Journal Publications in Research Topics:
All-Optical Data Center Networks:
3. Qian Lv, Yuxiao Zhang, Shuoning Zhang, Ruoxing Li, Ke Meng, Bowen Zhang, Fuguang Huang, Xiaoliang Chen, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the TPE Design to Efficiently Accelerate Hitless Reconfiguration of OCS-based DCNs,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, in Press, 2024 (Corresponding Author).
2. Hao Yang and Zuqing Zhu, “Traffic-aware Configuration of All-Optical Data Center Networks based on Hyper-FleX-LION,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2675-2688, Jun. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
1. Hao Yang and Zuqing Zhu, “Acceleration of Coflows with All-Optical Interconnects in Hyper-FleX-LION,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 805-814, Oct. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
Hybrid Optical Electrical Data Center Networks:
6. Hao Yang, Xiaoqin Pan, Sicheng Zhao, Binjie Ge, Hang Yu, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Bilevel Optimization for Remapping Virtual Networks in an HOE-DCN,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1274-1286, Jun. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
5. Xiaoqin Pan, Sicheng Zhao, Hao Yang, Shaofei Tang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Scheduling Virtual Network Reconfigurations in Parallel in Hybrid Optical/Electrical Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 17, pp. 5371-5382, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
4. Sicheng Zhao and Zuqing Zhu, “On Virtual Network Reconfiguration in Hybrid Optical/Electrical Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 23, pp. 6424-6436, Dec. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
3. Qinhezi Li, Hongqiang Fang, Deyun Li, Jianquan Peng, Jiawei Kong, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Scalable Knowledge-defined Orchestration for Hybrid Optical/Electrical Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. A113-A122, Feb. 2020 (Corresponding Author) (Invited).
2. Wei Lu, Lipei Liang, Bingxin Kong, Baojia Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “AI-Assisted Knowledge-Defined Network Orchestration for Energy-Efficient Data Center Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 86-92, Jan. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
1. Hongqiang Fang, Wei Lu, Qinhezi Li, Jiawei Kong, Lipei Liang, Bingxin Kong, and Zuqing Zhu, “Predictive Analytics based Knowledge-Defined Orchestration in a Hybrid Optical/Electrical Datacenter Network Testbed,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 19, pp. 4921-4934, Oct. 2019 (Corresponding Author).
Interplanetary Networks (IPNs):
2. Xiaojian Tian, Xiaoliang Chen, Xixuan Zhou, Nirwan Ansari, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Rate Control and Information Exchange for Optimizing Data Transfers in IPNs,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, in Press, 2024 (Corresponding Author).
1. Xiaojian Tian and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Fine-Grained Distributed Routing and Data Scheduling for Interplanetary Data Transfers,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 451-462, Feb. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
Point-to-Multipoint Coherent Optical Transceivers (P2MP-TRXs):
a) Network Planning
4. Meihan Wu, Xiaoliang Chen, Francesco Musumeci, Ruoxing Li, Yuxiao Zhang, Qian Lv, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Cross-Layer Restoration to Address Packet Layer Failures in P2MP-TRX-based WSONs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, in Press, 2024 (Corresponding Author).
3. Qian Lv, Ruoxing Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Survivable Multilayer Planning of Filterless Optical Networks with P2MP Transceivers,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1786-1797, Mar. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
2. Ruoxing Li, Qian Lv, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Network Planning of Wavelength Switched Optical Networks with P2MP Transceivers,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 24-36, Jan. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
1. Yuxiao Zhang, Qian Lv, Ruoxing Li, Xiaojian Tian, and Zuqing Zhu, “Planning of Survivable Wavelength-Switched Optical Networks based on P2MP Transceivers,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2331-2342, Sept. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
Elastic Optical Networks (EONs):
a) Basic Routing and Spectrum Assignment (RSA)
6. Haitao Wu, Fen Zhou, Zuqing Zhu, and Yaojun Chen, “Analysis Framework of RSA Algorithms in Elastic Optical Rings,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 1113-1122, Feb. 2019.
5. Haitao Wu, Fen Zhou, Zuqing Zhu, and Yaojun Chen, “On the Distance Spectrum Assignment in Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2391-2404, Aug. 2017.
4. Liang Zhang and Zuqing Zhu, “Spectrum-Efficient Anycast in Elastic Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks,” Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 250-259, Aug. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
3. Wei Lu, Xiang Zhou, Long Gong, Mingyang Zhang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Dynamic Multi-Path Service Provisioning under Differential Delay Constraint in Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 158-161, Jan. 2013 (Corresponding Author).
2. Zuqing Zhu, Wei Lu, Liang Zhang, and Nirwan Ansari, “Dynamic Service Provisioning in Elastic Optical Networks with Hybrid Single-/Multi-Path Routing,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 15-22, Jan. 2013.
1. Long Gong, Xiang Zhou, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “A Two-Population based Evolutionary Approach for Optimizing Routing, Modulation and Spectrum Assignments (RMSA) in O-OFDM Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 1520-1523, Sept. 2012 (Corresponding Author).
b) Multicast Service Provisioning
4. Zuqing Zhu, Xiahe Liu, Yixiang Wang, Wei Lu, Long Gong, Shui Yu, and Nirwan Ansari, “Impairment- and Splitting-Aware Cloud-Ready Multicast Provisioning in Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1220-1234, Apr. 2017.
