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most citedRelaying Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting and Information Processing

2k citations · 2.7k across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

eess.SP2023★ 12 cited

Review of Contemporary Energy Harvesting Techniques and Their Feasibility in Wireless Geophones

Naveed Iqbal, Mudassir Masood, Ali Nasir +1

Energy harvesting converts ambient energy to electrical energy providing numerous opportunities to realize wireless sensors. Seismic exploration is a prime avenue to benefit from i…

cs.IT2023

Performance Analysis and Optimization of Multi-RIS-Aided UAV Networks

Khaled Alshehri, Anas M. Salhab, Ali Arshad Nasir

In this paper, we study the performance of multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication networks over Nakagami- fading c…

cs.IT2022★ 1 cited

Multiple RISs-Aided Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimization

Mahmoud Aldababsa, Anas M. Salhab, Ali Arshad Nasir +2

This paper analyzes the performance of multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-aided networks. The paper also provides some optimization results on the number of reflec…

cs.IT2020★ 18 cited

Relay Selection & Power Allocation for Maximizing Sum-Throughput of a Buffered Relay Network

F. A. Khan, Z. A. Malik, A. A. Nasir +1

Considering two-hop cooperative communication with buffered half-duplex relays, this work jointly optimizes relay selection and transmit power at the relay to maximize the sum-thro…

eess.SP2020

On the Effective Capacity of IRS-assisted wireless communication

Waqas Aman, M. Mahboob Ur Rahman, Shuja Ansari +4

We consider futuristic, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)-aided communication between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) for two distinct scenarios: a single-input,…

cs.IT2019★ 5 cited

Full-Duplex MIMO-OFDM Communication with Self-Energy Recycling

Ali A. Nasir, H. D. Tuan, T. Q. Duong +1

This paper focuses on energy recycling in full-duplex (FD) relaying multiple-input-multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication. The loop self-in…

cs.IT2018

UAV-Enabled Communication Using NOMA

Ali A. Nasir, Hoang D. Tuan, Trung Q. Duong +1

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed as flying base stations (BSs) to leverage the strength of line-of-sight connections and effectively support the coverage and through…

eess.SY2018

PMU Placement Optimization for Smart Grid Obvervability and State Estimation

Y. Shi, H. D. Tuan, A. A. Nasir +2

In this paper, phasor measurement unit (PMU) placement for power grid state estimation under different degrees of observability is studied. Observability degree is the depth of the…

cs.IT2018★ 2 cited

NOMA for throughput and EE maximization in Energy Harvesting Enabled Networks

A. A. Nasir, H. D. Tuan, T. Q. Duong +1

Wireless power transfer via radio-frequency (RF) radiation is regarded as a potential solution to energize energy-constrained users, who are deployed close to the base stations (ne…

cs.IT2017★ 6 cited

Power Allocation for Energy Efficiency and Secrecy of Interference Wireless Networks

Zhichao Sheng, Hoang Duong Tuan, Ali Arshad Nasir +2

Considering a multi-user interference network with an eavesdropper, this paper aims at the power allocation to optimize the worst secrecy throughput among the network links or the…

cs.ET2017

Cooperative In-Vivo Nano-Network Communication at Terahertz Frequencies

Qammer H. Abbasi, Ali Arshad Nasir, Ke Yang +2

Nano devices have great potential to play a vital role in future medical diagnostics and treatment technologies because of its non-invasive nature and ability to reach delicate bod…

cs.IT2016

Secure and Energy-Efficient Beamforming for Simultaneous Information and Energy Transfer

Ali A. Nasir, Hoang D. Tuan, Trung Q. Duong +1

Next-generation communication networks will likely involve the energy-efficient transfer of information and energy over the same wireless channel, for which the physical layer will…

cs.IT2016★ 55 cited

A Multiband OFDMA Heterogeneous Network for Millimeter Wave 5G Wireless Applications

