Conference Proceedings

  1. M. Alaslani*, S. Suri, B. Shihada, and F. Nawab, "Synopsis: a Scalable Byzantine Distributed Ledger for IoT Networks", International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications", pp. 1-9, 2024 [PDF]

  2. L. Yang*, O. Amin†, and B. Shihada, "Real-Time Freezing of Gait Detection: Harnessing Advanced AI for Better Mobility", International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services, pp. 1-6, 2024 [PDF]

  3. Y. Liu*, O. Amin†, N. Al-Harthi, J. Elmirghani, A. Eltawil, and B. Shihada, "Empowering Cognitive City Wireless Communication Vision", IEEE Smart Mobility Conference, pp. 1 - 8, 2024 [PDF]

  4. S. Ammar*, O. Amin†, and B. Shihada, "Tethered UAV-based Communications for Under-connected Near-shore Maritime Areas", IEEE BlackSeaCom Conference, pp. 1 - 6, 2024 [PDF]

  5. Z. Lu*, O. Amin†, and B. Shihada, "A Molecular-based Authentication and Authorization for Internet of Things Systems", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 6, 2024 [PDF]

    2023

  6. F. Alqurashi*, O. Amin†, and B. Shihada, “Delay Analysis of Multi-Hop Satellite-Terrestrial Networks
    with Hybrid RF/FSO Links”, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1-6, 2023 [PDF] 

  7. W. Hedhly*, O. Amin†, M.-S. Alouini, and B. Shihada, "Analysis and Design of Hyperloop Communication Network Based on QoS Requirements", IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility, pp. 1-8, 2023 [PDF]

  8. T. Guo*, L. Yu, B. Shihada and X. Zhang, "Few-shot News Recommendation via Cross-lingual Transfer", ACM The Web Conference, pp. 1-10, 2023 [PDF] 

    2022

  9. R.-J. Reifert*, H. Dahrouj†, B. Shihada, A. Sezgin, T. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini, "Joint Communication and Computation in Hybrid Cloud/Mobile Edge Computing Networks”, IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), pp. 1-6, 2022 [PDF] 

    2021

  10. C. Zhang†, S. Dang†, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "Dual Attention-Based Federated Learning for Wireless Traffic Prediction", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (Infocom), pp. 1-10, 2021. [PDF]

    2020

  11. K. Luo, S. Dang†, C. Zhang†, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "An Empirical Analysis of the Progress in Wireless Communication Generations", in Proc. EAI International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous), pp. 1-10, 2020. [PDF]

  12. L. Zhang*, G. Ma*, A. AlGhadhban*, S. Dang†, and B. Shihada, "ICAQ: Adaptive QoS System for 5G and Beyond Applications", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), pp. 1 - 6, 2020. [PDF]

  13. A. AlGhadhban*, A. Celik†, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "SoftFG: A Dynamic Load Balancer for Soft Reconfiguration of Wireless Data Centers", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 5, 2020. [PDF]

    2019

  14. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Online Q-Learning Scheme for Energy Efficient Power Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 7, 2019. [PDF]

  15. A. Celik†, N. Saeed, B. Shihada, T. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini "SectOR: Sector-Based Opportunistic Routing Protocol for Underwater Optical Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 7, 2019. [PDF]

  16. H. El-Hammouti†, M. Benjilali, B. Shihada, and M.-S. Alouini "A Distributed Mechanism for Joint 3D Placement and User Association in UAV-Assisted Networks", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 7, 2019. [PDF]

  17. M. Alaslani* and B. Shihada, "Analyzing Latency and Dropping in Today’s Internet of Multimedia Things", in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1 - 4, 2019. [PDF]

    2018

  18. A. Abdelhady*, O. Amin†, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "On the Optimization of Multi-Cell SLIPT Systems", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1 - 6, 2018. [PDF]

  19. A. AlGhadhban*, A. Celik†, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "LightFD: A Lightweight Flow Detection Mechanism for Traffic Grooming in Optical Wireless DCNs", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1 - 7, 2018. [PDF]

  20. A. AlGhadhban* and B. Shihada, "FLight: A Fast and Lightweight Elephant-Flow Detection Mechanism", in Proc. IEEE International International Conference on Distributed Computing System (ICDCS), pp. 1 - 6, 2018. [PDF]

  21. M. Alaslani* and B. Shihada, "Intelligent Edge: an Instantaneous Detection of IoT Traffic Load", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1 - 6, 2018. [PDF]

