Name: Yi Zhong
Academic Title: Lecturer
Email: yzhong@hust.edu.cn
Research Interests:
application of mathematical and statistical theories to communication, networking, and resource allocation problems
Education:
Ph.D, University of Science and Technology of China, Electrical Engineering, 2010 - 2015
B.Eng, University of Science and Technology of China, Electrical Engineering, 2006 - 2010
Employment and Working Experience:
Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Electronic Information and Communications, 2017-Now
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Information Systems Technology and Design Pillar, Prof. Tony Q.S. Quek’s Research Group, 2015- 2016
Research Intern, Qualcomm Incorporated, China, Jul. 2013-Oct. 2013
Research Visitor, University of Notre Dame, USA, Aug. 2012-Dec. 2012
Prof. Martin Haenggi’s Research Group
Teaching:
Fundamentals of Wireless Communications, Electronic Circuitry Design, Test and Experiments (I), Electronic Circuitry Design, Test and Experiments (II)
Selected Publications:
Book Chapters
1.Howard H. Yang, Y. Zhong, and T. Q. S. Quek, "Ultra Dense Networks with Spatio-Temporal Traffic," in Ultra Dense Networks: Principles and Technologies, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
2.Y. Zhong, Howard H. Yang, and Jianhua Tang, "Delay and Traffic Matching in Ultra Dense Networks," in Ultra Dense Networks: Principles and Technologies, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Journal Papers (Published/Accepted)
1. L. Yang, F. -C. Zheng, Y. Zhong and S. Jin, "Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Meta Distribution for Cell- Center/Cell-Edge Users," IEEE Transactions on Communications, accepted to appear, 2021.
2. Y. Zhong, G. Mao, X. Ge, and F. Zheng, "Spatio-temporal Modeling for Massive and Sporadic Access,"
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 638-651, Mar. 2021.
3. D. Feng, L. Lai, J. Luo, Y. Zhong, C. Zheng, and Y. Kai. "Ultra-reliable and low-latency communica- tions: applications, opportunities and challenges," in SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, vol 62, pp. 120301, no. 2, Feb. 2021.
4. G. Wang, Y. Zhong, R. Li, T. Han, X. Ge, and T. Q.S. Quek "Effect of Spatial and Temporal Traffic Statistics on the Performance of Wireless Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 7083-7097, Nov. 2020.
5. Y. Lai, Y. Zhong, and J. Wang, "High Real-Time Capacity Prediction Based on Neural Network Eval- uation," in ZTE Technology Journal, vol. 26, pp. 13-22, no. 4, Aug. 2020.
6. Y. Jiang, Y. Zhong and X. Ge, "Smart Contract-Based Data Commodity Transactions for Industrial Internet of Things," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 180856-180866, Dec. 2019.
7. Y. Jiang, X. Ge, Y. Zhong, G. Mao and Y. Li, "A New Small-World IoT Routing Mechanism based on Cayley Graphs," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 10384-10395, Dec. 2019
8. T. Han, S. Li, Y. Zhong, Z. Bai and K. S. Kwak, "5G Software-Defined Heterogeneous Networks with Cooperation and Partial Connectivity," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 72577-72590, June 2019.
9. Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Yi Zhong, Chen Qi, and Honggang Zhang, "The Stochastic Geometry Analyses of Cellular Networks With a-Stable Self-Similarity," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2487-2503, March 2019.
10. Y. Zhong, G. Wang, T. Han, M. Wu and X. Ge "QoE and Cost for Wireless Networks with Mobility under Spatio-Temporal Traffic," IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 47206-47220, March 2019.
11. X. Ge, H. Jia, Y. Zhong, Y. Xiao, Y. Li, and B. Vucetic "Energy Efficiency Optimization of 5G Full Duplex Cellular Networks: A Mean Field Game Approach" IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 455-467, June 2019.
12. J. Yang, X. Ge, and Y. Zhong, "How Much of Wireless Rate Can Smartphones Support in 5G Network- s?" IEEE Network, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 122-129, May/June 2019.
13. Y. Zhong, X. Ge, H. H. Yang, T. Han, and Q. Li, "Traffic Matching in 5G Ultra-dense Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 100-105, Aug. 2018.
14. Y. Zhong, X. Ge, T. Han, Q. Li, and J. Zhang, "Tradeoff between Delay and Physical Layer Security in Wireless Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 36, no. 7, July 2018.
