天美传媒

Publications

Dr Sijing Zhang

Refereed Journal Papers

• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, 鈥淕uaranteeing the timely transmission of periodic messages with Arbitrary Deadline Constraints using the timed token MAC protocol鈥�, IET Communications, Volume 5, Issue 4, p.519-533, March 2011.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang, C. Maple and Z. Zhao, 鈥淕uaranteeing Hard Real-Time Traffic with Legitimately Short Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol鈥�, Special Issue on 鈥淚ndustrial Networking Standards for Real-time Automation and Control" of the international journal of Computer Standards and Interfaces, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp.557-565, 2009.
• S. Zhang, A. Burns, J. Chen, E.S. Lee, 鈥淗ard real-time communication with the timed token protocol: Current State and Challenging Problems鈥�, Real-Time Systems, Volume 27, Issue 3, pp.271-295, 2004.
• S. Zhang, A. Burns and T.H. Cheng, 鈥淐ycle Time Properties of the Timed Token Medium Access Control Protocol鈥�, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol.51, No.11, pp.1362-1367, November 2002.
• S. Zhang, E.S. Lee, A. Burns, A. Mehaoua and H. Yang, 鈥淭esting the schedulability of synchronous traffic for the timed token medium access control protocol鈥�, Real-Time Systems, Vol.22, No.3, pp.251-280, May 2002.
• S. Zhang, E.S. Lee and A. Burns, 鈥淒etermining the worst-case synchronous message response time in FDDI networks鈥�, The Computer Journal, Vol.44, No.1, pp.31-41, 2001.
• S. Zhang, X. Liu, E.S. Lee, 鈥淓ffect of nodes reordering on the schedulability of real-time messages in timed token networks鈥�, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol.4, No.12, pp.420-422, December 2000.
• S. Zhang and E.S. Lee, 鈥淭he non-optimality of SBA schemes for the timed token protocol鈥�, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol.4, No.3, pp.101-103, March 2000.
• S. Zhang and A. Burns, 鈥淎n Optimal Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Guaranteeing Synchronous Message Deadlines with the Timed-Token MAC Protocol鈥�, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol.3, No.6, pp. 729-741, December 1995.
• M. Conrad, T. French, C. Maple, S. Zhang (2006) 鈥楶reparing Computing Students for Culturally Diverse E-mediated IT-Projects鈥�, Special Issue of the Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE) Journal, ITSE Volume 3 ,Issue 3, Paper 3.