  22. A. Celik†, A. AlGhadhban*, B. Shihada, and M-S. Alouini, "Design and Provisioning of Optical Wireless Data Center Networks: A Traffic Grooming Approach", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 6, 2018. [PDF]

  23. A. AlGhadhban* and B. Shihada, "Delay Analysis of New-Flow Setup Time in Software Defined Networks", in Proc. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), pp. 1 - 7, 2018. [PDF]

  24. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Supervised Cognitive System: A New Vision for Cognitive Engine Design in Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1-8, 2018. [PDF]

    2017

  25. A. Alabbasi*, B. Shihada, and C. Cavdar, "On Energy Efficiency of Prioritized IoT Systems", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 1 - 7, 2017. [PDF]

  26. C. P. Lau*, A. Alabbasi*, and B. Shihada, "On the Analysis of Human Mobility Model for Content Broadcasting in 5G Networks", in Proc. IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), pp. 1 - 7, 2017. [PDF]

  27. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Enhanced Machine Learning Scheme for Energy Ecient Resource Allocation in 5G Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks", in Proc. IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), pp. 1 - 7, 2017. [PDF]

  28. N. Bouacida*, A. Alghadhban*, S. Alalmaei*, H. Mohammed*, and B. Shihada, "Failure Mitigation in Software Defined Networking Employing Load Type Prediction", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1 - 7, 2017. [PDF]

  29. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Hybrid Cognitive Engine for Radio Systems Adaptation", in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1 - 7, 2017. [PDF]

    2016

  30. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "A Cooperative Online Learning Scheme for Resource Allocation in 5G Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1 - 7, 2016. [PDF]

  31. A. Alabbasi* and B. Shihada, "Energy Efficient Cross Layer Design for Spectrum Sharing Systems", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 7, 2016. [PDF]

  32. A. Halafi*, L. Sboui*, R. Naous*, and B. Shihada, "gTBS: A Green Task-Based Sensing for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) MiSeNet Workshop, pp. 136 - 143, 2016. [PDF]

  33. A. AlGhadhban* and B. Shihada, "Energy Efficient SDN Commodity Switch based Practical Flow Forwarding Method", in Proc. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), pp. 784 - 788, 2016. [PDF]

    2015

  34. A. Alabbasi* and B. Shihada, "An Energy Efficient Cognitive Radio System with Quantized Soft Sensing and Duration Analysis", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 423 - 428, 2015. [PDF]

  35. A. Alabbasi*, Z. Rezki, and B. Shihada, "On Outage Performance of Spectrum-Sharing Communication over M-Block Fading", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1 - 7, 2015. [PDF]

  36. C. P. Lau* and B. Shihada "TV Broadcast Efficiency in 5G Networks from Subscriber Prospective", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1 - 6, 2015. [PDF]

  37. E. Ahmad* and B. Shihada, "Green Smartphone GPUs: Optimizing Energy Consumption using GPUFreq Scaling Governors", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), pp. 740 - 747, 2015. [PDF]

  38. N. Bouacida*, A. Showail*, and B. Shihada, "Buffer Management in Wireless Full-Duplex Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), pp. 557 - 564, 2015. [PDF]

  39. A. Meer*, A. Daghistani*, B. Shihada, "An Energy Efficient Hybrid Interference-Resilient Frame Fragmentation for Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), pp. 1176 - 1181, 2015. [PDF]

  40. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Cognitive Aware Interference Mitigation Scheme for LTE Femtocells", in Proc. International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (Crowncom), pp. 607 - 619, 2015. [PDF]

  41. M. Alaslani*, A. Showail*, and B. Shihada, "Green Frame Aggregation Scheme for Wi-Fi Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), pp. 1 - 6, 2015. [PDF]

  42. A. Elrasad* and B. Shihada, "Blind Void Filling in LR-EPONs: How Efficient It Can Be?", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), pp. 1 - 6, 2015. [PDF]

  43. A. Elrasad* and B. Shihada, "Reducing Attendance Time in LR-EPONs With Differentiated Services", in Proc. International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) Student Workshop, pp. 65 - 66, 2015. [PDF]

    2014

  44. A. Showail*, K. Jamshaid†, and B. Shihada, "WQM: An Aggregation-aware Queue Management Scheme for IEEE 802.11n based Networks",  in Proc. ACM Sigcomm Capacity Sharing Workshop (CSWS), pp. 15 - 20, 2014. [PDF]

