Lijun Chen

Research interests

• Communication and computer networks


• Energy-aware network design (Green IT)


• Network coding


• Power networks


• Network economics and online market


• Optimization, game theory and their engineering applications


• Control and dynamical systems


• Theoretical foundation of complex engineering and biological networks

Publications

• Congestion Control for Multicast Flows with Network Coding, L. Chen, T. Ho, M. Chiang, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2008.
• Energy Efficient Opportunistic Network Coding for Unicast Flows in Wireless Networks, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2010.
• Distributed Distortion Optimization for Correlated Sources, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2010.
• Shadowing Prediction by Analyzing Complexity of Phase Information, C. H. Chien, H. T. Wu and L. Chen, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
• Robustness, Optimization, and Architecture, F. Chandra, D. F. Gayme, L. Chen and J. C. Doyle, to appear, European Journal of Control, 2011.
• Optimal Demand Response: Problem Formulation and Deterministic Case, L. Chen, N. Li, L. Jiang and S. H. Low, to appear, Control and Optimization Theory for Electric Smart Grids, Aranya Chakrabortty and Marija Ilic (Eds.), Springer, 2011.
• Optimal Demand Response Based on Utility Maximization in Power Networks, N. Li, L. Chen and S. H. Low, IEEE PESGM, 2011.
• On the Interaction between Load Balancing and Speed Scaling, L. Chen, N. Li and S. H. Low, ITA Workshop, 2011.
• Random Access Game and Medium Access Control Design, L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2010.
• Two Market Models for Demand Response in Power Networks, L. Chen, N. Li, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, IEEE SmartGridComm, 2010.
• Cross-Layer Design in Multihop Wireless Networks (Invited), L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, to appear, Special Issue on Wireless for the Future Internet, Computer Networks Journal, 2010.
• On Distributed Scheduling in Wireless Networks Exploiting Broadcast and Network Coding, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2010.
• Joint Congestion Control and Media Access Control Design for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, March 2005.
• Cross-layer Congestion Control, Routing and Scheduling design in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, L. Chen, S. H. Low, M. Chiang and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, April 2006.
• Dual Scheduling Algorithm in a Generalized Switch: Asymptotic Optimality and Throughput Optimality, L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, in High-Performance Packet Switching Architectures, Itamar Elhanany and Mounir Hamdi (Eds.), Springer, August 2006.
• On Asymptotic Optimality of Dual Scheduling Algorithm in A Generalized Switch, L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of WiOpt, April 2006.
• Contention Control: A Game-theoretic Approach, L. Chen, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of IEEE CDC, December 2007.
• A Game-Theoretic Model for Medium Access Control, L. Chen, T. Cui, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of International Wireless Internet Conference, October 2007.
• Optimization Based Rate Control for Multicast with Network Coding, L. Chen, T. Ho, S. H. Low, M. Chiang and J. C. Doyle, Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, May 2007.
• Distributed Optimization in Wireless Networks Using Broadcast Advantage, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, Proceedings of IEEE CDC, December 2007.
• Optimization Based Rate Control for Multicast with Network Coding: A Multipath Formulation, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, Proceedings of IEEE CDC, December 2007.
• Opportunistic Source Coding for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks (Best Paper Award), T. Cui, L. Chen, T. Ho, S. Low and L. Andrew, Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems, October 2007.
• On Distributed Distortion Optimization for Correlated Sources with Network Coding, T. Cui, T. Ho and L. Chen, Proceedings of IEEE ISIT, June 2007.
• Distributed Minimum Cost Multicasting with Lossless Source Coding and Network Coding, T. Cui, T. Ho and L. Chen, Proceedings of IEEE CDC, December 2007.
• Energy Efficient Opportunistic Network Coding for Wireless Networks, T. Cui, L. Chen and T. Ho, Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, April 2008.
• A Game-Theoretic Framework for Medium Access Control, T. Cui, L. Chen and S. H. Low, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas on Communications, September 2008.
• Bloch Wave Oscillation and Coulomb Blockade in Mesoscopic Electric Circuits, B. Chen, L. Chen and R. Han, Physics Letters A, 246:446-450, 1998.
• Josephson Like Effects in the Mesoscopic Electric Circuit, B. Chen, L. Chen and R. Han, Communications in Theoretical Physics, 31:301, 1999.