Outputs (182)

An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata (2024)
Journal Article
Rizwan, M., Hawbani, A., Xingfu, W., Anjum, A., Angin, P., Sever, Y., Chen, S., Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (online). An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata. IEEE Transactions on Big Data, https://doi.org/10.1109/TBDATA.2024.3495497

A data publishing deal conducted with anonymous microdata can preserve the privacy of people. However, anonymizing data with multiple records of an individual (1:M dataset) is still a challenging problem. After anonymizing the 1:M microdata, the vert... Read More about An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata.

CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Mao, C., Wan, S., Hawbani, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Min, G., & Zomaya, A. Y. (online). CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2024.3492148

As a promising vehicular communication technology, Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) is expected to ensure the safety and convenience of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) by providing global road information. However, it is difficult to o... Read More about CAST: Efficient Traffic Scenario Inpainting in Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Systems.

IoT Authentication Protocols: Challenges, and Comparative Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Alsheavi, A., Hawbani, A., Othman, W., Wang, X., Qaid, G. R. S., Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., Liu, Z., Ismail, A., Haveri, R. H., Alsamhi, S. H., & Al-Qaness, M. A. A. (in press). IoT Authentication Protocols: Challenges, and Comparative Analysis. ACM computing surveys,

In the ever-evolving information technology landscape, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a groundbreaking concept that bridges the physical and digital worlds. It is the backbone of an increasingly sophisticated interactive environment, yet it is a sub... Read More about IoT Authentication Protocols: Challenges, and Comparative Analysis.

A Multi-UAV Cooperative Task Scheduling in Dynamic Environments: Throughput Maximization (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Li, S., Tan, Z., Hawbani, A., Timotheou, S., & Yu, K. (online). A Multi-UAV Cooperative Task Scheduling in Dynamic Environments: Throughput Maximization. IEEE Transactions on Computers, https://doi.org/10.1109/tc.2024.3483636

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been considered a promising technology for advancing terrestrial mobile computing in the dynamic environment. In this research field, throughput, the number of completed tasks and latency are critical evaluation indi... Read More about A Multi-UAV Cooperative Task Scheduling in Dynamic Environments: Throughput Maximization.

Novel Lagrange Multipliers-Driven Adaptive Offloading for Vehicular Edge Computing (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Li, T., Meng, G., Hawbani, A., Min, G., Al-Dubai, A., & Zomaya, A. (2024). Novel Lagrange Multipliers-Driven Adaptive Offloading for Vehicular Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 73(12), 2868-2881. https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.2024.3457729

Vehicular Edge Computing (VEC) is a transportation-specific version of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) designed for vehicular scenarios. Task offloading allows vehicles to send computational tasks to nearby Roadside Units (RSUs) in order to reduce the co... Read More about Novel Lagrange Multipliers-Driven Adaptive Offloading for Vehicular Edge Computing.

User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets (2024)
Journal Article
Lin, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, E., Wan, S., Al-Dubai, A., & Zhao, L. (online). User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3441606

With the proliferation of mobile applications, the explosion of mobile data traffic imposes a significant burden on backhaul links with limited capacity in heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets). To alleviate this challenge, content caching based... Read More about User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets.

A Novel Autonomous Adaptive Frame Size for Time-Slotted LoRa MAC Protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Alahmadi, H., Bouabdallah, F., Al-Dubai, A., & Ghaleb, B. (2024). A Novel Autonomous Adaptive Frame Size for Time-Slotted LoRa MAC Protocol. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 20(10), 12284-12293. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2024.3417308

LoRa networks represent a promising technology for IoT applications due to their long range, low cost, and energy efficiency. However, their ALOHA-based access method and duty cycle restrictions can limit their scalability and reliability in high-den... Read More about A Novel Autonomous Adaptive Frame Size for Time-Slotted LoRa MAC Protocol.

An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound (2024)
Journal Article
Tanaka, A., Visi, F., Di Donato, B., Klang, M., & Zbyszyński, M. (2024). An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound. Computer Music Journal, 47(1), 64-84. https://doi.org/10.1162/comj_a_00672

This article presents a custom system combining hardware and sortware that sense physiological signals of the performer's body resulting from muscle contraction and translates them to computer-synthesized sound. Our goal was to build upon the history... Read More about An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound.

Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts (2024)
Journal Article
Sarvari, H., Asaadsamani, P., Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Rashidi, A., & Beer, M. (2024). Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 20(3), 673-693. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2024.2329687

Building information modeling (BIM) is a disruptive information technology tool in the construction sector. Although this technology had a significant impact on the manufacturing industries, it, like any other technology, encountered several challeng... Read More about Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts.

Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review (2024)
Journal Article
Alabsi, A., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Dubai, A. A., Hu, J., Aziz, S. A., Kumar, S., Zhao, L., Shvetsov, A. V., & Alsamhi, S. H. (online). Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3380607

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is a disruptive technology that allows wireless energy provisioning for energy- limited IoT devices, thus decreasing the over-reliance on batteries and wires. WPT could replace conventional energy provisioning (e.g., ene... Read More about Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review.

Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review (2023)
Journal Article
Hazmy, A. I., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Al-Dubai, A., Ghannami, A., Yahya, A. A., Zhao, L., & Alsamhi, S. H. (2024). Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(4), 4161-4180. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2023.3343428

Agriculture 4.0 offers the potential to revolutionize the agriculture sector through improved productivity and efficiency. However, adopting Agriculture 4.0 requires a period of transition and effort. Satellite-Airborne sensing technologies may becom... Read More about Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review.

