Publications

Dr Sijing Zhang

Refereed Journal Papers

• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “Guaranteeing the timely transmission of periodic messages with Arbitrary Deadline Constraints using the timed token MAC protocol”, IET Communications, Volume 5, Issue 4, p.519-533, March 2011.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang, C. Maple and Z. Zhao, “Guaranteeing Hard Real-Time Traffic with Legitimately Short Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol”, Special Issue on “Industrial 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, “Hard real-time communication with the timed token protocol: Current State and Challenging Problems”, Real-Time Systems, Volume 27, Issue 3, pp.271-295, 2004.
• S. Zhang, A. Burns and T.H. Cheng, “Cycle Time Properties of the Timed Token Medium Access Control Protocol”, 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, “Testing the schedulability of synchronous traffic for the timed token medium access control protocol”, Real-Time Systems, Vol.22, No.3, pp.251-280, May 2002.
• S. Zhang, E.S. Lee and A. Burns, “Determining the worst-case synchronous message response time in FDDI networks”, The Computer Journal, Vol.44, No.1, pp.31-41, 2001.
• S. Zhang, X. Liu, E.S. Lee, “Effect of nodes reordering on the schedulability of real-time messages in timed token networks”, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol.4, No.12, pp.420-422, December 2000.
• S. Zhang and E.S. Lee, “The non-optimality of SBA schemes for the timed token protocol”, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol.4, No.3, pp.101-103, March 2000.
• S. Zhang and A. Burns, “An Optimal Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Guaranteeing Synchronous Message Deadlines with the Timed-Token MAC Protocol”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol.3, No.6, pp. 729-741, December 1995.
• M. Conrad, T. French, C. Maple, S. Zhang (2006) ‘Preparing Computing Students for Culturally Diverse E-mediated IT-Projects’, 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, “On the Schedulability of Synchronous Message Sets with the Minimum Message Deadline Less than 2*TTRT in an FDDI Network”, 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, “Guaranteeing Synchronous Message Sets in FDDI Networks”, 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, “An Efficient and Practical Local Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for the Timed-Token MAC Protocol”, 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, “Testing the feasibility of synchronous bandwidth allocation for time-critical communication in FDDI networks”, 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, “Improving the Normalised Proportional Allocation Scheme for Time-Critical Communication in FDDI Networks”, 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, “Timing Properties of the Timed Token MAC Protocol”, 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, “Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation with the FDDI-M Medium Access Control Protocol”, 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, “Finding the minimum available transmission time for the timed token medium access control protocol”, 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, “FEC-PSD: An FEC-Aware Video Packet Drop Scheme”, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom'99 (IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio. Brazil, December 1999), Vol.4, pp.1956-1960.
• S. Zhang and E.S. Lee “The worst-case scenario for transmission of synchronous traffic in an FDDI network”, 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, “Efficient global allocation of synchronous bandwidths for hard real-time communication with the timed token MAC protocol”, 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, “A Cost-Effective Load Balanced Adaptive Routing Scheme for Mesh-Connected Networks”, Proceedings of MASCOT’2000 (8th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, San Francisco CA, USA, August 29 – September 1, 2000), pp.532-538.
• S. Zhang, M. Gell, H. Yang and D. Cook,“Synchronous bandwidth allocation for real-time communication in FDDI networks: A Review”, Proceedings of8th Chinese Automation and Computer Science Conference (CACSCUK’2002), Manchester (UK), September 2002.
• X. Chen, S. Zhang and S. Mohammadi,“An algorithmic solution to the schedulability test problem caused by improper node ordering in timed token networks”, Proceedings of9th Chinese Automation and Computer Science Conference (CACSCUK’2003), Luton (UK), September 2003, pp. 63-68, ISBN: 0953389065.
• S. Zhang, C. Maple and E. Liu E, “Quick response to non-real-time traffic in timed token networks with real-time traffic”, 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, “Evaluation of different honeypot applications”, 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 ‘Preparing Computing Students for Culturally diverse E-mediated IT-Projects’, Procs. IADIS International Conference e-Society 2005, 93-100, 972-8939-03-5.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “Guaranteeing real-time traffic with short deadlines in a timed token network”, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK’06), pp.111-116, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “A node-reordering based algorithm for testing the schedulability of real-time traffic in timed token networks”, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK’06), pp.117-122, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue and S. Zhang, “A study into intelligent mobile advertising”, Proc 12th Chinese Automation and Computing Society Conference in the UK (CACSUK’06), pp.165-170, ISBN 0 9533890 9 X, Loughborough, 2006
• J. Wang, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “Real-Time Communication in Wireless Home Networks: A Survey”, Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC’07), pp.248-252, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.
• C. Chang, Y. Yue, S. Zhang and C. Maple, “PSA: A personalisation support architecture for mobile advertising”, Proc 13th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC’07), pp.253-257, ISBN 978-0-9555293-1-3, Stafford, UK, 2007.
• Jun Wang, Sijing Zhang and Carsten Maple, “Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation with the Timed Token Protocol”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automation & Computing, Pages 169-174, Uxbridge, England, September 2008
• Xiaoyan Lin, Jie Zhang and Sijing Zhang, “A Tabu Search and Automatic Planning Tool for Mobile WiMax Radio Networking Planning”, 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, “Capacity and Coverage Dimentioning for 3G Radio Access Network Planning”, 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, “QoS Support for Real-Time Traffic in Token-Based Wireless Networks: A Survey”, Proceedings of ICAC’2010 (16th International Conference on Automation & Computing, University 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–Frederic Wagen, “Reinforcement Learning based Radio Resource Scheduling in LTE-A”, Proceedings of ICAC’2011 (17th International Conference on Automation & Computing, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK, 10 September 2011.