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20182026
most citedA Proactive Scalable Approach for Reliable Cluster Formationin Wireless Networks with D2D Offloading

16 citations · 19 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

eess.SP2026

Joint Beamforming and Antenna Placement Optimization in Pinching Antenna Systems with User Mobility: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Ali Amhaz, Mohamed Elhattab, Chadi Assi +1

Recently, the pinching antenna systems (PASS) have attracted significant attention due to their ability to exploit dynamically reconfigurable pinching points along waveguides for f…

eess.SP2025

Coordinated Multipoint Transmission in Pinching Antenna Systems

Ali Amhaz, Shreya Khisa, Mohamed Elhattab +2

We study a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission where two base stations (BSs), each supported by a pinching antenna system (PASS), are deployed to jointly serve communicatio…

eess.SP2025

Joint Uplink and Downlink Resource Allocation and Antenna Activation for Pinching Antenna Systems

Shreya Khisa, Ali Amhaz, Mohamed Elhattab +2

In this paper, we explore a novel joint uplink and downlink framework utilizing a pinching antenna system (PASS). We consider two waveguides, one dedicated to transmission and one…

eess.SP2025

Meta-Learning-Driven Resource Optimization in Full-Duplex ISAC with Movable Antennas

Ali Amhaz, Shreya Khisa, Mohamed Elhattab +2

This paper investigates a full-duplex (FD) scenario where a base station (BS) equipped with movable antennas (MAs) simultaneously provides communication services to a set of downli…

cs.ET2025★ 2 cited

A UAV-Aided Digital Twin Framework for IoT Networks with High Accuracy and Synchronization

Ghofran Khalaf, May Itani, Sanaa Sharafeddine

With the continued growth of its core technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data and data analytics, and edge computing, digital t…

eess.SY2025

Meta-Learning Driven Movable-Antenna-assisted Full-Duplex RSMA for Multi-User Communication: Performance and Optimization

Shreya Khisa, Ali Amhaz, Mohamed Elhattab +2

Full-duplex (FD) radios at base station (BS) have gained significant interest because of their ability to simultaneously transmit and receive signals on the same frequency band. Ho…

eess.SP2025

Enhancing CoMP-RSMA Performance with Movable Antennas: A Meta-Learning Optimization Framework

Ali Amhaz, Shreya Khisa, Mohamed Elhattab +2

This study investigates a downlink rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) scenario in which multiple base stations (BSs), employing a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission sch…

eess.SP2024

Gradient-Based Meta Learning for Uplink RSMA with Beyond Diagonal RIS

Shreya Khisa, Ali Amhaz, Mohamed Elhattab +2

Beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) has emerged as an innovative and generalized RIS framework that provides greater flexibility in wave manipulation and en…

eess.SY2024

Optimizing Downlink C-NOMA Transmission with Movable Antennas: A DDPG-based Approach

Ali Amhaz, Mohamed Elhattab, Chadi Assi +1

This paper analyzes a downlink C-NOMA scenario where a base station (BS) is deployed to serve a pair of users equipped with movable antenna (MA) technology. The user with better ch…

eess.SP2024

Optimizing Multi-User Uplink Cooperative Rate-Splitting Multiple Access: Efficient User Pairing and Resource Allocation

Shreya Khisa, Mohamad Elhattab, Chadi Assi +1

This paper investigates joint user pairing, power and time slot duration allocation in the uplink multiple-input single-output (MISO) multi-user cooperative rate-splitting multiple…

eess.SP2023

Multi-IRS Aided Mobile Edge Computing for High Reliability and Low Latency Services

Elie El Haber, Mohamed Elhattab, Chadi Assi +2

Although multi-access edge computing (MEC) has allowed for computation offloading at the network edge, weak wireless signals in the radio access network caused by obstacles and hig…

cs.IT2022

Energy Consumption Optimization in RIS-Assisted Cooperative RSMA Cellular Networks

Shreya Khisa, Mohamad Elhattab, Chadi Assi +1

This paper presents a downlink reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted half-duplex (HD) cooperative rate splitting multiple access (C-RSMA) networks. The proposed system…

cs.DC2021

ABET Accreditation: A Way Forward for PDC Education

Sherif G. Aly, Haidar Harmanani, Rajendra K. Raj +1

With parallel and distributed computing (PDC) now wide-spread, modern computing programs must incorporate PDC within the curriculum. ACM and IEEE Computer Society's Computer Scienc…

eess.IV2021

RIS-Assisted UAV for Timely Data Collection in IoT Networks

Ahmed Al-Hilo, Moataz Samir, Mohamed Elhattab +2

Intelligent Transportation Systems are thriving thanks to a wide range of technological advances, namely 5G communications, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and edge com…

eess.SP2021★ 1 cited

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Enabled Vehicular Communication: Joint User Scheduling and Passive Beamforming

Ahmed Al-Hilo, Moataz Samir, Mohamed Elhattab +2

Given its ability to control and manipulate wireless environments, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), also known as intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), has emerged as a ke…

eess.SP2020

Optimizing Age of Information Through Aerial Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Moataz Samir, Mohamed Elhattab, Chadi Assi +2

We investigate the benefits of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements to passively relay information sampled by Internet…

eess.SP2020

A Low-Complexity Framework for Joint User Pairing and Power Control for Cooperative NOMA in 5G and Beyond Cellular Networks

Phuc Dinh, Mohamed Amine Arfaoui, Sanaa Sharafeddine +2

This paper investigates the performance of cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (C-NOMA) in a cellular downlink system. The system model consists of a base station (BS) servi…

cs.NI2018

On-Demand Deployment of Multiple Aerial Base Stations for Traffic Offloading and Network Recovery

Sanaa Sharafeddine, Rania Islambouli

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being utilized for a wide spectrum of applications in wireless networks leading to attractive business opportunities. In the case of abrupt disr…

cs.NI2018★ 16 cited

A Proactive Scalable Approach for Reliable Cluster Formationin Wireless Networks with D2D Offloading

Sanaa Sharafeddine, Omar Farhat

With the current exponential growth in traffic and service demands, device-to-device (D2D) cooperation is identified as a major mechanism to enable 5G networks to effectively and e…