Publications

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Yi Zhong, Chen Qi, and Honggang Zhang, “The Stochastic Geometry Analyses of Cellular Networks with α-Stable Self-Similarity,” IEEE Trans. on Communications, March 2019.  (PDF)

  • Ying Chen, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, and Honggang Zhang, “Study on Base Station Topology in National Cellular Networks: Take Advantage of Alpha Shapes, Betti Numbers, and Euler Characteristics,” IEEE Systems Journal, Q3/Q4 2019.

  • Ying Chen, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, and Honggang Zhang, “Fundamentals on Base Stations in Urban Cellular Networks: From the Perspective of Algebraic Topology,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, April 2019. (PDF)

  • Chao Yuan, Zhifeng Zhao, Rongpeng Li, M. Li, and Honggang Zhang, “The Emergence of Scaling Law, Fractal Patterns and Small-World in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Access, March 2017. (PDF)

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Yi Zhong, Chen Qi, and Honggang Zhang, “The Stochastic Geometry Analyses of Cellular Networks with alpha-Stable Self-Similarity,” arxiv.org/abs/1709.05733v1, September 2017. (PDF)

  • Ying Chen, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, and Honggang Zhang, “On the Capacity of Wireless Networks With Fractal and Hierarchical Social Communications,” arXiv.org/abs/1708.04585, August 2017.(https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.04585) (PDF)

  • Ying Chen, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, and Honggang Zhang, “On the Capacity of Fractal Wireless Networks With Direct Social Interactions,” arXiv:1705.09751, May 27, 2017.(http://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09751) (PDF)

  • Yifan Zhou, Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Xuan Zhou, and Honggang Zhang, “On the alpha-Stable Distribution of Base Stations in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1750-1753, Aug. 2015. (PDF)

  • Zhifeng Zhao, Meng  Li, Rongpeng Li, and Yifan Zhou, “Temporal-Spatial Distribution Nature of Traffic and Base Stations in Cellular Networks,” IET Communications, August 2017.

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Jianchao Zheng, Chengli Mei, Yueming Cai, and Honggang Zhang, “The Learning and Prediction of Application-level Traffic Data in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, March 2017. (PDF)

  • Luca Chiaraviglio, Francesca Cuomo, Maurizio Maisto, Andrea Gigli, Josip Lorincz, Yifan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Chen Qi, and Honggang Zhang, “What is the Best Spatial Distribution to Model Base Station Density? A Deep Dive in Two European Mobile Networks,” IEEE Access, May 2016. (PDF)

  • Luca Chiaraviglio, Francesca Cuomo, Andrea Gigli, Maurizio Maisto, Yifan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, and Honggang Zhang, “A Reality Check of Base Station Spatial Distribution in Mobile Networks,” Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2016 (Poster), San Francisco, Apr. 2016.  (PDF)

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Chen Qi, Xuan Zhou, Yifan Zhou, and Honggang Zhang, “Understanding the Traffic Nature of Mobile Instantaneous Messaging in Cellular Networks: A Revisiting to alpha-Stable Model,” IEEE Access, vol. 3, pp. 1416-1422, 2015. (PDF)

  • Yifan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Yves Louet, Qianlan Ying, Rongpeng Li, Xuan Zhou, Xianfu Chen, and Honggang Zhang, “Large-scale Spatial Distribution Identification of Base Stations in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Access, vol. 3, pp. 2987-2999, Dec. 2015. (PDF)

  • Meng Li,  Zhifeng Zhao, Yifan Zhou, Xianfu Chen, and Honggang Zhang, “On the Dependence Between Base Stations Deployment and Traffic Spatial Distribution in Cellular Networks,” Proc. ICT 2016 (23rd International Conference on Telecommunications), Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2016. (PDF)

  • Xianfu Chen, Jinsong Wu, Yueming Cai, Honggang Zhang, and Tao Chen, “Energy-Efficiency Oriented Traffic Offloading: A Brief Survey for Wireless Networks and a Learning Approach for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks,” IEEE Journal Sel. Areas Commun. (JSAC), Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 627-640, Apr. 2015. (PDF)

  • Qianlan Ying, Zhifeng Zhao, Yifan Zhou, Rongpeng Li, Xuan Zhou and Honggang Zhang, “Characterizing Spatial Patterns of Base Stations in Cellular Networks,” Proc. IEEE ICCC, Shanghai, China, Oct. 2014.

  • Yifan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Qianlan Ying, Rongpeng Li, Xuan Zhou and Honggang Zhang, “Two-tier Spatial Modeling of Base Stations in Cellular Networks,” Proc. IEEE PIMRC, Washington, DC, USA, Sep. 2014.

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Xianfu Chen, Jacques Palicot, and Honggang Zhang, “TACT: A Transfer Actor-Critic Learning Framework for Energy Saving in Cellular Radio Access Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 2000–2011, Apr. 2014.

  • Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Xuan Zhou, Jacques Palicot,and Honggang Zhang, “The Prediction Analysis of Cellular Radio Access Network Traffic: From Entropy Theory to Networking Practice,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 234 – 240, Jun. 2014.

  • Xuan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Rongpeng Li, Yifan Zhou, Tao Chen, Zhisheng Niu, and Honggang Zhang, “Towards 5G: When Explosive Bursts Meet Soft Cloud,” IEEE Network, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 12–17, Nov. 2014.

  • Xuan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Rongpeng Li, Yifan Zhou, Jacques Palicot,and Honggang Zhang, “Understanding the Nature of Social Mobile Instant Messaging in Cellular Networks,”  IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 389 – 392, Mar. 2014. (PDF)

  • Xuan Zhou, Zhifeng Zhao, Rongpeng Li, Yifan Zhou, Jacques Palicot, and Honggang Zhang, “Human Mobility Patterns in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, October 2013.  (PDF)