Refereed Conference Papers

• S. Zhang and A. Burns, 鈥淥n the Schedulability of Synchronous Message Sets with the Minimum Message Deadline Less than 2*TTRT in an FDDI Network鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE IC3N'95 (4th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, September 20-23, 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA), pp. 498-501.
• S. Zhang and A. Burns, 鈥淕uaranteeing Synchronous Message Sets in FDDI Networks鈥�, Proceedings of DCCS'95 (13th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Computer Control Systems, Toulouse-Blagnac, France, 27-29 September 1995), pp. 107-112.
• S. Zhang, A. Burns and A.J. Wellings, 鈥淎n Efficient and Practical Local Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for the Timed-Token MAC Protocol鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM'96 (15th Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies, on Computer Communications; Mar.24-28, 1996, San Francisco, California, USA), Vol.2, pp. 920-927.
• S. Zhang, T.H. Cheng, K.R. Subramanian, L. Zhang and C.H. Tan, 鈥淭esting the feasibility of synchronous bandwidth allocation for time-critical communication in FDDI networks鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE IC3N'97 (6th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, September 22-25, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA), pp.326-331.
• S. Zhang, T.H. Cheng, H. Yang, K.R. Subramanian, C.H. Tan and L. Zhang, 鈥淚mproving the Normalised Proportional Allocation Scheme for Time-Critical Communication in FDDI Networks鈥�, Proceedings of ICICS'97 (1st International Conference on Information, Communications & Signal Processing, 9-12 Sept. 1997, Singapore), Vol.3, pp.1436-1440.
• S. Zhang and A. Burns, 鈥淭iming Properties of the Timed Token MAC Protocol鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE IC3N'97 (6th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, September 22-25, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA), pp.481-486.
• S. Zhang, T.H. Cheng, K.R. Subramanian, L. Zhang and C.H. Tan, 鈥淪ynchronous Bandwidth Allocation with the FDDI-M Medium Access Control Protocol鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE SICON'98 (The 6th IEEE Singapore International Conference on Networks, 30 June - 3 July 1998, Singapore), pp.61-64.
• S. Zhang, E.S. Lee, A. Burns and H. Yang, 鈥淔inding the minimum available transmission time for the timed token medium access control protocol鈥�, Proceedings of ECRTS'99 (11th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, York, England, UK, June 9-11, 1999), pp.185-194.
• A. Mehaoua, S. Zhang and R. Boutaba, 鈥淔EC-PSD: An FEC-Aware Video Packet Drop Scheme鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom'99 (IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio. Brazil, December 1999), Vol.4, pp.1956-1960.
• S. Zhang and E.S. Lee 鈥淭he worst-case scenario for transmission of synchronous traffic in an FDDI network鈥�, Proceedings of IEEE LCN'99 (24th IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, Lowell/Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Oct. 17-20, 1999), pp. 192-201.
• S. Zhang and E.S. Lee, 鈥淓fficient global allocation of synchronous bandwidths for hard real-time communication with the timed token MAC protocol鈥�, Proceedings of RTCSA'99 (6th Int'l Conf. on Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, Hong Kong, Dec. 13-15, 1999), pp.120-127.
• X. Liu, S. Zhang and T.J. Li, 鈥淎 Cost-Effective Load Balanced Adaptive Routing Scheme for Mesh-Connected Networks鈥�, Proceedings of MASCOT鈥�2000 (8th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, San Francisco CA, USA, August 29 鈥� September 1, 2000), pp.532-538.
• S. Zhang, M. Gell, H. Yang and D. Cook,鈥淪ynchronous bandwidth allocation for real-time communication in FDDI networks: A Review鈥�, Proceedings of8th Chinese Automation and Computer Science Conference (CACSCUK鈥�2002), Manchester (UK), September 2002.
• X. Chen, S. Zhang and S. Mohammadi,鈥淎n algorithmic solution to the schedulability test problem caused by improper node ordering in timed token networks鈥�, Proceedings of9th Chinese Automation and Computer Science Conference (CACSCUK鈥�2003), Luton (UK), September 2003, pp. 63-68, ISBN: 0953389065.
• S. Zhang, C. Maple and E. Liu E, 鈥淨uick response to non-real-time traffic in timed token networks with real-time traffic鈥�, Proc 11th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK05), 137-142, ISBN 0 9533890 8 1, Sheffield, 2005.
• H. Chang, E. Liu and S. Zhang S, 鈥淓valuation of different honeypot applications鈥�, Proc 11th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK05), 281-286, ISBN 0 9533890 8 1, Sheffield, 2005.
• M. Conrad, T. French, C. Maple, S. Zhang 鈥楶reparing Computing Students for Culturally diverse E-mediated IT-Projects鈥�, Procs. IADIS International Conference e-Society 2005, 93-100, 972-8939-03-5.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, 鈥淕uaranteeing real-time traffic with short deadlines in a timed token network鈥�, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK鈥�06), pp.111-116, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, 鈥淎 node-reordering based algorithm for testing the schedulability of real-time traffic in timed token networks鈥�, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK鈥�06), pp.117-122, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue and S. Zhang, 鈥淎 study into intelligent mobile advertising鈥�, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK鈥�06), pp.165-170, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, 鈥淩eal-Time Communication in Wireless Home Networks: A Survey鈥�, Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC鈥�07), pp.248-252, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue, S. Zhang and C. Maple, 鈥淧SA: A personalisation support architecture for mobile advertising鈥�, Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC鈥�07), pp.253-257, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.
• Jun Wang, Sijing Zhang and Carsten Maple, 鈥淪ynchronous Bandwidth Allocation with the Timed Token Protocol鈥�, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing, Pages 169-174, Uxbridge, England, September 2008
• Xiaoyan Lin, Jie Zhang and Sijing Zhang, 鈥淎 Tabu Search and Automatic Planning Tool for Mobile WiMax Radio Networking Planning鈥�, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing, Pages 185-191, Uxbridge, England, September 2008
• Peng Wang, Jie Zhang, Carsten Maple and Sijing Zhang, 鈥淐apacity and Coverage Dimentioning for 3G Radio Access Network Planning鈥�, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing, Pages 192-196, Uxbridge, England, September 2008
• J. Wang, C. Maple, and S. Zhang, "Comparative evaluation of local synchronous bandwidth allocation schemes for the timed token MAC protocol", Proc 15th International Conference on Automation & Computing (ICAC'09), pp.182-186, ISBN 978-0-9555293-4-4,  Luton, England, 2009
• Yu Lin, Sijing Zhang and Carsten Maple, 鈥淨oS Support for Real-Time Traffic in Token-Based Wireless Networks: A Survey鈥�, Proceedings of ICAC鈥�2010 (16th International Conference on Automation & Computing, 天美传媒 of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 11 Sept. 2010),  pp.25-30. ISBN 978-0-9555293-6-8.
• Ioan  S. Comsa, Mehmet Aydin, Sijing Zhang, Pierre Kuonen, Jean鈥揊rederic Wagen, 鈥淩einforcement Learning based Radio Resource Scheduling in LTE-A鈥�, Proceedings of ICAC鈥�2011 (17th International Conference on Automation & Computing, 天美传媒 of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK, 10 September 2011.