• Internet of Things, Mobile Edge Computing, Wireless Networking

• 2005 - Present     Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences  Professor
• 2002-2005           University of Ottawa                                                     Research Scientist
• 2001-2002           Queen’s University                                                        Postdoc Fellow

Associate Editor/Senior Associate Editor

       IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Associate Editor 

       IEEE Communications Magazine, Associate Editor

       IEEE Systems Journal, Senior Associate Editor

Member of Conference Executive Committee

      Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023- IoT & Sensor Networks symposium，2023

      Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2021- IoT & Sensor Networks symposium，2021

      Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2020 – Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium，2020

      Co-Chair, IEEE VTC 2014 - Mobile Networks, Applications and Services Symposium, 2014

• • • • Li Zhang*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “An Efficient and Reliable Byzantine Fault Tolerant Blockchain Consensus Protocol for Single-Hop Wireless Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted.
      • Yan Yan, Baoxian Zhang, Cheng Li, Jianjun Bai, and Zheng Yao, “A Novel Model-Assisted Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Joint Optimization of Hybrid Beamforming in Massive MIMO mmWave Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, accepted.
      • Shuo Peng*, Baoxian Zhang, Yan Yan, and Cheng Li, “A Multi-Platform Cooperation based Task Assignment Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsensing”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, accepted. 
      • Xiang Tian*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “Distributed Stable Multi-Source Global Broadcast for SINR-based Wireless Multi-hop Networks”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 620–633, Apr. 2023.
      • Xiaoyao Huang*, Guoliang Ji, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, Platform Profit Maximization in D2D Collaboration based Multi-Access Edge Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted.
      • Xiaoyao Huang*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “Incentive Mechanisms For Mobile Edge Computing: Present and Future Directions”, IEEE Network, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 199-205, Nov./Dec. 2022.
      • Guoliang Ji*, Zheng Yao, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “Quality-Driven Online Task-Bundling-based Incentive Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsensing,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 7876 – 7889, July 2022.
      • Xiaoyao Huang*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, Platform Profit Maximization on Service Provisioning in Mobile Edge Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 13364-13376, Dec. 2021.
      • Xiang Tian*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Cheng Li, and Kun Hao, “Throughput-Optimal Broadcast for Time-Varying Directed Acyclic Wireless Multi-hop Networks with Energy Harvesting Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 2089-2103, Dec. 2021.
      • Xiang Tian*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Cheng Li, Throughput-Optimal Dynamic Broadcast for SINR-based Multi-hop Wireless Networks with Time-Varying Topology, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 11962 – 11975, Nov. 2021. 
      • Guanglun Huang*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Zheng Yao, and Cheng Li, “Quality-Aware Video Streaming for Green Cellular Networks with Hybrid Energy Sources,” IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 8543-8556, May 2021.
      • Guanglun Huang*, Baoxian Zhang, Zheng Yao, and Cheng Li, “Stochastic Joint Rate Control and Resource Allocation for Wireless Video Surveillance”, Computer Networks, vol. 190, Article No. 170904, pp. 1-11, May 2021.
      • Yan Yan, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Cheng Li, Changqing Su, “Cooperative Caching and Fetching in D2D Communications - A Fully Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach,”IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 16095 – 16109, Dec. 2020.
      • Guoliang Ji*, Zheng Yao, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “A Reverse Auction based Incentive Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsensing”, IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 8238 – 8248, Sept. 2020.
      • Xiang Tian*, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), and Cheng Li, “Distributed Stable Global Broadcasting for SINR-based Multi-Channel Wireless Multi-hop Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 10202-10213, Sept. 2020.
      • Zhenzhen Jiao, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Li Zhang, Min Liu, Wei Gong, and Cheng Li, “A Blockchain Based Computing Architecture for Mobile Ad-Hoc Cloud”, IEEE Network, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 140-149, Jul./Aug. 2020.
      • Guanglun Huang*, Wei Gong, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Chunxi Li, and Cheng Li, “An Online Buffer-Aware Resource Allocation Algorithm for Multi-user Mobile Video Streaming”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 3357-3369, March 2020.
      • Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Rui Tian, and Cheng Li, “Content Dissemination and Routing Protocols for Vehicular Social Networks: A Networking Perspective”, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 118-126, Apr. 2020. 
      • Tao Wang*, Zheng Yao, Baoxian Zhang(Corresponding author), Cheng Li, “Adaptive Flow-Level Resource Allocation for Wireless Mesh Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 1939-9359, Oct. 2019.
      • Hao Cui*,Baoxian Zhang, Yan Yan, and Cheng Li, “Optimal Packet Size Analysis for Network Coding Enabled Two-Hop Error-Prone Wireless Networks”,IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 904-908, May 2019.
      • Wei Gong*,Baoxian Zhang（Corresponding author）, and Cheng Li, “Online Task Assignment and Path Planning for Mobile Crowdsensing,”IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp.1772-1783, Feb. 2019.
      • Wei Gong*,Baoxian Zhang（Corresponding author）, and Cheng Li, “Task Assignment in Mobile Crowdsensing: Present and Future Directions,”IEEE Network, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 100-107, July/Aug. 2018.
      • Yan Yan,Baoxian Zhang（Corresponding author）, and Cheng Li, “Network Coding Aided Collaborative Real-Time Scalable Video Transmission in D2D Communications”,IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 6203-6217, July 2018.
      • Tao Wang*,Baoxian Zhang（Corresponding author）, Zheng Yao, Hussein Mouftah, “Network Coding based Adaptive CSMA for Network Utility Maximization”,Computer Networks, vol. 126, pp. 31-43, Oct. 2017.
      • Zhenzhen Jiao,Baoxian Zhang, Min Liu, and Cheng Li, “Visible Light Communication based Indoor Positioning Techniques,”IEEE Network, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 115-121, Sept. 2017.
      • Yongxiang Zhao,Baoxian Zhang, Cheng Li, and Changjia Chen, “ON/OFF Traffic Shaping in the Internet: Motivation, Challenges, and Solutions”,IEEE Network, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 48-57, Mar. 2017.
      • Yan Yan,Baoxian Zhang, and Cheng Li, “Opportunistic Network Coding Based Cooperative Retransmissions in D2D Communications,”Computer Networks, vol. 113, pp. 72-83, Feb. 2017.
      • Dong Li*,Baoxian Zhang, Cheng Li, “A Feature Scaling basedk-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for Indoor Positioning Systems,”IEEE Internet of Things Journal–Special issue onlarge-scale internet of things: theory and practice, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 590-597, Aug. 2016.
      • Zhenzhen Jiao*,Baoxian Zhang, Cheng Li, Hussein Mouftah, Backpressure based Routing and Scheduling Protocols for Wireless Multihop Networks: A Survey,IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 102-110, Feb. 2016.
      • Baoxian Zhang, Xili Wan, Junzhou Luo, and Xiaojun Shen, A Nearly Optimal Packet Scheduling Algorithm for Input Queued Switches with Deadline Guarantees,IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1548 – 1563, June 2015.
      • Chunxi Li,Baoxian Zhang, Changjia Chen, and Dah Ming Chiu, Relevant Window based Bitmap Compression in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Framework and Solution,IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 1821 - 1833, November 2014.
      • Sheng Yu*,Baoxian Zhang, Cheng Li, and Hussein Mouftah, Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Sinks: A Survey,IEEE Communications Magazine  -Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Series, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 150-157, July 2014.
      • Yishuai Chen^,Baoxian Zhang, Changjia Chen, and D. M. Chiu, "Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Systems under Flash Crowds,IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1106 - 1120, Aug. 2014.
      • Baoxian Zhang, Jie Hao, Hussein T. Mouftah, Bidirectional Multi-Constrained Routing Algorithms,IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 2174 - 2186, Sept. 2014.
      • Yishuai Chen^,Baoxian Zhang*, Yong Liu, and Wei Zhu, Measurement and Modeling of Video Watching Time in a Large-Scale Internet Video-on-Demand System,IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 2087-2098, Dec. 2013.
      • Yishuai Chen^,Baoxian Zhang, Changjia Chen, Weixiao Meng, and Cheng Li, Performance Investigation on Request Collisions in Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Systems: Problems and Algorithms,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications- Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Communications, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 189-199, Sept. 2013.
      • Jie Hao*,Baoxian Zhang, Hussein Mouftah, Routing Protocols for Duty Cycled Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey,IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 116-123, Dec. 2012.
      • Yan Yan,Baoxian Zhang, Jun Zheng, Jian Ma, CORE: A coding-aware opportunistic routing mechanism for wireless mesh networks, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 3, June 2010.
      • Haitao Liu,Baoxian Zhang, H. Mouftah, Xiaojun Shen, Jian Ma, Opportunistic Routing for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Present and Future Directions,IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE , vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 103-109, Dec. 2009.

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