• A Distributed Approach for Networked Flying Platform Association with Small Cells in 5G+ Networks 

      Shah, Syed Awais W.; Khattab, Tamer; Shakir, Muhammad Zeeshan; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)
      The densification of small cell base stations in a 5G architecture is a promising approach to enhance the coverage area and facilitate the ever increasing capacity demand of end users. However, the bottleneck is an intelligent ...
    • A Stochastic Geometric Analysis of Device-to-Device Communications Operating over Generalized Fading Channels 

      Chun, Young Jin; Cotton, Simon L.; Dhillon, Harpreet S.; Ghrayeb, Ali; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      Device-to-device (D2D) communications are now considered an integral part of future 5G networks, which will enable direct communication between user equipments and achieve higher throughputs than conventional cellular ...
    • A Study of Multihop mmW Aerial Backhaul Links 

      Dabiri, Mohammad T.; Hasna, Mazen O.; Khattab, Tamer; Qaraqe, Khalid ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      The main contribution of this paper is to analyze a long networked flying platform (NFP)-based millimeter wave (mmWave) backhaul link that is offered as a cost effective and easy to deploy solution to connect a disaster ...
    • Adaptive Network Coding over Cognitive Relay Networks 

      Chun, Young Jin; Hasna, Mazen O.; Ghrayeb, Ali ( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)
      We consider network coded cooperation for cognitive relay networks. The primary system comprises multiple sources and multiple destinations, whereas the secondary system comprises multiple sources, multiple relays and a ...
    • An Adaptive Transmission Scheme for Two-Way Relaying with Asymmetric Data Rates 

      Zhang, Xuehua; Hasna, Mazen O.; Ghrayeb, Ali ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)
      In this paper, we address the problem of asymmetric data rates in two-way communication systems. In particular, we propose an adaptive transmission scheme that combines network coding (NC) and opportunistic user selection ...
    • Analysis of fluctuations of antenna pattern in U-V2X communications 

      Mohammad, Arif; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      The third-generation partnership project (3GPP) defined several scenarios of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks such as vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-infrastructure. Unmanned aerial vehicles ...
    • Antenna subset selection at multi-antenna relay with adaptive modulation 

      Choi, Seyeong; Hasna, Mazen O.; Yang, Hong-Chuan; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2013 , Article)
      In this paper, we proposed several antenna selection schemes for cooperative diversity systems with adaptive transmission. The proposed schemes were based on dual-hop relaying where a relay with multiple-antenna capabilities ...
    • Area spectral efficiency of infrastructure relay enhanced cellular systems 

      Zhu, Jun; Zhang, Lei; Yang, Hong?Chuan; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2016 , Article)
      In this study, the authors investigate the downlink area spectral efficiency (ASE) of infrastructure relay enhanced cellular systems. ASE for cellular systems is defined as the maximum achievable data rate per unit bandwidth ...
    • A Collaboration Incentive Exploiting the Primary-Secondary Systems' Cross Interference for PHY Security Enhancement 

      Tourki, Kamel; Hasna, Mazen O. ( IEEE , 2016 , Article)
      We investigate the spectrum sharing possibility as an incentive to enhance the physical layer security. The concept behind is that a legitimate source-destination pair, communicating in the presence of a passive eavesdropper, ...
    • Energy-efficient based on cluster selection and trust management in cooperative spectrum sensing 

      Chkirbene, Zina; Hasna, Mazen O.; Hamila, Ridha; Hamdi, Noureddine ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) has been proposed as a solution for radio spectrum resources scarcity problem. Clustering technique is introduced to increase the performance of CSS and overcome the shadowing and fading ...
    • Energy-efficient based on cluster selection and trust management in cooperative spectrum sensing 

      Chkirbene, Zina; Hasna, Mazen O.; Hamila, Ridha; Hamdi, Noureddine ( IEEE , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) has been proposed as a solution for radio spectrum resources scarcity problem. Clustering technique is introduced to increase the performance of CSS and overcome the shadowing and fading ...
    • Generalized area spectral efficiency: An effective performance metric for green wireless communications 

      Zhang, Lei; Yang, Hong-Chuan; Hasna, Mazen O. ( IEEE , 2014 , Article)
      Area spectral efficiency (ASE) was introduced as a metric to quantify the spectral utilization efficiency of cellular systems. Unlike other performance metrics, ASE takes into account the spatial property of cellular ...
    • IM-Based Multiple Access Techniques in 5g Networks: A Novel Scheme and Performance Analysis 

      Almohamad, Abdullateef (2021 , Master Thesis)
      In the next generations of communication systems, resources' scarcity devolves to a more critical point as a consequence of the expected massive number of users to be served. Furthermore, the users' contradicting requirements ...
    • Interference management schemes for multi-user cooperative wireless networks 

      Omri, Aymen; Hasna, Mazen O. ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      Cooperative communication is a promising technique for future wireless networks. It can be used in improving communication reliability and enhancing spectrum efficiency by using the broadcast nature of radio communication ...
    • Joint optimization of throughput and delay over PPP interfered relay networks 

      Chun, Young Jin; Cotton, Simon L.; Hasna, Mazen O.; Ghrayeb, Ali ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Future wireless networks are expected to achieve higher data rates and ubiquitous coverage by seamless cooperation among diverse network technologies. However, it also increases the risk of co-channel interference and ...
    • Long mmWave Backhaul Connectivity Using Fixed-Wing UAVs 

      Dabiri, Mohammad T.; Hasna, Mazen. O.; Zorba, Nizar; Khattab, Tamer ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      This paper discusses the analysis of a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based millimeter wave (mmWave) backhaul link, that is offered as a cost effective and easy to deploy solution to connect a disaster or remote ...
    • Mode selection schemes for D2D enabled unmanned aerial vehicle-based wireless networks 

      Omri, Aymen; Hasna, Mazen O.; Shakir, Muhammad Zeeshan; Shaqfeh, Mohammed ( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2019 , Article)
      In this study, the authors present and evaluate the performance of two mode selection schemes for device-to-device (D2D) enabled unmanned aerial vehicle-based wireless networks. The proposed schemes are based on a threshold ...
    • Modeling and Performance Analysis of 3-D Heterogeneous Networks with Interference Management 

      Omri, Aymen; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      This letter proposes a general 3-D model for heterogeneous networks (HetNets). The model uses stochastic geometry to describe the different network nodes' positions in a 3-D space. In addition, a new transmission scheme ...
    • Modeling and performance analysis of D2D communications with interference management in 3-D HetNets 

      Omri, Aymen; Hasna, Mazen O. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, a general 3-D model for K-tier heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is proposed to investigate the performances of device-to-device (D2D) communications in highrise centers. The new model is based on stochastic ...
    • Modeling of CubeSat orientation scenario and solar cells for internet of space provision 

      Ali, Ali; Massoud, Ahmed; Hasna, Mazen O.; Khattab, Tamer; Jabban, Taha; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      As a cost-effective alternative to traditional satellites, CubeSats have emerged to provide new space experimentation opportunities. The power budgeting of CubeSats is an essential part of the designing process due to the ...