Virtual EPC: Design and Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 6, Jun. 2023, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10018535.

9. Debasish Ghose, Luis Tello-Oquendo, Vicent Pla, and Frank Y. Li, "On the Behavior of Synchronous Data Transmission in WuR Enabled IoT Networks: Protocol and Absorbing Markov Chain Based Modeling," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 8565 - 8580, Oct. 2022.

10. Yu-Ting Liu, Jen-Jee Chen, Yu-Chee Tseng, and Frank Y. Li, "An Auto-Encoder Multitask LSTM Model for Boundary Localization," IEEE Sensors Journal,  vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 10940 - 10953, Jun. 2022.

11. Eugen Borcoci, Ana-Maria Drăgulinescu, Frank Y. Li, Marius-Constantin Vochin, and Kjetil Kjellstadli, "An Overview of 5G Slicing Operational Business Models for Internet of Vehicles, Maritime IoT Applications and Connectivity Solutions," IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 156624-156646, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3128496. 

12. Chia-An Hsu, Chung-Hsiang Tsai, Frank Y. Li, Chiuyuan Chen, and Yu-Chee Tseng, “Receiver-Initiated Data Collection in Wake-up Radio Enabled mIoT Networks: Achieving Collision-Free Transmissions by Hashing and Partitioning," IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 10.1109/TGCN.2021.3057418, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 868 - 883, Jun. 2021. 

13. Thilina N. Weerasinghe, Vicente Casares-Giner, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, “Priority Enabled Grant-Free Access with Dynamic Slot Allocation for Heterogeneous mMTC Traffic in 5G NR Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3053990, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 3192 - 3206, May 2021. 
14. Ziaul Haq Abbas, M. Sajid Haroon, Fazal Muhammad, Ghulam Abbas, and Frank Y. Li, "Enabling Soft Frequency Reuse and Stienen’s Cell Partition in Two-Tier Heterogeneous Networks: Cell Deployment and Coverage Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 10.1109/TVT.2020.3048090, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 613-626, Jan. 2021. 
15. Thilina N. Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, “Priority-based Initial Access for URLLC Traffic in Massive IoT Networks: Schemes and Performance Analysis,” Computer Networks, vol. 178, pp. 1-16, Sep. 2020,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2020.107360.
16. Ziaul Haq Abbas, Arif Ullah, Ghulam Abbas, Fazal Muhammad, and Frank Y. Li, "Outage Probability Analysis of User-Centric SBS-Based HCNets under Hybrid Rician/Rayleigh Fading," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 297 - 301, Feb. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2019.2959578.
17. H. V. Kalpanie Mendis, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Dependability-based Reliability Analysis in URC Networks: Availability in the Space Domain," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1915 - 1930, Oct. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2019.2934826. 
18. Thilina Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Time-Space Domain Availability Analysis under Reliability Impairments," IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 103-106, Sept. 2019, DOI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8715374.

19. Debasish Ghose, Anders Frøytlog, and Frank Y. Li, " Enabling early sleeping and early data transmission in wake-up radio-enabled IoT networks," Computer Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 153, pp. 132-144, April 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2019.03.002.

20. Anders Frøytlog, Thomas Foss, Ole Bakker, Geir Jevne, M. Arild Haglund, Frank Y. Li, Joaquim Oller, and Geoffrey Ye Li, "Ultra-Low Power Wake-up Radio for 5G IoT," IEEE Communications Magazine, 2019, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 111-117, March 2019, DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2019.1701288.

21. Zhijin Qin, Frank Y. Li, Geoffrey Ye Li, Julie A. McCann, and Qiang Ni, "Low-Power Wide-Area Networks for Sustainable IoT,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2018.1800264.

22. Yi Ren, Chih-Wei Tung, Jyh-Cheng Chen, and Frank Y. Li, " Proportional and Preemption-enabled Traffic Offloading for IP Flow Mobility: Algorithms and Performance Evaluation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 67, No. 12, pp. 12095 – 12108, Dec. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2018.2872829.

23. Farhad Firoozi, Vladimir I. Zadorozhny, and Frank Y. Li, “Subjective Logic-based In-network Data Processing for Trust Management in Collocated and Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 18, No. 15, pp. 6446-6460, Aug. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2848205. 

24. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Michael Gidlund, and Frank Y. Li, "An On-Demand Energy Requesting Scheme for Wireless Energy Harvesting Powered IoT Networks," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 5, No. No. 4, pp. 2868-2879, Aug. 2018,  DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2018.2849069.  
25. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Debasish Ghose, Frank Y. Li, and Michael Gidlund, “Energy Efficient Consecutive Packet Transmissions in Receiver-initiated Wake-up Radio Enabled WSNs,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 18, No. 11, pp. 4733-4745, Jun. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2825540.
26. Debasish Ghose, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "MAC Protocols for Wake-up Radio: Principles, Modeling and Performance Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2018, pp. 2294-2306, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2018.2805321.
27. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, and Frank Y. Li, “Performance of Frame Transmissions and Event-Triggered Sleeping in Duty-Cycled WSNs with Error-Prone Wireless Links," Computer Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 134, pp. 215-227, April 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2018.01.047
28. Zaiwar Ali, Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, "A Novel Fault Tolerant and Energy-Efficient Load Balancing Technique in Wireless Sensor Networks with Stochastic Routing," Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Vol. 40, No. 3/4, pp. 169-190, 2018. 
29. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "Dynamic Spectrum Reservation for CR Networks in the Presence of Channel Failures: Channel Allocation and Reliability Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 882 - 898, Feb. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2772240.
30. H. V. Kalpanie Mendis and Frank Y. Li, "Achieving Ultra Reliable Communication in 5G Networks: A Dependability Perspective Availability Analysis in the Space Domain," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 2057-2060, Sept. 2017, DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2017.2696958. 
31. Debasish Ghose and Frank Y. Li, "Enabling Backoff SCM Wake-up Radio: Protocol and Modeling," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 1031-1034, May 2017, DOI: 10.1109 / LCOMM.2017.2653779.
32. Fazal Muhammad, Ziaul Haq Abbas, and Frank Y. Li, "Cell Association with Load Balancing in Non-uniform Heterogeneous Cellular Networks: Coverage Probability and Rate Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 5241-5255, June 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2016.2614696.

33. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, “System Times and Channel Availability for Secondary Transmissions in CRNs: A Dependability Theory based Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 2771-2788, March 2017, DOI:10.1109/TVT.2016.2585200.

34. Bakht Zaman, Ziaul Haq Abbas, and Frank Y. Li, "A Lightweight Spectrum Occupancy and Service Time Model for Centralized Cognitive Radio Networks," Wireless Personal Communications, Springer,Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 1675-1694, Feb. 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s11277-016-3628-7.

35. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, Frank Y. Li, and Mary Ann Weitnauer, “Aggregated Packet Transmission in Duty-Cycled WSNs: Modeling and Performance Evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No.1, pp. 563-579, Jan. 2017, DOI:10.1109/TVT.2016.2536686.

36. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, Amogh Rajannaz, and Mostafa Kaveh, “Channel Occupancy-based Dynamic Spectrum Leasing in Multi-channel CRNs: Strategies and Performance Evaluation," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 1313-1328, March 2016.

37. Jorge Martinez-Bauset, Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, and Frank Y. Li, “Performance Analysis of Synchronous Duty-Cycled MAC Protocols," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 469-472, Oct. 2015.

38. Xiaoqing Peng, Weimin Wu, Jun Sun, Yingzhuang Liu and Frank Y. Li, “Sparsity-aware, Channel Order-blind Pilot Placement with Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems,” IET Communications, Vol. 9, No.9, pp. 1182-1190, Sept. 2015.

39. Ke Yu, Frank Y. Li, Xiaofei Wu, and Jiaxi Di, “The Heterogeneity of Inter-domain Internet Application Flows: Entropic Analysis and Flow Graph Modeling,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 760-771, May 2015,DOI: 10.1002/ett.2706.

40. Almira Jalali, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, “A Dynamic Channel Access Strategy for Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks: Markov Modelling and Performance Evaluation,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, online Feb. 2015,DOI: 10.1002/ett.2928.

41. Lei Jiao, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "On the Performance of Channel Assembling and Fragmentation in Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 5661-5675, Oct. 2014.

42. Yi Ren, Vladimir I. Zadorozhny, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, "A Novel Approach to Trust Management in Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp.1409-1423, July 2014.
43. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Lei Jiao, Vicent Pla, and Frank Y. Li, "Channel Assembling with Priority-based Queues in Cognitive Radio Networks: Strategies and Performance Evaluation," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 630-645, Feb.2014.
44. Xiaofei Wu, Xin Wang, Ke Yu, and Frank Y. Li, “A Measurement-based Study on the Correlations of Inter-domain Internet Application Flows," Computer Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 58, pp. 127-140, Jan. 2014.
45. Lin Xiang, Xiaohu Ge, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Frank Y. Li, and Frank Reichert, "Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Cellular Networks based on Spatial Distributions of Traffic Load and Power Consumption," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 961- 973, March 2013.
46. Lei Jiao, Enbin Song, Vicent Pla, and Frank Y. Li, "Capacity Upper Bound of Channel Assembling in Cognitive Radio Networks with Quasistationary Primary User Activities," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 62, No. 5, May 2013, DOI:10.1109/TVT.2012.2236115.
47. Cong Shi, Ying Wang, Tan Wang, Ping Zhang, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, and Frank Y. Li, “Joint Optimization of Detection Threshold and Resource Allocation in Infrastructure-based Multi-band Cognitive Radio Networks,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2012, 2012:334. DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2012-334.
48. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, “Optimized Secure and Reliable Distributed Data Storage Scheme and Performance Evaluation in Unattended WSNs,” Computer Communications, Elsevier, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1067-1077, May 2013.
49. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, "Two Teletraffic-based Schemes for Energy Saving in Cellular Networks with Micro-cells,"Journal of Communications, Academy Publisher, Vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 726-739, Oct. 2012.
50. Lei Jiao, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of Channel Assembling in Multi-channel Cognitive Radio Networks with Spectrum Adaptation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 2686-2679, July 2012.
51. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, "Metric-based Cooperative Routing in Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks," Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, Hindawi, vol. 2012, Article ID 893867, 12 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/893867.
52. Xin He, Ram Kumar, Liping Mu, Terje Gjøsæter, and Frank Y. Li, "Formal verification of a Cooperative Automatic Repeat reQuest MAC protocol," Computer Standards & Interfaces, Elsevier, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp.343-354, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2011.12.001.
53. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, "Analysis of Mobile-oriented Energy Consumption for Heterogeneous Connections in Hybrid Wireless Networks," International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Inderscience Publishers, ISSN (Online): 1754-3924,Vol. 9, Nos. 3/4, pp.184–206, 2012.
54. Yuming Wang, Xiaohu Ge, Chengqian Chao, Xi Huang, and Frank Y. Li, “Modeling and Performance Analysis of Energy Efficiency Binary Power Control in MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communication Systems,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks,ISSN 1550-1329, Hindawi,Vol. 2011 (2011), Article ID 946258, DOI:10.1155/2011/946258.
55. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, "A TDMA-based MAC Protocol Supporting Cooperative Communications in Wireless Mesh Networks," International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC), AIRCC, ISSN 0974 - 9322 (Online); 0975 - 2293 (Print),Vol.3, No. 5, pp.21-38, 2011.
56. Frank Y. Li, Paolo Bucciol, Lorenzo Vandoni, Nikos Fragoulis, Stefano Zanoli, Luca Leschiutta and Oscar Lázaro, “Broadband Internet Access via Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks: Design, Protocol and Experiments,” Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, ISSN 0929-6212 (Print) 1572-834X (Online), DOI 10.1007/s11277-009-9907-9, Vol. 58, No.4, pp. 807-829, 2011.
57. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “ Cooperative MAC Design in Multi-hop Wireless Networks - Part I: When Source and Destination are within the Transmission Range of Each Other,” Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, ISSN 0929-6212 (Print) 1572-834X (Online), DOI: 10.1007/s11277-010-0072-y, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 339-350, 2011.
58. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “ Cooperative MAC Design in Multi-Hop WirelessNetworks—Part II: When Source and Destinationare Two-Hops Away from Each Other,” Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, ISSN 0929-6212 (Print) 1572-834X (Online), DOI 10.1007/s11277-010-0073-x, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 351-363, 2011.
59. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, Frank Y. Li and Xiaohu Ge, "Security in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks - A Survey," Journal of Communications, Academy Publisher, ISSN 1796-2021,Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 128-142, 2011.
60. Lei Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “A Dynamic Parallel-rendezvous MAC Mechanism in Multi-rate Cognitive Radio Networks: Mechanism Design and Performance Evaluation,” Journal of Communications, Academy Publisher, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 752-765, Nov. 2009.
61. Frank Y. Li, Andreas Hafslund, Mariann Hauge, Paal Engelstad, Øivind Kure and Pål Spilling, "Does Higher Datarate Perform Better in IEEE 802.11-based Multihop Ad Hoc Networks?" Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.282-295, Sept. 2007.
62. Frank Y. Li, "Local-and System-Level QoS-Aware Traffic Conditioning in 3G Radio Access Networks," Journal of Mobile Communication, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2007.
63. Frank Y. Li, Norvald Stol and Bjarne E. Helvik, "Conformance Deterioration in QoS Networks: Phenomenon, Analysis and Elimination," Computer Networks, Elsevier, Vol.50, No.12, pp. 2112-2126, Aug. 2006.

