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cs.IT2026

Pinching Antenna Systems (PASS): Enabling Reconfigurable and Controllable Wireless Channels -- A Comprehensive Survey

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa Qaraqe

The evolution of wireless networks is driving new paradigms for consideration in upcoming generations. To this end, the 6G anticipates the development of several data-rate-hungry a…

cs.IT2026

Beyond-Diagonal RIS For Enhanced Secrecy and Sensing Gains in Secure ISAC Networks: An Optimization Framework

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa Qaraqe

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been receiving a notable interest as an energy- and spectrum-efficient enabler for simultaneous communication and sensing. Notably,…

cs.IT2025

Secure Pinching Antenna-aided ISAC

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa Qaraqe, Ali Ghrayeb

In this letter, a pinching antenna (PA)-aided scheme for establishing a secure integrated sensing and communication system (ISAC) is investigated. The underlying system comprises a…

cs.IT2025

On the Secrecy of RIS-aided THz Wireless System subject to fading with Pointing Errors

Faissal El Bouanani, Elmehdi Illi, Marwa Qaraqe +1

The study examines the secrecy outage probability (SOP) and intercept probability (IP) of a reflecting intelligent surface (RIS)-enabled THz wireless network experiencing fad…

cs.IT2025

On the Secrecy-Sensing Optimization of RIS-assisted Full-Duplex Integrated Sensing and Communication Network

Elmehdi Illi, Ahmad Bazzi, Marwa Qaraqe +1

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has recently emerged as a viable technique for establishing sensing and communication using the same resources. Nonetheless, the operati…

cs.IT2024

On the Secrecy Enhancement of an Integrated Ground-Aerial Network with a Hybrid FSO/THz Feeder Link

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa Qaraqe

High altitude platforms (HAPs)-aided terrestrial-aerial communication technology based on free-space optical (FSO) and Terahertz (THz) feeder links has been attracting notable inte…

cs.IT2022★ 1 cited

Can Artificial Noise Boost Further the Secrecy of Dual-hop RIS-aided Networks?

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa K. Qaraqe, Faissal El Bouanani +1

In this paper, we quantify the physical layer security of a dual-hop regenerative relaying-based wireless communication system assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs…

cs.IT2022

On the Physical Layer Security of a Dual-Hop UAV-based Network in the Presence of per-hop Eavesdropping and Imperfect CSI

Elmehdi Illi, Marwa K. Qaraqe, F. El Bouanani +1

In this paper, the physical layer security of a dual-hop unmanned aerial vehicle-based wireless network, subject to imperfect channel state information (CSI) and mobility effects,…

cs.IT2020

On the Distribution of the Sum of Málaga- Random Variables and Applications

Elmehdi Illi, Faissal El Bouanani, Fouad Ayoub

In this paper, a very accurate approximation method for the statistics of the sum of Málaga- random variates with pointing error (MRVs) is proposed. In particular, the…

cs.IT2020

Analysis of Asymmetric Dual-Hop Energy Harvesting-Based Wireless Communication Systems in Mixed Fading Environments

Elmehdi Illi, Faissal El Bouanani, Paschalis C. Sofotasios +4

In this paper, the performance of a dual-hop energy harvesting-based fixed-gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying communication system, subject to fading impairments, is investigat…

cs.IT2020

A PHY Layer Security Analysis of a Hybrid High Throughput Satellite with an Optical Feeder Link

Elmehdi Illi, Faissal El Bouanani, Fouad Ayoub +1

Hybrid terrestrial-satellite (HTS) communication systems have gained a tremendous amount of interest recently due to the high demand for global high data rates. Conventional satell…