Journal Publications
Book Chapter
Conference Papers
Z. Yang, M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "On the MAC for Optimal Information Retrieval Pattern in Sensor Networks with Mobile Access," in Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Military Communicaitons Conference (MILCOM), Monterey, CA, Oct., 2004.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, " Information Retrieval and Processing in Sensor Networks: Deterministic Scheduling vs. Random Access,'' in Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), July 2004.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "Effect of MAC Design on Source Estimation in Dense Sensor Networks," in Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2004.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "Optimal Reconstruction of Gauss Markov Field in Large Sensor Networks," in Proceedings of the first International Symposium on Control, Communications and Signal Processing, March 2003.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "Source Reconstruction via Mobile Agents in Sensor Networks: Throughput-Distortion Characteristics," in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communicaitons Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, October 2003.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "Impact of MAC Design on Estimation of Spatial Markov Process in Sensor Networks," in Proceedings of the 41th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Monticello, IL, October 2003.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B.M. Sadler, "Optimal Pilot Placement for Time-Varying Channels," in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Rome, Italy, June 2003.
M. Dong, L. Tong and B. M. Sadler, "Optimal Pilot Placement for Channel Tracking in OFDM," in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Anaheim, CA, October 2002.
M. Dong, L. Tong, and B. M. Sadler, "Training Placement for Tracking Fading Channels," in Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Orlando, Florida, May 2002.
M. Dong and L. Tong, " Optimal Placement of Training for Channel Estimation and Tracking," in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, October 2001.
M. Dong and L. Tong, "Optimal Design and Placement of Pilot Symbols for Channel Estimation," in Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2001.
M. Dong and L. Tong, "Channel Estimation and Equalization With Block Interleavers," in Proceedings IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC, March 2001.
Selected Patents and Standards
Contributions
"Methods for estimation of traffic-to-pilot ratio in OFDMA systems," S. Akkarakaran and M. Dong. US patent filed July 2008.
"Superposition assignment," M. Dong, T. Ji, and A. Gorokhov. US patent filed, October 2006.
"Keep-alive channel design," M. Dong, T. Ji, and A. Gorokhov. US patent filed, October 2006.
"Adaptive resource reuse in SDMA wireless communication," M. Dong, T. Ji, and A. Gorokhov. US patent filed, April 2006.
"User separation in space division multiple access for a multi-carrier communication system," M. Dong and T. Ji. US Patent filed December 2005.
"Puncturing signaling channel for a wireless communication system," A. Gorokhov and M. Dong. US Patent filed November 2005.
"Varied signaling channels for a reverse link in a wireless communication system," A. Gorokhov and M. Dong. US Patent filed November 2005.
"SDMA resource management," D. Gore, T. Ji, A. Gorokhov, and M. Dong. US Patent filed October 2005.
"Precoding and SDMA support," D. Gore, A. Gorokhov, M. Dong, and T. Ji. US Patent filed October 2005.
"Low complexity Beamforming for multiple antenna systems," T. Ji, D. Gore, A. Gorokhov, A. Naguib, H. Sampath, and M. Dong. US Patent filed June 2005.
3GPP2 Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (contributions in PHY/MAC layers)
IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Air Interface Specification (contributions in PHY/MAC layers)
Past Major Industrial Research Activities
and Real System Development
Design and realization of advanced multiple antenna architecture and techniques in the Ultra Mobile Broadband(UMB) OFDMA system, including the PHY/MAC layer for MIMO, SDMA, beamforming, and virtual sectorization.
Downlink control mechanisms in terms of signaling performance at the physical layer and power control algorithms at the medium access control layer for efficient system operation and ubiquitous high-performance user experience for the UMB system.
Downlink and uplink scheduler algorithm design in OFDMA systems: support flow-fairness multi-QoS traffic transmissions; scheduling algorithms for OFDMA enhancement features, including dynamic sub-band scheduling, dynamic SDMA, and fractional frequency reuse.
Voice over IP (VoIP) service over OFDMA systems: scheduling optimization and power control to maximize VoIP capacity under delay and control resource constraints; Design of mechanisms and algorithms for efficient bandwidth, power utilization in mixed VoIP and data traffic.