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Book/Book Chapter

1.     G. B. Giannakis and L. Yang, Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2007 (scheduled to appear).

2.     L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Digital-Carrier Spreading Codes for Baseband UWB Multiaccess,'' in Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications and Network, John Wiley & Sons 2006 (X. Shen, M. Guizani, R.-C. Qiu and T. Le-Ngoc, eds.).

Journal Papers (appeared/accepted)

1.     W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Optimum Resource Allocation for Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,§ IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2008 (to appear).

2.     H. Xu and Liuqing Yang, ※Multi-Carrier Frequency-Differential UWB Radios,§ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2008 (to appear).

3.     H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Timing with Dirty Templates for Low-Resolution Digital UWB Receivers,§ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2008 (to appear).

4.     Q. Tang, L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and T. Qin, ※Battery Power Efficiency of PPM and FSK in Wireless Sensor NetworksIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1308每1319, April 2007.

5.     L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, ※Noncoherent Ultra-Wideband (De)ModulationIEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 810每819, April 2007.

6.     L. Yang and F. Wang, ※Driving into Intelligent Spaces with Pervasive Computing and CommunicationsIEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 12每15, January/February, 2007.

7.     L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Cross-Band Flexible UWB Multiple Access for High-Rate Multi-Piconet WPANsIEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2023每2032, November, 2006.

8.     F. Wang, D. Zeng and L. Yang, ※Smart Cars on Smart Roads: An IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society UpdateIEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 68每69, October-December, 2006.

9.     L. Yang, ``Timing PPM-UWB Signals in Ad Hoc Multi-AccessIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. pp. 794-800 , April 2006.

10.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Timing UWB signals using Dirty Templates,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1952-1963, November 2005.

11.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``A General Model and SINR Analysis of Low Duty-Cycle UWB Access through Multipath and NBI with Rake Reception,'' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1818-1833, July 2005.

12.  X. Ma, L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Optimal Training for MIMO Frequency-Selective Fading Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 453-466, March 2005.

13.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Ultra-Wideband Communications: An Idea whose Time has Come,'' IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 26-54, November 2004.
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14.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Optimal Pilot Waveform Assisted Modulation for Ultra-Wideband Communications,'' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 4, pp.1236-1249, July 2004.

15.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Analog Space-Time Coding for Multi-Antenna Ultra-Wideband Transmissions,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 507-517, March 2004.
Mar. 2005 (98)

16.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Digital-Carrier Multi-Band User Codes for Baseband UWB Multiple Access,'' IEEE Journal on Communications and Networks, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 374-385, December 2003.

17.  X. Luo, L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Designing Optimal Pulse-Shapers for Ultra-Wideband Radios,'' IEEE Journal on Communications and Networks, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 344-353, December 2003.

18.  S. Shi, D. W. Prather, L. Yang and J. Kolodzey, ``Influence of support structure on microdisk resonator performance,'' Optical Engineering, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 383-387, February 2003.

19.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ``Multi-Stage Block-Spreading for Impulse Radio Multiple Access through ISI channels,'' IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1767-1777, December 2002.

20.  S. Shi, L. Yang and D. W. Prather, ``Numerical study of axisymmetric dielectric resonators,'' IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 1614-1619, September 2001.

21.  S. Shi, S. Tao, L. Yang and D. W. Prather, ``Analysis of diffractive optical elements using a nonuniform finite-difference time-domain method," Optical Engineering, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 503-510, April 2001.

Journal Papers (submitted)

1.     F. Qu, D. Duan, L. Yang, and A. Swami ※Signaling With Imperfect Channel State Information: A Battery Power Efficiency Comparison,§ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, September 2007 (submitted).

2.     W. Cho, R. Cao and L. Yang, ※Optimum Resource Allocation for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,§ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, June 2007 (submitted).

3.     H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Low-Complexity Transceiver Design for Asymmetric Single/Multi-Band UWB Links,§ IEEE Transactions on Communications, June 2007 (submitted).

Conference Papers

1.      H. Xu, C.-C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and L. Yang, ※High-Resolution TOA Estimation with Multi-Band OFDM UWB Signals,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Beijing, China, May 19-23, 2008 (submitted).

2.      H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Low-Complexity Transceiver Design for Asymmetric Single/ Multi-Band UWB Links,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Beijing, China, May 19-23, 2008 (submitted).

3.      W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Performance analysis of cooperative networks with differential unitary space time coding,§ in Proceedings of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Las Vegas, NV, March 30-April 4, 2008 (submitted).

