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My name is Hou Ningning (侯宁宁). I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). Before joining Macquarie University, I worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). I obtained my Ph.D. degree in 2021 from PolyU under the supervision of Prof. Yuanqing Zheng. Prior to this, I received my B.Eng. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in 2017.
Feel free to contact me at [[email protected]].
My research interests include Low Power Wide Area Networks(LPWANs), Internet-of-Things, Wireless Sensing and Networking, and Wireless Security.
I am looking for self-motivated PhD students, research staffs in all levels to work on exciting research projects related to LPWANs, edge computing, wireless networking, security and privacy. If you are interested in any of these or other research topics, please feel free to contact me.
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, PhD, PhD Degree, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
3 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2021
Award Date: 30 Nov 2021
Telecommunication Engineering, Bachelor Degree, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1 Sept 2013 → 28 Jun 2017
Award Date: 28 Jun 2017
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FDLoRa: scaling downlink concurrent transmissions with full-duplex LoRa gateways
Yu, S., Xia, X., Zhang, Z., Hou, N. & Zheng, Y., Oct 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24, 10, p. 10668-10682 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From interference mitigation to toleration: pathway to practical spatial reuse in LPWANs
Li, R., Zhang, Z., Xia, X., Hou, N., Chai, W., Yu, S., Zheng, Y. & Gu, T., 2025, ACM MOBICOM '25: Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 422-437 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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MoLoRa: intelligent mobile antenna system for enhanced LoRa reception in urban environments
Hou, N., Wang, Y., Xia, X., Yu, S., Zheng, Y. & Gu, T., 6 May 2025, SenSys '25: proceedings of the 23rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 424-436 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Satellite IoT in practice: A first measurement study on network availability, performance, and costs
Chai, W., Liu, J., Zhang, Z., Xia, X., Zheng, Y., Hou, N., Yang, Q., Chen, W. & Gu, T., 21 Nov 2025, IMC '25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Internet Measurement Conference. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 891-899 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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XGate: scaling LoRa communications to massive logical channels
Yu, S., Xia, X., Hou, N., Zheng, Y. & Gu, T., Oct 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Networking. 33, 5, p. 2352-2366 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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