Research Publications

Book Chapter:

1. W. Xiang, C. Zhu, C. K. Siew, Y. Xu, and M. Liu, "2-D scalable multiple description coding for robust H.264/SVC video communications," Chapter 3 in Streaming Media Architecture, Techniques, and Applications: Recent Advances, IGI Global, Oct. 2010.

Journal Papers:

2. H. Long, W. Xiang, S. Shen et al., "Analysis of conditional error rate and combining schemes in HARQ," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, accepted and to be published in May or June 2012.
3. K. Zheng, F. Hu, W. Xiang, and M. Dohler, "Radio resource allocation in LTE-Advanced cellular networks with M2M communications," IEEE Communications Magazine (SCI indexed), accepted for publication, in press.
4. Y. Wang , G. Wei, and W. Xiang, "Inter-cell iinterference modeling for ccellular nnetworks," Telecommunication Systems (Springer, SCI indexed), accepted for publication, in press.
5. H. Long, K.-J. Kim, W. Xiang, S. Shen, K. Zheng, and W. Wang, "Wideband precoding with arbitrary sub-carriers grouping in MIMO-OFDM systems," ETRI Journal (SCI indexed), accepted for publication, in press.
6. Y. Zhou, C. Hou, W. Xiang, and F. Wu, "Channel distortion modeling for multi-view video transmission over packet-switched networks," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (SCI indexed), vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1679- 692, Nov. 2011.
7. G. Wang, W. Xiang, J. Yuan, and T. Huang, "Outage analysis of non-regenerative analog network coding for two-way multi-hop networks," IEEE Communications Letters (SCI indexed), vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 662-664, June 2011.
8. Y. Wang, M. Liang, and W. Xiang, "Semi-distributed relay selection algorithm for multi-user cooperative wireless networks," Journal of Networks, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 907-911, Jun. 2011.
9. H. Ku, R. Fulcher, and W. Xiang, "Using computer software packages to enhance the teaching of Engineering Management Science: Part 1- Critical path networks," Computer Applications in Engineering Education (Wiley, SCI indexed), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 26-39, Mar. 2011.
10. W. Xiang, J. Russell, and Y. Wang, "ICI reduction through shaped OFDM in coded MIMO-OFDM systems," International Journal on Advances in Telecommunications (invited paper), vol. 3, no. 3&4, pp. 311-323, 2010.
11. T. Nguyen-Ky, J. Leis, and W. Xiang, "An improved new error estimation algorithm for optimal filter lengths for stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation," Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier, SCI indexed), vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 664-675, July 2010.
12. Y. Wang, H. Yang, D. Yang, and W. Xiang, "Iterative decision-feedback equalizer with cyclic detection for DFT-S OFDM system," Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier, SCI indexed), vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 789-801, July 2010.
13. H. Ku, P. Wen, and W. Xiang, "Engineering education in China and Australia: addressing the demand-supply gap," Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Transactions, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 20-26, June 2010.
14. W. Xiang, C. Zhu, C. K. Siew, Y. Xu, and M. Liu, "Forward error correction-based 2-D layered multiple description coding for error-resilient H.264 SVC video transmission," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (SCI indexed), vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 1730-1738, Dec. 2009.
15. W. Xiang, C. Otto, and P. Wen, "Automated vehicle classification system for AUSTROADS standard based upon laser sensor technology," Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (featured cover page article), vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 95-106, Jan. 2009.
16. H. Ku, W. Xiang, and N. Pattarachaiyakoop, "Mathematical modeling of the fracture toughness of phenol formaldehyde composites reinforced with E-spheres," Advanced Materials Research, vol. 79-82, pp. 1165-1168, Aug. 2009.
17. W. Xiang and S. S. Pietrobon, "On the capacity and normalisation of ISI channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (SCI indexed), vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 2263-2268. Sept. 2003.

Conference Papers (peer-reviewed):