4.      H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Ultra-Wideband technology: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 22-24, 2008 (invited).

5.     W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Resource Allocation for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Washington, D.C., November 26-30, 2007.

6.     F. Qu, D. Duan, L. Yang and A. Swami, ※Signaling With Imperfect Channel State Information: A Battery Power Efficiency Comparison,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Orlando, FL, October 29-31, 2007.

7.     W. Cho, R. Cao and L. Yang, ※Optimum Energy Allocation in Cooperative Networks: A Comparative Study,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Orlando, FL, October 29-31, 2007.

8.     H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Opportunistic Indoor Localization and Navigation Using Wireless LAN (802.11a/g) Signals,§ in Proceedings of ION GNSS 2007, Fort Worth, TX, September 25-28, 2007.

9.      L. Yang, H. Xu and Y. T. Jade Morton, ※Positioning and Navigation with Ultra-Wideband Signals,§ in Proceedings of ION GNSS 2007, Fort Worth, TX, September 25-28, 2007.

10.     F. Qu, L. Yang and A. Swami, ※Battery Power Efficiency of PPM and OOK in Wireless Sensor Networks,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 15-20, 2007, pp. 525-528.

11.     W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Resource Optimization for Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 15-20, 2007, pp. 153-156.

12.     M. Ouertani, H. Xu, L. Yang, H. Besbes and A. Bouall豕gue, ※A New Modulation Scheme for Rapid Blind Timing Acquisition Using Dirty Template Approach for UWB Systems,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 15-20, 2007, pp. 265-268.

13.  K. Seo and L. Yang, ※Joint Transceiver Optimization in MC-CDMA Systems Exploiting Multipath and Spatial Diversity,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 27-December 1, 2006.

14.  W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Energy and Location Optimization for Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,§ in Proceedings of 25th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, November 27-30, 2006.

15.  H. Xu, L. Yang and D. Goeckel, ※Digital Multi-Carrier Differential Signaling for Ultra-Wideband Radios,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 27-December 1, 2006.

16.  K. Seo and L. Yang, ※Interference Suppression in MC-CDMA Systems by Joint Transceiver Design,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Washington, D.C., October 23-25, 2006.

17.  W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Optimum Energy Allocation for Cooperative Networks with Differential Modulation,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Washington, D.C., October 23-25, 2006.

18.  H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Differential UWB Communications with Digital Multi-Carrier Modulation,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Waltham, MA, September 24-27, 2006, pp. 49每54.

19.  H. Xu and L. Yang, ※Timing with Dirty Templates for Low-Resolution Digital UWB Receivers,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Waltham, MA, September 24-27, 2006, pp. 321每326 (Invited).

20.  Q. Zhang, W. Cho, G. E. Sobelman, L. Yang and R. Voyles, ※TwinsNet: A Cooperative MIMO Mobile Sensor Network,§ in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4159, pp. 508-516, 2006, Springer.  

21.  W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Distributed Differential Schemes for Cooperative Wireless Networks,§ in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Toulouse, France, May 15-19, 2006, vol. 4, pp. 61每64.

22.  L. Yang and A. Swami, ※Noncoherent Demodulator for PPM-UWB Radios,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Toulouse, France, May 15-19, 2006, vol. 4, pp. 501每504.

23.  D. Han, J. C. Principe, L. Yang, I. Santamar赤a and J. V赤a, ※Robust Blind SIMO Channel Estimation Using ADATRON,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Toulouse, France, May 15-19, 2006, vol. 4, pp. 125每128.

24.  W. Cho and L. Yang, ※Differential Modulation Schemes for Cooperative Diversity,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 23-25, 2006, pp. 813每818.

25.  Q. Tang, L. Yang, T. Qin and S. Zhang, ※Evaluation and Optimization of Battery-Energy-Aware PPM Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 23-25, 2006, pp. 318每323.

26.  J. Kim, L. Yang, J. Lin and J. Liu, ※Analysis of a Self-Optimizing Wireless Data Network Using Autonomous Mobile Wireless Routers, in Proceedings of IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, San Diego, CA, January 17-19, 2006, pp. 319-322.

27.  L. Yang, J. Li and Y. Jiang, ※Capacity-Approaching Transceiver Design for Asymmetric UWB Links,§ in Proceedings of the 39th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, October 30-November 2, 2005, pp. 151每155 (invited).

