Work in progress or under review

• X. Li, N. Mitton, and D. Simplot-Ryl. "Efficient Adaptive Neighborhood Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks."
• X. Li, N. Mitton, I. Simplot-Ryl, and D. Simplot-Ryl. "A Novel Family of Geometric Planar Graphs for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks."
• X. Li, N. Mitton, I. Simplot-Ryl, and D. Simplot-Ryl. "Mobile-beacon Assisted Sensor Localization with Dynamic Beacon Mobility Scheduling."
• R. Falcon, X. Li, and A. Nayak. "Carrier-based Focused Coverage Formation in Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks."
• X. Li, H. Frey, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Strictly Localized Sensor Self-Deployment for Optimal Focused Coverage."
• C. Xu, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Delay-bounded and Energy-efficient Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks."
• Y. Deng, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Address Autoconfiguration in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks."
• J. Yang, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. "Integrated Location Service and Geographic Routing to a Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks."

Journal publications

• X. Li, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Distance-Sensitive Service Discovery in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks." IEEE Transactions on Computers, 58(9): 1275-1288, 2009.
• X. Li, H. Frey, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Sensor Self-Deployment with Coverage Guarantee." ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review, 12(2): 50-52, 2008. [One of the selected best posters from ACM MobiHoc, Montreal, Canada, 2007]
• X. Li, A. Nayak, I. Ryl, and D. Simplot. "On Secure Mobile Ad Hoc Routing." Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 4(3): 229-254, 2007.
• A. Boukerche, X. Li, and K. EI-Khatib. "Trust-based security for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks." Computer Communications, 30(11-12): 2413-2427, 2007.
• A. Boukerche, K. EI-Khatib, X. Li, and L. Korba. "Performance evaluation of an anonymity providing protocol for wireless ad hoc networks." Performance Evaluation, 63(11): 1094-1109, 2006.
• A. Boukerche, K. EI-Khatib, X. Li, and L. Korba. "An Efficient Secure Distributed Anonymous Routing Protocol for Mobile and Wireless Ad Hoc Networks." Computer Communications, 28(10): 1193-1203, 2005.

Book chapters

• X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. "Sink Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks." Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: Algorithms and Protocols for Scalable Coordination and Data Communication, Wiley, 2010.
• X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic, "Location Service in Sensor and Mobile Actuator Networks." Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: Algorithms and Protocols for Scalable Coordination and Data Communication, Wiley, 2010.
• X. Li, A. Nayak, D. Simplot-Ryl, and I. Stojmenovic. "Sensor Placement in Sensor and Actuator Networks." Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: Algorithms and Protocols for Scalable Coordination and Data Communication, Wiley, 2010.

Conference/workshop papers

• G. Fletcher, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. " Randomized Robot-assisted Relocation of Sensors for Coverage Repair in Wireless Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2010-Fall). Ottawa, Canada, 2010. To appear.
• G. Fletcher, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. " Back-Tracking based Sensor Deployment by a Robot Team." In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON). Boston, U.S., 2010. To appear.
• R. Falcon, X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. " The One-Commodity Traveling Salesman Problem with Selective Pickup and Delivery: an Ant Colony Approach." In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Barcelona, Spain, 2010. To appear.
• R. Falcon, X. Li, and A. Nayak. " Carrier-based Coverage Augmentation in Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks." In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN). Genoa, Italy, 2010. To appear.
• G. Yan, N. Mitton, and X. Li. " Reliable Routing in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks." In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN). Genoa, Italy, 2010. To appear.
• X. Li, N. Mitton, I. Ryl, and D. Simplot. "A Novel Sensor Localization Scheme by Mobile Actors." In Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), pp. 339-340. New Orleans, U.S., 2009. [Poster Abstract]
• X. Li, H. Frey, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Focused Coverage by Mobile Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pp. 466-475. Macau, China, 2009.
• X. Li, N. Mitton, I. Ryl, and D. Simplot. " Localized Sensor Self-Deployment with Coverage Guarantee in Complex Environment." In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on AD-HOC Networks & Wireless (AdHoc-Now), LNCS 5793, pp. 138-151. Murcia, Spain, 2009.
• X. Li, H. Frey, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Sensor Self-deployment for Guaranteed Coverage Radius Maximization." In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), DOI:10.1109/ICC.2009.519914. Dresden, Germany, 2009.
• X. Li, A. Nayak, and I. Stojmenovic. "Exploiting Actuator Mobility for Energy-Efficient Data Collection in Delay-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS), pp. 216-221. Valencia, Spain, 2009.
• X. Li, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Distance-Sensitive Service Discovery in Wireless Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC), pp. 85-92. Colocated with ACM MobiHoc, Hong Kong, China, 2008.
• X. Li, K. Lu, N. Santoro, and I. Simplot-Ryl, and I. Stojmenovic. "Alternative Data Gathering Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of International Conference on Relations, Orders and Graphs: Interaction with Computer Science (ROGICS), pp. 577-586. Mahdia, Tunisia, 2008.
• X. Li, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Mesh-based Sensor Relocation for Coverage Maintenance in Mobile Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC), LNCS 4611, pp. 696-708. Hong Kong, China, 2007.
• X. Li, A. Nayak, I. Ryl, D. Simplot, and I. Stojmenovic. "Secure Mobile Ad Hoc Routing." In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (HWISE), pp. 737-742. Niagara Falls, Canada, 2007.
• X. Li and N. Santoro. "An Integrated Self-deployment and Coverage Maintenance Scheme for Mobile Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), LNCS 4325, pp. 847-860. Hong Kong, China, 2006.
• X. Li and N. Santoro. "ZONER: A ZONE-based Sensor Relocation Protocol for Mobile Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN), pp. 923-930. Tampa, U.S., 2006.
• A. Boukerche and X. Li. "An Agent-based Trust and Reputation Management Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks." In Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), vol. 3, pp. 1857-1861. St. Louis, U.S., 2005.
• A. Boukerche, K. EI-Khatib, X. Li, and L. Korba. "SDAR: A Secure Distributed Anonymous Routing Protocol for Wireless and Mobile Ad hoc Networks." In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN), pp. 618-624. Tampa, U.S., 2004. [Nominated for Best Paper Awards]
• A. Boukerche, K. EI-Khatib, X. Li and L. Korba. "A Novel Solution for Achieving Anonymity in Wireless Ad hoc Networks." In Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN), pp.30-38. Venice, Italy, 2004.
• A. Boukerche, K. EI-Khatib, X. Li, and L. Korba. "Anonymity Enabling Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks." In Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshop: Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, pp. 136-140. Dallas, U.S., 2004.

Others

• X. Li, N. Mitton, I. Simplot-Ryl, and D. Simplot-Ryl. "Graph Planarization in Wireless Ad hoc Networks." INRIA Research Report RR-7340, July, 2010.
• X. Li, H. Frey, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Self-Deployment of Mobile Sensors for Optimal Focused-Coverage Formation." Technical Report, TR-2007-13, SITE, University of Ottawa, December 2007.
• X. Li, N. Santoro, and I. Stojmenovic. "Localized Distance-Sensitive Service Discovery in Wireless Sensor Networks." Technical Report, TR-2007-10, SITE, University of Ottawa, May 2007.

Theses

• X. Li. "Improving Area Coverage by Mobile Sensor Networks." Ph.D. thesis, SCS, Carleton University, October, 2008.
• X. Li. "Secure and Anonymous Routing in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks." M.C.S thesis, SITE, University of Ottawa, May, 2005.