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Last modified: August 12, 2008  
University of Florida

Dr. Yuguang YUGUANG "MICHAEL" FANG
Professor

 

Education:

PhD, EECS, Boston Universtiy, 1997
PhD, EECS, Case Western Reserve University, 1994
MS, Math, Qufu Normal University, 1987
BS, Math, Qufu Normal University, 1987

Contact Information:

Email: fang@ece.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-846-3043
Office: 435 New Engineering Building
Homepage: www.fang.ece.ufl.edu

Program Affiliation:

Areas:  Computer Engineering, Signals & Systems
Lab:   Wireless Information Networking Group, Wireless Networks

Fields of Interest:

  • Wireless networks and mobile communications
  • Personal Communications Networking
  • Wireless MAC
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Resource and Mobility Management
  • Routing
  • Teletraffic Modeling and Analysis

Employment:

2005 - Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
2003 - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
2000 - Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1998 - Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
1997 - Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas

Refereed Journals in the Last 3 Years:

2008
P. Lin, H.-M. Chang, Y. Fang and S.-M. Cheng, “HISNs: Distributed gateways for application level integration of heterogeneous wireless networks,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.14, No.1, pp.71-85, February 2008.

2007
Y. Zhou and Y. Fang, “Scalable and deterministic key agreement for large scale networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.6, No.12, pp.4366-4373, December 2007.

P. Li, X. Huang and Y. Fang, “Optimal placement of gateways in vehicular networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.56, No.6, pp.3421-3430, November 2007.

Y. Zhang and Y. Fang, “A secure authentication and billing architecture for wireless mesh networks,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.13, No.5, pp.569-582, October 2007.

Y. Zhang, W. Lou, W. Liu and Y. Fang, “A secure incentive protocol for mobile ad hoc networks,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.13, No.5, pp.663-678, October 2007.

Y. Zhou and Y. Fang, “A two-Layer key establishment scheme for wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol.6, No.9, pp.1009-1020, September 2007.

Y. Zhou and Y. Fang, “A two-Layer key establishment scheme for wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol.6, No.9, pp.1009-1020, September 2007.

X. Huang, J. Wang and Y. Fang, “Achieving maximum flow in interference-aware wireless sensor networks with smart antennas,” Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Vol.5, No.6, pp.885-896, August 2007.

Y. Zhou and Y. Fang, “Multimedia broadcast authentication based on batch signature,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.45, No.8, pp.72-77, August 2007.

Y. Zhang and Y. Fang, “A fine-grained reputation system for reliable service selection in peer-to-peer networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol.18, No.8, pp.1134- 1145, August 2007.

Y.Wang, C. Lin, Q. Li and Y. Fang, “A queueing analysis for the denial of service (DoS) attacks in computer networks,” Computer Networks, Vol.51, pp.3564-3573, August 2007.

S. Chen, Y. Fang and Y. Xia, “Lexicographic maxmin fairness for data collection in wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol.6, No.7, pp.749-761, July 2007.

H. Zhai, X, Chen and Y. Fang, “Improving transport layer performance in multihop ad hoc networks by exploiting MAC layer information,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.6, No.5, pp.1692-1701, May 2007.

J. Wang, M. Venkatachalam and Y. Fang, “System architecture and cross-layer optimization of video broadcast over WiMAX,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol.25, No.4, pp.712721, May 2007.

Y. Zhou and Y. Fang, “A Location-based naming mechanism for securing sensor networks,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), Vol.6, No.3, pp.347-355, May 2007.

J. Zhao, D. Wu, D. Erdogmus, Y. Fang and Z. He, “Adaptive motion estimation schemes using maximum mutual information criterion,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol.7, No.2, pp.205-215, February 2007.

J. Wang, Y. Fang and D. Wu, “Enhancing the performance of mediumaccess control for WLANs with multi-beam access point,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.6, No.2, pp.556-565, February 2007.

W. Ma, Y. Fang and P. Lin, “Mobility management strategy based on user mobility patterns in wireless networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.56,No.1, pp.322-330, January 2007.

K. Lu, D. Wu, Y. Qi, Y. Fang and R. Qiu, “Performance of an aggregation-based MAC protocol for high data rate ultra-wideband ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.56,No.1, pp.312-321, January 2007.

X. Huang and Y. Fang, “Maximum flow problem in wireless ad hoc networks with directional antennas,” Optimization Letters, Vol.1, No.1, pp.71-84, January 2007.