3. Lulu Yang, Long Gong, Fen Zhou, Bernard Cousin, Miklos Molnar, and Zuqing Zhu, “Leveraging Light-Forest with Rateless Network Coding to Design Efficient All-Optical Multicast Schemes for Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 18, pp. 3945-3955, Sept. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
2. Xiahe Liu, Long Gong, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Spectrum-Efficient Overlay Multicast in Elastic Optical Networks Built with Multicast-Incapable Switches,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1860-1863, Sept. 2013 (Corresponding Author).
1. Long Gong, Xiang Zhou, Xiahe Liu, Wenwen Zhao, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Efficient Resource Allocation for All-Optical Multicasting over Spectrum-Sliced Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 836-847, Aug. 2013 (Corresponding Author).
c) Cross-layer Orchestration
4. Meihan Wu, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Zuqing Zhu, “Dynamic Cross-Layer Restoration to Resolve Packet Layer Outages in FlexE-over-EONs,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2600-2611, Sept. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
3. Hui Liang, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Cross-Layer Network Planning for Flexible Ethernet over Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 3691-3705, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
2. Wei Lu, Xiaofu Yin, Xiaobao Cheng, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Cost-Efficient Integrated Multilayer Protection Planning in IP-over-EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 2037-2048, May 2018 (Corresponding Author).
1. Siqi Liu, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Cross-Layer Orchestration to Address IP Router Outages with Cost-Efficient Multilayer Restoration in IP-over-EONs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. A122-A132, Jan. 2018 (Invited) (Corresponding Author).
d) Protection and Restoration
6. Xiaoliang Chen, Muqing Zhou, Shilin Zhu, Sheng Kang, Lu Sun, and Zuqing Zhu, “Optimizing FIPP-p-Cycle Protection Design to Realize Availability-aware Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 65-68, Jan. 2018 (Corresponding Author).
5. Min Ju, Fen Zhou, Shilin Xiao, and Zuqing Zhu, “Power-efficient Protection with Directed p-Cycles for Asymmetric Traffic in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 17, pp. 4053-4065, Sept. 2016.
4. Min Ju, Fen Zhou, Zuqing Zhu, and Shilin Xiao, “Distance-adaptive, low CAPEX cost p-cycle design without candidate cycle enumeration in mixed-line-rate optical networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 2663-2676, Jun. 2016.
3. Xiaoliang Chen, Shilin Zhu, Liu Jiang, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Spectrum Efficient Failure-Independent Path Protection p-Cycle Design in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 17, pp. 3719-3729, Sept. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
2. Xiaoliang Chen, Fan Ji, and Zuqing Zhu, “Service Availability Oriented p-Cycle Protection Design in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 901-910, Oct. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
1. Fan Ji, Xiaoliang Chen, Wei Lu, Joel. J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Zuqing Zhu, “Dynamic p-Cycle Protection in Spectrum-Sliced Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1190-1199, Mar. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
e) Resource Defragmentation
5. Mingyang Zhang, Changsheng You, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Parallelization of Spectrum Defragmentation Reconfigurations in Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 2819-2833, Oct. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
4. Wenjian Fang, Minhua Lu, Xiahe Liu, Long Gong, and Zuqing Zhu, “Joint Defragmentation of Optical Spectrum and IT Resources in Elastic Optical Datacenter Interconnections,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 314-324, Mar. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
3. Mingyang Zhang, Changsheng You, Huihui Jiang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Dynamic and Adaptive Bandwidth Defragmentation in Spectrum-Sliced Elastic Optical Networks with Time-Varying Traffic,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1014-1023, Mar. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
2. Yawei Yin, Huan Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Ming Xia, Zuqing Zhu, Stefan Dahfort, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Spectral and Spatial 2D Fragmentation-Aware Routing and Spectrum Assignment Algorithms in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. A100-A106, Oct. 2013 (Invited).
1. Weiran Shi, Zuqing Zhu, Mingyang Zhang, and Nirwan Ansari, “On the Effect of Bandwidth Fragmentation on Blocking Probability in Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 2970-2978, Jul. 2013 (Corresponding Author).
f) Network Virtualization
11. Sijia Li, Baojia Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Game-Theoretic Analysis of Dynamic VNF Service Chaining in Edge-Cloud EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 2940-2952, May 2023 (Corresponding Author).
10. Zichen Xu and Zuqing Zhu, “On Establishing and Task Scheduling of Data-Oriented vNF-SCs in an Optical DCI,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 89-99, Mar. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
9. Xiaoliang Chen, Zuqing Zhu, Roberto Proietti, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “On Incentive-Driven VNF Service Chaining in Inter-Datacenter Elastic Optical Networks: A Hierarchical Game-Theoretic Mechanism,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-12, Jan. 2019.
8. Bingxin Kong, Siqi Liu, Jie Yin, Shengru Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “Demonstration of Application-driven Network Slicing and Orchestration in Optical/Packet Domains: On-demand vDC Expansion for Hadoop MapReduce Optimization,” Optics Express, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 14066-14085, 2018 (Corresponding Author).