15. J. Chen, X. Ge, X. Song, Y. Zhong, "Base Station Switch-off with Mutual Repulsion in 5G Massive MIMO Networks," IET Communications, , vol. 12, no. 16, pp. 2038-2045, Sept. 2018.
16. J. Ye, X. Ge, G. Mao, and Y. Zhong, "5G ultradense networks with nonuniform distributed users,"
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 3, Mar. 2018.
17. Y. Zhong, M. Haenggi, F. Zheng, W. Zhang, T. Q.S. Quek, and W. Nie "Toward a Tractable Delay Analysis in Ultra-dense Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 103-109, Dec. 2017.
18. H. Yang, G. Geraci, Y. Zhong, and T. Q.S. Quek, "Packet Throughput Analysis of Static and Dynamic TDD in Small Cell Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 742-745, Dec. 2017.
19. Y. Zhong, T. Q.S. Quek, and W. Zhang, "Complementary Networking for C-RAN: Spectrum Efficiency, Delay and System Cost," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4639-4653, July 2017.
20. Y. Zhong, T. Q.S. Quek, and X. Ge, "Heterogeneous Cellular Networks with Spatio-Temporal Traffic: Delay Analysis and Scheduling," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1373-1386, June 2017. (ESI Top 1% Highly cited Paper)
21. L. Wu, Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Scalable Transmission over Heterogeneous Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 1845- 1859, Feb. 2017.
22. Y. Zhong, F. Zheng, and W. Zhang, "Dynamic scheduling and optimization of resources in hyper- cellular network," SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 576-590, 2017.
23. Y. Zhong, P. Qiao, W. Zhang, and F. Zheng, "No Blind Spot: Network Coverage Enhancement Through Joint Cooperation and Frequency Reuse," J. of Communications and Networks, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 773- 783, Oct. 2016.
24. Y. Zhong, M. Haenggi, T. Q. Quek and W. Zhang "On the Stability of Static Poisson Networks under Random Access". IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 2985-2998, July 2016.
25. A. Guo, Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "The Gauss-Poisson Process for Wireless Networks and the Benefits of Cooperation". IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 1916-1929, May 2016.
26. W. Nie, Y. Zhong, F. Zheng, W. Zhang, and T. O’Farrell, "HetNets with Random DTX Scheme: Local Delay and Energy Efficiency," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 6601-6613, Aug. 2016.
27. L. Liu, Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "On the Impact of Coordination on Local Delay and Energy Efficiency in Poisson Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol.4, no.3, pp.241-244, June 2015.
28. Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Managing interference correlation through random medium access," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 928-941, Feb. 2014.
29. Y. Zhong and W. Zhang, "Multi-channel hybrid access femtocells: a stochastic geometric analysis,"
IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 61, No. 7, pp. 3016-3026, July 2013.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. X. Wang, Y. Zhong, X. Ge, X. Hei, Y. Gao and Z. Xu, "Capstone Projects Design Based on 5G Exper- imental Platform Deployed on Campus," IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), pp. 835-840, Takamatsu, Japan, Dec. 2020.
2. L. Yang, F. Zheng, Y. Zhong and S. Jin, "Analysis and Optimization of Local Delay for Cache-Enabled Networks with Random DTX," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2021.
3. Z. Chen, Y. Zhong, X. Ge and Y. Ma, "An Actor-Critic-Based UAV-BSs Deployment Method for Dy- namic Environments," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020.
4. Meifang Wu, Yi Zhong, Gang Wang, Changyang She, Xiaohu Ge, Han-Chieh Chao "URLLC in Large- Scale Wireless Networks With Time and Frequency Diversities," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Waikoloa, HI, USA, Dec. 2019.
5. J. Chen, X. Ge, Y. Zhong and Y. Li, "A Novel JT-CoMP Scheme in 5G Fractal Small Cell Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Marrakesh, Morocco, 2019.
6. Jing Yang, Yi Zhong, Xiaohu Ge, Han-Chieh Chao "Power-Consumption Outage Challenge in Next- Generation Cellular Networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Waikoloa, HI, USA, Dec. 2019.
7. G. Wang, Y. Zhong, T. Han, X. Ge, T. Q.S. Quek, "On the Effect of Spatio-temporal Fluctuation of Traffic in Wireless Networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.