18. L. Chang, Y. Wang, W. Xiang, and D. Yang, "Performance analysis for coded cooperative multiple-relay in distributed turbo channels," accepted by IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'11), Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2011.
19. L. Gen, Y. Wang, H. Fang, W. Xiang, and D. Yang, "Antenna gain mismatch calibration for cooperative base stations," accepted by IEEE 74th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'11-Fall), San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2011.
20. L. Chang, Y. Wang, W. Xiang, and D. Yang, "Outage probability analysis of coded cooperation with multiple relays," accepted by IEEE 74th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'11-Fall), San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2011.
21. Z. Mao, W. Xiang, H. Long, and W. Wang, "Proportional fair resource partition for LTE-Advanced networks with type I relay nodes," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2011.
22. G. Wang, W. Xiang, J. Yuan, and T. Huang, "Outage performance of analog network coding in generalized two-way multi-hop networks," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Cancun, Mexico, Mar. 2011. (Best Paper Award)
23. Z. Mao, W. Xiang, H. Long, and W. Wang, "Proportional fair-based in-cell routing for relay-enhanced cellular networks," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Cancun, Mexico, Mar. 2011.
24. J. Geng, Y. Wang, F. Huang, W. Xiang and D. Yang, "Analysis on the impact of antenna gain mismatch on precoding vector," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Cancun, Mexico, Mar. 2011.
25. J. Ran, Y. Wang, D. Yang, and W. Xiang, "A novel selection incremental relaying strategy for cooperative networks," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Cancun, Mexico, Mar. 2011.
26. K. Alajel, W. Xiang, and J. Leis, "Face detection based on skin color modeling and modified Hausdorff distance," in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 2011.
27. K. Alajel, W. Xiang, and J. Leis, "Error resilience performance evaluation of H.264 and JPWL for wireless image transmission," in Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 2010.
28. Y. Zhou, C. Hou, and W. Xiang, "Modeling of transmission distortion for multi-view video in packet lossy networks," in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Miami, Florida, Dec. 2010, pp. 1-5.
29. J. Fu, C. Hou, W. Xiang, L. Yan, and Y. Hou, "Generalised spatial modulation with multiple active transmit antennas," in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Miami, Florida, Dec. 2010, pp. 839 - 844.
30. J. Ran, Y. Wang, C. Li, D. Yang, and W. Xiang, "Joint power allocation and best-relay positioning for incremental selection amplify-and-forward relaying," in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC'10-Fall), Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 2010, pp. 1-5.
31. C. Li, Y. Wang, W. Xiang, and D. Yang, "Performance of user cooperation and clustering scheme in cellular networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010, pp. 1-5.
32. G. Wang, W. Xiang, J. Leis, and Y. Wang, "Design of a wireless portable vibration acquisition and analysis instrument," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Information Security (WCNIS), Beijing, China, Jun. 2010, pp. 135-139.
33. N. R. Kumar, W. Xiang, and Y. Wang, "An FPGA-based fast two-symbol processing architecture for JPEG 2000 arithmetic coding," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Dallas, Texas, Mar. 2010, pp. 1282 - 1285.
34. E. A. Obiedat, W. Xiang, J. Leis, and L. Cao, "Soft incremental redundancy for distributed turbo product codes," in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 2010, pp. 1-5.
35. W. Xiang, A. Clemence, J. Leis, Y. Wang, "Error resilience analysis of wireless image transmission using JPEG, JPEG 2000 and JPWL," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS), Macau, China, Dec. 2009.
36. J. Russell and W. Xiang, "Pulse shaping in MIMO COFDM over Rayleigh fading channels," in Proc. 5th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), Cannes, France, Aug. 2009, pp. 174-178. (Best Paper Award)
37. H. Ku, P. Wen, and W. Xiang, "Engineering education - undergraduate and masters: China and Down Under," in Proc. 20th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE), Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 2009, pp. 361-368.
38. M. Adnan and W. Xiang, "Multicast based dual amplify and forward relay scheme for 2-hop networks," in Proc. IEEE LatinCom 2009, Medellin, Colombia, Sept. 2009, pp. 1-5.
39. M. Adnan and W. Xiang, "Performance of co-operative relay for multicast multi-hop networks using virtual MIMO," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT), Xi'an, China, July 2009.
40. W. Xiang, B. Desai, P. Wen, Y. Wang, and T. Peng, "A prototype biometric security Authentication system based upon fingerprint recognition," in Proc. 4th International Conference on Rough Set and Knowledge Technology, Gold Coast, Australia, July 2009.
41. A. Zheng, Y. Wang, D. Yang, and W. Xiang, "Self-Adapting Cyclic Delay Diversity System," in Proc. 4th International Conference on Rough Set and Knowledge Technology, Gold Coast, Australia, July 2009.
42. W. Xiang, S. Goh, S. Pather, A. Maxwell, H. Wang, and H. Ku, "Use of wireless tablet PCs as an effective learning and teaching enhancement tool," in Proc. EDUCAUASE Australasia Conference, Perth, Australia, May 2009, pp. 1-11.
43. L. Teng, P. Wen, and W. Xiang, "Model-based networked control system stability based on packet drop distributions," in Proc. 10th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 2008, pp. 488-493.
44. Xiang, W., Otto, C., Wen, P., (2007), Automated vehicle classification system using advanced noise reduction technology, in Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS'07), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 2007.
45. Nguyen-Ky, T., Leis, J., Xiang, W., (2007), An improved error estimation algorithm for stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation systems, in Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS'07), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 2007.
46. Wang, Y., Yang, H., Yang, D., Xiang, W., (2007), Iterative Decision-Feedback Equalizer with Cyclic Detection for DFT-S OFDM System, in Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS'07), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 2007.
47. Xiang, W., (2006), A power and bandwidth efficient remote wireless video surveillance system using joint source-channel coding, in Proc. 13th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP'06), Toowoomba, Australia, Dec. 2006.
48. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and J. Leis, "EXIT Chart Analysis of Parallel Data Convolutional Codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Systems (ISPACS'05), Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2005, pp. 417-420.
49. W. Xiang and S. S. Pietrobon, "A New Class of Parallel Data Convolutional Codes," in Proc. 6th Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW'05) , Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 2005, pp. 78-82.
50. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Joint Source-Channel Codec: a More Power Efficient Technology for Image Transmission," Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Turbo Codes , Brest, France, Sept. 2003, pp. 59-62.
51. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Joint Source-Channel Decoding using Error Resilient Source Codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'03) , Yokohama, Japan, June-July 2003, pp. 476.
52. W. Xiang and S. S. Pietrobon, "On the Capacity and Normalisation of ISI Channels," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC'03) , Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2000, pp. 3482-3486.
53. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Joint Source-Channel Coding for Image/Video Transmission over Wireless Channels," in Proc. Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (CRCSS) 2003 , Adelaide, Australia, Feb. 2003, pp. 50.
54. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Iterative Decoding of JPEG Coded Images with Channel Coding," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Telecom. (ICT'03) , Papeete, Tahiti, Feb. 2003, pp. 1356-1360.
55. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Iterative Source-Channel Decoding for Robust Image Transmission," in Proc. 4th Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW'03) , Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 2003, pp. 61-65.
56. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Turbo Diversity Scheme applied to JPEG Image Transmission," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS'02) , Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C., Nov. 2002, pp. 110-114.
57. W. Xiang, S. S. Pietrobon, and S. A. Barbulescu, "Unequal Error Protection Applied to JPEG Image Transmission using Turbo Codes," in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW'01), Cairns, Australia, Sept. 2001, pp. 64-66.