7. Xiaoliang Chen, Zuqing Zhu, Jiannan Guo, Sheng Kang, Roberto Proietti, Alberto Castro, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Leveraging Mixed-Strategy Gaming to Realize Incentive-Driven VNF Service Chain Provisioning in Broker-based Elastic Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. A232-A240, Feb. 2018 (Invited).
6. Zuqing Zhu, Bingxin Kong, Jie Yin, Sicheng Zhao, and Shengru Li, “Build to Tenants’ Requirements: On-Demand Application-Driven vSD-EON Slicing,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. A206-A215, Feb. 2018 (Invited).
5. Jie Yin, Jiannan Guo, Bingxin Kong, Heqing Yin, and Zuqing Zhu, “Experimental Demonstration of Building and Operating QoS-aware Survivable vSD-EONs with Transparent Resiliency,” Optics Express, vol. 25, no. 13, pp. 15468-15480, 2017 (Corresponding Author).
4. Yixiang Wang, Ping Lu, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Cost-Efficient Virtual Network Function Graph (vNFG) Provisioning in Multi-Domain Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 13, pp. 2712-2723, Jul. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
3. Wenjian Fang, Menglu Zeng, Xiahe Liu, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Joint Spectrum and IT Resource Allocation for Efficient vNF Service Chaining in Inter-Datacenter Elastic Optical Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1539-1542, Aug. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
2. Menglu Zeng, Wenjian Fang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Orchestrating Tree-Type VNF Forwarding Graphs in Inter-DC Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 14, pp. 3330-3341, Jul. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
1. Long Gong and Zuqing Zhu, “Virtual Optical Network Embedding (VONE) over Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 450-460, Feb. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
g) Advance Reservation (AR) and Bulk Data Transfers
6. Ping Lu and Zuqing Zhu, “Data-Oriented Task Scheduling in Fixed- and Flexible-Grid Multilayer Inter-DC Optical Networks: A Comparison Study,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 24, pp. 5335-5346, Dec. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
5. Wei Lu, Zuqing Zhu, and Biswanath Mukherjee, “Optimizing Deadline-Driven Bulk-Data Transfer to Revitalize Spectrum Fragments in EONs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. B173-B183, Dec. 2015 (Invited) (Corresponding Author).
4. Wei Lu, Zuqing Zhu, and Biswanath Mukherjee, “On Hybrid IR and AR Service Provisioning in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 22, pp. 4659-4669, Nov. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
3. Ping Lu, Liang Zhang, Xiahe Liu, Jingjing Yao, and Zuqing Zhu, “Highly-Efficient Data Migration and Backup for Big Data Applications in Elastic Optical Inter-Data-Center Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 36-42, Sept./Oct. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
2. Wei Lu and Zuqing Zhu, “Malleable Reservation based Bulk-Data Transfer to Recycle Spectrum Fragments in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 2078-2086, May 2015 (Corresponding Author).
1. Wei Lu and Zuqing Zhu, “Dynamic Service Provisioning of Advance Reservation Requests in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 1621-1627, May 2013 (Corresponding Author).
h) Software-defined Elastic Optical Networks (SD-EONs)
14. Xiaoliang Chen, Hanyu Gao, Xin Xiong, Xuefeng Yan, Zuqing Zhu, and Zhaohui Li, “Field Trial of Autonomous Lightpath Provisioning over an SDM Network using 7-Core Fibers,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 1151-1158, Feb. 2024.
13. Lu Sun, Xiaoliang Chen and Zuqing Zhu, “Multi-Broker based Service Provisioning in Multi-Domain SD-EONs: Why and How Should the Brokers Cooperate with Each Other?” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 17, pp. 3722-3733, Sept. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
12. Menglu Zeng, Yan Li, Wenjian Fang, Wei Lu, Xiahe Liu, Hang Yu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Control Plane Innovations to Realize Dynamic Formulation of Multicast Sessions in Inter-DC Software-Defined Elastic Optical Networks,” Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 259-269, Jan. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
11. Alberto Castro, Luis Velasco, Lluis Gifre, Cen Chen, Jie Yin, Zuqing Zhu, Roberto Proietti, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Brokered Orchestration for End-to-End Service Provisioning across Heterogeneous Multi-Operator (Multi-AS) Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 23, pp. 5391-5400, Dec. 2016.
