Research Projects

Simulation Platform for mobile ad-hoc networks (2022-Present)

Project description
This Python-based simulation platform can accurately model the protocol stack (including network layer, MAC layer and physical layer), mobility model and energy model of flying ad-hoc network, and can provide the evaluation of various performance indicators (such as packet delivery ratio (PDR), end-to-end delay, throughput, etc.) In addition, the platform adopts modular programming, so that users can easily develop and verify algorithms according to their own needs.

Project link: https://github.com/Zihao-Howard-Zhou/Simulation-Platform-for-UAV-network

Keywords: Simulation platform, UAV network, python, SimPy, protocols

Routing Protocols for UAV Swarm networks (2022-Present)

Project description
The high dynamic nature of UAVs causes frequent changes in network topology, leading to intermittent communication link connections. Traditional routing protocols exhibit significantly decreased performance in such highly dynamic scenarios. To address this challenge, this project focuses on studying routing protocols specifically designed for highly dynamic flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs).

Selected papers

Z. Zhou, J. Tang, W. Feng, N. Zhao, Z. Yang and K. K. Wong, "Optimized Routing Protocol Through Exploitation of Trajectory Knowledge for UAV Swarms," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 15499-15512, 2024.

S. Huang, J. Tang, Z. Zhou, G. Yang, M. V. Davydov and K. K. Wong, "A Q-Learning and Fuzzy Logic based Routing Protocol for UAV Networks," in The Sixteenth International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, 2024.

Z. Zhou, J. Tang, W. Feng and K. K. Wong, "Energy-aware Routing Protocol for UAV Electronic Warfare using Graph Attention and Fuzzy Reward," in 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'23), 2023, pp. 1860-1865.

J. Tang, Z. Zhou, W. Feng and K. K. Wong, "A Distributed and Adaptive Routing Protocol for UAV-aided Emergency Networks," in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall), 2023, pp. 1-6.

Keywords: Routing protocols, UAV network, ad-hoc network, highly dynamic, FANETs

Underwater Optical Camera Communication (UOCC) (2020-2022)

Project description
Optical camera communications (OCC) has been growing rapidly in recent years, which offers a ﬂexible and low-cost way to achieve underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC). However, the existence of underwater bubbles, turbulence and suspended impurities will greatly decrease the signal quality. Therefore, in this project, we studied the key technologies of underwater OCC (UOCC), and design the performance enhancement scheme for for rolling shutter effect (RSE)-Based UOCC system.

Selected papers

Z. Zhou, S. Wen and W. Guan, "RSE-based optical camera communication in underwater scenery with bubble degradation," in 2021 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC'21), 2021, pp. M2B-2.

Z. Zhou, S. Wen, Y. Li, W. Xu, Z. Chen and W. Guan, "Performance Enhancement Scheme for RSE-based Underwater Optical Camera Communication using De-bubble Algorithm and Binary Fringe Correction," Electronics, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 950-965, 2021.

Keywords: LED, underwater optical communication, rolling shutter effect