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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…