Refereed Journal Publications

1. Boyang Zhou, Isaac Howenstine, Liang Cheng, and Steffen Bondorf, Breaking Cyclic Dependencies for Network Calculus using Service Partitioning, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 32-42, 2024.
2. Boyang Zhou, Isaac Howenstine, Siraphob Limprapaipong, and Liang Cheng, A survey on network calculus tools for network infrastructure in real-time systems, IEEE Access, pp. 1-18, 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3043600, Dec. 2020.
3. Chuwen Zhang, Yi Wang, Ruyi Yao, Boyang Zhou, Liang Cheng, Yang Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Jian Cheng and Bin Liu, Packet-size aware scheduling algorithms in guard band for time sensitive networking, CCF Transactions on Networking, 2020.
4. Yanhong Yang, Huan Yang, and Liang Cheng, Optimal time and channel assignment for data collection in wireless sensor networks, International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2017.
5. Wei Liang, Liang Cheng, and Mingdong Tan, Identity recognition using biological electroencephalogram sensors, Journal of Sensors, 2016.
6. Jiajun Duan, Kaifeng Zhang, and Liang Cheng, A novel method of fault location for single-phase microgrids, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 7,  No. 2, pp. 915-925, 2016. [PDF]
7. Jing Ma, Xiaotong Zhang, Qiwei Huang, Liang Cheng, and Mingyu Lu, Experimental Study on the Impact of Soil Conductivity on Underground Magneto-Inductive Channel, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 14, pp. 1782-1785, 2015.
8. Suk-Un Yoon, Liang Cheng, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, and Muhannad Suleiman, A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Underground-to-Underground Communication for Wireless Sensor Networks,  Adhoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Vol. 24, Issue 3/4, pp. 333-348, 2015.
9. Lisa Frye, Zhongliang Liang, and Liang Cheng, Performance Analysis and Evaluation of an Ontology-based Heterogeneous Multi-tier Network Management System, Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 629-657, 2014. [PDF]
10. Bjoern Dusza, Christoph Ide, Liang Cheng and Christian Wietfeld, CoPoMo: a context-aware power consumption model for LTE user equipment, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 615-632, 2013. [PDF]
11. Siavash Dorvash, Shamim Pakzad, and Liang Cheng, An iterative modal identification algorithm for structural health monitoring using wireless sensor networks, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 339-365, 2013. [PDF]
12. Lisa Frye, Liang Cheng, and Jeff Heflin, Traffic-based Reasoning Intrusion Detection System using Ontology, Special collection on ontologies and semantics in communication systems and networks, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, accepted for publication, 2013.
13. Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, Suk-Un Yoon, Muhannad T. Suleiman, and Liang Cheng, Geotechnical sensing using electromagnetic attenuation between radio transceivers, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 21, No. 12, 2012.
14. Suk-Un Yoon, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Liang Cheng, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Subsurface event detection and classification using wireless signal networks, Sensors, Vol. 12, No. 11, 2012. [PDF]
15. Shengpu Liu and Liang Cheng, A context-aware reflective middleware framework for distributed real-time and embedded systems, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 205-218, 2011. [PDF]
16. Qing Ye, Liang Cheng, Mooi Choo Chuah, and Brian D. Davison, Performance Comparison of Different Multicast Routing Strategies in Disruption Tolerant Networks, Computer Communications, Vol. 32, No. 16, pp. 1731-1741, 2009. [PDF]
17. Jun Peng, Biplab Sikdar, and Liang Cheng, Multicasting with Localized Control in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 52-64, 2009.
18. Doraid Dalalah, Liang Cheng, and Gregory L. Tonkay, Modeling End-to-End Wireless Lossy Channels – A Finite-State Markov Approach, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 1236-1243, 2008.
19. Jun Peng and Liang Cheng, A Distributed MAC Scheme for Emergency Message Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Special Issue on Vehicular Communications Networks, Vol. 56, Issue 6, pp. 3300-3308, 2007.
20. Jun Peng, Liang Cheng, and Biplab Sikdar, A Wireless MAC Protocol with Collision Detection, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 12, pp. 1357-1369, 2007.
21. Qing Ye and Liang Cheng, A Lightweight Approach to Mobile Multicasting in Wireless Sensor Networks, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, pp. 36-45, 2007.
22. Qiang Wang, Yaoyao Zhu, and Liang Cheng, Reprogramming wireless sensor networks: challenges and approaches, IEEE Network, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 48-55, 2006. [PDF]
23. Qing Ye, Yuecheng Zhang, and Liang Cheng, A study on the optimal time synchronization accuracy in wireless sensor networks, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 549-566, 2005.
24. Yuecheng Zhang and Liang Cheng, PLACE: protocol for location and coordinates estimation — a wireless sensor network approach, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 670-693, 2004. [PDF]
25. Yanjun Shen, Bingwen Wang, Fangxin Chen, and Liang Cheng, A new multi-output neural model with tunable activation function and its applications, Neural Processing Letters (Springer/Kluwer), Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 85-104, 2004.
26. Scott Weber and Liang Cheng, A survey of anycast in IPv6 networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 127-132, 2004.
27. Liang Cheng and Ivan Marsic, Accurate bandwidth measurement in xDSL service networks,Computer Communications (Elsevier), Vol. 25, No. 18, pp. 1699-1710, 2002. [PDF]
28. Liang Cheng and Ivan Marsic, Piecewise network awareness service for wireless/mobile pervasive computing, Mobile Networks and Applications (ACM/Springer MONET), Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 269-278, 2002.
29. Liang Cheng and Ivan Marsic, Java-based accurate bandwidth measurement tools for digital subscriber network networks, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 333-344, 2002 (extended from our Best Paper of ICATM’01).
30. Liang Cheng and Ivan Marsic, Fuzzy reasoning for wireless awareness, International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (Springer), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 15-26, 2001.