  45. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada "Adaptive Multi-Objective Optimization Scheme for Cognitive Radio Resource Management", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 857 - 863, 2014. [PDF]

  46. A. Alabbasi*, Z. Rezki, and B. Shihada, "Energy Efficiency and SINR Maximization Beamformers for Cognitive Radio Utilizing Sensing Information", in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1391 - 1395, 2014. [PDF]

  47. I. AlQerm* and B. Shihada, "Adaptive Decision-Making Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), pp. 321 - 328, 2014. [PDF] 

  48. M. Suresh, L. Smith, A. Rasekh, R. Stoleru, K. Banks, B. Shihada, "Mobile Sensor Networks for Leak and Backflow Detection in Water Distribution Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), pp. 673 - 680, 2014. [PDF] 

  49. A. Elrasad* and B. Shihada, "A Practical Approach for Excess Bandwidth Distribution for EPONs", in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), ISBN: 978-1-55752- 993-0, 2014. [PDF]

  50. A. Alabbasi*, Z. Rezki, B. Shihada, "Energy Efficient Scheme for Cognitive Radios Utilizing Soft Sensing", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 701 - 706, 2014. [PDF]

  51. A. Showail*, K. Jamshaid†, B. Shihada, "An Empirical Evaluation of Bufferbloat in IEEE 802.11n Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 3088 - 3093, 2014. [PDF]

  52. I. Alabdulmohsin*, A. Hyadi*, L. Afify*, B. Shihada, "End-to-End Delay Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks with Service Vacation", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 2799 - 2804, 2014. [PDF]

    2013

  53. I. AlQerm*, B. Shihada, and K. Shin, "Enhanced Cognitive Radio Resource Management for LTE Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing (WiMob), pp. 582 - 587, 2013. [PDF] 

  54. A. Daghistani* and B. Shihada, "Green-Frag: Energy-Efficient Frame Fragmentation Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing (WiMob), pp. 475 - 480, 2013. (Received the Best Paper Award). [PDF] 

  55. I. AlQerm*, B. Shihada, and K. Shin, "CogWnet: A Resource Management Architecture for Cognitive Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1 - 7, 2013. [PDF] 

  56. I. Boudellioua* and B. Shihada, "Energy Efficient Wireless Vehicular-Guided Actuator Network", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks - The Sixth International Workshop on Sensor Networks, pp. 1 - 6, 2013. [PDF]

  57. C. P. Lau*, X. Zhang, and B. Shihada, "Video Quality Prediction over Wireless 4G", in Proc. Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 414 - 425, 2013. [PDF] 

  58. L. Xia† and B. Shihada, "Decentralized Control of Transmission Rates in Energy-Critical Wireless Networks", in Proc. American Control Conference, pp. 113 - 118, 2013. [PDF]

  59. M. Felemban*, B. Shihada, and K. Jamshaid†, "Optimal Node Placement in Underwater Wireless  Sensor Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), pp. 492 - 499, 2013. [PDF] 

  60. C. P. Lau*, K. Jamshaid†, and B. Shihada, "Efficient Power Allocation for Video over Superposition Coding", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), pp. 808 - 813, 2013. [PDF] 

  61. C. P. Lau*, B. Shihada, and P.-H. Ho, "Empirical Evaluation of Superposition Coded Multicasting for Scalable Video",in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - The Ninth International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (HWISE), pp. 566 - 571, 2013. [PDF]

    2012

  62. M. Debont*, K. Jamshaid†, B. Shihada, and P.-H. Ho, "Event localization in Underwater Wireless Sensor Systems using Monitoring Courses", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), pp. 845 - 850, 2012. [PDF]

  63. F. Nawab*, K. Jamshaid†, B. Shihada, and P-H. Ho, "MAC-Layer Protocol for TCP Fairness in Wireless Mesh Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), pp. 507 - 512, 2012. [PDF]

  64. A. Elrasad*, M. Khafagyz*, and B. Shihada, "Sleep-time Sizing and Scheduling in Green Passive Optical Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), pp. 308 - 313, 2012. [PDF]

  65. A. Elwhishi†, P-H. Ho, and B. Shihada, "Message Scheduling and Forwarding in Congested DTNs", in Proc. International Conference on Advances in Future Internet (AFIN) , pp. 26 - 31, 2012. [PDF]

  66. M. Suresh, R. Stolern, R. Denton, E. Zechman, and B. Shihada, "Towards Optimal Event Detection and Localization in Acyclic Flow Networks ", in Proc. International Conference on Distributed computing and Networking (ICDCN), pp. 179 - 196, 2012. [PDF] 

