Lang Tong

Lang Tong is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. He received the B.E. degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1985, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1987 and 1991, respectively, from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind, USA. He was a Postdoctoral Research at the Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, in 1991. He was also the 2001 Cor Wit Visiting Professor at Delft University of Technology. He received the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research in 1996, the Outstanding Young Author Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the 2004 Best Paper Award (with M. Dong) from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the 2005 Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award (with P. Venkitasubramaniam and S. Adireddy) from the IEEE Communications Society. His areas of interest include statistical signal processing, wireless communications, communication networks and sensor networks, and information theory.

Biography Updated on 23 September 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Cooperative routing for distributed detection in large sensor networks
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 471–483, 2007
  2. Decentralized cognitive MAC for opportunistic spectrum access in ad hoc networks: A POMDP framework
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 589–600, 2007
  3. COGNITIVE RADIOS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS - Dynamic Spectrum Access in the Time Domain: Modeling and Exploiting White Space
    IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 66–72, 2007
  4. Asymptotic Detection Performance of Type-Based Multiple Access Over Multiaccess Fading Channels
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 1081–1092, 2007
  5. Detecting Encrypted Stepping-Stone Connections
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1612–1623, 2007
  6. Quantization for Maximin ARE in Distributed Estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 3596–3605, 2007
  7. Energy-efficient information retrieval for correlated source reconstruction in sensor networks
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 157–165, 2007
  8. Optimal Training for Time-Selective Wireless Fading Channels Using Cutoff Rate
    EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, vol. 2006, Article ID 47245, 15 pages, 2006
  9. Cutoff rate optimal binary inputs with imperfect CSI
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 2903–2913, 2006
  10. Type Based Estimation Over Multiaccess Channels
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 613–626, 2006
  11. Support-Based and ML Approaches to DOA Estimation in a Dumb Sensor Network
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1563–1567, 2006
  12. Nonparametric Change Detection and Estimation in Large-Scale Sensor Networks
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1204–1217, 2006
  13. Estimation of the Number of Operating Sensors in Large-Scale Sensor Networks with Mobile Access
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1703–1715, 2006
  14. Cross-Layer Design of Sequential Detectors in Sensor Networks
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 4105–4117, 2006
  15. Impact of Data Retrieval Pattern on Homogeneous Signal Field Reconstruction in Dense Sensor Networks
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 4352–4364, 2006
  16. Sensor Networks With Mobile Access: Energy and Capacity Considerations
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2033–2044, 2006
  17. Channel-aware distributed detection in wireless sensor networks
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 16–26, 2006
  18. The interplay between signal processing and networking in sensor networks
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 84–93, 2006
  19. Signal processing for application-specific ad hoc networks
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 74–83, 2006
  20. Neyman-pearson detection of gauss-Markov signals in noise: closed-form error exponentand properties
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1354–1365, 2006
  21. Adaptive sensor activity control in many-to-one sensor networks
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1525–1534, 2006
  22. Moment Estimation and Dithered Quantization
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 752–755, 2006
  23. Multiplexing two information sources over fading channels: A cross-layer design perspective?
    Signal Processing, vol. 86, no. 8, pp. 1920–1932, 2006
  24. Sensitivity and Coding of Opportunistic ALOHA in Sensor Networks with Mobile Access
    The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing-Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 329–344, 2005
  25. Estimating Sensor Population via Probabilistic Sequential Polling
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 395–398, 2005
  26. DOA Estimation via a Network of Dumb Sensors Under the SENMA Paradigm
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 709–712, 2005
  27. Synchronization and Packet Separation in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks by Known Modulus Algorithms
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 51–64, 2005
  28. Energy Efficiency of Large-Scale Wireless Networks: Proactive Versus Reactive Networking
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1100–1112, 2005
  29. Exploiting Decentralized Channel State Information for Random Access
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 537–561, 2005
  30. Stability and Capacity of Regular Wireless Networks
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 1938–1953, 2005
  31. Stability and Delay of Finite-User Slotted ALOHA With Multipacket Reception
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 7, pp. 2636–2656, 2005
  32. Cooperative Sensor Networks With Misinformed Nodes
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 4118–4133, 2005
  33. Channel Estimation Under Asynchronous Packet Interference
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 333–345, 2005
  34. Asymptotic Locally Optimal Detector for Large-Scale Sensor Networks Under the Poisson Regime
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 2005–2017, 2005
  35. Opportunistic Carrier Sensing for Energy-Efficient Information Retrieval in Sensor Networks
    EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2005, no. 2, pp. 231–241, 2005
  36. MAC Protocols for Optimal Information Retrieval Pattern in Sensor Networks with Mobile Access
    EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2005, no. 4, pp. 493–504, 2005
  37. Editorial
    EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2005, no. 5, pp. 607–609, 2005
  38. Editorial
    EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, vol. 2005, no. 2, pp. 113–115, 2005
  39. Cross-Layer Design for Medium Access Control in CDMA Ad Hoc Networks
    EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, vol. 2005, no. 2, pp. 129–143, 2005
  40. Optimal Placement of Known Symbols for Slowly Varying Frequency-Selective Channels
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1292–1296, 2005
  41. A Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multiaccess Wireless Networks With Multipacket Reception
