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Coverage Analysis of Large-Scale HAPS Networks Using Directional Beams
Zhengying Lou, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
High-altitude platform stations (HAPS) are pivotal in next-generation wireless networks for reducing core network burdens and enabling cost-effective communication. In this article…
High-Altitude Platforms in the Low-Altitude Economy: Bridging Communication, Computing, and Regulation
Bang Huang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
The Low-Altitude Economy (LAE) is rapidly emerging as a new technological and industrial frontier, with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTO…
The Triple-C Paradigm: Cooperative, Complementary, and Competitive Modes for TBS-HAPS-LEO Integration
Eros Kuikel, Sidrah Javed, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki +3
The growing demands of ubiquitous and resilient global coverage have pushed existing networks to their operational limits, making it increasingly difficult to meet all requirements…
THz/RF Multi-Hop Routing Throughput: Performance, Optimization, and Application
Zhengying Lou, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Terahertz (THz) communication offers a promising solution for high-throughput wireless systems. However, the severe path loss of THz signals raises concerns about its effectiveness…
Non-Terrestrial Network Models Using Stochastic Geometry: Planar or Spherical?
Ruibo Wang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Howard H. Yang +1
With the explosive deployment of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), the computational complexity of network performance analysis is rapidly escalating. As one of the most suitable ma…
Extended Road-Aware Line-of-Sight Probability Model for Urban Air Mobility
Abdullah Abu Zaid, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
As urban air mobility (UAM) emerges as a transformative solution to urban transportation, the demand for robust communication frameworks capable of supporting high-density aerial t…
Network-Level Analysis of Integrated Sensing and Communication Using Stochastic Geometry
Ruibo Wang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Xue Zhang +1
To meet the demands of densely deploying communication and sensing devices in the next generation of wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology is em…
Exploring UAV Networking from the Terrain Information Completeness Perspective: A Tutorial
Zhengying Lou, Ruibo Wang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki +2
Terrain information is a crucial factor affecting the performance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. As a tutorial, this article provides a unique perspective on the comple…
Terrain-Based UAV Deployment: Providing Coverage for Outdoor Users
Zhengying Lou, Ruibo Wang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki +2
Deploying unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks to provide coverage for outdoor users has attracted great attention during the last decade. However, outdoor coverage is challengin…
Aerial-Aided mmWave VANETs Using NOMA: Performance Analysis, Comparison, and Insights
Abdullah Abu Zaid, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In this paper, we propose the integration of tethered flying platforms in cooperative vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) to alleviate the problems of rapid urbanization. In this co…
Harnessing the Potential of Optical Communications for the Metaverse
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abderrahmen Trichili, Boon S. Ooi +1
The Metaverse is a digital world that offers an immersive virtual experience. However, the Metaverse applications are bandwidth-hungry and delay-sensitive that require ultrahigh da…
Coverage Analysis of Hybrid RF/THz Networks With Best Relay Selection
Zhengying Lou, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Utilizing terahertz (THz) transmission to enhance coverage has proven various benefits compared to traditional radio frequency (RF) counterparts. This letter proposes a dual-hop de…
System-Level Metrics for Non-Terrestrial Networks Under Stochastic Geometry Framework
Qi Huang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Ahmed M. Eltawil +1
Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are considered one of the key enablers in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks; and with their rapid growth, system-level metrics analysis adds c…
On the Usage of Networked Tethered Flying Platforms for Massive Events -- Case Study: Hajj Pilgrimage
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
The Hajj is a religious Muslim pilgrimage undertaken annually by 2-3 million people in Makkah. Consequently, several problems arise due to the sheer number of pilgrims, and therefo…
eVTOL Communications and Networking in UAM: Requirements, Key Enablers, and Challenges
Abdullah Abu Zaid, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have attracted great attention during the last years as the long-awaited enabler of urban air mobility (UAM), allowing a more…
Unleashing the Potential of Networked Tethered Flying Platforms for B5G/6G: Prospects, Challenges, and Applications
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Researchers are currently speculating about what the role of beyond fifth-generation (B5G) or sixth generation (6G) wireless systems will be. Several use cases and applications are…
On the Performance of Cooperative NOMA Using MRC at Road Intersections in the Presence of Interference
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
As the traffic safety has become of utmost importance, much attention is given to intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), and more particularly to vehicular communications (VCs)…
Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Cooperative NOMA Protocol at Road Junctions
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
Vehicular communications (VCs) protocols offer useful contributions in the context of accident prevention thanks to the transmission of alert messages. This is even truer at road i…
On the Outage Probability of Vehicular Communications at Intersections Over Nakagami-m Fading Channels
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
In this paper, we study vehicular communications (VCs) at intersections, in the presence of interference over Nakagami-m fading channels. The interference are originated from vehic…
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Performance for Millimeter Wave in Vehicular Communications
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
In this paper, we study the performance of millimeter wave (mmWave) vehicular communications (VCs) using non-orthogonal multiple access scheme (NOMA) at road intersections, since t…
Outage Analysis of Cooperative NOMA Using Maximum Ratio Combining at Intersections
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
The paper investigates the improvement of using maximum ratio combining (MRC) in cooperative vehicular communications (VCs) transmission schemes considering non-orthogonal multiple…
Performance Analysis of Cooperative Communications at Road Intersections Using Stochastic Geometry Tools
Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Abdelkrim Hamza, Benoît Escrig
Vehicular safety communications (VSCs) are known to provide relevant contributions to avoid congestions and prevent road accidents, and more particularly at road intersections sinc…