PUBLICATIONS

 

Book Chapter:
 
Yayu Gao, Wen Zhan, and Lin Dai, "Random Access: Connection-Free or Connection-Based?" invited chapter in From 5G to 6G and Beyond: The 7 Cs of Future Communications, World Scientific, May 2023.
 
Lin Dai, "Optimal Resource Allocation of DAS," invited chapter in Distributed Antenna Systems: Open Architecture for Future Wireless Communications, Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, June 2007.
 
 
Journals:
 
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 Lin Dai, "Delay-Constrained Maximum Information Output Rate in Fading Channels," to appear in IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun.
 
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Xinran Zhao and Lin Dai, "Connection-Based Aloha: Modeling, Optimization, and Effects of Connection Establishment," to appear in IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun.
 
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Yunshan Yang and Lin Dai, "Stability Region and Transmission Control of Multi-Cell Aloha Networks," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 5348-5364, Sep. 2023.
 
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Junyuan Wang, Lin Dai, Lu Yang, and Bo Bai, "Clustered Cell-Free Networking: A Graph Partitioning Approach," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 5349-5364, Aug. 2023.
 
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Lin Dai, "A Theoretical Framework for Random Access: Stability Regions and Transmission Control," IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 2173-2200, Oct. 2022.
 
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Yayu Gao, Shuangfeng Fang, Xiangchen Song, and Lin Dai, "When Aloha and CSMA Coexist: Modeling, Fairness and Throughput Optimization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 8163-8178, Oct. 2022.
 
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Yitong Li, Wen Zhan, and Lin Dai, "Rate-Constrained Delay Optimization for Slotted Aloha,IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 5283-5298, Aug. 2021.
 
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Yue Zhang, Lin Dai, and Eric Wong, "Optimal BS Deployment and User Association for 5G Millimeter Wave Communication Networks,IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2776-2791, May 2021.
 
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Yue Zhang and Lin Dai, "On the Optimal Placement of Base Station Antennas for Distributed Antenna Systems,IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2878-2882, Dec. 2020.
 
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, "Towards Fair and Efficient Spectrum Sharing between LTE and WiFi in Unlicensed Bands: Fairness-constrained Throughput Maximization,IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2713-2727, Apr. 2020.
 
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Wen Zhan and Lin Dai, "Massive Random Access of Machine-to-Machine Communications in LTE Networks: Throughput Optimization with a Finite Data Transmission Rate," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 5749-5763, Dec. 2019.
 
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Wen Zhan and Lin Dai, "Access Delay Optimization of M2M Communications in LTE Networks," IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1675-1678, Dec. 2019.
 
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, "To Sense or Not To Sense: A Comparative Study of CSMA with Aloha,"  IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7587-7603, Nov. 2019.
 
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Qiyou Duan, Taejoon Kim, Lin Dai, and Erik Perrins, "Coherence Statistics of Structured Random Ensembles and Support Detection Bounds for OMP," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 1638-1642, Nov. 2019.
 
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Yayu Gao and Lin Dai, "Random Access: Packet-Based or Connection-Based?" IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 2664-2678, May 2019.
 
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Yayu Gao, Xinghua Sun, and Lin Dai, "Sum Rate Optimization of Multi-Standard IEEE 802.11 WLANs," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 3055-3068, Apr. 2019.
 
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Yue Zhang and Lin Dai, "A Closed-Form Approximation for Uplink Average Ergodic Sum Capacity of Large-Scale Multi-User Distributed Antenna Systems," IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1745-1756, Feb. 2019.
 
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Yitong Li and Lin Dai, "Maximum Sum Rate of Slotted Aloha with Successive Interference Cancellation," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 5385-5400, Nov. 2018.
 
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Wen Zhan and Lin Dai, "Massive Random Access of Machine-to-Machine Communications in LTE Networks: Modeling and Throughput Optimization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2771-2785, Apr. 2018.
 
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Lin Dai and Bo Bai, "Optimal Decomposition for Large-Scale Infrastructure-Based Wireless Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 4956-4969, Aug. 2017.
 
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Yayu Gao, Lin Dai, and Xiaojun Hei, "Throughput Optimization of Multi-BSS IEEE 802.11 Networks With Universal Frequency Reuse," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 3399-3414, Aug. 2017.
 
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, "Fairness-constrained Maximum Sum Rate of Multi-rate CSMA Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1741-1754, Mar. 2017.
 
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Junyuan Wang, Huiling Zhu, Lin Dai, Nathan J. Gomes, and Jiangzhou Wang, "Low-Complexity Beam Allocation for Switched-Beam Based Multiuser Massive MIMO Systems," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 8236-8248, Dec. 2016.
 