Book Chapters:

1. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge and Frank Y. Li, ``Cellular Networks: An Evolution from 1G to 4G", In Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks, Springer, Cham, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32903-1_214-1.

2. Geir Egeland, Paal E. Engelstad, and Frank Y. Li, “The Performance of Wireless Mesh Networks with Apparent Link Failures”, Book chapter in “Wireless Mesh Networks,” pp. 163-184, by INTECH, ISBN 978-953-7619-X-X, Jan 2011.

3. Paolo Bucciol, Frank Y. Li, Nikos Fragoulis and Juan Carlos De Martin, "Hierarchical and QoS-aware Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks," Chapter 3 in "Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks", Springer 2009, pp. 49-75, ISBN 978-1-84800-908-0, e-ISBN: 978-1-84800-909-7, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-909-7.

Refereed Conference Papers:

1. Abhishek Kumar, Frank Y. Li, and Jorge Martinez-Bauset, "Performance Evaluation of Cluster-based Concurrent Uplink Transmissions in MIMO-NOMA Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, May 2023. 

2. Abhishek Kumar, Frank Y. Li, and Jorge Martinez-Bauset, "Revealing the Benefits of Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Uplink IoT Traffic," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022.

3. Jon Anders S. Øgaard, Frank Y. Li, Geir Jevne, Kjetil Kjellstadli, Alexandru Martian, "Internet Connected Open-Source based 4G MIMO and 5G NSA Systems: Prototyping and Performance," in Proc. the 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Herning, Denmark, Nov. 2022.

4. Carmen Florea, Razvan Craciunescu, Frank Y. Li, Alexandru Vulpe, Marius-Constantin Vochin, "Enabling Pseudo-Orthogonal Preambles, Clustering, and MIMO in Massive IoT Networks," in Proc. the 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Herning, Denmark, Nov. 2022.

5. Larisa-Mihaela Tufeanu, Alexandru Martian, Marius-Constantin Vochin, Constantin-Laurentiu Paraschiv, and Frank Y. Li, "Building an Open Source Containerized 5G SA Network through Docker and Kubernetes," in Proc. the 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Herning, Denmark, Nov. 2022.

6. Razvan Mihai, Razvan Craciunescu, Alexandru Martian, Frank Y. Li, Cristian Patachia, and Marius-Constantin Vochin, "Open-Source Enabled Beyond 5G Private Mobile Networks: From Concept to Prototype," in Proc. the 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Herning, Denmark, Nov. 2022.

7. Thilina Nuwan Weerasinghe, Vicente Casares-Giner, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li,  and Marius-Constantin Vochin, "A Pseudo-Bayesian Subframe based Framework for Grant-Free Massive Random Access in 5G NR Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Hawaii, USA, Jul. 2022. 

8. Cosmin Contu, Andra-Isabela-Elena Ciobanu, Eugen Borcoci, Marius-Constantin Vochin, and Frank Y. Li,  "An Automation Platform for Slice Creation using Open Source MANO," in Proc. the 14th International Conference on Communications (COMM), Bucharest, Romania. Jun. 2022.  

9. Andra-Isabela-Elena Ciobanu, Cosmin Contu, Eugen Borcoci, Marius-Constantin Vochin, and Frank Y. Li, "Optimal Service Placement with QoS Monitoring in NFV and Slicing Enabled 5G IoT Networks,"  in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshops, Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021. 

10. H. V. Kalpanie. Mendis, Poul E. Heegaard, Vicente Casares-Giner, Frank Y. Li, and Katina Kralevska, "Transient Performance Modelling of 5G Slicing with Mixed Numerologies for Smart Grid Traffic," 2021 IEEE 26th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Oct. 2021, 10.1109/CAMAD52502.2021.9617808.