28.  Q. Tang, L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and T. Qin, ※Battery Power Efficiency of PPM and FSK in Wireless Sensor Networks,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 17-20, 2005, vol. 4, pp. 2251每2257 (invited).

29.  L. Yang, ※Low-Complexity Diversity Receiver for Single/Multi-Band UWB,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, New York, NY, June 5-8, 2005, pp. 1053每1057 (invited).

30.  D. Han, J. C. Principe, L. Yang, I. Santamar赤a and J. V赤a, ※Structural Risk Minimization for Robust Blind Identification of Sparse SIMO Channels,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, New York, NY, June 5-8, 2005, pp. 806每810.

31.  L. Yang, ※Rate-Scalable UWB for WPAN with Heterogeneous Nodes,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Philadelphia, PA, March 19-23, 2005, vol. 3, pp. 625每628.

32.  L. Yang, ※Rapid and Robust Synchronization of PPM-UWB Signals,§ in Proceedings of Conference on Info. Sciences and Systems, The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, March 16-19, 2005, pp. 183每187.

33.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Timing Synchronization of Ultra-Wideband Links with Dirty-Templates,§ in Proceedings of 24th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, November 29-December 2, 2004.

34.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Cross-Band Flexible UWB Access for High-Rate Multi-Piconet WPANs,§ in Proceedings of the 38th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 7-10, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 1511每1515 (invited).

35.  L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami ※Noncoherent UWB Radios,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference, Monterey, CA, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 786每791.

36.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Blind UWB Timing with a Dirty Template,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 17-21, 2004, vol. 4, pp. 509每512.

37.  L. Yang, X. Ma and G. B. Giannakis, ※Optimal Training for Doubly-Selective MIMO Fading Channels,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 17-21, 2004, vol. 3, pp. 821每824 (invited).

38.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Low-Complexity Training for Rapid Timing Acquisition in Ultra-Wideband Communications,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 1-5, 2003, vol. 2, pp. 769每773.

39.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Ultra-Wideband Multiple-Access: Unification and Narrowband Interference Analysis,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Ultra-Wideband Systems and Technologies, Reston, Virginia, November 16-19, 2003, pp. 320每324.

40.  X. Luo, L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Designing Optimal Pulse Shapers for UWB Radios,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Ultra-Wideband Systems and Technologies, Reston, Virginia, November 16-19, 2003, pp. 349每353.

41.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Digital-Carrier Multi-Band User Codes for Baseband UWB Multiple Access,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Ultra-Wideband Systems and Technologies, Reston, Virginia, November 16-19, 2003, pp. 334每338.

42.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Unification of Ultra-Wideband Multiple Access Schemes and Comparison in the Presence of Interference,§ in Proceedings of the 37th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 9-12, 2003, vol. 2, pp. 1239每1243.

43.  L. Yang, Z. Tian and G. B. Giannakis, ※Non-Data-Aided Timing Acquisition of Ultra-Wideband Transmissions Using Cyclostationarity,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, April 6-10, 2003, vol. 4, pp. 121每124.

44.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Optimal Pilot Waveform Assisted Modulation for Ultra-Wideband Communications,§ in Proceedings of the 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 3-6, 2002, pp. 733每737.

45.  Z. Tian, L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※ Symbol Timing Estimation in Ultra-Wideband Communications,§ in Proceedings of the 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 3-6, 2002, pp. 1924每1928.

46.  X. Ma, L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Optimal Training for Multi-antenna Time- and Frequency-Selective Fading Channels,§ in Proceedings of the 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 3-6, 2002, pp. 1107每1111 (invited).

47.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Ultra-Wideband Pilot Waveform Design Optimizing Rate and Performance with RAKE Reception,§ in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Advances in Wireless Communications, Victoria, Canada, Sept. 23-24, 2002, pp. 43每44.

48.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Impulse Radio Multiple Access through ISI Channels with Multi-Stage Block-Spreading,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Ultra-Wideband Systems and Technologies, Baltimore, MD, May 20-23, 2002 pp. 277每281 (invited).

49.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Space-Time Coding for Impulse Radio,§ in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Ultra-Wideband Systems and Technologies, Baltimore, MD, May 20-23, 2002, pp. 235每239.

50.  L. Yang and G. B. Giannakis, ※Block-Spreading Codes for Impulse Radio Multiple Access through ISI Channels,§ in Proceedings of International Conference on Communications, New York City, N.Y., April 28-May 2, 2002, vol. 2, pp. 807每811.