Research

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INTERESTS My broad research interest is in the general area of wireless communications and networking. Currently, I am focusing on the following specific topics. Multiple antenna techniques. Cross-layer design. Cooperative transmission. Energy efficient communications. Performance analysis. Additional information about my research can be found at Laboratory for Advanced Wireless Communication Research (LAWCR).

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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Lei Zhang, Ph.D. student
• Tianqing Wu, Ph.D. student
• Harpreet Bains, M.A.Sc. student
• Dong Zhang, M.A.Sc. student
• Abdulmajeed Omrani, M.Eng. student

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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• H.-C. Yang and M.-S. Alouini, Order Statistics in Wireless Communications: Diversity, Adaptation and Scheduling, September 2011.
• A. Mueller, and H.-C. Yang, "Dual-hop adaptive packet transmission systems with regenerative relaying", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 234-244, January 2010.
• P. Lu, and H.-C. Yang, "A simple and efficient user scheduling strategy for RUB-based multiuser MIMO systems and its sum rate analysis", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, No. 9, pp. 4860-4867, November 2009.
• S. Choi, H.-C. Yang, and Y.-C. Ko, "Performance analysis of transmit diversity systems with antenna replacement", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 2588-2595, July 2008.
• H.-C. Yang, and S. Sasankan, "Analysis of channel-adaptive packet transmission over fading channels with transmit buffer management", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 404-413, January 2008.
• H.-C. Yang, N. Belhaj, and M.-S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of joint adaptive modulation and diversity combining over fading channels", IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vo. 55, No. 3, pp. 520-528, March 2007.
• H.-C. Yang, "New results on ordered statistics and analysis of minimum-selection generalized selection combining (GSC)", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 1876-1885, June 2006.

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SUPPORT

• University of Victoria Start-up Funds.
• NSERC Discovery Grant.
• Canadian Fundation of Innovation (CFI)New Opportunities Funds.
• BC Knowledge Development Funds.

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