11. Yu-Ting Liu, Jen-Jee Chen, Yu-Chee Tseng, and Frank Y. Li, "Combining Auto-Encoder with LSTM for WiFi-Based Fingerprint Positioning," IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Jul. 2022, 10.1109/ICCCN52240.2021.9522201.

12. Dinithi S. Vithanage, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicente Casares-Giner, "Cell Association for MTC Devices in 5G Networks: Schemes and Performance Evaluation," 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), Jun. 2021, pp. 223-228, 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit51104.2021.9482587.

13. Asmund  Søraa, Thilina N. Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Preamble Transmission Prediction for mMTC Bursty Traffic: A Machine Learning based Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, December 2020.
14. Chia-An Hsu, Frank Y. Li, Chuiyuan Chen, and Yu-Chee Tseng, “Achieving ultra energyefficient and collision-free data collection in wake-up radio enabled mIoT,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 2020,
15. Thilina N. Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicente Casares Giner, "MDP-based Resource Allocation for Uplink Grant-free Transmissions in 5G New Radio," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Seoul, Korea, May 2020. 
16. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge and F. Y. Li, "Hidden Markov Model based Machine Learning for mMTC Device Cell Association in 5G Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019.
17. Thilina Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Preamble Reservation based Access for Grouped mMTC Devices with URLLC Requirements," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019.
18. Thilina Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "'Supervised Learning based Arrival Prediction and Dynamic Preamble Allocation for Bursty Traffic," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications  (INFOCOM) Workshops, Paris, France, Apr.-May 2019.
19. Debasish Ghose, Luis Tello-Oquendo, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "Lightweight Relay Selection in Multi-hop Wake-up Radio Enabled IoT Networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec 2018.

20. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge and Frank Y. Li, "A Joint Time-Space Domain Analysis for Ultra-Reliable Communication in 5G Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, 20-24 May 2018.

21. Debasish Ghose, Anders Frøytlog, and Frank Y. Li, "Reducing Overhearing Energy in Wake-up Radio-enabled WPANs: Scheme and Performance," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kancas City, MO, USA, 20-24 May 2018.

22. Min Zhang, Debasish Ghose, and Frank Y. Li, "Collision Avoidance in Wake-up Radio Enabled WSNs: Protocol and Performance Evaluation," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kancas City, MO, USA, 20-24 May 2018. 

23. Thilina Weerasinghe, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, and Frank Y. Li, "Per-User Availability for Ultra Reliable Communication in 5G: Concept and Analysis," in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 15-18 April 2018.

24. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Frank Y. Li, and Mikael Gidlund, “Energy Harvesting Powered Packet Transmissions in Duty-cycled WSNs: A DTMC Analysis,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2017, Singapore, 4-8 Dec. 2017. 

25. Geeth P. Wijesiri N. B. A. and Frank Y. Li, “Frame Based Equipment Medium Access in LTE-U: Mechanism Enhancements and DTMC Modeling,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2017, Singapore, 4-8 Dec. 2017.

26. Min Zhang, Debasish Ghose, and Frank Y. Li, “Does Wake-up Radio Always Consume Lower Energy Than Duty-Cycled Protocols?” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17 Fall, Toronto, Canada, 24-27 Sept. 2017. 

27. Geeth P. Wijesiri N.B.A., and Frank Y. Li, “Enabling Backoff and Eliminating Redundant Idle Period for Medium Access in LTE-U,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17 Fall, Toronto, Canada, 24-27 Sept. 2017. 

28. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Jorge Martinez-Bauset, and Frank Y. Li, "Cooperative or Non-cooperative Transmission in Synchronous DC WSNs: A DTMC-based Approach," in Proc. IEEE ICC, Paris, France, 21-25 May 2017.

29. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Frank Y. Li, and Jorge Martinez-Bauset, “Event-Triggered Sleeping for Synchronous DC MAC in WSNs: Mechanism and DTMC Modeling,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2016, Washington DC, USA, 4-8 Dec, 2016.

30. Farhad Firoozi, Frank Y. Li, and Vladimir I. Zadorozhny, “Two Novel Subjective Logic-based In-network Data Processing Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks,” in Proc. The 12th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMoB) 2016, New York, USA, 17-19 Oct. 2016. 

31. Debasish Ghose and Frank Y. Li, “'Priority-oriented Multicast Transmission Schemes for Heterogeneous Traffic in WSNs,” in Proc. The 27th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, 4-7 Sept. 2016.

32. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, “Significance of Channel Failures on Network Performance in CRNs with Reserved Spectrum,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 May 2016.

33. Zaiwar Ali, Ziaul Haq Abbas, and Frank Y. Li, “A Stochastic Routing Algorithm for Distributed IoT with Unreliable Wireless Links,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’16 Spring, Nanjing, China, 15-18 May 2016.

34. Debasish Ghose and Frank Y. Li, “Enabling Reliable Multicast in Advanced WSNs: Schemes and Performance Tradeoff,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’16 Spring, Nanjing, China, 15-18 May 2016.

