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Routing Schemes in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks: Design, Open Issues and Challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., Zomaya, A. Y., Min, G., Hawbani, A., & Li, J. (2021). Routing Schemes in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks: Design, Open Issues and Challenges. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 13(4), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.

Software-defined vehicular networks (SDVN) is a promising technology to overcome the limitations of current vehicular networking. However, existing vehicular routing schemes are not equipped to handle communication in SDVNs. In addition, routing sche... Read More about Routing Schemes in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks: Design, Open Issues and Challenges.

Mitigation Mechanisms Against the DAO Attack on the Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) (2020)
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Wadhaj, I., Ghaleb, B., Thomson, C., Al-Dubai, A., & Buchanen, B. (2020). Mitigation Mechanisms Against the DAO Attack on the Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL). IEEE Access, 8, 43665-43675. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977476

Destination Advertisement Objects (DAOs) are sent upward by RPL nodes toward the DODAG root, to build the downward routing paths carrying traffic from the root to its associated nodes. This routing mechanism can be exploited by a malicious node perio... Read More about Mitigation Mechanisms Against the DAO Attack on the Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL).

Impact of Relay Location of STANC Bi-Directional Transmission for Future Autonomous Internet of Things Applications (2020)
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Tanoli, S. A. K., Shah, S. A., Khan, M. B., Nawaz, F., Hussain, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Khan, I., Shah, S. Y., & Alsarhan, A. (2020). Impact of Relay Location of STANC Bi-Directional Transmission for Future Autonomous Internet of Things Applications. IEEE Ac

Wireless communication using existing coding models poses several challenges for RF signals due to multipath scattering, rapid fluctuations in signal strength and path loss effect. Unlike existing works, this study presents a novel cod... Read More about Impact of Relay Location of STANC Bi-Directional Transmission for Future Autonomous Internet of Things Applications.

Fuzzy-Based Distributed Protocol for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication (2019)
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Hawbani, A., Torbosh, E., Wang, X., Sincak, P., Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (2021). Fuzzy-Based Distributed Protocol for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(3), 612-626. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2019.2957254

This paper modeled the multihop data-routing in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks(VANET) as Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) in four steps. First, the criteria which have an impact on the performance of the network layer are captured and transformed... Read More about Fuzzy-Based Distributed Protocol for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication.

Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs (2019)
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Alsarhan, A., Kilani, Y., Al-Dubai, A., Zomaya, A. Y., & Hussain, A. (2020). Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(2), 1568-1581. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2956228

Different studies have recently emphasized the importance of deploying clustering schemes in Vehicular ad hoc Network (VANET) to overcome challenging problems related to scalability, frequent topology changes, scarcity of spectrum resources, maintain... Read More about Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs.

Mobility Aware Duty Cycling Algorithm (MADCAL) A Dynamic Communication Threshold for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Network (2019)
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Thomson, C., Wadhaj, I., Tan, Z., & Al-Dubai, A. (2019). Mobility Aware Duty Cycling Algorithm (MADCAL) A Dynamic Communication Threshold for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Network. Sensors, 19(22), Article 4930. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19224930

The hotspot issue in wireless sensor networks, with nodes nearest the sink node losing energy fastest and degrading network lifetime, is a well referenced problem. Mobile sink nodes have been proposed as a solution to this. This does not completely r... Read More about Mobility Aware Duty Cycling Algorithm (MADCAL) A Dynamic Communication Threshold for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Network.

A reliable route repairing scheme for internet of vehicles (2019)
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Banikhalaf, M., Manasrah, A. M., AlEroud, A. F., Hamadneh, N., Qawasmeh, A., & Al-Dubai, A. Y. (2019). A reliable route repairing scheme for internet of vehicles. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 61(3), https://doi.org/10.1504

Recently, Internet of Vehicles (IoVs) has been recognised as a key solution for vehicular communications. Connected vehicles and infrastructure' roadside units have been shaping the underlying architecture of IoVs technology, where the conventional r... Read More about A reliable route repairing scheme for internet of vehicles.

A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications (2019)
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Almalkawi, I. T., Halloush, R., Alsarhan, A., Al-Dubai, A., & Al-karaki, J. N. (2019). A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 4

Due to limited processing capabilities and other constraints of most wireless networks, many existing security algorithms do not consider the network efficiency. This is because most of these security solutions exhibit intolerable overhead and consid... Read More about A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications.

FRCA: A Novel Flexible Routing Computing Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks (2019)
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Liu, P., Wang, X., Hawbani, A., Busaileh, O., Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (2020). FRCA: A Novel Flexible Routing Computing Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 19(11), 2623-2639. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2019.29288

In wireless sensor networks, routing protocols with immutable network policies lacking the flexibility are generally incapable of maintaining desired performance due to the complicated and changeable environment situations and application requirement... Read More about FRCA: A Novel Flexible Routing Computing Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks.