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, "Performance Optimization of CSMA Networks with a Finite Retry Limit," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 5947-5962, Sept. 2016.
 
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Junyuan Wang and Lin Dai, "Downlink Rate Analysis for Virtual-Cell based Large-Scale Distributed Antenna Systems," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1998-2011, Mar. 2016.
 
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Yitong Li and Lin Dai, "Maximum Sum Rate of Slotted Aloha with Capture," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 690-705, Feb. 2016.
 
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Junyuan Wang and Lin Dai, "Asymptotic Rate Analysis of Downlink Multi-user Systems with Co-located and Distributed Antennas,"IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 3046-3058, June 2015.
 
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, "Backoff Design for IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks: Fundamental Tradeoff and Design Criterion," IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 300-316, Feb. 2015.
 
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Zhiyang Liu and Lin Dai, "A Comparative Study of Downlink MIMO Cellular Networks with Co-Located and Distributed Base-Station Antennas," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 6259-6274, Nov. 2014.
 
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Yayu Gao, Xinghua Sun, and Lin Dai, "IEEE 802.11e EDCA Networks: Modeling, Differentiation and Optimization," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 3863-3879, July 2014.
 
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Lin Dai, "An Uplink Capacity Analysis of the Distributed Antenna System (DAS): From Cellular DAS to DAS with Virtual Cells," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2717-2731, May 2014.
 
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Hao Feng, Hongzheng Wang, Lin Dai, and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr., "To Cooperate or Not to Cooperate: An Outage Analysis of Interference-Limited Wireless Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 822-833, Feb. 2014.
 
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Yayu Gao and Lin Dai, "Optimal Downlink/Uplink Throughput Allocation for IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks," IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters , vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 627-630, Dec. 2013.
 
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Lin Dai and Xinghua Sun, "A Unified Analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks: Stability, Throughput and Delay," IEEE Trans. Mobile Computing, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 1558-1572, Aug. 2013. (complete version with Appendices)
 
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Lin Dai, "Toward a Coherent Theory of CSMA and Aloha," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 3428-3444, July 2013.
 
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Yayu Gao, Xinghua Sun, and Lin Dai, "Throughput Optimization of Heterogeneous IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 398-411, Jan. 2013.
 
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Zhiyang Liu and Lin Dai, "Asymptotic Per-User Rate Analysis of Downlink MIMO Cellular Networks with Linear Precoding," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 4536-4548, Dec. 2012.
 
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Lin Dai, "Stability and Delay Analysis of Buffered Aloha Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 2707-2719, Aug. 2012.
 
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Lin Dai, "A Comparative Study on Uplink Sum Capacity with Co-located and Distributed Antennas," IEEE J. Sel. Areas in Commun., vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1200-1213, June 2011.
 
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Lin Dai, Wei Chen, Leonard J. Cimini, Jr., and Khaled B. Letaief, "Fairness Improves Throughput in Energy-Constrained Cooperative Ad-hoc Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 3679-3691, July 2009.
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Bo Gui, Lin Dai, and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr., "Routing Strategies in Multihop Cooperative Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 843-855, Feb. 2009.
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Lin Dai and Khaled B. Letaief, "Throughput Maximization of Ad-hoc Wireless Networks Using Adaptive Cooperative Diversity and Truncated ARQ,"  IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 1907-1918, Nov. 2008.
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Wei Chen, Lin Dai, Khaled B. Letaief, and Zhigang Cao, "A Unified Cross-Layer Framework for Resource Allocation in Cooperative Networks," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 3000-3012, Aug. 2008. (won the 2009 IEEE Guglielmo Marconi Prize Paper Award)
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "A Quasi-Orthogonal Group Space-time Architecture to Achieve a Better Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1295-1307, Apr. 2007.
 
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "Optimal Antenna Selection Based on Capacity Maximization for MIMO Systems in Correlated Channels," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 563-573, Mar. 2006.
 
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Capacity Analysis in CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 2613-2620, Nov. 2005.
 
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "An Efficient Detector for Combined Space-time Coding and Layered Processing," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1438-1442, Sep. 2005.
 
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Sana Sfar, Lin Dai, and Khaled B. Letaief, "Optimal Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff with Group Detection for MIMO Systems," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 1178-1190, July 2005.
 