Solmaz Niknam, Ali A. Nasir, Hani Mehrpouyan +1

Emerging fifth generation (5G) wireless networks require massive bandwidth in higher frequency bands, extreme network densities, and flexibility of supporting multiple wireless tec…

cs.IT2016★ 22 cited

Path-Following Algorithms for Beamforming and Signal Splitting in RF Energy Harvesting Networks

Ali A. Nasir, Hoang D. Tuan, Duy T. Ngo +2

We consider the joint design of transmit beamforming and receive signal-splitting ratios in the downlink of a wireless network with simultaneous radio-frequency (RF) information an…

cs.MM2016★ 1 cited

Joint Data Detection and Phase Noise Mitigation for Light Field Video Transmission in MIMO-OFDM Systems

Omar H. Salim, Wei Xiang, Ali A. Nasi +2

Previous studies in the literature for video transmission over wireless communication systems focused on combating the effects of additive channel noise and fading channels without…

cs.IT2015

Superimposed Signaling Inspired Channel Estimation in Full-Duplex Systems

Abbas Koohian, Hani Mehrpouyan, Ali A. Nasir +3

Residual self-interference (SI) cancellation in the digital baseband is an important problem in full-duplex (FD) communication systems. In this paper, we propose a new technique fo…

cs.IT2015★ 103 cited

Mode Selection, Resource Allocation and Power Control for D2D-Enabled Two-Tier Cellular Network

Yifei Huang, Ali A. Nasir, Salman Durrani +1

This paper proposes a centralized decision making framework at the macro base station (MBS) for device to device (D2D) communication underlaying a two-tier cellular network. We con…

cs.IT2015★ 102 cited

Timing and Carrier Synchronization in Wireless Communication Systems: A Survey and Classification of Research in the Last Five Years

A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani, H. Mehrpouyan +2

Timing and carrier synchronization is a fundamental requirement for any wireless communication system to work properly. Timing synchronization is the process by which a receiver no…

cs.IT2014★ 53 cited

Joint Resource Optimization for Multicell Networks with Wireless Energy Harvesting Relays

Ali A. Nasir, Duy T. Ngo, Xiangyun Zhou +2

This paper first considers a multicell network deployment where the base station (BS) of each cell communicates with its cell-edge user with the assistance of an amplify-and-forwar…

cs.IT2013★ 84 cited

Channel, Phase Noise, and Frequency Offset in OFDM Systems: Joint Estimation, Data Detection, and Hybrid Cramer-Rao Lower Bound

Omar H. Salim, Ali A. Nasir, Hani Mehrpouyan +3

Oscillator phase noise (PHN) and carrier frequency offset (CFO) can adversely impact the performance of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, since they can re…

cs.IT2013★ 294 cited

Wireless-Powered Relays in Cooperative Communications: Time-Switching Relaying Protocols and Throughput Analysis

Ali Arshad Nasir, Xiangyun Zhou, Salman Durrani +1

We consider wireless-powered amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward relaying in cooperative communications, where an energy constrained relay node first harvests energy through…

cs.IT2013★ 10 cited

Training-Based Synchronization and Channel Estimation in AF Two-Way Relaying Networks

Ali Arshad Nasir, Hani Mehrpouyan, Salman Durrani +2

Two-way relaying networks (TWRNs) allow for more bandwidth efficient use of the available spectrum since they allow for simultaneous information exchange between two users with the…

cs.IT2013

Joint Phase Noise Estimation and Data Detection in Coded MIMO Systems

Arif O. Isikman, Hani Mehrpouyan, Ali A. Nasir +2

In this paper, the problem of joint oscillator phase noise (PHN) estimation and data detection for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems using bit-interleaved coded modulation (B…

cs.IT2012★ 2k cited

Relaying Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting and Information Processing

A. A. Nasir, X. Zhou, S. Durrani +1

An emerging solution for prolonging the lifetime of energy constrained relay nodes in wireless networks is to avail the ambient radio-frequency (RF) signal and to simultaneously ha…