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Innovative and Information Technology Programmes

Academic Staff

TEACHING AREAS

  • Distributed System and Computing
  • Mobile Application Development

QUALIFICATIONS

2009 PhD, Imperial College London
2005 MSc, Imperial College London
2004 BEng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

EMPLOYMENT

2019-Present Teaching Fellow, THEi
2011-2019 Senior Lear Engineer, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
2010-2011 Lecturer, ShenZhen University
2009-2010 Research Associate, Imperial College London
2008 Summer Research Intern, IBM TJ Waston, New York

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Network Optimization
  • Convex Optimization
  • Cross-Layer Resource Allocation
  • 5G Radio Access Networks
  • Mathematic Modeling for Wireless Computing
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Embedded System Design

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES and AFFILIATION

  • IEEE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Z. Situ, I. W.-H. Ho, Yun Hou, P. Li, “The Feasibility of NOMA in C-V2X,” to appear in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, July 2020.
  • Y. Alayev, F. Chen, Yun Hou, M. P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T. La Porta, and K. K. Leung, “Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate Selection,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 4066 – 4078, July 2014.
  • A. Maltsev, A. Khoryaev, A. Lomayev, R. Maslennikov, C. Antonopoulos, K. Avgeropoulos, A. Alexiou, F. Boccardi, Yun Hou, K. K. Leung, “MIMO and Multihop Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Backhaul –A Testbed Implementation,” IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 172-179, March 2010.
  • Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “A Distributed Scheduling Framework for Multi-user Diversity Gain and Quality of Service in Wireless Mesh Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 5904-5915, Dec 2009.
  • C. Liu, A. Gkelias, Yun Hou and K. K. Leung. “Cross-Layer Design for QoS in Wireless Mesh Networks,” Wireless Personal Communications: Special Issue on Cross-Layer Design for Future Generation Networks, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 593-613, Dec 2009.
  • Y. Alayev, F. Chen, Yun Hou, M. P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T. La Porta, K. K. Leung, “Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate Selection,” Proc. of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, May 2012.
  • Yun Hou, K. K. Leung and Tom La Porta, “Optimal Resource Allocation for Battery Limited Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of Annual Conference of ITA, London, UK, Sept 2010.
  • Yun Hou, Fangfei Chen, Matthew P. Johnsonand, Yosef Alayev, Amotz Bar-Noy, Tom La Porta and Kin K. Leung “Joint Assignment of Timeslot and Transmission Rate for Data-Item Scheduling in Mobile WSNs,” Proc. of Annual Conference of ITA, London, UK, Sept 2010.
  • Yun Hou, K. K. Leung and A. Misra, “Enhancing Congestion Control with Adaptive Per-Node Airtime Allocation for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE PIMRC, Tokyo, Japan, Sept 2009.
  • Yun Hou, K. K. Leung and A. Misra, “Mission-based Joint Optimal Resource Allocation in Wireless Multicast Sensor Networks,” Proc. of Annual Conference ITA, Maryland, U.S., Sept 2009.
  • Yun Hou, M. Zafer, K.-W. Lee, D. Verma and K. K. Leung, “On the Mapping between Logical and Physical Topologies,” Proc. of IEEE COMSNETS, Bangalore, India, Jan 2009.
  • C. Liu, A. Gkelias, Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “A Distributed Scheduling Algorithm with QoS Provisions in Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks,” Proc. of IEEE Wimob, Avignon, France, Oct 2008.
  • Yun Hou, K. K. Leung, A. Misra, T. La Porta, “Mission-Based Joint Adaptation of Data Rates and Transmission Power for Multicast Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of Annual Conference of ITA, London, UK, Sept 2008.
  • Yun Hou, A. M. Kuzminskiy, F. Boccardi, K. Yu, and K. K. Leung, “A Cross-layer Study on Multiple-antenna Techniques in Wireless Backhaul Networks,” Proc. of IEEE ISWPC, Santorini, Greece, May 2008.
  • Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “A Novel Distributed Scheduling Algorithm for Wireless Mesh Networks,” Proc. of IEEE Globecom, Washington D.C., U.S., Nov 2007.
  • Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “A Framework of Opportunistic Allocation of Wireless Resources,” Proc. of IEEE PacRim, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug 2007.
  • Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “Performance Impacts of Erroneous Channel Prediction on Packet Scheduling in Wireless Networks,” Proc. of Global Mobile Congress, Beijing, China, Oct 2006.

PATENTS

  • Yun Hou, Man Wai Kwan, Eddy Chiu, and Kong Chau Tsang, “Base station selection in ultra-dense network handover scenarios,” U.S. patent number: US9648539B1, CN patent number PCT/CN2016/075494, granted on 2017(US) and 2019 (CN).
  • Yun Hou, Eddy Chiu and et al, "A Method of Processing a Received Channel Signal in a Device to Device Communication Link,” US patent application No. 16/561,710, filed in 2019.
  • Eddy Chiu, Yun Hou and et al, “A Method of Processing a Received Channel Signal in a Device to Device Communications Link Using Multiple Reference Symbols”, filed US National patent application on 2020-03-11, SN. 16815144.
  • Yun Hou, Eddy Chiu, “Methods, central units, and distributed units for reference signal configuration,” U.S. patent application number: WO2018039986A1, filed to WIPO in 2016.