2006
X. Chen, W. Liu, H. Zhai and Y. Fang, “Location-aware QoS provisioning in mobile ad hoc networks,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.12, No.6, pp.797-812, December 2006.

Y. Zhang, W. Liu, W. Lou and Y. Fang, “Securing mobile ad hoc networks with certificateless public keys, ” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Vol.3, No.4, pp.386399, October-December 2006.

J. Wang, H. Zhai, Y. Fang, J. Shea and D. Wu, “OMAR: utilizing multiuser diversity in wireless ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol.5, No.12, pp.1764-1779, December 2006.

H. Zhai, J. Wang and Y. Fang, “DUCHA: a new dual-channel MAC protocol for multihop mobile ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.5, No.11, pp.32243233, November 2006.

H. Zhai and Y. Fang, “Distributed flow control and medium access in multihop ad Hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol.5, No.11, pp.1503-1514, November 2006.

Y. Zhang and Y. Fang, “ARSA: an attack-resilient security architecture for multi-hop wireless mesh networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol.24, No.10, pp.1916-1928, October 2006.

Y. Zhang, W. Liu, W. Lou and Y. Fang, “MASK: anonymous on-demand routing in mobile ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.5, No.9, pp.2376-2385, September 2006.

Y. Zheng, K. Lu, D. Wu and Y. Fang, “Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF in imperfect channel,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.55, No.5, pp.1648-1656, September 2006.

X. Chen, H. Zhai, X. Tian and Y. Fang, “Supporting QoS in IEEE802.11e wireless LANs,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.5, No.8, pp.2217-2227, August 2006.

H. Zhai, X. Chen and Y. Fang, “A call admission and rate control scheme for multimedia support over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.12, No.4, pp.451-463, May 2006.

W. Liu, Y. Zhang, W. Lou and Y. Fang, “A robust and energy-efficient data dissemination framework for wireless sensor networks,” ACM Wireless Networks, Vol.12, No.4, pp.465-479, May 2006.

Y. Zhang, W. Liu, Y. Fang and D. Wu, “Secure localization and authentication in ultra-wideband sensor networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol.24, No.4, pp.829-835, April 2006.

X. Tian, Y. Fang and T. Ideguchi, “MATS: Multichannel Time-Spread Scheduling in mobile ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.5, No.3, pp.612-621, March 2006.

H. Zhai, X. Chen, J. Wang and Y. Fang, “Medium access control protocols for wireless networks,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol.6, No.2, pp.151-170, February 2006.

W. Liu, Y. Zhang, K. Lu and Y. Fang, “Energy conservation through resource-aware movement in heterogeneous mobile ad hoc networks,” Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 7-20, February 2006.

Y. Zhang, W. Liu, W. Lou and Y. Fang, “Location-based compromise-tolerant security mechanisms for wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol.24, No.2, pp.247-260, February 2006.

X. Du, D. Wu, W. Liu and Y. Fang, “Multi-class routing and medium access control for heterogeneous mobile ad hoc networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.55, No.1, pp.270-277, January 2006.

Contracts and Grants:

  • National Science Foundation, "NeTS-NBD: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UPASS-An Attack Resilient Security Archiecture for Wireless Mesh Networks
  • National Science Foundation, “NeTS-WN: A Novel Cross-layer Design Approach for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks”
  • National Science Foundation, “COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CT-ISG: Overlay-Based User Unlocatability and Communication Anonymity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”

Honors and Awards:

2008 - IEEE Fellow
2006 - University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
2002  - Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
2002 - Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 6th edition
2002 - Who's Who in the World, 19th edition
2002 - IEEE TCGN Best Paper Award
2001 - National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award
2001 - Chinese Association for Science & Technology Academic Excellence Award
2001 - Who's Who in America, 55th and 56th editions
2000 - IEEE Appreciation Award

Patents:

  • Patent Application #20060268760, "Medium access control in wireless local area networks with multi-beam access point, May 2005
  • Patent Application #20060209772, "Coordinated directional medium access control in wireless networks", with J. Wang and D. Wu, March 2005.
  • U. S. Patent Application #20050128938 , "Channel estimation and synchronization with preamble using polyphase code", with B. Kim, March 2004.
  • U.S. Patent #7,324,613, "Multilayer differential phase shift keying with bit-interleaved coded modulation and OFDM", with B. Kim, issued Jan 29, 2008