35. Geeth P. Wijesiri N.B.A., A.S.M. Samiul Saki Chowdhury, and Frank Y. Li, “Energy Harvesting-aware Backoff Algorithms for Distributed Device-to-Device Communication,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’16 Spring, Nanjing, China, 15-18 May 2016.
36. Songpu Ai, Lei Jiao, Frank Y. Li, and Milka Radin, “Channel Aggregation with Guard-Band in D-OFDMbased CRNs: Modeling and Performance Evaluation,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Doha, Qatar, 3-6 April 2016.
37. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli and Frank Y. Li,” DTMC Modeling for Performance Evaluation ofDW-MAC in Wireless Sensor Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Doha, Qatar, 3-6 April 2016.
38. Thilina N. Weerasinghe, Alexandre Kanyeshuli and Frank Y. Li, “Evaluation and Improvement of Collective Flooding in WSNs with Various Link Correlations,” in Proc. The 26th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Hong Kong, 30 Aug. – 2 Sept. 2015.
39. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Amogh Rajannaz, Mostafa Kaveh, and Frank Y. Li, “Performance Evaluation of Three Dynamic Channel Access Strategies for Spectrum Leasing in CRNs,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 8-12 June 2015.
40. Wenxuan Lin, Ying Wang, and Frank Y. Li, “A Multi-phase Decode-and-Forward Transmission Protocol in Cognitive Relay Networks: Outage Analysis and Relay Power Allocation,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’15 Spring, Glasgow, UK, 11-14 May 2015.
41. Bakht Zaman, Ziaul Haq Abbas, and Frank Y. Li, “Spectrum Occupancy and Residual Service Analysis in CRNs using a Multi-server Queueing Model,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’15 Spring, Glasgow, UK, 11- 14 May 2015.
42. Faustin Ahishakiye and Frank Y. Li, “Service Discovery Protocols in D2D-enabled Cellular Networks: Reactive versus Proactive,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM’14 Workshop on Emerging Technologies for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks, Austin, TX, USA, 8-12 Dec. 2014.
43. Zhaohan Jia, Xin He, and Frank Y. Li, “Enable Concurrent Transmissions with Beamforming for Broadband Wireless Access in CSMA/CA-based WLANs,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM’14 Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access, Austin, TX, USA, 8-12 Dec. 2014.
44. Javad Lamei, Frank Y. Li, and J. Alfredo Sanchez, “Emotion Recognition and Transmission over Low Data Rate Wireless Networks,” in Proc. The 2nd Int. workshop on Applications of Affective Computing in Intelligent Environments (ACIE’14), in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’14), 30 June – 4 July, Shanghai, China.
45. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Jian Lin, Mary Ann Weitnauer, and Frank Y. Li, "ACT-MAC: An Asynchronous Cooperative Transmission MAC Protocol for WSNs," in Proc. IEEE ICC'14 Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks & Wireless Networks for Energy Efficiency ('ICC'14 WS - E2Nets'), Sydney, Australia, 10-14 June 2014.
46. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge and Frank Y. Li, “System Times and Channel Availability Analyses in Multi-channel Cognitive Radio Networks,” In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, Australia, 10-14 June 2014.
47. Qihao Li, Lei Jiao, and Frank Y. Li, "Performance Evaluation of the GCR Block ACK Mechanism in IEEE 802.11aa Networks," in Proc. European Wireless, Guildford, United Kingdom, 16-18, April 2013.
48. Xin He, Sriram Lakshmanan, Raghupathy Sivakumar, and Frank Y. Li, “C2SMA/CA: Enabling Co-Channel Concurrency in WLANs using Positional Information,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2013, Shanghai, China, 7-10 April 2013.
49. Lei Jiao, Ke Yu, and Frank Y. Li, “Distributed Routing and Channel Allocation in Multi-channel Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2013, Shanghai, China, 7-10 April 2013.
50. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Lei Jiao, and Frank Y. Li, “Complexity Analysis of Spectrum Access Strategies with Channel Aggregation in CR Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2012, Anaheim, CA, USA, 3-7 Dec. 2012.
51. Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, Frank Y. Li, and Xiaohu Ge, “EECDC-MAC: An Energy Efficient Cooperative Duty Cycle MAC Protocol,” in Proc. IFIP/IEEE Wireless Days 2012, Dublin, Ireland, 21-23 Nov. 2012.
52. Xi Huang, Xiaohu Ge, Yuming Wang, and Frank Y. Li, "Energy-Efficient Binary Power Control with Bit Error Rate Constraint in MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communication Systems," in Proc. IEEE VTC 2012 Fall, Quebec City, Canada, 3-6 Sept. 2012.
53. Yi Ren, Vladimir I. Zadorozhny, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, "An Efficient, Robust and Scalable Trust Management Scheme for Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE 13th International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), (full paper, acceptance rate 25%), Best Paper Award, Bengaluru, India, 23-26 July, 2012.
54. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li,"Energy Optimization in Cellular Networks with Micro-/Pico-cells using Markov Decision Process," in Proc. European Wireless (EW), Poznań, Poland, 18-20 April 2012.
55. Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Lei Jiao, and Frank Y. Li,"A Markov Chain Model for Performance Analysis of VBR Voice using Multiple Thresholds," in Proc. European Wireless (EW), Poznań, Poland, 18-20 April 2012.
56. Yi Ren, Vladimir Oleshchuk, Frank Y. Li, and Selo Sulistyo, "FoSBaS: A Bi-directional Secrecy and Collusion Resilience Key Management Scheme for BANs," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2012), Paris, France, 1-4 April 2012.
57. Lei Jiao, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "Dynamic Channel Aggregation Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks with Spectrum Adaptation," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2011, Houston, TX, USA, 5-9 Dec. 2011.
58. Hongzhi Jiao, Mary Ann Ingram, and Frank Y. Li, "A Cooperative Lifetime Extension MAC Protocol in Duty Cycle Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 2011, Baltimore, MD, USA, 7-10 Nov. 2011.
59. Yi Ren, Vladimir Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, "SCARKER: A Sensor Capture Resistance and Key Refreshing Scheme for Mobile WSNs," in Proc. 36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Bonn, Germany, 4-7 Oct. 2011.
60. Ziaul H. Abbas and Frank Y. Li, "A Novel Teletraffic-based Power Saving Scheme for Cellular Networks with Microcells," in Proc. The 7th IEEE Performance & Management of Wireless and Mobile Networks P2MNET Workshop in conjunction with 36th IEEE LCN, Bonn, Germany, 4-7 Oct. 2011.
61. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, "Cooperative Communication Design with Distributed Code Allocation in a Clustered Network," in Proc. The 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) 2011, Toronto, Canada, 11-14 Sept. 2011.