10. Xiaoliang Chen, Zuqing Zhu, Lu Sun, Jie Yin, Shilin Zhu, Alberto Castro, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Incentive-Driven Bidding Strategy for Brokers to Compete for Service Provisioning Tasks in Multi-Domain SD-EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 16, pp. 3867-3876, Aug. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
9. Bin Zhao, Xiaoliang Chen, Jing Zhu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Survivable Control Plane Establishment with Live Control Service Backup and Migration in SD-EONs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 371-381, Jun. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
8. Xiaoliang Chen, Fan Ji, Shilin Zhu, Qinkun Bao, and Zuqing Zhu, “Availability-Aware Service Provisioning in SD-EON based Inter-Datacenter Networks,” Photonic Network Communications (Springer), vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 543-549, Jun. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
7. Shengru Li, Wei Lu, Xiahe Liu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Fragmentation-aware service provisioning for advance reservation multicast in SD-EONs,” Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 20, pp. 25804-25813, Oct. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
6. Xiaoliang Chen, Massimo Tornatore, Fan Ji, Wenshuang Zhou, Cen Chen, Daoyun Hu, Shilin Zhu, Liu Jiang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Flexible Availability-Aware Differentiated Protection in Software-Defined Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 18, pp. 3872-3882, Sept. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
5. Xiaoliang Chen, Bin Zhao, Shoujiang Ma, Cen Chen, Daoyun Hu, Wenshuang Zhou, and Zuqing Zhu, “Leveraging Master-Slave OpenFlow Controller Arrangement to Improve Control Plane Resiliency in SD-EONs,” Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 7550-7558, Mar. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
4. Zuqing Zhu, Cen Chen, Shoujiang Ma, Lei Liu, Xiaotao Feng, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Demonstration of Cooperative Resource Allocation in an OpenFlow-Controlled Multidomain and Multinational SD-EON Testbed,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1508-1514, Apr. 2015 (Invited).
3. Zuqing Zhu, Xiaoliang Chen, Cen Chen, Shoujiang Ma, Mingyang Zhang, Lei Liu, and S. J. B. Yoo, “OpenFlow-Assisted Online Defragmentation in Single-/Multi-Domain Software-Defined Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. A7-A15, Jan. 2015 (Invited).
2. Cen Chen, Xiaoliang Chen, Mingyang Zhang, Shoujiang Ma, Yan Shao, Suoheng Li, Munir Said Suleiman, and Zuqing Zhu, “Demonstrations of Efficient Online Spectrum Defragmentation in Software-Defined Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 32, no. 24, pp. 4701-4711, Dec. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
1. Wei Lu, Shoujiang Ma, Cen Chen, Xiaoliang Chen, and Zuqing Zhu, “Implementation and Demonstration of Revenue-Driven Provisioning for Advance Reservation Requests in OpenFlow-Controlled SD-EONs,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1727-1730, Oct. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Networking, and Network Automation:
a) Deep Learning assisted Network Orchestration
16. Xiaoliang Chen, Zhenlin Ouyang, Hanyu Gao, Gunzhi Lin, and Zuqing Zhu, “Meta-Learning-Aided QoT Estimator Provisioning for Dynamic VNT Configuration in Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. A103-A111, Jan. 2025 (Corresponding Author).
15. Oscar J. Ciceri, Carlos A. Astudillo, Zuqing Zhu, and Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, “Federated Learning over Next-Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 70-76, Jan./Feb. 2023.
14. Silvana Trindade, Ricardo da S. Torres, Zuqing Zhu, and Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, “Cognitive Control-Loop for Elastic Optical Networks with Space-Division Multiplexing,” Sensors, vol. 21, no. 23, pp. 7821, 2021.
13. Baojia Li and Zuqing Zhu, “GNN-based Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning for NFV-Oriented Online Resource Orchestration in Elastic Optical DCIs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 935-946, Feb. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
12. Baojia Li, Ruyun Zhang, Xiaojian Tian, and Zuqing Zhu, “Multi-Agent and Cooperative Deep Reinforcement Learning for Scalable Network Automation in Multi-Domain SD-EONs,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 4801-4813, Dec. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
11. Xiaojian Tian, Baojia Li, Rentao Gu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Reconfiguring Multicast Sessions in Elastic Optical Networks Adaptively with Graph-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 253-265, Nov. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
10. Deyun Li, Hongqiang Fang, Xu Zhang, Jin Qi, and Zuqing Zhu, “DeepMDR: A Deep-Learning-assisted Control Plane System for Scalable, Protocol-independent, and Multi-domain Network Automation,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 62-68, Mar. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
9. Xu Zhang, Baojia Li, Jianquan Peng, Xiaoqin Pan, and Zuqing Zhu, “You Calculate and I Provision: A DRL-assisted Service Framework to Realize Distributed and Tenant-driven Virtual Network Slicing,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 4-16, Jan. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
8. Xiaoliang Chen, Baojia Li, Roberto Proietti, Che-Yu Liu, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Demonstration of Distributed Collaborative Learning with End-to-End QoT Estimation in Multi-Domain Elastic Optical Networks,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 24, pp. 35700-35709, 2019.
7. Baojia Li, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Deep-NFVOrch: Leveraging Deep Reinforcement Learning to Achieve Adaptive vNF Service Chaining in EON-DCIs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. A18-A27, Jan. 2020 (Corresponding Author) (Invited).
6. Siqi Liu, Bin Niu, Deyun Li, Shaofei Tang, Jawei Kong, Baojia Li, Xiaokang Xie, and Zuqing Zhu, “DL-Assisted Cross-Layer Orchestration in Software-Defined IP-over-EONs: From Algorithm Design to System Prototype,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 17, pp. 4426-4438, Sept. 2019 (Corresponding Author).
5. Xiaoliang Chen, Baojia Li, Roberto Proietti, Hongbo Lu, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “DeepRMSA: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Routing, Modulation and Spectrum Assignment in Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 16, pp. 4155-4163, Aug. 2019.
