WU QianAssociate Research Professor
Personal information

+86-10-62603307

wuqian@cernet.edu.cn

Education Background

Ph.D., Computer Science and Technology,Tsinghua University, 2006

B.S., Computer Science and Technology,Xidian University,2000

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network

Mobile and Wireless Network

Network Security

Honors And Awards

USENIX NSDI Outstanding Paper Award, 2024

Outstanding Master's Thesis Supervisor, Tsinghua University, 2023

Academic Achievement

Selected Conference Papers:

[1]Yangtao Deng, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai Chenwei Gu, Hewu Li, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. Time-varying Bottleneck Links in LEO Satellite Networks: Identification, Exploits, and Countermeasures. NDSS 2025(TH-CPL A)

[2]Qi Zhang, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Jihao Li, Hewu Li, Yuyu liu, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. Spache: Accelerating Ubiquitous Web Browsing via Schedule-Driven Space Caching. WWW 2025(TH-CPL A)

[3]Chenwei Gu, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Yuxuan Weng, Weisen Liu, Jihao Li, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li. NovaPlan: An Efficient Plan of Renting Ground Stations for Emerging LEO Satellite Networks. INFOCOM 2025(TH-CPL A)

[4]Weisen Liu, Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, Yuxuan Weng, Wei Liu, Qi Zhang, Jihao Li, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. Mind the Location Leakage in LEO Direct-to-Cell Satellite Networks. 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P 2025)(TH-CPL A)

[5]Weisen Liu, Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu*, Hewu Li, Qi Zhang, Zonglun Li, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. In-Orbit Processing or Not? Sunlight-Aware Task Scheduling for Energy-Efficient Space Edge Computing Networks. INFOCOM 2024(TH-CPL A)

[6]Chenwei Gu, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Jihao Li, Weisen Liu, Qi Zhang, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li. STARVERI: Efficient and Accurate Verification for Risk-Avoidance Routing in LEO Satellite Networks. ICNP 2024(TH-CPL A)

[7]Zeqi Lai, Zonglun Li, Qian Wu*, Hewu Li, Weisen Liu, Yijie Liu, Xin Xie, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. Mind the Misleading Effects of LEO Mobility on End-to-End Congestion Control. HotNets 2024(TH-CPL B)

[8]Mingyang Lyu, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Yuanjie Li and Jun Liu. Achieving Resilient and Performance-Guaranteed Routing in Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks. INFOCOM 2023(TH-CPL A)

[9]Yaoying Zhang, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Yangtao Deng, Hewu Li, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. Energy Drain Attack in Satellite Internet Constellations. IWQoS 2023(TH-CPL B)

[10]Yaoying Zhang, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai and Hewu Li. Enabling Low-latency-capable Satellite-Ground Topology for Emerging LEO Satellite Networks. IEEE INFOCOM 2022(TH-CPL A)

[11]Weisen Liu, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Yuanjie Li and Jun Liu. Enabling Ubiquitous and Efficient Data Delivery by LEO Satellites and Ground Station Networks. IEEE Globecom 2022(TH-CPL B)

[12]Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu*, Hewu Li, Mingyang Lv, Jianping Wu. ORBITCAST: Exploiting Mega-Constellations for Low-Latency Earth Observation. IEEE ICNP 2021(TH-CPL A)

[13]Yuanjie Li, Yimei Chen, Jiabo Yang, Jinyao Zhang, Bowen Sun, Lixin Liu, Hewu Li, Jianping Wu, Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu, Jun Liu. Small-scale LEO Satellite Networking for Global-scale Demands. SIGCOMM 2025(TH-CPL A)

[14]Wei Liu, Yuanjie Li*, Jingyi Lan, Hewu Li, Yimei Chen, Lixin Liu, Jiabo Yang, Xi Long, Li Ouyang, Minghao Tang, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai. Direct-to-Cell Satellite Network without Satellite Navigation. SIGCOMM 2025(TH-CPL A)

[15]Jihao Li, Hewu Li, Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu, Weisen Liu, Xiaomo Wang, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu, Qi Zhang. SKYCASTLE: Taming LEO Mobility to Facilitate Seamless and Low-latency Satellite Internet Services. INFOCOM 2024(TH-CPL A)

[16]Zeqi Lai, Yibo Wang, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Qi Zhang, Yunan Hou, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li. Your Mega-Constellations Can be Slim: A Cost-Effective Approach for Constructing Survivable and Performant LEO Satellite Networks. INFOCOM 2024(TH-CPL A)

[17]Jihao Li, Hewu Li, Zeqi Lai, Qian Wu, Yijie Liu, Qi Zhang, Yuanjie Li, Jun Liu. SatGuard: Concealing Endless and Bursty Packet Losses in LEO Satellite Networks for Delay-Sensitive Web Applications. WWW 2024(TH-CPL A)

[18]Lixin Liu, Yuanjie Li, Hewu Li, Jiabo Yang, Wei Liu, Jingyi Lan, Yufeng Wang, Jiarui Li, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai.Democratizing Direct-to-Cell Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks. NSDI 2024(TH-CPL A)