62. Lei Jiao, Meisam Razaviyayn, Enbin Song, Zhi-Quan Luo, and Frank Y. Li, "Power Allocation in Multi-channel Cognitive Radio Networks with Channel Assembling," in Proc. The 12th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, 26 - 29 June 2011.

63. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, "Optimization of the Relay Selection Scheme in Cooperative Retransmission Networks," in Proc. IEEE VTC Spring 2011, Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 May 2011.

64. Lei Jiao, Frank Y. Li, and Vicent Pla, "Greedy versus Dynamic Channel Aggregation Strategy in CRNs: Markov Models and Performance Evaluation," In Proc. Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radio Networks (PE-CRN), co-located with IFIP Networking 2011, Valencia, Spain, 9-13 May 2011.

65. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, "A System-level Power Saving Approach for Cellular Networks with Microcells/Picocells," in Proc. The 2nd International Conference on Wireless VITAE, Chennai, India, 28 Feb.- 03 March 2011.

66. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, "An Optimal Energy Efficient Cooperative Retransmission MAC Scheme in Wireless Networks," in Pro. The 2nd International Conference on Wireless VITAE, Chennai, India, 28 Feb.- 03 March 2011.

67. Yi Ren, Vladimir Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, “A Scheme for Secure and Reliable Distributed Data Storage in Unattended WSNs,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Miami, FL, USA, 6-10 Dec. 2010.

68. Yi Ren, Vladimir Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, "An efficient Chinese remainder theorem based node capture resilience scheme for Mobile WSNs", IEEE International Conference on Information Theory and Information Security (ICITIS), Dec. 2010. 

69. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “'A Mini-Slot-based Cooperative MAC Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 Workshop on Heterogeneous, Multi-hop Wireless and Mobile Networks (HeterWMN 2010), Miami, FL, USA, 6 Dec. 2010.

70. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, “Distance-related Energy Consumption Analysis for Mobile/Relay Stations in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), York, UK, 19-22 Sept. 2010.

71. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “Energy Consumption and Optimal Relay Node Placement for Cooperative Retransmissions,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), York, UK, 19-22 Sept. 2010.

72. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “A Contention-based Multiple Access Protocol in Cooperative Wireless Networks,” in Proc. The 6th ACM International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’10), Caen, France, 28 June - 2 July 2010, pp. 246-250.

73. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “An Adaptive Cooperative MAC Mechanism in Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” in Proc. The15th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC’10), Riccione, Italy, 22-25 June 2010, pp. 26-31, DOI:10.1109/ISCC.2010.5546573.

74. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, “Power Consumption Analysis for Mobile Stations in Hybrid Relay-assisted Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC), Modena, Italy, 5-7 May 2010, pp. 16-21, DOI: 10.1109/ISWPC.2010.5483733.

75. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “A Multi-relay Cooperative Automatic Repeat Request Protocol in Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, 23-27 May 2010, pp.1-6, DOI:10.1109/ICC.2010.5502169.

76. Lei Jiao, Vicent Pla, and Frank Y. Li, “Analysis on Channel Bonding/Aggregation for Multi-channel Cognitive Radio Networks,” in Proc. European Wireless, Lucca, Italy, 12-15 April 2010, pp. 468-474, DOI: 10.1109/EW.2010.5483492.

77. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “Throughput and Energy Efficiency Comparison of One-hop, Two-hop, Virtual Relay and Cooperative Retransmission Schemes,” in Proc. European Wireless, Lucca, Italy, 12-15 April 2010, pp.580-587, DOI: 10.1109/EW.2010.5483469.

78. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, “Secure and Efficient Data Storage in Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks,” in Proc. The 3rd IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS’09), Cairo, Egypt, 20-23 Dec. 2009, pp.1-5, DOI: 10.1109/NTMS.2009.5384753. 

79. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, “A Distributed Data Storage and Retrieval Schemein Unattended WSNs using Homomorphic Encryption and Secret Sharing,” in Proc. The 2nd IFIP Wireless Days, Paris, France, 15-17 Dec. 2009, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/WD.2009.5449662.

80. Xiaohu Ge, Frank Y. Li, and Frank Reichert, “An Enhanced TCP Congestion Avoidance Scheme and its Performance Evaluation in High Speed Satellite Networks,” in Proc. IEEE the 7th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS), Macao SAR, China, 7-10 Dec. 2009, DOI: 10.1109/ICICS.2009.5397691.

81. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “Cooperative RTS/CTS MAC Protocol with Relay Selection in Distributed Wireless Networks,” in Proc. International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications (ICUMT), St.-Petersberg, Russia, 12-14 Oct. 2009,  pp.1-8. 10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345396.

82. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “Cooperative Medium Access Control in Wireless Networks: the Two-hop Case,” in Proc. The 5th IEEE Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob’09), Marrakech, Morocco, 12-14 Oct. 2009, pp.13-18, DOI:10.1109/WiMob.2009.13.

83. Lei Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “Single Radio Based Channel Datarate Aware Parallel Rendezvous MAC Protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks,” in Proc. The 34th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Zurich, Switzerland, 20-23 Oct. 2009, pp. 392-399, DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2009.5355152.

84. Lei Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “MAC Strategies for Single Rendezvous Multihop Cognitive Radio Networks,” in Proc. The 20th IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium (PIMRC’09), Tokyo, Japan, 13-16 Sept. 2009, pp. 608-612, DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5449836.

85. Ziaul Haq Abbas and Frank Y. Li, “A Continuous-Space Analytical Approach for Relay Node Placement in Hybrid Cellular and Ad Hoc Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Siena-Tuscany, Italy, 7-10 Sept. 2009, pp. 408-412, DOI:10.1109/ISWCS.2009.5285305.

86. Xin He and Frank Y. Li, “An Automatic Cooperative Retransmission MAC Protocol in Wireless Local Area Networks,” in Proc. European Wireless 2009, Aalborg, Denmark, 17-20 May 2009, pp. 228-233, DOI: 10.1109/EW.2009.5357992.

87. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, “A Novel Traffic Splitting Policy for PerformanceImprovement in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Proc. European Wireless 2009, Aalborg, Denmark, 17-20 May 2009, pp.42-47, DOI:10.1109/EW.2009.5357990.

88. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, “A Spatial Role-based Authorization Framework for Sensor Network-assisted Indoor WLANs,” in Proc. The 1st International Conference on Wireless VITAE, Aalborg, Denmark, 17-20 May 2009, pp. 782-787, DOI: 10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172549.

89. Lei Jiao, Jianping Xing, and Frank Y. Li, “Performance Comparison of Residual Related Algorithms for ToA Positioning in Wireless Terrestrial and Sensor Networks,” in Proc. The 1st International Conference on Wireless VITAE, Aalborg, Denmark, 17-20 May 2009, pp. 278-283, DOI: 10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172462.

90. Lei Jiao, Frank Y. Li, and Zengyou Xu, “LCRT: A ToA based Mobile Terminal Localization Algorithm in NLOS Environment,” in Proc. IEEE VTC spring 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 26-29 April 2009, pp.1-5, DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2009.5073644.

91. Hongzhi Jiao, Frank Y. Li, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Xianghan Zheng, "An Enhanced Reputation-Based Scheme for Securing OLSR," in Proc. Norwegian Information Security Conference (NISK), Kristiandsand, Norway, 17-19 Nov. 2008, pp.81-90.

92. Yi Ren, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, and Frank Y. Li, "Location and Role based Authorization Framework for Sensor Networks Assisted Indoor WLANs," in Proc. Norwegian Information Security Conference (NISK), Kristiandsand, Norway 17-19 Nov. 2008, pp.47-58.

93. Thomas Aure and Frank Y. Li, "An Optimized Path-selection using the Airtime Metric: Implementation and Testing," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Reykjavik, Iceland, 21-24 Oct. 2008, pp. 359-363, DOI: 10.1109/ISWCS.2008.4726077,ISBN 978-1-4244-2489-4.

94. Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, "A Service-Oriented Routing Scheme with Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Reykjavik, Iceland, 21-24 Oct. 2008, pp. 658-662, DOI: 10.1109/ISWCS.2008.4726138,ISBN 978-1-4244-2489-4.

95. Xin He, Frank Y. Li, and Jiaru Lin, "Link Adaptation with Combined Optimal Frame Size and Rate Selection in Error-prone 802.11n Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Reykjavik, Iceland, 21-24 Oct. 2008, ISBN 978-1-4244-2489-4, pp. 733-737, DOI: 10.1109/ISWCS.2008.4726153.

96. Frank Y. Li, Lorenzo Vandoni , Giampietro Zicca, and Stefano Zanoli, "OLSR Mesh Networks for Broadband Access:  Enhancements, Implementation and Deployment," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications (ICCSC), Invited paper, pp. 802-806, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1707-0, Shanghai, China, 26-28 May 2008.

97. Geir Egeland and Frank Y. Li, “Prompt Route Recovery via Link Break Detection for Proactive Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” in Proc. The 10th International Symposium Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Jaipur, India, 3-6 Dec. 2007, pp. 50.-53.

98. Geir Egeland and Frank Y. Li, “An AdaptiveQoSbased Rate Control Scheme for Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Network,” in Proc. The 10th International Symposium Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Jaipur, India, 3-6 Dec. 2007, pp. 720-724.

99. Frank Y. Li, Oscar Lazaro, and Lorenzo Vandoni, "Multi-homing with Load Balancing for QoS-aware Multi-hopWireless Mesh Networks," in Proc. Workshop on Multi-homing, co-located with BBEurope 2007, Antwerp, Belgium, 6 Dec. 2007.

100. Frank Y. Li, Lorenzo Vandoni, Stefano Zanoli, Luca Leschiutta, Paolo Bucciol, Nikos Fragoulis, and Oscar Lazaro, "Deploying and Experimenting Wireless Ad Hoc Networks in Mountainous Regions for Broadband Access," in Proc. Broadband Europe Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 3-6 Dec. 2007.

101. Lorenzo Vandoni, Luca Leschiutta,Frank Y. Li, Paolo Bucciol, Nikos Fragoulis, and Oscar Lazaro, "A Cost Effective Solution for Broadband Internet Access in Rural and Mountainous Regions," in Proc. Broadband Europe Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 3-6 Dec. 2007.

102. Yaoda Liu, Frank Y. Li and Hans-Peter Schwefel, “Reliable Broadcast in Error-prone Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Algorithms and Evaluation,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington D.C. USA, 26-30 Nov. 2007, pp.5329-5334, DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.1010.

103. Paolo Bucciol, Frank Y. Li, Nikos Fragoulis, and Lorenzo Vandoni, “ADHOCSYS: Robust and Service-Oriented Wireless Mesh Networks to Bridge the Digital Divide,” in Proc. Wireless Mesh and Sensor Networks workshop co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM’07, Washington D.C. USA, 26-30 Nov. 2007.

104. Yaoda Liu, Hans-Peter Schwefel, Frank Y. Li, and Anders Nickelsen, “A New Link State Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Trondheim, Norway, 17-19 Oct. 2007, pp. 185-189, DOI: 10.1109/ISWCS.2007.4392327.

105. Paolo Bucciol, Luca Leschiutta, Nikos Fragoulis, Frank Y. Li, Giampietro Zicca, and Lorenzo Vandoni, “Providing Reliability and QoS in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks: The ADHOCSYS Approach,” in Proc. ACM 3rd International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (MobiMedia), Nafpaktos, Greece, 27-29 Aug. 2007, Article No. 25,ISBN:978-963-06-2670-5.