4. Xiaoliang Chen, Baojia Li, Roberto Proietti, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Self-taught Anomaly Detection with Hybrid Unsupervised/Supervised Machine Learning in Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 1742-1749, Apr. 2019 (Invited).
3. Gengchen Liu, Kaiqi Zhang, Xiaoliang Chen, Hongbo Lu, Jiannan Guo, Jie Yin, Roberto Proietti, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Hierarchical Learning for Cognitive End-to-End Service Provisioning in Multi-Domain Autonomous Optical Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 218-225, Jan. 2019 (Invited).
2. Roberto Proietti, Xiaoliang Chen, Kaiqi Zhang, Gengchen Liu, Mohammadsadegh Shamsabardeh, Alberto Castro, Luis Velasco, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Experimental Demonstration of Machine Learning-aided QoT Estimation in Multi-domain Elastic Optical Networks with Alien Wavelengths,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. A1-A10, Jan. 2019 (Invited).
1. Baojia Li, Wei Lu, Siqi Liu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Deep-Learning-Assisted Network Orchestration for On-Demand and Cost-Effective vNF Service Chaining in Inter-DC Elastic Optical Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. D29-D41, Oct. 2018 (Corresponding Author).
b) Network Monitoring and Telemetry
9. Zichen Xu, Ziye Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Information-Sensitive In-band Network Telemetry in P4-based Programmable Data Plane,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 5081-5096, Dec. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
8. Bofan Chen, Feng Chen, Shaofei Tang, Qitao Zheng, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Orchestration of Segment Routing and In-band Network Telemetry,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 4047-4060, Dec. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
7. Shaofei Tang, Sicheng Zhao, Xiaoqin Pan, and Zuqing Zhu, “How to Use In-band Network Telemetry Wisely: Network-wise Orchestration of Sel-INT,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 421-435, Feb. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
6. Zichen Xu, Shaofei Tang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Entropy-driven Adaptive INT and Its Applications in Network Automation of IP-over-EONs,” Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 3700313, Jul./Aug. 2022 (Invited) (Corresponding Author).5. Qitao Zheng, Shaofei Tang, Bofan Chen, and Zuqing Zhu, “Highly-Efficient and Adaptive Network Monitoring: When INT Meets Segment Routing,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 2587-2597, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
4. Siqi Liu, Jiawei Kong, Xiaoqin Pan, Deyun Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “Highly-Efficient and Automatic Spectrum Inspection based on AutoEncoder and Semi-Supervised Learning for Anomaly Detection in EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1243-1254, Mar. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
3. Shaofei Tang, Jiawei Kong, Bin Niu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Programmable Multilayer INT: An Enabler for AI-assisted Network Automation,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 26-32, Jan. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
2. Shaofei Tang, Deyun Li, Bin Niu, Jianquan Peng, and Zuqing Zhu, “Sel-INT: A Runtime-Programmable Selective In-Band Network Telemetry System,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 708-721, Jun. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
1. Bin Niu, Jiawei Kong, Shaofei Tang, Yingcong Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “Visualize Your IP-over-Optical Network in Realtime: A P4-based Flexible Multilayer In-Band Network Telemetry (ML-INT) System,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 82413-82423, 2019 (Corresponding Author).
Software-defined Networking (SDN):
a) Protocol Oblivious Forwarding (POF)
7. Qian Zhang, Nirwan Ansari, and Zuqing Zhu, “Adaptive SmartNIC Offloading for Unleashing the Performance of Protocol-Oblivious Forwarding,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 7303-7314, Apr. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
6. Huibai Huang, Bin Niu, Shaofei Tang, Shengru Li, Sicheng Zhao, Kai Han, and Zuqing Zhu, “Realizing Highly-Available, Scalable and Protocol-Independent vSDN Slicing with a Distributed Network Hypervisor System,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 13513-13522, 2018 (Corresponding Author).
5. Quanying Sun, Yuhan Xue, Shengru Li, and Zuqing Zhu, “Design and Demonstration of High-Throughput Protocol Oblivious Packet Forwarding to Support Software-Defined Vehicular Networks,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, 24004-24011, 2017 (Corresponding Author).
4. Shengru Li, Kai Han, Nirwan Ansari, Qinkun Bao, Daoyun Hu, Junjie Liu, Shui Yu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Improving SDN Scalability with Protocol-Oblivious Source Routing: A System-Level Study,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 275-288, Mar. 2018 (Corresponding Author).
3. Shengru Li, Kai Han, Huibai Huang, Quanying Sun, Junjie Liu, Sicheng Zhao, and Zuqing Zhu, “SR-PVX: A Source Routing based Network Virtualization Hypervisor to Enable POF-FIS Programmability in vSDNs,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 7659-7666, 2017 (Corresponding Author).
