Publications on Cloud Radio Access Network




Book Chapters


  • L. Liu, W. Yu, and O. Simone, "Fronthaul-aware design for cloud radio-access networks," in the chapter of Key Technologies for 5G Wireless Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2017. (Book URL)

Journal Papers


• X. Fan, Y-F. Liu, L. Liu, and T-H. Chang, "QoS-based beamforming and compression design for cooperative cellular networks via Lagrangian duality," to appear in IEEE Trans. Signal Process., 2025. (Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu, Y-F. Liu, P. Patil, and W. Yu, "Uplink-downlink duality between multiple-access and broadcast channels with compressing relays," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7304-7337, Nov. 2021. (Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu, P. Patil, and W. Yu, "Channel diagonalization for cloud radio access," IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 622-625, Aug. 2018. (Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu and W. Yu, "Cross-layer design for downlink multihop cloud radio access networks with network coding," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1728-1740, Apr. 2017. (Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu, S. Bi, and R. Zhang, "Joint power control and fronthaul rate allocation for throughput maximization in OFDMA-based cloud radio access network," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 4097-4110, Nov. 2015.(Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu, and R. Zhang, "Optimized uplink transmission in multi-antenna C-RAN with spatial compression and forward," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 63, no. 19, pp. 5083-5095, Oct. 2015. (Available: arXiv)

Conference Papers


• X. Fan, Y-F. Liu, and L. Liu, "Efficiently and globally solving joint beamforming and compression problem in the cooperative cellular network via Lagrangian duality," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2022. Best Student Paper Award (Available: arXiv)
• L. Liu and W. Yu, "Joint sparse beamforming and network coding for downlink multi-hop cloud radio access networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Washington D.C., America, 2016.
• L. Liu, P. Patil, and W. Yu, "An uplink-downlink duality for cloud radio access network," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, 2016.
• L. Liu and R. Zhang, "Downlink SINR balancing in C-RAN under limited fronthaul capacity," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Shanghai, China, 2016.