SOONG Boon Hee

PhD Newcastle (NSW), B.Eng (Hons 1) Auckland.

Associate Professor                                                    

Nanyang Technological University

Blk S2, School of EEE, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798

Room: S2-B2c-115

Phone: 6790 5398

E-mail: ebhsoong@ntu.edu.sg

 

 

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Ad-hoc networking, wireless networks, seamless mobility, sensor networks, adaptive rate control for multimedia traffic, dynamic channel assignment for wireless communications, high speed network modelling for flow control, admission control and scheduling, economics modelling of networks.

 

 

Awards and Honors

 

  1. Commonwealth Fellowship Award 1999-2000
  2. Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship Award 2003-2004.
  3. Elected to Senior Member 2004.
  4. Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 2006-2007.

 

 

COE Technology Week 2003

 

Supervisor the project for “Development of Mobile Ad Hoc Network Test-bed for Multimedia Communication”. College of Engineering (CoE) Technology Week 2003, Nanyang Technological University, 4-8 Mar 2003. Awarded as one of the (10 Winners of the Most Outstanding Project).


Research Funded Projects

 

1. QoS-Enabled multicasting MANET testbed based on Windows OS with Localisation (NTU-ICT Grant 2006) Principal Invesitgator.


Externally Industrial Funded Projects

 

1.                   DSO: Quality of Service Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (contract signed 25th July 2003) DSOCLO3028 Principal Investigator.[Completed]

 

2.                   ST Aerospace: Project to develop Mobile Wireless Communications (“MWC”) capability and Differential Global Positioning System (“DGPS”) correction signal interface for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) with a communication link with a Ground Station. Principal Investigator. [Completed]

 

3.                   Intellisys, ST Engineering. “Energy Efficient Resource Management for Wireless Sensor Networks”, $160,000 Principal Investigator [On going].

4.                   ASTAR Thematic (Mobile Media) Context-Aware Content Adaptation for Pervasive Mobile Media Access and Applications, 3 Years - Co-PI May 2007.

 

 

 

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

 

[1]                L. Zhang, W. Xiao and B.H. Soong, “Cluster-Adaptive Two-Phase Coding Multi-Channel MAC Protocol (CA-TPCMMP) for MANETs”, IEEE ICC, Seoul, Korea 2005.

[2]                L. L. Zhang, B. H. Soong, and W. D. Xiao, "Location-Aware Two-Phase Coding Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for MANETS", accepted & to appear in IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 2006.

[3]                Y. ZHANG and B. Soong, "Performance of Mobile Network with Wireless Channel Unreliability and Resource Insufficiency", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 990-995, May 2006

[4]                Lili Zhang, , Boon-Hee Soong, “ Multi-Code Multi-Packet Transmission (MCMPT) in Wireless CDMA Ad Hoc Networks under Rayleigh Fading Channels”, IEEE Communication Letters, Vol.9 No. 11, November, p.985-987, 2005.

[5]                Yan Zhang, Boon-Hee Soong and Miao Ma, "A dynamic channel assignment scheme for voice/data integration in GPRS networks", Computer Communications, Volume 29, Issue 8, 15 May 2006, Pages 1163-1173

[6]                L Zhang, B H Soong and W Xiao*, “Two Phase Coding Multi-channel MAC Protocol with MAI Mitigation for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 1-3, September, 2004.

[7]                L. Zhang, B.H. Soong and W. Xiao, “Overhead analysis of Location-Aware Two-Phase Coding Multi-Channel MAC Protocols (LA-TPCMMP) for MANETs”, 29th Conference on Local Computer Networks, Tampa, Florida, USA November 2004.

[8]                W Xiao, B H Soong, C L Law, and Y L Guan, “QoS Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks with Mobile Backbones”, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (IEEE ICNSC'04)) Taipei, Taiwan, 2004

[9]                W Xiao, B H Soong, C. L. Law, Y. L. Guan, “Evaluation of Heuristic Path Selection Algorithms for Multi-Constrained QOS Routing”, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (IEEE ICNSC'04)) Taipei, Taiwan 2004..

[10]            W. Xiao*, B.H. Soong, C.L. Law, Y.L. Guan, “Improved Limited Path Heuristic Algorithm for Multi-constrained QoS Routing”, The Fifth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 04), Singapore 8-10 December, pp. 164-167, 2004.

[11]            Y Zhang, and B H Soong, "Performance Evaluation of GSM/GPRS Networks with Channel Re-allocation Scheme", IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 280-282, May 2004.

[12]            Y Zhang, B H Soong and M Miao*, "Approximation approach on the performance evaluation for guard channel scheme", Electronic Letters, U.K., Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 4465-467, 2003.

[13]            Y.J. Peng, B.H. Soong, and L.P. Wang, “Broadcast scheduling in packet radio networks using mixed tabu-greedy algorithm”, IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 40 No. 6, Mar, pp. 375-376, 2004.

[14]            Y Zhang, and B H Soong, "Channel Holding time in Hierarchical Cellular System", IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 614-616, 2004.

[15]            Y Zhang, and B H Soong, "Handoff Counting in Hierarchical Cellular System with overflow scheme “, Computer Networks, November, Vol 46, pp. 541-554,  2004.

[16]            B H Soong and J A Barria*, "A Coxian model for the channel holding time distribution", IEEE Communication Letters, USA, December, Vol. 14 No. 12, p.402-404, 2000.

[17]            G.P. Ong and B.H. Soong, “A new set of adaptive weighting functions for the scheduling the packets in an ATM switch, 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications, October 2000.

[18]            C H Ng, L Bai*, and Soong  B H, "Modelling of Multimedia Traffic over ATM Using MMBP",  IEE-Proceedings on Communications, UK,  Vol. 144 No. 5, pp. 307-310, October 1997.

[19]            J Li, Y L Guan and B H Soong, “The Effect of GA Parameters on PCS Network Planning”, Proc-25th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2000), USA, November 2000.

[20]            L Cong*, E Gunawan, B H Soong and C B Soh, "Power Control Supported Dynamic Channel Assignment in Cellular Radio Systems", International Journal of Communication Systems, UK, Vol. 10, 1997, pp. 131-138.

[21]            W. Xiao, Y. Luo, B. H. Soong, CL Law, KV Ling, HC Chua. “An efficient heuristic algorithm for multi-constrained path problems”, in Proc. IEEE VTC2002-Fall, Vancouver, Canada, Sept 2002, pp. 1317-1321.

[22]            P Xie*, E Gunawan, C B Soh and B H Soong, "An Integrated Voice-Data Protocol for Slotted CDMA Personal Communication Networks", Int. Journal of Wireless Information Networks, Vol. 5, No. 2, USA, April 1998, USA, 1998.

[23]            M L Sim*, E Gunawan, B H Soong and C B Soh, "Performance Study of Closed Loop Power Control Algorithms for a Cellular CDMA", IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 48, No. 3, May 1999, USA, pp. 911-921.

[24]            X J Yuan*, Z G Li*, B H Soong and C Wen, "A Switching Mechanism for ATM ABR Traffic Control", Computer Communications", UK, Vol. 24, pp.622-630, 2001.

[25]            P Xie*, E Gunawan, B H Soong and C B Soh, “A Protocol for Multimedia CDMA Personal Communication Networks" Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal, Netherlands, Vol. 14, pp 275-301, 2000.

[26]            Q Hao*, B H Soong, E Gunawan, C B Soh and Z Yang*, "A Low-Cost Cellular Mobile Communication Systems: A Hierarchical Optimisation Network Resource Planning Approach", Special issue of IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications", USA, Vol. 15, No. 7, September 1997, pp. 1315-1326.