2. Shengru Li, Daoyun Hu, Wenjian Fang, Shoujiang Ma, Cen Chen, Huibai Huang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Protocol Oblivious Forwarding (POF): Software-Defined Networking with Enhanced Programmability,” IEEE Network, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 58-66, Mar./Apr. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
1. Daoyun Hu, Shengru Li, Huibai Huang, Wenjian Fang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Flexible Flow Converging: A Systematic Case Study on Forwarding Plane Programmability of Protocol-Oblivious Forwarding (POF),” IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 4707-4719, 2016 (Corresponding Author).
b) Video Streaming
3. Nana Xue, Xiaoliang Chen, Suoheng Li, Long Gong, Daoyun Hu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Demonstration of OpenFlow-Controlled Network Orchestration for Adaptive SVC Video Manycast,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1617-1629, Sept. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
2. Suoheng Li, Yan Shao, Shoujiang Ma, Nana Xue, Shengru Li, Daoyun Hu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Flexible Traffic Engineering (F-TE): When OpenFlow Meets Multi-Protocol IP-Forwarding,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1699-1702, Oct. 2014 (Corresponding Author).
1. Zuqing Zhu, Suoheng Li, and Xiaoliang Chen, “Design QoS-Aware Multi-Path Provisioning Strategies for Efficient Cloud-Assisted SVC Video Streaming to Heterogeneous Clients,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 758-768, Jun. 2013.
In-Network Computing:
1. Yuhan Xue and Zuqing Zhu, “Hybrid Flow Table Installation: Leveraging External Memory to Enhance Programmable Data Plane Switches for In-Network Computing,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 429-440, Mar. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
Network Function Virtualization (NFV):
8. Tingyu Li, Zhihuang Ma, and Zuqing Zhu, “st-SFC: Optimizing Dynamic Deployment of Stateful SFCs on P4-based PDP Switches,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 6658-6669, Dec. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
7. Xuefeng Yan, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Zuqing Zhu, “Self-Adaptive SRv6-INT-Driven System Adjustment in Runtime for Reliable Service Function Chaining,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 4962-4973, Oct. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
6. Zhihuang Ma, Tingyu Li, Zichen Xu, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Zuqing Zhu, “SFCache: Hybrid NF Synthesization in Runtime with Rule-Caching in Programmable Switches,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 4613-4624, Aug. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
5. Tingyu Li and Zuqing Zhu, “QoS-aware Management Reconfiguration of vNF Service Trees with Heterogeneous NFV Platforms,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 2013-2024, Jun. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
4. Yuhan Xue and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Upgrade of Service Function Chains with Heterogeneous NFV Platforms,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 4311-4323, Dec. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
3. Lu Dong, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Zuqing Zhu, “Application-driven Provisioning of Service Function Chains over Heterogeneous NFV Platforms,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 3037-3048, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
2. Kai Han, Shengru Li, Shaofei Tang, Huibai Huang, Sicheng Zhao, Guilu Fu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Application-Driven End-to-End Slicing: When Wireless Network Virtualization Orchestrates with NFV-based Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 26567-26577, 2018 (Corresponding Author).
1. Junjie Liu, Wei Lu, Fen Zhou, Ping Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Dynamic Service Function Chain Deployment and Readjustment,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 543-553, Sept. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
Network Virtualization and Slicing:
5. Sicheng Zhao, Xing Wu, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Parallel and Hitless vSDN Reconfiguration,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2657-2670, Dec. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
4. Yuhan Xue, Jianquan Peng, Kai Han, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Table Resource Virtualization and Network Slicing in Programmable Data Plane,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 319-331, Jan. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
3. Sicheng Zhao, Deyun Li, Kai Han, and Zuqing Zhu, “Proactive and Hitless vSDN Reconfiguration to Balance Substrate TCAM Utilization: From Algorithm Design to System Prototype,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 647-660, Jun. 2019 (Corresponding Author).
2. Huihui Jiang, Yixiang Wang, Long Gong, and Zuqing Zhu, “Availability-Aware Survivable Virtual Network Embedding (A-SVNE) in Optical Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1160-1171, Dec. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
1. Long Gong, Huihui Jiang, Yixiang Wang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Novel Location-Constrained Virtual Network Embedding (LC-VNE) Algorithms Towards Integrated Node and Link Mapping,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 3648-3661, Dec. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
Inter-Datacenter (DC) Networks:
8. Xiaochuan Yu, Qian Lv, Ruoxing Li, Meihan Wu, Yuxiao Zhang, and Zuqing Zhu, “Network Expansion of Regional DCIs: Optical Circuit Switching versus Electrical Packet Switching,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 20, pp. 7044-7055, Oct. 2024 (Corresponding Author).
7. Yuanhao Liu, Fen Zhou, Cao Chen, Zuqing Zhu, Tao Shang, and Juan-Manuel Torres-Moreno, “Disaster Protection in Inter-DataCenter Networks Leveraging Cooperative Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 2598-2611, Sept. 2021.
6. Wei Lu, Ping Lu, Quanying Sun, Shui Yu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Profit-Aware Distributed Online Scheduling for Data-Oriented Tasks in Cloud Datacenters,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 15629-15642, 2018 (Corresponding Author).
5. Xiaokang Xie, Qing Ling, Ping Lu, Wei Xu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Evacuate before Too Late: Distributed Backup in Inter-DC Networks with Progressive Disasters,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1058-1074, May 2018 (Corresponding Author).
