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Wireless Traffic Prediction with Large Language Model
Chuanting Zhang, Haixia Zhang, Jingping Qiao +2
The growing demand for intelligent, adaptive resource management in next-generation wireless networks has underscored the importance of accurate and scalable wireless traffic predi…
Delay Tolerant Networking to Extend Connectivity in Rural Areas Using Public Transport Systems: Design And Analysis
Salah Abdeljabar, Marco Zennaro, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In today's digital age, access to the Internet is essential, yet a significant digital divide exists, particularly in rural areas of developing nations. This paper presents a Delay…
Bridging the Educational Divide: A Delay-Tolerant Networking Approach for Equitable Digital Learning in Rural Areas
Salah Abdeljabar, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Access to quality education remains unequal, particularly in rural areas where Internet connectivity is limited or nonexistent. This paper introduces a framework for a digital lear…
ECPv2: Fast, Efficient, and Scalable Global Optimization of Lipschitz Functions
Fares Fourati, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Vaneet Aggarwal
We propose ECPv2, a scalable and theoretically grounded algorithm for global optimization of Lipschitz-continuous functions with unknown Lipschitz constants. Building on the Every…
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…
Stratospheric Grid: A Wireless Power Transfer Enabled HAP Network with Integrated Generation-Grid-Load-Storage Functions
Peng Wang, Eros Kuikel, Jia Ye +1
Conventional high-altitude platforms (HAPs) face challenges in achieving continuous all-weather operation due to intermittent photovoltaic power generation, limited energy storage…
Cybersecurity of High-Altitude Platform Stations: Threat Taxonomy, Attacks and Defenses with Standards Mapping - DDoS Attack Use Case
Chaouki Hjaiji, Bassem Ouni, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) are emerging stratospheric nodes within non-terrestrial networks. We provide a structured overview of HAPS subsystems and principal communica…
SLIPT for Underwater IoT: System Modeling and Performance Analysis
Shunyuan Shang, Ziyuan Shi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
This paper presents a unified analytical framework for a two phase underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) system that integrates Simultaneous Lightwave Information and Po…
Sum Rate and Worst Case SINR Optimization in Multi HAPS Ground Integrated Networks
Shasha Liu, Hayssam Dahrouj, Abla Kammoun +1
Balancing throughput and fairness promises to be a key enabler for achieving large-scale digital inclusion in future vertical heterogeneous networks (VHetNets). In an attempt to ad…
HAPS Communication Networks: A Tutorial-cum-Survey on Integration with Optical Atmospheric Sensing
Ali Elkhazraji, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Aamir Farooq
High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) are emerging as key enablers of future non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), supporting gigabit-class free-space optical (FSO) backhaul links whil…
Optical Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Empowering Non-Terrestrial Communications
Shunyuan Shang, Emna Zedini, Abla Kammoun +1
In this work, we propose an innovative system that combines high-altitude platforms (HAPs) and optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (OIRS) to address line-of-sight (LOS) challen…
Enhancing Non-Terrestrial Network Performance with Free Space Optical Links and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Shunyuan Shang, Emna Zedini, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
The integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), which include high altitude platform (HAP) stations and intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) into communication infrastructures…
Two-Timescale Optimization Framework for IAB-Enabled Heterogeneous UAV Networks
Jikang Deng, Hui Zhou, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In post-disaster scenarios, the rapid deployment of adequate communication infrastructure is essential to support disaster search, rescue, and recovery operations. To achieve this,…
Machine Learning-based Path Loss Prediction in Suburban Environment in the Sub-6 GHz Band
Ferdaous Tarhouni, Muneer AlZubi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Accurate path loss (PL) prediction is crucial for successful network planning, antenna design, and performance optimization in wireless communication systems. Several conventional…
Design and Development of a Scalable and Energy-Efficient Localization Framework Leveraging LoRa Ranging-Capable Transceivers
Hasan Albinsaid, Bodhibrata Mukhopadhyay, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Precise and energy-efficient localization is a critical requirement in many Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in large-scale deployments such as asset tagging, ag…
Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Reliable Interpretation of Radio Regulations
Zakaria El Kassimi, Fares Fourati, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
We study question answering in the domain of radio regulations, a legally sensitive and high-stakes area. We propose a telecom-specific Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelin…
Connectivity Analysis of LoRaWAN-Based Non-Terrestrial Networks for Subterranean mMTC
Kaiqiang Lin, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) offer significant social and economic benefits by enabling the monitoring of subterranean entities. However, the communication reliabil…
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…
A Novel Hybrid Optical and STAR IRS System for NTN Communications
Shunyuan Shang, Emna Zedini, Abla Kammoun +1
This paper proposes a novel non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) system that integrates optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (OIRS) and simultaneous transmitting and reflecting Intel…
Toward Sustainable Subterranean mMTC: Space-Air-Ground-Underground Networks Powered by LoRaWAN and Wireless Energy Transfer
Kaiqiang Lin, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs), which enable real-time sensing and monitoring of underground resources by underground devices (UDs), hold great promise for delivering…
Performance Analysis of SAGIN from the Relay Perspective: A Spherical Stochastic Geometry Approach
Ferdaous Tarhouni, Ruibo Wang, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In recent years, the satellite-aerial-ground integrated network (SAGIN) has become essential in meeting the increasing demands for global wireless communications. In SAGIN, high-al…
UAV-Enabled Wireless-Powered Underground Communication Networks: A Novel Time Allocation Approach
Kaiqiang Lin, Yijie Mao, Onel Luis Alcaraz López +1
Wireless-powered underground communication networks (WPUCNs), which allow underground devices (UDs) to harvest energy from wireless signals for battery-free communication, offer a…
Fundamental limits via CRB of semi-blind channel estimation in Massive MIMO systems
Xue Zhang, Abla Kammoun, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of the deterministic and stochastic Cramér-Rao Bounds (CRB) for semi-blind channel estimation in massive multiple-input multiple-out…