    2011

  67. K. Jamshaid†, B. Shihada, L. Xia†, P. Levis, "Buffer Sizing in 802.11 Wireless Mesh Networks", in Proc. IEEE Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pp. 272 - 281, 2011. [PDF] 

  68. A. Elwhishi†, P-H. Ho, K. Naik, and B. Shihada, "Contention Aware Routing for Intermittently Connected Mobile Networks (DTNs)", in Proc.  International Conference on Advances in Future Internet (AFIN) , pp. 8 - 15, 2011. (Received Best Paper Award) [PDF]

  69. M. Ali, P-H. Ho, B. Wu, J. Tapolcai, and B. Shihada, "Monitoring Burst (M-Burst) A Novel Framework of Failure Localization in All-Optical Mesh Networks", in Proc. IEEE Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), pp. 9 - 16, 2011. [PDF]

  70. A. Hassanzadeh, R. Stoleru, and B. Shihada, "Energy Efficient Monitoring for Intrusion Detection in Battery-Powered Wireless Mesh Networks", in Proc. International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (ADHOC- NOW), pp. 44 - 57, 2011. [PDF]

  71. F. Nawab*, K. Jamshaid†, B. Shihada, and P-H. Ho, "TMAC: Timestamp-ordered MAC for CSMA/CA Wireless Mesh Networks", in Proc.  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1 - 6, 2011. [PDF] 

    2010

  72. J. Lee, B. Kusy, T. Azim, B. Shihada, and P. Levis, "Whirlpool Routing for Mobility", in Proc. ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), pp. 131 - 140, 2010. [PDF] 

  73. A. Elwhishi†, P-H. Ho, K. Naik, and B. Shihada, "A Novel Buffer Management Architecture for Epidemic Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs)", in Proc. ICST International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine), pp. 438 - 453, 2010 (Invited paper, 15 pages) [PDF]

  74. A. Elwhishi†, P-H. Ho, K. Naik, and B. Shihada, "ARBR: Adaptive Reinforcement-Based Routing for DTN", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing (WiMob), pp. 376 - 385, 2010. [PDF] 

    2009

  75. J. She, P-H. Ho, and B. Shihada, "Optimizing Energy and Modulation Selection in Multi-Resolution Modulation for Wireless Video Broadcast/Multicast", in Proc. International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets), pp. 67 - 79, 2009. [PDF] 

    2007

  76. B. Shihada, P-H. Ho, and Q. Zhang, "A Novel False Congestion Detection Scheme for TCP over OBS Networks", in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 2428 - 2433, 2007. [PDF] 

  77. B. Shihada, P-H. Ho, and Q. Zhang, "TCP-ENG: Dynamic Explicit Congestion Notification for TCP over OBS Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 516 - 521, 2007. [PDF] 

    2006

  78. B. Shihada, Q. Zhang, and P-H. Ho, "Performance Evaluation of TCP Vegas over Optical Burst Switched Networks", in Proc. ICST Broadnets, the 6th International Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching (WOBS), pp. 1 - 8, 2006. [PDF] 

  79. B. Shihada, Q. Zhang, and P-H. Ho, "Threshold-based TCP Vegas over Optical Burst Switched Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 119 - 124, 2006. [PDF] 

  80. B. Shihada, P-H. Ho, F. Hou, X. Jiang, S. Horiguchi, M. Guo, and H. Mouftah, "BAIMD: A Responsive Rate Control for TCP over Optical Burst Switched (OBS) Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), pp. 2550 - 2555, 2006. [PDF] 

  81. D. Scheibli*, B. Shihada, "Adaptive Prioritization scheme for Per-Flow Queuing based Bandwidth Management Systems", in Proc.  International Symposium on Broadband Access Technologies in Metropolitan Area Networks (ISBAT), pp. 1 - 6, 2006.

    2005

  82. B. Shihada and P-H. Ho, "A Domain-based Resource Reservation Protocol for Optical Burst Switching Networks", in Proc. IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, 2005. [PDF]

    2002

  83. R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi and B. Shihada, "A Network Management Viewpoint on Security in E-Services", in Proc. International Workshop on Certification and Security in E-Services (CSES), held as part of the IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC), pp. 17 - 45, 2002. (Invited paper, 31 pages) [PDF]

    2001

  84. B. Shihada and S. Srinivas "Active Network Approach to the Design of Secure Online Auction Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), pp. 591 - 596, 2001. [PDF]