4. Ping Lu, Qing Ling, and Zuqing Zhu, “Maximizing Utility of Time-Constrained Emergency Backup in Inter-Datacenter Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 890-893, May 2016 (Corresponding Author).
3. Kaiyue Wu, Ping Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Distributed Online Scheduling and Routing of Multicast-Oriented Tasks for Profit-Driven Cloud Computing,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 684-687, Apr. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
2. Ping Lu, Quanying Sun, Kaiyue Wu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Distributed Online Hybrid Cloud Management for Profit-Driven Multimedia Cloud Computing,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1297-1308, Aug. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
1. Jingjing Yao, Ping Lu, Long Gong and Zuqing Zhu, “On Fast and Coordinated Data Backup in Geo-Distributed Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 14, pp. 3005-3015, Jul. 2015 (Corresponding Author).
Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs):
3. Oscar J. Ciceri, Carlos A. Astudillo, Gustavo B. Figueiredo, Zuqing Zhu, and Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, “Resource Allocation in Passive Optical Networks for Low-Latency Mobile Fronthauling Services,” IEEE Network, in Press, 2024.
2. Zhuojia Gu, Hancheng Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “On Throughput Optimization and Bound Analysis in Cache-Enabled Fiber-Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 9068-9082, Aug. 2020.
1. Lipei Liang, Wei Lu, Massimo Tornatore, and Zuqing Zhu, “Game-Assisted Distributed Decision-Making to Build Virtual TDM-PONs in C-RANs Adaptively,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 546-554, Jul. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
Security of Network Automation:
4. Xiaoqin Pan, Hao Yang, Zichen Xu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Adversarial Analysis of ML-based Anomaly Detection in Multi-layer Network Automation,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 40, no. 15, pp. 4934-4944, Aug. 2022 (Corresponding Author).
3. Xiaoqin Pan, Shaofei Tang, Siqi Liu, Jiawei Kong, Xu Zhang, Daoyun Hu, Jin Qi, and Zuqing Zhu, “Privacy-Preserving Multilayer In-Band Network Telemetry and Data Analytics: For Safety, Please do not Report Plaintext Data,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 21, pp. 5855-5866, Nov. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
2. Min Wang, Hancheng Lu, Siqi Liu, and Zuqing Zhu, “How to Mislead AI-assisted Network Automation in SD-IPoEONs: A Comparison Study of DRL- and GAN-based Approaches,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 20, pp. 5574-5585, Oct. 2020 (Corresponding Author).
1. Jiannan Guo and Zuqing Zhu, “When Deep Learning Meets Inter-Datacenter Optical Network Management: Advantages and Vulnerabilities,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 36, no. 20, pp. 4761-4773, Oct. 2018 (Corresponding Author).
Optical Layer Security:
6. Qian Lv and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Multilayer Planning of Filterless Optical Networks with OTN Encryption,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 2529-2544, Dec. 2023 (Corresponding Author).
5. Feng Chen, Man Song, Fen Zhou, and Zuqing Zhu, “Security-aware Planning of Packet-over-Optical Networks in Consideration of OTN Encryption,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 3209-3220, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
4. Qian Lv, Fen Zhou, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Bilevel Optimization to Design Control Plane for SDONs in Consideration of Planned Physical-Layer Attacks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 3221-3230, Sept. 2021 (Corresponding Author).
3. Jing Zhu and Zuqing Zhu, “Physical-Layer Security in MCF-based SDM-EONs: Would Crosstalk-Aware Service Provisioning be Good Enough?” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 22, pp. 4826-4837, Nov. 2017 (Corresponding Author).
2. Jing Zhu, Bin Zhao, and Zuqing Zhu, “Leveraging Game Theory to Achieve Efficient Attack-aware Service Provisioning in EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1785-1796, May 2017 (Corresponding Author).
1. Jing Zhu, Bin Zhao, Wei Lu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Attack-aware Service Provisioning to Enhance Physical-Layer Security in Multi-Domain EONs,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 2645-2655, Jun. 2016 (Corresponding Author).
Energy-Efficient Networks:
9. Chuan Xu, Jiajie Wang, Zuqing Zhu, and Dusit Niyato, “Energy-Efficient WLANs with Resource and Re-association Scheduling Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 563-577, Jun. 2019.
8. Xiaoliang Chen, Fan Ji, Yanan Wu, and Zuqing Zhu, “Energy-Efficient Resilience in Translucent Optical Networks with Mixed Regenerator Placement,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 741-750, Jul. 2013 (Corresponding Author).
7. Zuqing Zhu, Ping Lu, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Yonggang Wen, “Energy-Efficient Wideband Cable Access Networks in Future Smart Cities,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on ICT in Smart Cities, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 94-100, Jun. 2013.
6. Ping Lu, Yabo Yuan, Zhongzhen Yang, and Zuqing Zhu, “On the Performance Analysis of Energy-Efficient Upstream Scheduling for Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Networks with Channel Bonding,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1020-1023, May 2013 (Corresponding Author).