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Hairuo Zhuang, Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Low Complexity Per-antenna Rate and Power Control Approach for Closed-loop V-BLAST," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 1783-1787, Nov. 2003.
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Cong Shen, Hairuo Zhuang, Lin Dai, and Shidong Zhou, "Detection Algorithm Improving V-BLAST Performance over Error Propagation," Electronics Letters, vol. 39, no. 13, pp. 1007-1008, June. 2003.
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Hairuo Zhuang, Lin Dai, Liang Xiao, and Yan Yao, "Spectral Efficiency of Distributed Antenna System with Random Antenna Layout," Electronics Letters, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 495-496, Mar. 2003.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Effects of Microdiversity and Macrodiversity on CDMA Forward-Link Capacity," IEICE Trans. Commun., vol. E95-B, no. 4, pp. 748-757, 2002.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, Hai-ruo Zhuang, and Yan Yao, "A Novel Closed-loop MIMO Architecture Based on Water-filling," Electronics Letters, vol. 38, no. 25, pp. 1718-1720, Dec. 2002.
Conferences:
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Junyuan Wang, Lin Dai, Lu Yang, and Bo Bai, “Rate-Constrained Network Decomposition for Clustered Cell-Free Networking,” in Proc. IEEE ICC'22, May 16-20, 2022.
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Yunshan Yang, Wen Zhan, and Lin Dai, “On the Optimization of Outage Probability of Access Delay of MTDs in Cellular Networks for URLLC,” in Proc. IEEE ICC'21, June 14-23, 2021.
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Yue Zhang and Lin Dai, “Joint Optimization of Placement and Coverage of Access Points for IEEE 802.11 Networks,”  in Proc. IEEE ICC'20, June 7-11, 2020.
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Wen Zhan and Lin Dai, “Throughput Optimization for Massive Random Access of M2M Communications in LTE Networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC'17, Paris, France, May 21-25, 2017.
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Yayu Gao, Xinghua Sun, and Lin Dai, “Coexisting 802.11a/n and 802.11ac Clients in WLANs: Optimization and Differentiation,” in Proc. IEEE ICC'17, Paris, France, May 21-25, 2017.
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Yitong Li and Lin Dai, “Effect of Fading on Maximum Sum Rate of Aloha,” in Proc. IEEE CISS'16, Princeton University, Mar. 16-18, 2016.
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Zhiyang Liu and Lin Dai, “On the Scaling Behavior of Average Ergodic Capacity of Distributed MIMO Systems,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom'15, San Diego, Dec. 2015.
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Yayu Gao, Lin Dai, and Xiaojun Hei, “Throughput Optimization of Non-real-time Flows with Delay Guarantee of Real-time Flows in WLANs,” in Proc. IEEE ICC'15, London, Jun. 2015.
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Zhiyang Liu and Lin Dai, “Asymptotic Capacity Analysis of Downlink MIMO Systems with Co-located and Distributed Antennas,” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC'13, London, Sept. 2013.
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Yayu Gao and Lin Dai, “Achieving Optimum Network Throughput and Service Differentiation for IEEE 802.11e EDCA Networks,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC'13, Shanghai, Apr. 2013.
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Junyuan Wang and Lin Dai, “Asymptotic Rate Analysis for Non-orthogonal Downlink Multi-user Systems with Co-located and Distributed Antennas,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC'13, Shanghai, Apr. 2013.
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, “Throughput optimization of IEEE 802.11 DCF networks with packet dropping,” in Proc. IEEE ISCIT'12, Australia, Oct. 2012.
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Yayu Gao, Xinghua Sun, and Lin Dai, “Throughput optimization of heterogeneous IEEE 802.11 DCF networks,” in Proc. IEEE CISS'12, Princeton University,  Mar. 2012.
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Xinghua Sun and Lin Dai, “A Comparative Study of Quadratic Backoff and Binary Exponential Backoff in IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks,” in Proc. IEEECISS'11, Johns Hopkins University, Mar. 23-25, 2011.
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Yayu Gao and Lin Dai, “On the Throughput of CSMA,” in Proc. IEEE CISS'11, Johns Hopkins University, Mar. 23-25, 2011.
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Lin Dai, "Distributed antenna system: Performance analysis in multi-user scenario," in Proc. IEEE CISS'08, Princeton University, pp. 85-89, Mar. 2008.
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Lin Dai and Tony T. Lee, "Throughput and delay analysis of wireless random access networks," in Proc. IEEE CISS'08, Princeton University, pp. 815-820, Mar. 2008.
 
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Bo Gui, Lin Dai, and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr, "Selective Relaying in Cooperative OFDM Systems: Two-Hop Random Network," in Proc. IEEE WCNC'08, Las Vegas, pp. 996-1001, Apr. 2008.
 