[19]Yuanjie Li, Lixin Liu, Hewu Li, Wei Liu, Yimei Chen, Wei Zhao, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai. Stable Hierarchical Routing for Operational LEO Networks. MobiCom 2024(TH-CPL A)

[20]Wei Liu, Yuanjie Li, Hewu Li, Yimei Chen, Yufeng Wang, Jingyi Lan, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai. The Dark Side of Scale: Insecurity of Direct-to-Cell Satellite Mega-Constellations. S&P 2024(TH-CPL A)

[21]Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Yikun Wang, Qian Wu, Yangtao Deng, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li and Jianping Wu. Achieving Resilient and Performance-Guaranteed Routing in Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks. INFOCOM 2023(TH-CPL A)

[22]Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Yangtao Deng, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li, Jihao Li, Lixin Liu, Weisen Liu, and Jianping Wu. StarryNet: Empowering Researchers to Evaluate Futuristic Integrated Space and Terrestrial Networks. NSDI 2023(TH-CPL A)

[23]Yuanjie Li, Hewu Li, Wei Liu, Lixin Liu, Wei Zhao, Yimei Chen, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai, Han Qiu. A Networking Perspective on Starlink's Self-Driving LEO Mega-Constellation. MobiCom 2023(TH-CPL A)

[24]Zeqi Lai, Weisen Liu, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, Jingxi Xu, Jianping Wu. SPACERTC: Unleashing the Low-latency Potential of Mega-constellations for Real-Time Communications. IEEE INFOCOM 2022(TH-CPL A)

[25]Yuanjie Li, Hewu Li, Wei Liu, Lixin Liu, Yimei Chen, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai. A Case for Stateless Mobile Core Network Functions in Space. SIGCOMM 2022(TH-CPL A)

[26]Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Qi Zhang, Qian Wu, and Jianping Wu. Cooperatively Constructing Cost-Effective Content Distribution Networks upon Emerging Low Earth Orbit Satellites and Clouds. IEEE ICNP 2021(TH-CPL A)

[27]Tianming Lan, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Zeqi Lai, Jun Liu. Exploiting Path Diversity to Increase System Performance in Mega-constellations. WCNC 2021(TH-CPL B)

[28]Chunlei Li, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, Jiang Zhou. SDN-Ti: A General Solution Based on SDN to Attacker Traceback and Identification in IPv6 Networks. IEEE ICC 2019(TH-CPL B)

[29]Boyang Wu, Hewu Li, Qian Wu. Extending Authentication Mechanism to Cooperate with Accountable Address Assignment. IEEE WCNC 2019(TH-CPL B)

[30]Xinmu Wang, Hewu Li, Qian Wu. Optimizing Adaptive Coding and Modulation for Satellite Network with ML-based CSI Prediction. IEEE WCNC 2019(TH-CPL B)

[31]Yang Hui, Li Hewu, Wu Qian. IP-stream oriented management mechanism in 802.11 wireless network by extending SDN. WCNC 2017(TH-CPL B)

Selected Journal Papers:

[1]Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Qi Zhang, Qian Wu, Jianping Wu. StarFront: Cooperatively Constructing Pervasive and Low-Latency CDNs Upon Emerging LEO Satellites and Clouds. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 2559-2574, Dec. 2023

[2]Zeqi Lai, Yangtao Deng, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Qi Zhang. Space Digital Twin for Secure Satellite Internet: Vulnerabilities, Methodologies and Future Directions. IEEE Network, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 30-37, Jan. 2024

[3]Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Qiang Ni, Mingyang Lv, Jihao Li, Jianping Wu, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li. Integrating Space Edge Computing with Terrestrial Networks for Futuristic 6G Pervasive On-Demand Services. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 80-90, March 2023

[4]Hang Shi, Lei Zhang, Xutong Zuo, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, and Yong Cui. Multipath Deadline-Aware Transport Proxy for Space Network. IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 51-57, 1 Nov.-Dec. 2021

[5]Zengyin Yang, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, Jianping Wu. CRO-SS: A Route Oscillation Suppression Scheme for IP-based Satellite Network. IEEE Access, v 7, p 44721-44733, 2019

[6]Zengyin Yang, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Jianping Wu. NPVT: Network Protocol Validation Testbed for Integrated Space-Terrestrial Network. IEEE Access, v 7, p 46831-46845, 2019

[7]Zhuo Jiang, Qian Wu, Hewu Li, Jianping Wu. scMPTCP: SDN Cooperated Multipath Transfer for Satellite Network With Load Awareness. IEEE Access 6: 19823-19832, 2018

[8]Zengyin Yang, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Jianping Wu. Topology Discovery Sub-layer for Integrated Terrestrial-Satellite Networks Routing Schemes. China Communications 15(6):42-57, June 2018

[9]Ying Liu, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu and Ke Xu. Recent progress in the study of the next generation Internet in China. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2013 Volume 371, Issue 1987.

[10]Wu Jianping, Li Hewu, Sun Wenqi, Wu Qian, Jiang Zhuo, Zhao Wei. Technology Trends and Architecture Research for Future Mobile Internet. China Communications, June 2013, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 14-27

[11]WU Jianping, LIU Ying, WU Qian. Theoretical research progress in new-generation Internet architecture. Science in China Series F-Information Sciences 2008, 51(11): 1634~1660