5. Zuqing Zhu, Xiaoliang Chen, Fan Ji, Liang Zhang, Farid Farahmand, and Jason P. Jue, “Energy-Efficient Translucent Optical Transport Networks with Mixed Regenerator Placement,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 30, no. 19, pp. 3147-3156, Oct. 2012.
4. Zuqing Zhu, “Design of Energy-Saving Algorithms for Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Networks Based on the DOCSIS 3.0 Standard,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 449-456, Jun. 2012.
3. Zuqing Zhu, Chuanqi Wan, and Weida Zhong, “Using Genetic Algorithm to Optimize Mixed Placement of 1R/2R/3R Regenerators in Translucent Lightpaths for Energy-Efficient Design,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 262-264, Feb. 2012.
2. Zuqing Zhu, “A Novel Energy-Aware Design to Build Green Broadband Cable Access Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 887-889, Aug. 2011.
1. Zuqing Zhu, “Mixed Placement of 1R/2R/3R Regenerators in Translucent Optical Networks to Achieve Green and Cost-Effective Design,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 752-754, Jul. 2011.
Optical Label Switching (OLS):
9. Zuqing Zhu, “Crosstalk Due to Optical Demultiplexing in Subcarrier Multiplexed Systems,” Photonic Network Communications (Springer), vol. 22, no.1, pp. 79-84, Aug. 2011.
8. Zhong Pan, Haijun Yang, Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Bo Xiang, and S. J. B. Yoo, “All-Optical Label Swapping, Clock Recovery, and 3R Regeneration in 101-hop Cascaded Optical-label Switching Router Networks,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 24, pp. 2629-2631, Dec. 2006.
7. Zhong Pan, Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Haijun Yang, and S. J. B. Yoo, “101-hop Cascaded Operation of an Optical-label Switching Router with All-optical Clock Recovery and 3R Regeneration,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 1654-1656, Aug. 2006.
6. Masaki Funabashi, Zhong Pan, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Nanosecond Guard Time Packet-by-Packet Burst-Mode Optical 3R Regeneration in an Optical-Label Switching Router,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 1091-1093, May 2006.
5. Zhong Pan, Haijun Yang, Zuqing Zhu, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Demonstration of an Optical-label Switching Router with Multicast and Contention Resolution at Mixed Data Rates,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 307-309, Jan. 2006.
4. Zhong Pan, Haijun Yang, Jinqiang Yang, Junqiang Hu, Zuqing Zhu, Jing Cao, Katsunari Okamoto, Satoru Yamano, Venkatesh Akella, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Advanced optical-label routing system supporting multicast, optical TTL, and multimedia applications,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 3270-3281, Oct. 2005.
3. Zuqing Zhu, Zhong Pan, and S. J. B. Yoo, ” A compact all-optical subcarrier label-swapping system using an integrated EML for 10-Gb/s optical label-switching networks,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 426-428, Feb. 2005.
2. Zhong Pan, Haijun Yang, Zuqing Zhu, Jing Cao, Venkatesh Akella, Steven Butt, and S. J. Ben Yoo, “Demonstration of Variable-Length Packet Contention Resolution and Packet Forwarding in an Optical-Label Switching Router,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1772-1774, Jul. 2004.
1. Zuqing Zhu, V. J. Hernandez, Min Yong Jeon, Jing Cao, Zhong Pan, and S. J. B. Yoo, “RF photonics signal processing in subcarrier multiplexed optical-label switching communication systems,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 21, no. 12, pp.3155-3166, Dec. 2003.
All-Optical Regeneration:
6. Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Zhong Pan, Bo Xiang, Loukas Paraschis, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Jitter and Amplitude Noise Accumulations in Cascaded All-Optical Regenerators,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 1640-1652, Jun. 2008.
5. Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Zhong Pan, Loukas Paraschis, David L. Harris, and S. J. B. Yoo, “High-performance optical 3R regeneration for scalable fiber transmission system applications,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 504-511, Feb. 2007.
4. Masaki Funabashi, Zuqing Zhu, Zhong Pan, Bo Xiang, Loukas Paraschis, David L. Harris, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Cascadability of optical 3R regeneration for NRZ format investigated in recirculating loop transmission over field fibers,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 2081-2083, Oct. 2006.
3. Masaki Funabashi, Zuqing Zhu, Zhong Pan, Loukas Paraschis, and S. J. B. Yoo, “Optical Clock Recovery and 3R Regeneration for 10-Gb/s NRZ Signal to Achieve 10 000-hop Cascadability and 1 000 000-km Transmission,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 2078-2080, Oct. 2006.
2. Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Zhong Pan, Loukas Paraschis, and S. J. B. Yoo, “1000 Cascaded stages of optical 3R regeneration with SOA-MZI-based clock enhancement to achieve 10-Gb/s 125 000-km dispersion uncompensated transmission,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 2159-2161, Oct. 2006.
1. Zuqing Zhu, Masaki Funabashi, Zhong Pan, Loukas Paraschis, and S. J. B. Yoo, “10 000-hop Cascaded In-line All-optical 3R Regeneration to Achieve 1 250 000-km 10-Gb/s Transmission,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letter, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 718-720, Mar. 2006.
*Here, the papers labelled with “Corresponding Author” are those whose corresponding author is Prof. Zuqing Zhu.