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20172026
most citedJoint User Association and Resource Allocation in the Uplink of Heterogeneous Networks

64 citations · 240 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

eess.SP2026

A Novel Pulse Radar Framework for ISAC-FD-enabled URLLC Systems

Atefeh Rezaei, Ata Khalili, Falko Dressler +1

We propose a novel pulse radar framework for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems supporting full-duplex (FD) ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC). Motiv…

cs.IT2026

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cognitive Time-Division Joint SAR and Secure Communications

Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri, Ata Khalili, Yujiao Liu +2

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging can be exploited to enhance wireless communication performance through high-precision environmental awareness. However, integrating sensing a…

eess.SP2026

Clustered Movable Pinching Antennas: Realizing Beamforming Gains and Target Diversity in ISAC Systems with Look-Angle-Dependent RCS

Ata Khalili, Brikena Kaziu, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +1

We investigate a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system enabled by pinching antennas (PAs), which are dynamically activated along a dielectric waveguide. Unlike p…

eess.SP2025

Resolving the Double Near-Far Problem via Wireless Powered Pinching-Antenna Networks

Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Gui Zhou, Brikena Kaziu +4

This letter introduces a novel wireless powered communication system, referred to as a wireless powered pinching-antenna network (WPPAN), utilizing a single waveguide with pinching…

eess.SP2025

Pinching Antenna-enabled ISAC Systems: Exploiting Look-Angle Dependence of RCS for Target Diversity

Ata Khalili, Brikena Kaziu, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +1

We investigate a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system supported by pinching antennas (PAs), which can be dynamically activated along a dielectric waveguide to c…

eess.SP2025

Movable Antenna Enabled ISAC: Tackling Slow Antenna Movement, Dynamic RCS, and Imperfect CSI via Two-timescale Optimizati

Ata Khalili, Robert Schober

We investigate resource allocation for a movable antenna (MA) enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system scanning a sector for sensing and simultaneously serving mu…

eess.SP2024

Advanced ISAC Design: Movable Antennas and Accounting for Dynamic RCS

Ata Khalili, Robert Schober

We investigate resource allocation in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems exploiting movable antennas (MAs) to enhance system performance. Unlike the existing ISAC…

eess.SP2024

Efficient UAV Hovering, Resource Allocation, and Trajectory Design for ISAC with Limited Backhaul Capacity

Ata Khalili, Atefeh Rezaei, Dongfang Xu +2

In this paper, we investigate the joint resource allocation and trajectory design for a multi-user, multi-target unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and commun…

eess.SP2023

Resource Allocation for UAV-Assisted Industrial IoT User with Finite Blocklength

Atefeh Rezaei, Ata Khalili, Falko Dressler

We consider a relay system empowered by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that facilitates downlink information delivery while adhering to finite blocklength requirements. The setup…

cs.IT2023★ 1 cited

On the Energy Efficiency of THz-NOMA enhanced UAV Cooperative Network with SWIPT

Jalal Jalali, Ata Khalili, Hina Tabassum +3

This paper considers the energy efficiency (EE) maximization of a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-assisted unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) cooperative n…

eess.SP2023

Smart Resource Allocation Model via Artificial Intelligence in Software Defined 6G Networks

Ali Nouruzi, Atefeh Rezaei, Ata Khalili +4

In this paper, we design a new flexible smart software-defined radio access network (Soft-RAN) architecture with traffic awareness for sixth generation (6G) wireless networks. In p…

eess.SP2023

Energy-Aware Resource Allocation and Trajectory Design for UAV-Enabled ISAC

Ata Khalili, Atefeh Rezaei, Dongfang Xu +1

In this paper, we investigate joint resource allocation and trajectory design for multi-user multi-target unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication…

cs.IT2022★ 1 cited

Integrated Sensing and Communication in Distributed Antenna Networks

Dongfang Xu, Ata Khalili, Xianghao Yu +2

In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation design for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in distributed antenna networks (DANs). In particular, coordinated by a…

cs.IT2022

Integrating Sensing, Computing, and Communication in 6G Wireless Networks: Design and Optimization

Qiao Qi, Xiaoming Chen, Ata Khalili +3

The roll-out of various emerging wireless services has triggered the need for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks to provide functions of target sensing, intelligent comput…

eess.SP2022★ 4 cited

Toward a Smart Resource Allocation Policy via Artificial Intelligence in 6G Networks: Centralized or Decentralized?

Ali Nouruzi, Atefeh Rezaei, Ata Khalili +4

In this paper, we design a new smart softwaredefined radio access network (RAN) architecture with important properties like flexibility and traffic awareness for sixth generation (…

cs.IT2021

Resource Management for Transmit Power Minimization in UAV-Assisted RIS HetNets Supported by Dual Connectivity

Ata Khalili, Ehsan Mohammadi Monfard, Shayan Zargari +3

This paper proposes a novel approach to improve the performance of a heterogeneous network (HetNet) supported by dual connectivity (DC) by adopting multiple unmanned aerial vehicle…

cs.IT2021

Max-Min Fair Energy-Efficient Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided SWIPT Systems with Non-linear Energy Harvesting Model

Shayan Zargari, Ata Khalili, Qingqing Wu +2

This paper considers an intelligent reflecting sur-face (IRS)-aided simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) network, where multiple users decode data and harve…

cs.IT2021★ 3 cited

Multi-Objective Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided SWIPT

A. Khalili, S. Zargari, Q. Wu +2

In this letter, we study the resource allocation for a multiuser intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system. Spe…

cs.IT2021★ 17 cited

Energy Efficiency Maximization in the Uplink Delta-OMA Networks

Ramin Hashemi, Hamzeh Beyranvand, Mohammad Robat Mili +3

Delta-orthogonal multiple access (D-OMA) has been recently investigated as a potential technique to enhance the spectral efficiency in the sixth-generation (6G) networks. D-OMA ena…

eess.SP2021★ 35 cited

Robust Energy-Efficient Resource Management, SIC Ordering, and Beamforming Design for MC MISO-NOMA Enabled 6G

Abolfazl Zakeri, Ata Khalili, Mohammad Reza Javan +2

This paper studies a novel approach for successive interference cancellation (SIC) ordering and beamforming in a multiple antennas non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network wit…

cs.IT2020

Multi-objective Resource Allocation for D2D and Enabled MC-NOMA Networks by Tchebycheff Method

Siavash Bayat, Ata Khalili, Shayan Zargari +2

This paper considers a resource allocation problem in device-to-device (D2D) communications sharing the same frequency spectrum. In particular, the CUs utilize non-orthogonal multi…

eess.SP2020★ 15 cited

Joint Transmission in QoE-Driven Backhaul-Aware MC-NOMA Cognitive Radio Network

Hosein Zarini, Ata Khalili, Hina Tabassum +1

In this paper, we develop a resource allocation framework to optimize the downlink transmission of a backhaul-aware multi-cell cognitive radio network (CRN) which is enabled with m…

eess.SP2020★ 17 cited

Multi-Objective Energy Efficient Resource Allocation and User Association for In-band Full Duplex Small-Cells

Sheyda Zarandi, Ata Khalili, Mehdi Rasti +1

In this paper, we develop a framework to maximize the network energy efficiency (EE) by optimizing joint user-base station~(BS) association,~subchannel assignment, and power contro…

cs.IT2020★ 10 cited

Performance Trade-off Between Uplink and Downlink in Full-Duplex Communications

Ata Khalili, Mohammad Robat Mili, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

In this paper, we formulate two multi-objective optimization problems (MOOPs) in orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA)-based in-band full-duplex (IBFD) wireless com…