Home / Research MEC Liang Zhang has 29+ publications. 2022 2021 2019 – 2020 2017 – 2018 2016 – Prior Journal 2022 L. Zhang and J. Chakareski, “UAV-Assisted Edge Computing and Streaming for Wireless Virtual Reality,” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Jan. 2022. Journal 2021 W. Liu, L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Joint Laser Charging and DBS Placement for Downlink Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 3009-3018, Oct.-Dec. 2021. L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Optimizing the Operation Cost for UAV-aided Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 6085-6093, Jun. 2021. Journal 2019 – 2020 L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Latency-Aware IoT Service Provisioning in UAV-Aided Mobile-Edge Computing Networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 10573-10580, Oct. 2020. L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Optimizing the Deployment and Throughput of DBSs for Uplink Communications,” IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 1, pp. 18-28, Jan. 2020. N. Ansari and L. Zhang, “Flexible Backhaul-aware DBS-aided HetNet with IBFD Communications (invited paper),” ICT Express, Mar. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2019.08.003 N. Ansari, Q. Fan, X. Sun and L. Zhang, “ SoarNet,” in IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 37-43, Dec. 2019. L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Approximate Algorithms for 3-D Placement of IBFD Enabled Drone-mounted Base-Stations,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 7715-7722, Jun. 2019. L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “A Framework for 5G Networks with In-band Full-duplex Enabled Drone-mounted Base-stations,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 121-127, Oct. 2019. L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “On the Number and 3-D Placement of In-Band Full-Duplex Enabled Drone-mounted Base-stations,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 221-224, Feb. 2019. Journal 2017 – 2018 L. Zhang, Q. Fan and N. Ansari, “3-D Drone-Base-Station Placement with In-Band Full-Duplex Communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1902-1905, Sept. 2018. L. Zhang, T. Han and N. Ansari, “Energy-Aware Virtual Machine Management in Inter-Datacenter Networks Over Elastic Optical Infrastructure,” IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 305-315, Mar. 2018. Journal 2016 – Prior L. Zhang, N. Ansari and A. Khreishah, “Anycast Planning in Space Division Multiplexing Elastic Optical Networks With Multi-Core Fibers,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1983-1986, Oct. 2016. P. Lu, L. Zhang, X. Liu, J. Yao and Z. Zhu, “Highly efficient data migration and backup for big data applications in elastic optical inter-data-center networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 36-42, Sept. 2015. L. Zhang and Z. Zhu, “Spectrum-Efficient Anycast in Elastic Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks,” Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 250-259, Aug. 2014. Z. Zhu, W. Lu, L. Zhang and N. Ansari, “Dynamic Service Provisioning in Elastic Optical Networks with Hybrid Single-/Multi-Path Routing,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 15-22, Jan. 2013. Z. Zhu, X. Chen, F. Ji, L. Zhang, F. Farahmand and J. P. Jue, “Energy Efficient Translucent Optical Transport Networks With Mixed Regenerator Placement,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 30, no. 19, pp. 3147-3156, Oct. 2012.