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User-Target Pairing for NOMA-Enabled ISAC in Low-Altitude Wireless Networks
Irfan Azam, Muddasir Rahim, Soumaya Cherkaoui
This paper presents a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework for low-altitude wireless networks (LAWN), where an aerial…
Hierarchical RIS Association for FR3 Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
Muddasir Rahim, Irfan Azam, Soumaya Cherkaoui
The growing demand for diverse sixth-generation (6G) applications requires efficient connectivity, seamless service continuity, and extended network coverage. Although terrestrial…
RIS-Assisted Reliability Maximization for URLLC in Upper Mid-Band 6G Networks
Muddasir Rahim, Irfan Azam, Soumaya Cherkaoui
In sixth-generation (6G) networks, supporting ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) services imposes stringent requirements on reliability, latency, and efficient resour…
Quantum-Aided Active Device Detection in Energy-Harvesting Symbiotic Radio Networks
Remon Polus, Deemah Tashman, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Massive connectivity in next-generation networks demands energy- and spectrum-efficient solutions for large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. Symbiotic radio (SR) enables…
Rouxii: Exploiting Honeypots with Deception-Aware AI Pentesters
Arthur Cordeiro, Alberto Maria Mongardini, Emmanouil Vasilomanolakis
Honeypots are designed to deceive attackers, and recent work shows they can also derail autonomous LLM-based pentesters. These evaluations, however, largely consider attackers unaw…
End-to-End Quantum Semantic Communication with Variational Quantum Neural Networks
Melek Krichen, Nikhitha Nunavath, Riccardo Bassoli +2
Quantum-enabled learning is increasingly being explored for future communication and networking applications, including distributed sensing, Internet of Things (IoT), and distribut…
RF Spectrogram Anomaly Detection with Quantum Kitchen Sinks: Architecture, Representation, and Hardware Validation
Abdallah Aaraba, Alexis Vieloszynski, Remon Polus +2
The broadcast nature of wireless channels exposes radio-frequency (RF) networks to anomalous and malicious transmissions, making anomaly detection a fundamental requirement for sec…
Grover-Based PLS: AUD and Beamforming with Artificial Noise in CD-NOMA
Deemah H. Tashman, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Sixth-Generation (6G) networks will require massive connectivity, ultra-low latency, and robust security, making reliable Active User Detection (AUD) essential for interference con…
Securing the Future of IoMT in the Post-Quantum Era: An Edge-Native Federated Learning Approach
Taym Alshoghri, Deemah H. Tashman, Mohammad Reza Gerami +1
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices operate under strict resource constraints while handling highly sensitive health data, making security and privacy critical concerns. Fede…
X-Band UAV-enabled Integrated Sensing and Communications for Vehicular Networks
Remon Polus, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly considered as aerial platforms capable of providing both sensing and communication services, representing a promising paradigm for…
Privacy-Aware Agent Collaboration for Dynamic VR Slice Management in 6G SD-RAN
Khaled M. Naguib, Soumaya Cherkaoui, Mahmoud M. Elmesalawy +2
Ultra-low latency and high throughput are required for Virtual Reality (VR) services in 6G networks, which presents critical challenges for Software-Defined Radio Access Networks (…
DRL-Driven Edge-Aware Utility Optimization for Multi-Slice 6G Networks
Khaled M. Naguib, Soumaya Cherkaoui, Mahmoud M. Elmessalawy +2
Virtual Reality (VR) services delivered over 6G networks demand ultra-low latency and high bandwidth to ensure seamless user experiences. This paper presents an intelligent resourc…
When Critics Disagree: Adaptive Reward Poisoning Attacks in RIS-Aided Wireless Control System
Deemah H. Tashman, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Reward-poisoning attacks present a significant risk to learning-based wireless control systems. Given this, we propose a Disagreement-Guided Reward Poisoning (DGRP) adaptive attack…
RIS-Assisted Joint Resource Allocation for 6G FR3 IoT Networks
Muddasir Rahim, Irfan Azam, Soumaya Cherkaoui
In sixth-generation (6G) networks, the deployment of large numbers of Internet of Things (IoT) users (IU) necessitates efficient resource utilization and reliable connectivity, mak…
Adversarial Attacks in AI-Driven RAN Slicing: SLA Violations and Recovery
Deemah H. Tashman, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Next-generation (NextG) cellular networks are designed to support emerging applications with diverse data rate and latency requirements, such as immersive multimedia services and l…
ML-Enabled Open RAN: A Comprehensive Survey of Architectures, Challenges, and Opportunities
Mira Chandra Kirana, Patatchona Keyela, Fatemeh Rostamian +2
As wireless communication systems become more advanced, Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) stand out as a notable framework that promotes interoperability and cost-effectiveness. A…
Trustworthy AI-Driven Dynamic Hybrid RIS: Joint Optimization and Reward Poisoning-Resilient Control in Cognitive MISO Networks
Deemah H. Tashman, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) are a key mechanism for alleviating spectrum scarcity by enabling secondary users (SUs) to opportunistically access licensed frequency bands without…
QuaRK: A Quantum Reservoir Kernel for Time Series Learning
Abdallah Aaraba, Soumaya Cherkaoui, Ola Ahmad +1
Quantum reservoir computing offers a promising route for time series learning by modelling sequential data via rich quantum dynamics while the only training required happens at the…
Reliable IoT Communications in 6G Non-Terrestrial Networks with Dual RIS
Muddasir Rahim, Soumaya Cherkaoui
The increasing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) applications has accelerated the need for robust resource allocation in sixth-generation (6G) networks. In this paper, we propose…
Dual-Tier IRS-Assisted Mid-Band 6G Mobile Networks: Robust Beamforming and User Association
Muddasir Rahim, Soumaya Cherkaoui
The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) applications necessitates robust resource allocation in future sixth-generation (6G) networks, particularly at the upper mid-band (7-15…
Priority-Based Bandwidth Allocation in Network Slicing-Enabled Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
Manobendu Sarker, Soumaya Cherkaoui
This paper addresses joint admission control and per-user equipment (UE) bandwidth allocation to maximize weighted sum-rate in network slicing-enabled user-centric cell-free (CF) m…
Network Slicing Resource Management in Uplink User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
Manobendu Sarker, Soumaya Cherkaoui
This paper addresses the joint optimization of per-user equipment (UE) bandwidth allocation and UE-access point (AP) association to maximize weighted sum-rate while satisfying hete…
QFed: Parameter-Compact Quantum-Classical Federated Learning
Samar Abdelghani, Soumaya Cherkaoui
Organizations and enterprises across domains such as healthcare, finance, and scientific research are increasingly required to extract collective intelligence from distributed, sil…
Quantum Gated Recurrent GAN with Gaussian Uncertainty for Network Anomaly Detection
Wajdi Hammami, Soumaya Cherkaoui, Jean-Frederic Laprade +2
Anomaly detection in time-series data is a critical challenge with significant implications for network security. Recent quantum machine learning approaches, such as quantum kernel…