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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/10.1109/MITS.2019.2953557

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.

Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security (2020)
Journal Article
Djedjig, N., Tandjaoui, D., Medjek, F., & Romdhani, I. (2020). Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 52, Article 102467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2020.102467

The resource-constrained nature of IoT objects makes the Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) vulnerable to several attacks. Although RPL specification provides encryption protection to control messages, RPL is still vulnerable to... Read More about Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security.

Towards The Creation of A Threat Intelligence Framework for Maritime Infrastructures (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitropakis, N., Logothetis, M., Andrienko, G., Karapistoli, I., Stephanatos, J., & Lambrinoudakis, C. (2019, September). Towards The Creation of A Threat Intelligence Framework for Maritime Infrastructures. Presented at 5th Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems & of Cyber-Physical Systems (CyberICPS 2019), Luxembourg, Luxembourg

The maritime ecosystem has undergone through changes due to the increasing use of information systems and smart devices. The newly introduced technologies give rise to new attack surface in maritime infrastructures. In this position paper, we propose... Read More about Towards The Creation of A Threat Intelligence Framework for Maritime Infrastructures.

Employing a Machine Learning Approach to Detect Combined Internet of Things Attacks Against Two Objective Functions Using a Novel Dataset (2020)
Journal Article
Foley, J., Moradpoor, N., & Ochen, H. (2020). Employing a Machine Learning Approach to Detect Combined Internet of Things Attacks Against Two Objective Functions Using a Novel Dataset. Security and Communication Networks, 2020, Article 2804291. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2804291

One of the important features of Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) is Objective Function (OF). OF influences an IoT network in terms of routing strategies and network topology. On the other hand, detecting a combination of attac... Read More about Employing a Machine Learning Approach to Detect Combined Internet of Things Attacks Against Two Objective Functions Using a Novel Dataset.

Impact of Relay Location of STANC Bi-Directional Transmission for Future Autonomous Internet of Things Applications (2020)
Journal Article
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 Access, 8, 29395-29406. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2969750

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.

Delegation of Authentication to the Data Plane in Software-Defined Networks (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Almaini, A., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Schramm, M. (2019, October). Delegation of Authentication to the Data Plane in Software-Defined Networks. Presented at 2019 IEEE International Conferences on Ubiquitous Computing & Communications (IUCC) and Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DSCI) and Smart Computing, Networking and Services (SmartCNS), Shenyang, China

OpenFlow is considered as the most known protocol for Software Defined Networking (SDN). The main drawback of OpenFlow is the lack of support of new header definitions, which is required by network operators to apply new packet encapsulations. While... Read More about Delegation of Authentication to the Data Plane in Software-Defined Networks.

BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boukria, S., Guerroumi, M., & Romdhani, I. (2020). BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN. In 2019 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) (1034-1039). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCC47284.2019.8969780

Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology increases the evolution of Internet and network development. SDN, with its logical centralization of controllers and global network overview changes the network's characteristics, on term of flexibility, a... Read More about BCFR: Blockchain-based Controller Against False Flow Rule Injection in SDN.

FIMPA: A Fixed Identity Mapping Prediction Algorithm in Edge Computing Environment (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Liu, Y., Li, S., Tan, Z., Zhao, X., & Zhou, J. (2020). FIMPA: A Fixed Identity Mapping Prediction Algorithm in Edge Computing Environment. IEEE Access, 8, 17356-17365. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2966399

Edge computing is a research hotspot that extends cloud computing to the edge of the network. Due to the recent developments in computation, storage and network technology for end devices, edge networks have become more powerful, making it possible t... Read More about FIMPA: A Fixed Identity Mapping Prediction Algorithm in Edge Computing Environment.

FairEdge: A Fairness-Oriented Task Offloading Scheme for Iot Applications in Mobile Cloudlet Networks (2020)
Journal Article
Lai, S., Fan, X., Ye, Q., Tan, Z., Zhang, Y., He, X., & Nanda, P. (2020). FairEdge: A Fairness-Oriented Task Offloading Scheme for Iot Applications in Mobile Cloudlet Networks. IEEE Access, 8, 13516-13526. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2965562

Mobile cloud computing has emerged as a promising paradigm to facilitate computation-intensive and delay-sensitive mobile applications. Computation offloading services at the edge mobile cloud environment are provided by small-scale cloud infrastruct... Read More about FairEdge: A Fairness-Oriented Task Offloading Scheme for Iot Applications in Mobile Cloudlet Networks.