8. G. Wang, Y. Zhong, M. Wu, T. Han, "Spatio-temporal Traffic with Mobility in Poisson Networks," in
Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) Workshop, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.
9. Y. Hu, Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, "Analysis of Age of Information in Poisson Networks," in Proc. 2018 10th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Oct. 2018.
10. Y. Zhong, T. Han, Q. Li, and X. Ge, "Delay and Physical Layer Security Tradeoff in Large Wireless Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.
11. T. Boonphoka, N. Pappasy, Y. Zhong, X. Ge, P. Uthansakulz, T. Q.S. Quek, D. Yuan, "Performance Analysis of Full-Duplex Relay Channel with Random Access" in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshop, Sin- gapore, Dec. 2017.
12. L. Liu, Y. Zhong, H. Yang, M. Sheng, T. Q.S. Quek, and J. Li, Mean Packet Throughput Analysis of Downlink Cellular Networks with Spatio-Temporal Traffic," in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Singapore, Dec. 2017.
13. Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Stability Analysis of Static Poisson Networks," to appear in
Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2015
14. Y. Zhong and W. Zhang, "Downlink Analysis of Multi-channel Hybrid Access Two-tier Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 2012
15. Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Stochastic analysis of the mean interference for the RTS/CTS mechanism," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, Australia, June 2014
16. Y. Zhong, P. Cheng, N. Wang and W. Zhang, "Dynamic TDD Enhancement through Distributed In- terference Coordination," to appear in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015
17. Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Delay Analysis in Static Poisson Network," IEEE International Conference on Communications of China (ICCC), Shenzhen, China, November 2015
18. Z. Zhang, L. Wang, Z. Bai, K.S. Kwak, Y. Zhong, X. Ge, and T. Han, "The Analysis of Coverage and Capacity in mmWave VANET," to appear in Proc. International Conference on Communication Software and Networks (ICCSN), Chengdu, China, July 2018.
19. C. Feng, Y. Zhong, T. Quek, G. Wu, "Power Control in FullDuplex Networks: Area Spectrum Efficien- cy and Energy Efficency," IEEE International Conference on Communications, Paris, 2017.
20. A. Guo, Y. Zhong, M. Haenggi, and W. Zhang, "Success probabilities in Gauss-Poisson networks with and without cooperation," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, USA, June-July 2014
21. L. Wu, Y. Zhong, W. Zhang, and M. Haenggi, "Scalable transmission over heterogeneous network- s," in Proc. 13th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), Mumbai, India, May 2015
22. P. Qiao, Y. Zhong, and W. Zhang, "Base station cooperation for energy efficiency: a Gauss-Poisson process approach," (invited paper) in Proc. APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference (ASC), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October-November 2013
23. H. Sun, Y. Zhong, and W. Zhang, "Subchannel Selection Through A Recommender System," (invit- ed paper) in Proc. the 2010 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Suzhou, China, October 2010
24. L. Wu, Y. Zhong, and W. Zhang, "Spatial statistical modeling for heterogeneous cellular networks - an empirical study," in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Spring), Seoul, Korea, May 2014
25. A. Guo, Y. Zhong, H. Yin and W. Wang, "Analysis of Energy Harvesting Wireless Networks: Cover- age, Local Delay and Energy Efficiency," in Proc. the 2015 International Conference on Wireless Commu- nications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Nanjing, China, October 2015
26. W. Nie, Y. Zhong, F. Zheng and W. Zhang, "Local Delay and Energy Efficiency Analysis in HetNets with Random DTX Scheme," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015
Patents
1. T. Han, S. Xiong, Y. Zhong, X. Ge, H. Jiang and X. Liu, "A rate estimation method for heterogeneous millimeter wave cellular networks", Chinese patent application (SIPO Number 2017105805918).
2. L. Wu, Y. Zhong and W. Zhang, "Method and system for scalable coded video transmission in hetero- geneous cellular networks", Chinese patent application (SIPO Number 201510102457.8).
Awards and Honors:
Dean of Chinese Academy of Sciences Award, 2015
National Scholarship (PhD), 2014
CSC-IBM Scholarship, 2014
National Post-Graduate Mathematic Contest in Modeling (First prize), 2011
Outstanding Student Award of USTC 2007, 2008
Professional Activities
1.IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LETTERS, Jan. 2020-Present.
2.EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, June 2019-Present.
3.ELSEVIER PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION, Aug. 2019-Present.
