All Outputs (16)

A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Essa, A., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Eshaftri, M. (2016, May). A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks. Presented at 1st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGift 2016)

Since sensor nodes have limited energy resources, prolonging network lifetime and improving scalability are essential elements in energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Most existing approaches consider the residual energy of a single node... Read More about A new dynamic weight clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2) (2017)
Report
Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Ghaleb, B., Hou, J., & Jadhav, R. A. (2017). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2). USA: IETF

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of child nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Ne... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2).

A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Essa, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Romdhani, I., & Esriaftri, M. A. (2017, May). A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs. Presented at 2017 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)

Although energy efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has been investigated widely, it is still a challenging dilemma. Clustering mechanisms are among the most widely recommended approaches to sustaining a network throughout its lifetime. Des... Read More about A New Weight based Rotating Clustering Scheme for WSNs.

Adaptive Resource Allocation and Provisioning in Multi-Service Cloud Environments (2017)
Journal Article
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/tpds.2017.2748578

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.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (2017)
Other
Qasam, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Ghaleb, B. (2017). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of children nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Netwo... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL.

Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Nasser, Y., & Boukerche, A. (2017, May). Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) have been a key component in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Recently, a standardized algorithm, namely Trickle algorithm, is adopted for routing information maintenance in such networks. This algorithm is o... Read More about Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT.

Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yassin, A., Nasser, Y., Awad, M., & Al-Dubai, A. (2017, May). Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France

We introduce in this paper two main approaches, Triangulateration (TL) and Angle-Difference-of-Arrival (ADoA) for indoor localization and mapping using single-anchor and millimeter wave (MMW) propagation characteristics. Then, we perform context infe... Read More about Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios.

A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Ekonomou, E., & Wadhaj, I. (2017, June). A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)

The IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) has been recently standardized for routing in the constrained Internet of Things networks. Unfortunately, the RPL storing mode has been found restricted by storage limitations in the ro... Read More about A new enhanced RPL based routing for Internet of Things.

Performance evaluation of RPL metrics in environments with strained transmission ranges. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, C., Wadhaj, I., Romdhani, I., & Al-Dubai, A. (2016, November). Performance evaluation of RPL metrics in environments with strained transmission ranges. Presented at 2016 IEEE/ACS 13th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Agadir, Morocco

An examination of existing studies in the area of Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) implementation in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) reveals a consistent approach taken of optimal node distribution. This in order to best evalua... Read More about Performance evaluation of RPL metrics in environments with strained transmission ranges..

Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., & Romdhani, I. (2016, November). Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health. Presented at 2016 19th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT), Jyväskylä, Finland

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a technology that revolutionises our understanding of the future digitised healthcare systems. WBAN has unique challenges and features compared to other wireless sensor networks. In addition to battery power consu... Read More about Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health.

VANET aided D2D Discovery: Delay Analysis and Performance (2017)
Journal Article
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.

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN): A Survey on Reliability, Fault Tolerance, and Technologies Coexistence (2017)
Journal Article
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Nasser, Y. (2017). Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN): A Survey on Reliability, Fault Tolerance, and Technologies Coexistence. ACM computing surveys, 50(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3041956

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) has been a key element in e-health to monitor bodies. This technology enables new applications under the umbrella of different domains, including the medical field, the entertainment and ambient intelligence areas. T... Read More about Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN): A Survey on Reliability, Fault Tolerance, and Technologies Coexistence.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (2017)
Other
Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Ghaleb, B. (2017). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of children nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Netwo... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL.

BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC. (2017)
Book Chapter
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Yassein, M. B. (2017). BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC. In M. Grzenda, J. Furtak, J. Legierski, & A. I. Awad (Eds.), Advances in Networking Systems Architectures, Security, and Applications (317-335). Springer

The IEEE 802.15.4 standard supports both physical and Media Access Con-trol (MAC) layers of low rate Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs). However, this stand-ard considers only the ideal linear power consumption, omitting the fact that the diffu-sion prin... Read More about BARBEI: a new adaptive battery aware and reliable beacon enabled technique for IEEE802.15.4 MAC..

BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications (2017)
Journal Article
Chinenyeze, S. J., Liu, X., & Al-Dubai, A. (2017). BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 29(2), e1848. https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.1848

With the resource-constrained nature of mobile devices and the resource-abundant offerings of the cloud, several promising optimisation techniques have been proposed by the green computing research community. Prominent techniques and unique methods h... Read More about BEFTIGRE: Behaviour-driven full-tier green evaluation of mobile cloud applications.

A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks (2017)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., Li, X., Chen, G., & Min, G. (2017). A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 61, 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2016.12.031

Current networking technologies are not perfectly equipped to support Quality of Service (QoS), which is vital for real-time multimedia applications in Wireless Community Mesh Networks (WCNs). Therefore, there is a need to devise innovative routing a... Read More about A new efficient cross-layer relay node selection model for Wireless Community Mesh Networks.