A Multi-UAV Clustering Strategy for Reducing Insecure Communication Range (2019)
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Wu, J., Zou, L., Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., Mackenzie, L., & Min, G. (2019). A Multi-UAV Clustering Strategy for Reducing Insecure Communication Range. Computer Networks, 158, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2019.04.028

Multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight formations can be deployed to monitor large areas. Individual UAVs communicate and exchange information while formation flying. but, such communication presents a security risk. The area between the UAV group... Read More about A Multi-UAV Clustering Strategy for Reducing Insecure Communication Range.

An adaptive warning message scheme for emergency vehicles using vehicular ad hoc communication (2018)
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Banikhalaf, M., Hammad, R., Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Ghaleb, B. (2018). An adaptive warning message scheme for emergency vehicles using vehicular ad hoc communication. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET), 7(4), 3182-3189. https://doi.org/

Nowadays, traffic management has been a challenging task due to the growing number of vehicles. More specifically, operation management of Emergency Vehicles (EVs) such as ambulances, police force and fire fighting vehicles require extensive industri... Read More about An adaptive warning message scheme for emergency vehicles using vehicular ad hoc communication.

MOSAIC: Simultaneous Localization and Environment Mapping using mmWave without a-priori Knowledge (2018)
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Yassin, A., Nasser, Y., Al-Dubai, A., & Awad, M. (2018). MOSAIC: Simultaneous Localization and Environment Mapping using mmWave without a-priori Knowledge. IEEE Access, 6, 68932-68947. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2879436

Simultaneous Localization and environment mapping (SLAM) is the core to robotic mapping and navigation as it constructs simultaneously the unknown environment and localizes the agent within. However, in millimeter wave (mmWave) research, SLAM is stil... Read More about MOSAIC: Simultaneous Localization and Environment Mapping using mmWave without a-priori Knowledge.

Addressing the DAO Insider Attack in RPL’s Internet of Things Networks (2018)
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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Ekonomou, E., Qasem, M., Romdhani, I., & Mackenzie, L. (2019). Addressing the DAO Insider Attack in RPL’s Internet of Things Networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 23(1), 68-71. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2018.2878151

In RPL routing protocol, the DAO (Destination Advertisement Object) control messages are announced by the child nodes to their parents to build downward routes. A malicious insider node can exploit this feature to send fake DAOs to its parents period... Read More about Addressing the DAO Insider Attack in RPL’s Internet of Things Networks.

A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations (2018)
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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Ekonomou, E., Alsarhan, A., Nasser, Y., Mackenzie, L. M., & Boukerche, A. (2019). A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations. Communicatio

Driven by the special requirements of the Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), the IPv6 Routing Protocol for LLNs (RPL) was standardized by the IETF some six years ago to tackle the routing issue in such networks. Since its introduction, however, num... Read More about A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations.

A Novel Adaptive and Efficient Routing Update Scheme for Low-Power Lossy Networks in IoT (2018)
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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Ekonomou, E., Romdhani, I., Nasser, Y., & Boukerche, A. (2018). A Novel Adaptive and Efficient Routing Update Scheme for Low-Power Lossy Networks in IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(6), 12. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.201

In this paper, we introduce Drizzle, a new algorithm for maintaining routing information in the Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs). The aim is to address the limitations of the currently standardized routing maintenance (i.e. Trickle algorithm) in s... Read More about A Novel Adaptive and Efficient Routing Update Scheme for Low-Power Lossy Networks in IoT.

Reliability and Energy Efficiency Enhancement for Emergency-Aware Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) (2018)
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Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Nasser, Y. (2018). Reliability and Energy Efficiency Enhancement for Emergency-Aware Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2(3), 804-816. https://doi.org/1

Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols based on Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) can improve the reliability and efficiency of WBAN. However, traditional static TDMA techniques adopted by IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.6 do not sufficiently conside... Read More about Reliability and Energy Efficiency Enhancement for Emergency-Aware Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs).

A New Spectrum Management Scheme for Road Safety in Smart Cities (2018)
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Alsarhan, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Min, G., Zomaya, A. Y., & Bsoul, M. (2018). A New Spectrum Management Scheme for Road Safety in Smart Cities. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19(11), 3496-3506. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2017.2784

Traffic management in roads is one of the major challenges faced in developing efficient intelligent transportation systems. Recently, wireless networks have received significant attention for tackling this challenge. However, wireless technologies f... Read More about A New Spectrum Management Scheme for Road Safety in Smart Cities.

Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments (2017)
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Alsarhan, A., Itradat, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Zomaya, A. Y., & Min, G. (2018). Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 29(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1109/tp

In the current cloud business environment, the cloud provider (CP) can provide a means for offering the required quality of service (QoS) for multiple classes of clients. We consider the cloud market where various resources such as CPUs, memory, and... Read More about Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments.

VANET aided D2D Discovery: Delay Analysis and Performance (2017)
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Chour, H., Nasser, Y., Artail, H., Kachouh, A., & Al-Dubai, A. (2017). VANET aided D2D Discovery: Delay Analysis and Performance. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 66(9), 8059-8071. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2017.2690238

The proposed solutions in the literature for integrating Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in cellular networks require added functionalities and consume valuable network resources, mainly in the discovery process. Unlike existing solutions, this... Read More about VANET aided D2D Discovery: Delay Analysis and Performance.