Book Chapters

Journal Publications

  • C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Enhancing Video Rate Adaptation with Mobile Edge Computing and Caching in Software-defined Mobile Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 7013-7026, Oct. 2018. (pdf)
  • Y. He, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, and Z. Han, “Trust-based Social Networks with Computing, Caching and Communications: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach,” IEEE Trans. Network Science and Eng., accepted, May 2018.
  • C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Enhancing QoE-aware Wireless Edge Caching with Software-defined Wireless Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 6912-6925, Oct. 2017. (pdf)
  • C. Wang, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, Q. Chen, and L. Tang, “Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation in Wireless Cellular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 4924-4938, Aug. 2017. (pdf)
  • C. Wang, F. Richard Yu, C. Liang, Q. Chen, and L. Tang, “Joint Computation Offloading and Interference Management in Wireless Cellular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 7432-7445, Mar. 2017.
  • C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, H. Yao, and Z. Han, “Virtual Resource Allocation in Information-Centric Wireless Virtual Networks,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9902-9914, Dec. 2016.
  • Y. Cai, F. Richard Yu, C. Liang, B. Sun, and Q. Yan, “Software Defined Device-to-Device (D2D) Communications in Virtual Wireless Networks with Imperfect Network State Information (NSI),” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7349-7360, Sept. 2016.
  • C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, and X. Zhang, “Information-Centric Network Function Virtualization Over 5G Mobile Wireless Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 68-74, May 2015.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Wireless Network Virtualization: A Survey, Some Research Issues and Challenges,” IEEE Comm. Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 358-380, Firstquarter 2015.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Wireless Virtualization for Next Generation Mobile Cellular Networks,” IEEE Wireless Comm., vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 61-69, Feb. 2015.

Conference Publications

  • C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, N.-D. Dao, G. Senarath, and H. Farmanbar, “An Adaptive Data Prefetching Scheme in 5G Mobile Networks with Bandwidth Provisioning,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’18, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018. (pdf)
  • Y. He, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Integrated Computing, Caching and Communication for Social Networks: A Big Data DRL Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’18, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.
  • Y. He, C. Liang, Z. Zhang, F. Richard Yu, N. Zhao, H. Yin, Y. Zhang, “Resource Allocation in Software-defined and Information-Centric Vehicular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17F, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2017.
  • C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Video Rate Adaptation and Traffic Engineering in Mobile Edge Computing and Caching-enabled Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17F, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2017.
  • C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Software-Defined Mobile Networks with Mobile Edge Computing and Caching,” in Proc. IEEE Infocom’17 Workshops, Atlanta, GA, May 2017.
  • Y. He, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, N. Zhao, and H. Yin, “Optimization of Cache-enabled Opportunistic Interference Alignment Wireless Networks: A Big Data Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Enhancing Mobile Edge Caching with Bandwidth Provisioning in Software-defined Mobile Networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.
  • C. Wang, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, Q. Chen, and T. Lun, “Joint Computation Offloading, Resource Allocation and Content Caching in Cellular Networks With Mobile Edge Computing,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.
  • Z. Wei, F. Richard Yu, H. Tang, C. Liang, and Q. Yan, “Securing Cognitive Radio Vehicular Ad hoc Networks with Trusted Lightweight Cloud Computing,” in Proc. IEEE CNS’16 CRESS Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2016.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Mobile Virtual Network Admission Control and Resource Allocation for Wireless Network Virtualization: A Robust Optimization Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’15, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Virtual Resource Allocation in Information-Centric Wireless Virtual Networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’15, London, UK, June 2015.
  • C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Distributed Resource Allocation in Virtualized Wireless Cellular Networks based on ADMM,” in Proc. IEEE Infocom’15 Workshops, HongKong, P.R. China, Apr. 2015.
  • Y. Cai, F. Richard Yu, and C. Liang, “Resource Sharing for Software Defined D2D Communications in Virtual Wireless Networks with Imperfect NSI,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’14, Austin, TX, Dec. 2014.

Invited Talks

Recent Advances in SDN, Virtualization, and Caching for 5G and Beyond at IEEE Ottawa Section 2016. (slides in pdf)

Ph.D. Thesis

Performance Improvements in Software-Defined and Virtualized Wireless Networks (Carleton University, 2017)

  • Ph.D. defense slides is available in PDF format.