Navigating Industry 5.0: A Survey of Key Enabling Technologies, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities (2023)
Journal Article
Tallat,, R., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Al-Dubai, A., Zhao, L., Liu, Z., Min, G., Zomaya, A., & Alsamhi, S. (2024). Navigating Industry 5.0: A Survey of Key Enabling Technologies, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities. Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, 26(2), 1080 - 1126. https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2023.3329472

This century has been a major avenue for revolutionary changes in technology and industry. Industries have transitioned towards intelligent automation, relying less on human intervention, resulting in the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. T... Read More about Navigating Industry 5.0: A Survey of Key Enabling Technologies, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.

A stacking ensemble of deep learning models for IoT intrusion detection (2023)
Journal Article
Lazzarini, R., Tianfield, H., & Charissis, V. (2023). A stacking ensemble of deep learning models for IoT intrusion detection. Knowledge-Based Systems, 279, Article 110941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2023.110941

The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased considerably in the past few years, which resulted in an exponential growth of cyber attacks on IoT infrastructure. As a consequence, the prompt detection of attacks in IoT environments thr... Read More about A stacking ensemble of deep learning models for IoT intrusion detection.

Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications (2023)
Journal Article
M. Alnahwi, F., I. A. Al-Yasir, Y., See, C. H., S. Abdullah, A., & Abd-Alhameed, A. R. A. (2023). Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications. Sensors, 23(18), Article 7773. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23187773

In the design of phase shifters, the modeling equations are too complicated and require some approximations to be derived correctly by hand. In response to this problem, this paper presents a generalized concept, algorithm, and MATLAB code that provi... Read More about Generalized Concept and MATLAB Code for Modeling and Analyzing Wideband 90° Stub-Loaded Phase Shifters with Simulation and Experimental Verifications.

Reliable and Scalable Routing Under Hybrid SDVN Architecture: A Graph Learning Based Method (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Zhao, L., Min, G., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Hawbani, A., Zomaya, A. Y., & Luo, C. (2023). Reliable and Scalable Routing Under Hybrid SDVN Architecture: A Graph Learning Based Method. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(12), 14022 - 14036. https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2023.3300082

Greedy routing efficiently achieves routing solutions for vehicular networks due to its simplicity and reliability. However, the existing greedy routing schemes have mainly considered simple routing metrics only, e.g., distance based on the local vie... Read More about Reliable and Scalable Routing Under Hybrid SDVN Architecture: A Graph Learning Based Method.

ESPP: Efficient Sector-based Charging Scheduling and Path Planning for WRSNs with Hexagonal Topology (2023)
Journal Article
Naji, A., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Al-Gunid, H. M., Al-Dhabi, Y., Al-Dubai, A., Hussain, A., Zhao, L., & Alsamhi, S. H. (2024). ESPP: Efficient Sector-based Charging Scheduling and Path Planning for WRSNs with Hexagonal Topology. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 9(1), 31 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsusc.2023.3296607

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is a promising technology that can potentially mitigate the energy provisioning problem for sensor networks. In order to efficiently replenish energy for these battery-powered devices, designing appropriate scheduling an... Read More about ESPP: Efficient Sector-based Charging Scheduling and Path Planning for WRSNs with Hexagonal Topology.

MESON: A Mobility-aware Dependent Task Offloading Scheme for Urban Vehicular Edge Computing (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Zhang, E., Wan, S., Hawbani, A., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Min, G., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2024). MESON: A Mobility-aware Dependent Task Offloading Scheme for Urban Vehicular Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 23(5), 4259 - 4272. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2023.3289611

Vehicular Edge Computing (VEC) is the transportation version of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in road scenarios. One key technology of VEC is task offloading, which allows vehicles to send their computation tasks to the surrounding Roadside Units (RSUs... Read More about MESON: A Mobility-aware Dependent Task Offloading Scheme for Urban Vehicular Edge Computing.

Digital Twin Enriched Green Topology Discovery for Next Generation Core Networks (2023)
Journal Article
Duran, K., & Canberk, B. (2023). Digital Twin Enriched Green Topology Discovery for Next Generation Core Networks. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 7(4), 1946 - 1956. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgcn.2023.3282326

Topology discovery is the key function of core network management since it utilizes the perception of data and mapping network devices. Nevertheless, it holds operational and resource efficiency complexities. For example, traditional discovery cannot... Read More about Digital Twin Enriched Green Topology Discovery for Next Generation Core Networks.

Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones (2022)
Journal Article
Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. S., Darwish, M., Moussa, K. H., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Alwadai, N. M., & Mohamed, H. G. (2022). Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones. IEEE Access, 10, 133037-133051. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3227199

In this manuscript, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array system with identical compact antenna elements providing wide radiation and diversity function is introduced for sub 6 GHz fifth-generation (5G) cellular applications. The intr... Read More about Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones.

IoT for Sustainability (2022)
Book Chapter
Davison, B. (2022). IoT for Sustainability. In R. Buyya, L. Garg, G. Fortino, & S. Misra (Eds.), New Frontiers in Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (253-286). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05528-7_10

The Internet of Things (IoT) comprises a set of complementary technologies which offer unprecedented opportunities for interacting with the physical environment. Faced with multiple pressures on our physical wellbeing such as climate change, habitat... Read More about IoT for Sustainability.