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Lin Dai, Bo Gui, and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr, "Selective Relaying in OFDM Multihop Cooperative Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC'07, Hong Kong, pp. 963-968, Mar. 2007. (won the Best Paper Award in PHY/MAC track of IEEE WCNC'07)
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Bo Gui, Lin Dai, and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr, "Routing Strategies in Multihop Cooperative Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC'07, Hong Kong, pp. 773-778, Mar. 2007.
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Wei Chen, Lin Dai, Khaled B. Letaief, and Zhigang Cao, "Fair and Efficient Resource Allocation for Cooperative Diversity in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC'07, Hong Kong, pp. 4096-4101, Mar. 2007.
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Lin Dai and Leonard J. Cimini, Jr, "Improved Fairness in Energy-Constrained Cooperative Ad-Hoc Networks," in Proc. IEEE CISS'06, Princeton University, pp. 734-738, Mar. 2006.
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Lin Dai, Wei Chen, Khaled B. Letaief, and Zhigang Cao, "A Fair Multiuser Cooperation Protocol for Increasing the Throughput in Energy-Constrained Ad-hoc Networks," in Proc. IEEE ICC'06, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 3633-3638, June 2006.
 
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Lin Dai and Khaled B. Letaief, "Cross-layer Design for Combining Cooperative Diversity with Truncated ARQ in Ad-hoc Networks," in Proc. IEEE Globecom'05, St. Louis, MO, pp. 3175-3179, Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2005.
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "Towards a Better Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff in MIMO Systems," in Proc. IEEE ICC'05, Seoul, Korea, pp. 2422-2426, May 16-20, 2005.
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "A Quasi-Orthogonal Group Space-time Architecture for Higher Diversity Gains," in Proc.IEEE Globecom'04, Dallas, TX, pp. 2931-2935, Nov. 29-Dec.3, 2004.
 
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Sana Sfar, Lin Dai, and Khaled B. Letaief, "Optimal Rate Allocation for Group Zero Forcing," in Proc. IEEE Globecom'04, Dallas, TX, pp. 371-375, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2004.
 
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Lin Dai, Sana Sfar, and Khaled B. Letaief, "Receive Antenna Selection for MIMO Systems in Correlated Channels," in Proc. IEEE ICC'04, Paris, France, pp. 2944-2948, June, 2004.
 
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Hairuo Zhuang, Lin Dai, and Yan Yao, "A Spatial Multiplexing Technique Based on Large-scale Fading for Distributed Antenna Systems," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC'03, Beijing, pp. 1134-1138, Sep. 2003.
 
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Cong Shen, Lin Dai, Shidong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "A Novel Spectral Efficient Transmit Precoder Scheme Based on Channel Feedback," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC'03, Beijing, pp. 2857-2861, Sep. 2003.
 
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Cong Shen, Lin Dai, Shidong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Performance Improvement of V-BLAST Through An Iterative Approach," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC'03, Beijing, pp. 2553-2557, Sep. 2003.
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Xiaojian Lu, Lin Dai, Ming Zhao, and Jing Wang, "Optimized Parameter Design of Linear Dispersion Codes in MIMO Channels," in Proc. IEEE VTC'03-Spring, Korea, pp. 2386-2389, Apr. 2003.
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Liang Xiao, Lin Dai, Hairuo Zhuang, Shidong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Information-theoretic Capacity Analysis in MIMO Distributed Antenna Systems," in Proc. IEEE VTC'03-Spring, Korea, pp. 779-782, Apr. 2003.
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Hairuo Zhuang, Lin Dai, and Yan Yao, "A Low Complexity Closed-loop BLAST Architecture," in Proc. IEEE ICCT'03, Beijing, pp. 1119-1123, Apr. 2003.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Capacity with MRC-based Macrodiversity in CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems," in Proc. IEEE Globecom'02, Taiwan, pp. 987-991, Nov. 2002.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "A Comparative Study of the Effects of Microdiversity and Macrodiversity on CDMA Forward-Link Capacity," in Proc. IEEE ICC'02, New York, pp. 1893-1897, May 2002.
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Lin Dai, Hai-ruo Zhuang, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Reverse-link Capacity with MRC-based Macrodiversity in DS-CDMA Cellular systems," in Proc. IEEE VTC'02-Spring, Birmingham, pp. 255-259, May 2002.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "Effect of Macrodiversity on CDMA Forward-link Capacity," in Proc. IEEE VTC'01-Fall, Atlantic City, pp. 2452-2456, Oct. 2001.
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Lin Dai, Shi-dong Zhou, and Yan Yao, "A New Implementation Algorithm for Multiplexing and Channel Coding Scheme in WCDMA," in Proc. IEEE ICCT'2000, Beijing, pp. 1685-1688, Aug. 2000.
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Researches on Capacity and Key Techniques of Distributed Wireless Communication Systems (DWCS), Dec. 2002. in Chinese