A New Dimension in Radio Spectrum Sharing through Network Cooperation

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Award #1343222

PI: Jeffrey Reed; Co-PIs: Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Hanif Sherali.

Project Duration: October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2018

Existing spectrum-sharing paradigms have set clear boundaries between primary and secondary networks. There is very limited node-level cooperation between primary and secondary networks. This project develops a new and bold paradigm that explores policy-based network cooperation as a new dimension for spectrum sharing between primary and secondary networks. The benefits of this paradigm are numerous, as it allows integrating resources from two networks. To move this new paradigm from concept to reality, this project aims to (1) develop fundamental understanding of policy-based cooperation through mathematical models and optimization, (2) explore new achievable rate regions through the use of advanced physical layer technologies, and (3) develop distributed optimization algorithms that can offer performance approaching the theoretical limits.

The project investigates a new paradigm and technologies that enable more flexible and efficient sharing of the radio spectrum. New mathematical models developed in this research will help gain fundamental understanding of the benefits of the new paradigm. The use of advanced physical layer technologies will further push the performance envelopes of achievable rate regions. New textbooks will be developed and used in classrooms at Virginia Tech and other universities. Special efforts to broadening participation by female and underrepresented students are planned through an on-going NSF REU site for cognitive radio communications and Virginia Tech's participation in Pacesetters, a program organized by the National Center for Women and Information Technology.