106. Luca Leschiutta, Giampietro Zicca, Frank Y. Li, Lorenzo Vandoni and Nikos Fragoulis, “Achieving Reliability via Multi-Homing and Path Redundancy in Multi-hop Wireless Networks for Internet Access in Rural Areas,” in Proc. the 16th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Budapest, Hungary, 1-5 July 2007, pp. 1-5, DOI: 10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299116.

107. Frank Y. Li, Lorenzo Vandoni, Giampietro Zicca, Stefano Zanoli, and Luca Leschiutta, “Providing Reliable Internet Access with High Availability in Rural and Mountain Regions: An Approach via Multi-hop Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” in Proc. Broadband Europe Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-14 Dec. 2006.

108. Frank Y. Li, Arild Kristensen, and Paal E. Engelstad, "Hidden Terminal Detection in 802.11-based Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. the 15th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Myconos, Greece, 4-8 June 2006.

109. Kenneth Holter, Andreas Hafslund, Frank Y. Li, and Knut Øvsthus, "Design and Implementation of Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. The 6th Scandinavian Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (ADHOC'06), Stockholm, Sweden, 3-4 May 2006.

110. Frank Y. Li, Arild Kristensen, and Paal E. Engelstad, "Passive and Active Hidden Terminal Detection in 802.11-based Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE INFOCOM 2006, Poster and Demo Session, Barcelona, Spain, 23-29 April 2006.

111. Silvia de la Maza, Oscar Lazaro, Nuno Cunha, Lorenzo Vandoni, and Frank Y. Li, "Broadband Access via Ad Hoc Networks: A Solution for Rural and Mountain Region," in Proc. Broadband Europe Conference, Invited paper, Bordeaux, France, 12-14 Dec. 2005.

112. Reinert Korsnes, Knut Øvsthus, Frank Y. Li, Lars Landmark, and Øivind Kure, "Link Lifetime Prediction for Optimal Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,"  in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2005, Altantic City, NJ, USA, 17-20 Oct. 2005, pp. 1245-1251, DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605849.

113. Frank Y. Li, Eli Winjum, and Pål Spilling, "Connectivity-aware Rate Adaptation for 802.11 Multirate Ad Hoc Networking," in Proc. the 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 19), Beijing, China, 29 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005, pp. 283-292.

114. Frank Y. Li and Øivind Kure, "Optimal Physical Carrier Sensing Range in Multirate Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: Analytical versus Realistic," in Proc. The 11th European Wireless Conference (EW 2005), Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 April 2005.

115. Frank Y. Li, Andreas Hafslund, Mariann Hauge, Paal Engelstad, Øivind Kure and Pål Spilling, "Dilemma of Using High Datarate in IEEE 802.11b based Multihop Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. the 3rd IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT), Virgin Islands, USA, 17-19 Nov. 2004.

116. Frank Y. Li, Mariann Hauge, Andreas Hafslund, Øivind Kure, and Pål Spilling, "Estimating Residual Bandwidth in 802.11-based Ad Hoc Networks: An Empirical Approach," in Proc. The 7th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Abano Terme, Italy, 12-15 Sept. 2004, pp. 271-275.

117. Mariann Hauge, Andreas Hafslund, Frank Y. Li, and Øivind Kure, ''Multicast-service Distribution on a Cellular Network Assisted by Local Ad Hoc Networks,'' in Proc. The 3rd Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net), Bodrum, Turkey, 27-30 June 2004.

118. Andreas Hafslund, Lars Landmark, Paal Engelstad, and Frank Y. Li,''Testing and Analyzing TCP Performance in a Wireless-Wired Mobile Ad Hoc Test Bed,'' in Proc. International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (IWWAN), Oulo, Finland, 31 May -3 June 2004.

119. Frank Y. Li, “Analysis on Conformance Deterioration for QoS Provisioning: A Stochastic Approach,” in Proc. The 18th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 18), Berlin, Germany, 31 Aug.-5 Sept. 2003, pp. 349-358.

120. Frank Y. Li and Norvald Stol, ”A Study on Traffic Shaping, Policing and Conformance Deterioration for QoS Contracted Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 17-21 Nov. 2002, pp.1497-1501.

121. Frank Y. Li and Norvald Stol, ”QoS Provisioning using Traffic Shaping and policing in 3rd-generation Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Orlando, FL. USA, 17-21 March 2002, pp. 139-143.

122. Frank Y. Li, ”Local and Global QoS-aware Token Bucket Parameters Determination for Traffic Conditioning in 3rd Generation Wireless Networks,” in Proc. European Wireless (EW), Florence, Italy, 25-28 Feb. 2002, pp. 362-368.

123. Frank Y. Li and Norvald Stol, ”Providing Conformance of the Negotiated QoS Using Traffic Conditioning for Heterogeneous Services in WCDMA Radio Access Networks,” in Proc. Norwegian Informatics Conference (NIK), Tromsø, Norway, 26-28 Nov. 2001, pp. 117-128.

124. Frank Y. Li, Norvald Stol, Tung Thanh Pham, and Steinar Andresen,”A Priority-oriented QoS Management Framework for Multimedia Services in UMTS,” in Proc. The 4th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Aalborg, Denmark, 9-12 Sept. 2001, pp. 681-686.

125. Frank Y. Li, ”Embodying Traffic Conditioning at Radio Access Network for QoS Provision in Next-Generation Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IFIP Workshop on IP and ATM Traffic Management (WATM & EUNICE), Paris, France, 3-5 Sept. 2001, pp. 25-32.

126. Tung Pham Thanh, Andrew Perkis, and Frank Y. Li, ”Call Admission Control Algorithm for Multichannel Users in Hierarchical Cellular Systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond (3G’wireless), San Francisco, CA. USA, 30 May -2 June 2001, pp. 974-979.

127. Frank Y. Li and Norvald Stol, ”A Priority-oriented Call Admission Control Paradigm with QoS Re-negotiation for Multimedia Services in UMTS,” in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Rhodes, Greece, 6-9 May 2001, pp. 2021-2025.