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Publications
Book/Book Chapter
N. Lu, and X. Shen, “Capacity Analysis of Vehicular Communication Networks,”
SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Springer Verlag, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4614-8396-0) [link]
N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks,” Multimedia Over Cognitive Radio Networks: Algorithms, Protocols, and Experiments, CRC Press, 2014.
Journal Papers
N. Lu, Y. Zhou, C. Shi, N. Cheng, L. Cai. and B. Li, “Planning While Flying: A Measurement-Aided Dynamic Planning of Drone Small Cells,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, to appear. [PDF]
N. Cheng, W. Xu, W. Shi, Y. Zhou, N. Lu, H. Zhou, and X. Shen, “Air-Ground Integrated Mobile Edge Networks: Architecture, Challenges and Opportunities,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 8, pp. 26-32, 2018. [PDF]
C. Chen, T.H. Luan, X. Guan, N. Lu, and Y. Liu, “Connected Vehicular Transportation: Data Analytics and Traffic-dependent Networking,”
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 42-54, 2017. [PDF]
N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and Fan Bai, “Wi-Fi Hotspot at Signalized Intersection: Cost-Effectiveness for Vehicular Internet Access,”
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 5, No. 65, pp. 3506-3518, 2016. [PDF]
H. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Lu, L. Gui, D. Zhang, Q. Yu, F. Bai, and X. Shen, “WhiteFi Infostation: Engineering
VehicularMedia Streaming with Geolocation Database,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 2260-2274, 2016. [PDF]
H. Omar, N. Lu, and W. Zhuang, “Wireless Access Technologies for Vehicular Network Safety Applications,”
IEEE Networks, Vol. 4, No. 30, pp. 22-26, 2016. [PDF]
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, T. Yang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Vehicle-Assisted Device-to-Device Data Delivery for Smart Grid”,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 4, No. 65, pp. 2325-2340, 2016. [PDF]
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Game-Theory Approach”,
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 7, No. 17, pp. 1944-1955, 2016. [PDF]
Y. Zhou, N. Cheng, N. Lu, and X. Shen, “Multi-UAV Aided Vehicular Networks: Challenges and Solutions”,
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 36-44, 2015. [PDF]
C. Chen, J. Yan, N. Lu, Y. Wang, X. Yang, and X. Guan, “Ubiquitous Monitoring for Industrial Cyber-
Physical Systems over Relay Assisted Wireless Sensor Networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 352-362, 2015. [PDF]
R. Du, C. Chen, B. Yang, N. Lu, X. Guan, and X. Shen, “Effective Urban Traffic Monitoring by Vehicular Sensor Networks”,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 64, Issue 1, pp. 273-286, 2015. [PDF]
N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, X. Zhang, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Partner Selection and Incentive Mechanism for Physical Layer Security,”
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 4265-4276, 2015. [PDF]
M. Wang, H. Shan, T.H. Luan, N. Lu, R. Zhang, X. Shen, and F. Bai, “Asymptotic Throughput Capacity
Analysis of VANETs Exploiting Mobility Diversity,”
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 64, No. 9, pp. 4187-4202, 2015. [PDF]
N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Risk-aware Cooperative Spectrum Access for Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 516-527, 2014. [PDF]
N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W.Mark, “Connected Vehicles: Solutions and Challenges,”
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 289-299, 2014. [PDF]
N. Lu, T.H. Luan, M. Wang, X. Shen, and F. Bai, “Bounds of Asymptotic Performance Limits of Social-
Proximity Vehicular Networks,”
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 812-825, 2014. [PDF]
N. Lu and X. Shen, “Scaling Laws for Throughput Capacity and Delay in Wireless Networks – A Survey,”
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 642-657, 2014. [PDF]
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Vehicular WiFi Offloading: Challenges and Solutions,”
Vehicular Communications (Elsevier), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 13-21, 2014. [PDF]
N. Lu, N. Zhang, N. Cheng, X. Shen, J.W. Mark, and F. Bai, “Vehicles Meet Infrastructure: Towards
Capacity-Cost Tradeoffs for Vehicular Access Networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 1266-1277, 2013. [PDF]
N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Cooperative Spectrum Access Towards Secure Information Transfer for CRNs,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 2453-2464, 2013. [PDF]
S. Cespedes, N. Lu, and X. Shen, “VIP-WAVE: On the Feasibility of IP Communications in 802.11p Vehicular Networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 82-97, 2013. [PDF]
Conference Papers
N. Lu, B. Ji, and B. Li, “Age-based Scheduling: Improving Data Freshness for Wireless Real-Time Traffic,” Proceedings of ACM MobiHoc 2018, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 2018. (Acceptance rate: 17%) [PDF]
C. Shi, Y. Zhou, W. Li, H. Li, N. Lu, N. Cheng, and T. Yang, “A Centralized Clustering based Hybrid Vehicular Networking Architecture for Safety Data Delivery,”
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2017, Singapore, 2017.
N. Lu, B. Li, R. Srikant, and Y. Lei, “Optimal Distributed Scheduling of Real-Time Traffic with Hard Deadlines,” Proceedings of IEEE CDC 2016, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2016.
[PDF]
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment:
A Queueing Analysis,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, Austin, TX, USA, 2014. (Best Paper Award)
N. Zhang, N. Cheng, N. Lu, H. Zhou, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networking
for Opportunistic Channel Access,” Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, USA, 2013.
N. Cheng, N. Lu, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “Vehicle-Assisted Data Delivery for Smart Grid: An
Optimal Stopping Approach,” Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, 2013.
Z. Liu, Y.Mao, N. Lu, Y. Ji, and X. Shen, “Resource Allocation for WWAN Video Multicast with Cooperative
Local Repair,” Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, 2013.
N. Lu, N. Cheng, N. Zhang, X. Shen, and J.W. Mark, “VeMail: A Message Handling System Towards Efficient
TransportationManagement,” Proceedings of IEEE WCNC 2013, Shanghai, China, 2013.
N. Zhang, N. Lu, N. Cheng, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Cooperative Networking Towards Secure Communications
for CRNs,” Proceedings of IEEE WCNC 2013, Shanghai, China, 2013.
N. Lu, T.H. Luan, M. Wang, X. Shen, and F. Bai, “Capacity and Delay Analysis for Social-Proximity Urban
Vehicular Networks,” Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2012, Orlando, USA, 2012. (Acceptance ratio: 18%)
[PDF]
N. Zhang, N. Lu, R. Lu, J.W. Mark, and X. Shen, “Energy-Efficient and Trust-aware Cooperation in Cognitive
Radio Networks,” Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada, 2012.
M. Wang, H. Shan, L.X. Cai, N. Lu, X. Shen, and F. Bai, “Throughput Capacity of VANETs by Exploiting
Mobility Diversity”, Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada, 2012.
N. Cheng, N. Lu, P. Wang, X. Wang, and F. Liu, “A QoS-provision multi-channel MAC in RSU-assisted
vehicular networks,” Proceedings of IEEE VNC 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011.
N. Lu, Y. Ji, F. Liu, and X. Wang, “A Dedicated Multi-channel MAC Protocol Design for VANET with Adaptive
Broadcasting,” Proceedings of IEEE WCNC 2010, Sydney, Australia, 2010.
N. Lu, X. Wang, P. Wang, P. Lai, and F. Liu, “A Distributed Reliable Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Vehicular
Ad Hoc Networks,” Proceedings of IEEE IV 2009, Xi’an, China, 2009.
Thesis
N. Lu, “Scaling Laws for Vehicular Networks”, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Jan. 2015
Patents
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