PTAOD: A Novel Framework For Supporting Approximate Outlier Detection over Streaming Data for Edge Computing (2019)
Journal Article
Zhu, R., Yu, T., Tan, Z., Du, W., Zhao, L., Li, J., & Xia, X. (2020). PTAOD: A Novel Framework For Supporting Approximate Outlier Detection over Streaming Data for Edge Computing. IEEE Access, 8, 1475-1485. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2962066

Outlier detection over sliding window is a fundamental problem in the domain of streaming data management, which has been studied over 10 years. The key of supporting outlier detection is to construct a neighbour-list for each object. It is used for... Read More about PTAOD: A Novel Framework For Supporting Approximate Outlier Detection over Streaming Data for Edge Computing.

Fuzzy-Based Distributed Protocol for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication (2019)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Reliable and energy efficient mechanisms for wireless sensor networks (2019)
Thesis
Ali, A. O. E. S. Reliable and energy efficient mechanisms for wireless sensor networks. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2404287

Sensor nodes and their underlying communication technologies are characterised by restricted power resources, restricted processing, limited storage capacities, low data rates and lossy links, and they may also comprise up to a thousand nodes. Wirele... Read More about Reliable and energy efficient mechanisms for wireless sensor networks.

PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Zakarya, M., Tan, Z., Usman, M., Jan, M. A., & Khan, M. (2019). PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme. International Journal of Communication Systems, 32(18), Article e4144. https://doi.org/10.1002/dac.4144

Heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of resource-starving nodes that face a challenging task of handling various issues such as data redundancy, data fusion, congestion control, and energy efficiency. In these networks, data fusion a... Read More about PFARS: Enhancing Throughput and Lifetime of Heterogeneous WSNs through Power-aware Fusion, Aggregation and Routing Scheme.

A Learning-based Vehicle-Trajectory Generation Method for Vehicular Networking (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Liu, Y., Al-Dubai, A., Tan, Z., Min, G., & Xu, L. (2019). A Learning-based Vehicle-Trajectory Generation Method for Vehicular Networking. . https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCC/SmartCity/DSS.2019.00082

With the rapid development of mobile applications, networking technologies have been constantly evolved to offer a more convenient way of sharing information and online-communication anytime and anywhere. Vehicular networks have the potential to beco... Read More about A Learning-based Vehicle-Trajectory Generation Method for Vehicular Networking.

A 3D Smooth Random Walk Mobility Model for FANETs (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lin, N., Gao, F., Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., & Tan, Z. (2019, August). A 3D Smooth Random Walk Mobility Model for FANETs. Presented at The 21 IEEE High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China

The number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) applications has increased over the past few years. Among all scenarios, UAV group consisting multi-UAVs is normally used to provide extensible communications. As a networking solution, Flying Ad Hoc Netw... Read More about A 3D Smooth Random Walk Mobility Model for FANETs.

A Lightweight and Efficient Digital Image Encryption Using Hybrid Chaotic Systems for Wireless Network Applications (2019)
Journal Article
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, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2019.102384

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.

An AI approach to Collecting and Analyzing Human Interactions with Urban Environments (2019)
Journal Article
Ferrara, E., Fragale, L., Fortino, G., Song, W., Perra, C., di Mauro, M., & Liotta, A. (2019). An AI approach to Collecting and Analyzing Human Interactions with Urban Environments. IEEE Access, 7, 141476-141486. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2943845

Thanks to advances in Internet of Things and crowd-sensing, it is possible to collect vast amounts of urban data, to better understand how citizens interact with cities and, in turn, improve human well-being in urban environments. This is a scientifi... Read More about An AI approach to Collecting and Analyzing Human Interactions with Urban Environments.

Statistical Assessment of IP Multimedia Subsystem in a Softwarized Environment: a Queueing Networks Approach (2019)
Journal Article
Di Mauro, M., & Liotta, A. (2019). Statistical Assessment of IP Multimedia Subsystem in a Softwarized Environment: a Queueing Networks Approach. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 16(4), 1493-1506. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2019.2943776

The Next Generation 5G Networks can greatly benefit from the synergy between virtualization paradigms, such as the Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and service provisioning platforms such as the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The NFV concept is... Read More about Statistical Assessment of IP Multimedia Subsystem in a Softwarized Environment: a Queueing Networks Approach.

FRCA: A Novel Flexible Routing Computing Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks (2019)
Journal Article
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.2019.2928805

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.