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 2221–2231, 2004
  42. Blind Channel Estimation for Space-Time Coded WCDMA
    EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2004, no. 2, pp. 322–334, 2004
  43. Tracking of Fast-Fading Channels in Long-Code CDMA
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 786–795, 2004
  44. Optimal Insertion of Pilot Symbols for Transmissions Over Time-Varying Flat Fading Channels
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 1403–1418, 2004
  45. Sensor Networks With Mobile Access: Optimal Random Access and Coding
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1058–1068, 2004
  46. A cross-layer perspective in an uncharted path - Signal processing in random access
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 29–39, 2004
  47. Pilot-assisted wireless transmissions - General model, design criteria, and signal processing
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 12–25, 2004
  48. A multiqueue service room MAC protocol for wireless networks with multipacket reception
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 125–137, 2003
  49. Blind decorrelating rake receivers for long-code WCDMA
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 1642–1655, 2003
  50. Cross-layer designs of multichannel reservation MAC under rayleigh fading
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 2054–2067, 2003
  51. The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing, vol. 30, no. 1/3, pp. 163–178, 2002
  52. The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing, vol. 30, no. 1/3, pp. 5–6, 2002
  53. Optimal placement of training for frequency-selective block-fading channels
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 2338–2353, 2002
  54. A performance comparison between ad hoc and centrally controlled CDMA wireless LANs
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 829–841, 2002
  55. Channel estimation for space-time orthogonal block codes
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2515–2528, 2002
  56. Optimal design and placement of pilot symbols for channel estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 3055–3069, 2002
  57. Multipacket reception in random access wireless networks: from signal processing to optimal medium access control
    IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 108–112, 2001
  58. Domains of attraction of Shalvi-Weinstein receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1397–1408, 2001
  59. Traffic-aided multiuser detection for random-access CDMA networks
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1570–1580, 2001
  60. Existence and performance of Shalvi-Weinstein estimators
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 2031–2041, 2001
  61. Joint channel and symbol estimation by oblique projections
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 3074–3083, 2001
  62. Signal parameter estimation via the Cayley-Hamilton constraint
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 110–113, 2001
  63. Vector-CM stable equilibrium analysis
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 31–33, 2000
  64. Semi-blind collision resolution in random access wireless ad hoc networks
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 2910–2920, 2000
  65. Flat fading approximation error
    IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 310–311, 2000
  66. Protocol-aided channel equalization in wireless ATM
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 418–435, 2000
  67. Online adaptive reinitialization of the constant modulus algorithm
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 537–539, 2000
  68. Single-user channel estimation and equalization
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 17–28, 2000
  69. An analysis of constant modulus algorithm for array signal processing
    Signal Processing, vol. 73, no. 1-2, pp. 81–104, 1999
  70. Joint order detection and blind channel estimation by least squares smoothing
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 2345–2355, 1999
  71. Geometrical characterizations of constant modulus receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 10, pp. 2745–2756, 1999
  72. An analysis of constant modulus receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2990–2999, 1999
  73. Adaptive blind channel estimation by least squares smoothing
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 3000–3012, 1999
  74. Relationships between the constant modulus and Wiener receivers
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1523–1538, 1998
  75. Multichannel blind identification: from subspace to maximum likelihood methods
    Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 86, no. 10, pp. 1951–1968, 1998
  76. Blind channel estimation using the second-order statistics: algorithms
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 1919–1930, 1997
  77. Blind channel estimation using the second-order statistics: asymptotic performance and limitations
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 2060–2071, 1997
  78. Channel surfing reinitialization for the constant modulus algorithm
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 85–87, 1997
  79. On the robustness of FIR channel identification from fractionally spaced received signal second-order statistics
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 153–155, 1996
  80. Connections between the least-squares and the subspace approaches to blind channel estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1593–1596, 1996
  81. Recent developments in blind channel equalization: From cyclostationarity to subspaces
    Signal Processing, vol. 50, no. 1-2, pp. 83–99, 1996
  82. Identification of multichannel MA parameters using higher-order statistics
    Signal Processing, vol. 53, no. 2-3, pp. 195–209, 1996
  83. A closed-form identification of multichannel moving average processes by ESPRIT
    Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 343–359, 1996
  84. Blind channel identification based on second-order statistics: a frequency-domain approach
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 329–334, 1995
  85. Blind sequence estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2986–2994, 1995
  86. A least-squares approach to blind channel identification
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2982–2993, 1995
  87. Identifiability of minimal, stable, rational, causal systems using second-order output cyclic spectra
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 959–962, 1995
  88. A subspace method for estimating sensor gains and phases
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 973–976, 1994
  89. Blind identification and equalization based on second-order statistics: a time domain approach
    IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 340–349, 1994
  90. Waveform-preserving blind estimation of multiple independent sources
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 2461–2470, 1993
  91. A finite-step global convergence algorithm for the parameter estimation of multichannel MA processes
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 2547–2558, 1992
  92. Indeterminacy and identifiability of blind identification
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 499–509, 1991