{"671139":{"#nid":"671139","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Best Paper Award Goes to Faculty-Student Duo for Advancing mmWave Network Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhoto caption:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EPh.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang (left) receiving the award from Damla Turgut (University of Central Florida), a steering committee member of this year\u2019s Conference on Local Computer Networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2014\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/douglas-m-blough\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDouglas Blough\u003C\/a\u003E and Ph.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang\u202fhave received the Best Paper Award at this year\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieeelcn.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks\u003C\/a\u003E (LCN).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlough, who has been a part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) faculty since 1999, currently holds the position of associate chair for faculty development. Zhang contributes to groundbreaking research as a member of the Critical Networking Laboratory led by Blough. Their focus lies in developing and evaluating advanced networks and systems, incorporating the latest breakthroughs in physical-layer networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prizewinning paper, titled \u0022Enhancing Coverage in Intelligent-Surface-Assisted mmWave WLANs through Multi-Hop Communication Analysis,\u0022 tackles a crucial issue in the upcoming era of wireless networks that harness the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum\u2014specifically, the challenge of mitigating signal blockage inherent in mmWave frequencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne promising technology that can be used for this purpose is the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which can flexibly relay signals around obstacles when placed at strategic locations in the environment. The paper quantifies the improvement in mmWave wireless coverage that results from the use of RISs in single-RIS and multi-RIS link configurations. The results shed light on the relationship among connection probability of communication links, link budget parameters, RIS distribution, and obstacle distribution. The findings can help guide future mmWave network deployments to minimize the impacts of blockages on network performance and provide seamless operation to users in next-generation networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper stood out among 105 submissions during the 48th IEEE LCN held in Daytona Beach, Fla., in October. The conference is renowned as the premier event addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of local computer networks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Douglas Blough and Ph.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang\u0027s prizewinning paper unveils strategies using intelligent surfaces to revolutionize wireless network coverage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Douglas Blough and Ph.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang\u0027s prizewinning paper unveils strategies using intelligent surfaces to revolutionize wireless network coverage."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-11-17 14:51:05","changed_gmt":"2023-11-17 14:53:37","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672406":{"id":"672406","type":"image","title":"Ph.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang (left) receiving the LCN Best Paper award.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang (left) receiving the award from Damla Turgut (University of Central Florida), a steering committee member of this year\u2019s Conference on Local Computer Networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1700232684","gmt_created":"2023-11-17 14:51:24","changed":"1700232684","gmt_changed":"2023-11-17 14:51:24","alt":"Ph.D. candidate Jingyuan Zhang (left) receiving the award from Damla Turgut (University of Central Florida), a steering committee member of this year\u2019s Conference on Local Computer Networks.","file":{"fid":"255637","name":"LCN.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/17\/LCN.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/17\/LCN.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2085755,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/17\/LCN.jpg?itok=kdTXjqHc"}}},"media_ids":["672406"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"34771","name":"Douglas Blough"},{"id":"193278","name":"Jingyuan Zhang"},{"id":"193279","name":"IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"189748","name":"Critical Networking Laboratory"},{"id":"193280","name":"local computer networks"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}