Publications

  • B.A. Jalaian, X. Yuan, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S.F. Midkiff, and V. Dasari, "On the Integration of SIC and MIMO DoF for Interference Cancellation in Wireless Networks,"Springer Wireless Networks, vol. 24, issue 7, pp. 2357-2374, October 2018.
  • Y. Huang, Y. Chen, Y.T. Hou, and W. Lou, "CURT: A Real-Time Scheduling Algorithm for Coexistence of LTE and Wi-Fi in Unlicensed Spectrum," in Proc. IEEE DySPAN 2018, Seoul, Korea, October 22–24, 2018.
  • F. Tian, X. Yuan, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, and Z. Yang, "Cost Minimization for Cooperative Traffic Relaying between Primary and Secondary Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 17, issue 9, pp. 2014–2027, Sept. 2018.
  • Y. Sagduyu, Y. Shi, A.B. MacKenzie, and Y.T. Hou, "Regret Minimization for Primary/Secondary Access to Satellite Resources with Cognitive Interference," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, issue 5, pp. 3512–3523, May 2018.
  • M. Labib, V. Marojevic, J. H. Reed and A. I. Zaghloul, "Extending LTE into the Unlicensed Spectrum: Technical Analysis of the Proposed Variants," in IEEE Communications Standards Supplement Magazine, pp. 31-39, Dec. 2017.
  • M. Labib, V. Marojevic, A. F. Martone, J. H. Reed and A. I. Zaghloul, "Coexistence between Communication and Radar Systems - A Survey," The Radio Science Bulletin, No 362, pp. 74-82, September 2017.
  • X. Yuan, X. Qin, F. Tian, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S.F. Midkiff, and J.H. Reed, "Coexistence Between Wi-Fi and LTE on Unlicensed Spectrum: A Human-Centric Approach," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 964–977, April 2017.
  • Xu Yuan, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, Scott Midkiff, Jeffrey H. Reed, "Beyond Overlay: Reaping Mutual Benefits for Primary and Secondary Networks Through Node-Level Cooperation,"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 2-15, January 2017.
  • Xu Yuan, Xiaoqi Qin, Feng Tian, Brian Jalaeian, Yi Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, and Wade Trappe, "An Online Admission Control Algorithm for Dynamic Traffic in Underlay Coexistence Paradigm," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 411-426, December 2016.
  • Munawwar M Sohul, Miao Yao, Vuk Marojevic, Jeffrey H. Reed, "Quality of Service Assurance-based Auction for Spectrum Sharing Systems," WinComm 2016, pp. 126-131.
  • Munawwar M. Sohul, Miao Yao, Xiaofu Ma, Eyosias Y. Imana, Vuk Marojevic, and Jeffrey H. Reed, "Next Generation Public Safety Networks: A Spectrum Sharing Approach," IEEE Communications Magazine, March 2016.
  • Xu Yuan, Cunhao Gao, Feng Tian, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, Wade Trappe, S.F. Midkiff, J.H. Reed, and S. Kompella, "MIMO-empowered Secondary Networks for Efficient Spectrum Sharing," to appear in Hand-book of Cognitive Radio, edited by Wei Zhang, Springer.
  • Xu Yuan, Bran Jalaeian, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S.F. Midkiff, and S. Kompella, "New Coexistence and Sharing Paradigms for Multihop Secondary Networks," to appear in Spectrum Sharing in Wireless Networks: Fairness, Efficiency, and Security, edited by John D. Matyjas, Sunil Kumar, and Fei Hu, Taylor & Francis LLC, CRC Press, May 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1498726351
  • Xu Yuan, Feng Tian, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, H.D. Sherali, Sastry Kompella, and J.H. Reed, "On Throughput Region for Primary and Secondary Networks with Node-level Cooperation," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, issue 10, pp. 2763–2775, October 2016.
  • Xu Yuan, Xiaoqi Qin, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S.F. Midkiff, S. Kompella, "A Distributed Algorithm to Achieve Transparent Coexistence for a Secondary Multi-hop MIMO Network," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, issue 9, pp. 6063–6077, September 2016.
  • C. Jiang, Y. Shi, Xiaoqi Qin, Xu Yuan, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S. Kompella, S.F. Midkiff, "Cross-layer Optimization for Multi-hop Wireless Networks with Successive Interference Cancellation," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, issue 8, pp. 5819–5831, August 2016.
  • H. Zeng, F. Tian, Y.T Hou, W. Lou, and S.F. Midkiff, "Interference alignment for multi-hop wireless networks: Challenges and research directions," IEEE Network, vol 30, issue 2, pp. 74–80, March/April 2016.
  • X. Qin, X. Yuan, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S.F. Midkiff, "Joint Flow Routing and DoF Allocation in Multi-hop MIMO Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1907–1922, March 2016.
  • H. Zeng, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, R. Zhu, S.F. Midkiff, "A Scheduling Algorithm for MIMO DoF Allocation in Multi-hop Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 264–277, February 2016.
  • H. Zeng, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S. Kompella, and S.F. Midkiff, "An anlytical model for interference alignment in multi-hop MIMO networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 17-31, January 2016.
  • Brian Jalaian, V. Dasari, and Y.T. Hou, "Modeling and Optimization for Programmable Unified Control Plane in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," in Proc. 37th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, pp. 37–42, September 19–21, 2016, Newark, NJ, USA.
  • Changlai Du, Ruide Zhang, W. Lou, and Y.T. Hou, "MobTrack: Locating Indoor Interfering Radios With A Single Device," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, 9 pages, April 10–15, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Huacheng Zeng, Xu Yuan, Xiaoqi Qin. Yi Shi, Y.T. Hou, and W. Lou, "Nullification in the Air: Interference Neutralization in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, " in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, 9 pages, April 10–15, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Masoud Olfat, Jeffrey Reed, Kurt Schaubach, "Maximum Transmit Power and GAA Channel Assignments on CBRS 3.5 GHz Spectrum sharing Framework," TCCN Communications, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2015.
  • Jeffrey H. Reed, Stephen M. Dudley, Marc Lichtman, Xiaofu Ma,Abid Ullah, Munawwar M. Sohul, Taeyoung Yang, William Christopher Headley, Eyosias Yoseph Imana, Mahi Abdelbar, Aditya Padaki, "Practical Issues for Spectrum Management with Cognitive Radios,"Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume: 102, Issue: 3, pp. 242–264. Feb. 2015.
  • X. Yuan, C. Jiang, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S. Kompella, and S.F. Midkiff, "Toward Transparent Coexistence for Multi-hop Secondary Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, issue 5, pp. 958-971, May 2015.
  • Y. Zheng, M. Schulz, W. Lou; Y.T. Hou, M. Hollick, "Highly Efficient Known-Plaintext Attacks Against Orthogonal Blinding Based Physical Layer Security," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol.4, no.1, pp.34-37, Feb. 2015.
  • A. Nabil, Y.T. Hou, Rongbo Zhu, W. Lou, and S.F. Midkiff, "Recent Advances in Interference Management for Wireless Networks,"IEEE Network, vol. 29, issue 5, Sept./Oct. 2015.
  • Q. Yan, M. Li, F. Chen, T. Jiang, W. Lou, Y.T. Hou, C.-T. Lu, “SpecMonitor: Towards efficient passive traffic monitoring for cognitive radio networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 13, issue 10, pp. 5893-5905, Oct 2014.
  • H. Zeng, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, Rongbo Zhu, and W. Lou, “A Novel MIMO DoF Model for Multi-hop Networks”, IEEE Network, vol. 28, issue 5, pp. 81-85, Sept./Oct. 2014.
  • B. Jalaeian, Y. Shi, X. Yuan, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S. F. Midkiff, “Harmonizing SIC and MIMO DoF Interference Cancellation for Efficient Network-wide Resource Allocation,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2015), pp. 316–323, Dallas, USA, Oct 19–22, 2015.
  • X. Yuan, F. Tian, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, H. D. Sherali, S. Kompella, J. H. Reed, "Optimal Throughput Curve for Primary and Secondary Users with Node-level Cooperation," in Proc. IEEE DySPAN 2015, pp. 363–369, Stockholm, Sweden, September 29–October 2, 2015.
  • X. Yuan, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, S. F. Midkiff, and S. Kompella, "Achieving transparent coexistence in a multi-hop secondary network through distributed computation," in Proc. IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2014), December 5-7, 2014, Austin, TX.
  • H. Zeng, Y.T. Hou, Y. Shi, W. Lou, S. Kompella, S. F. Midkiff, "SHARK-IA: An interference alignment algorithm for multi-hop underwater acoustic networks with large propagation delays," in Proc. ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (ACM WuWNet'14), Nov. 12-14, 2014, Rome, Italy. (BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD)
  • H. Zeng, Y. Shi, Y.T. Hou, W. Lou, X. Yuan, R. Zhu, and J. Cao, "Increasing user throughput in cellular networks with interference alignment," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (IEEE SECON 2014), June 30-July 3, 2014, Singapore.
  • Q. Yan, H. Zeng, T. Jiang, M. Li, W. Lou, and Y.T. Hou, “MIMO-based Jamming Resilient Communication in Wireless Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM 2014, Toronto, Canada, April 2014.
  • Y. Hou, M. Li, X. Yuan, Y.T. Hou, and W. Lou, “Cooperative Cross-Technology Interference Mitigation for Heterogeneous Multi-hop Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM 2014, Toronto, Canada, April 2014.