QMIC Research
Recent Submissions
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Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.15.6-based WBANs under co-channel interference
( Inderscience Publishers , 2017 , Article)In this paper, interference mitigation and coexistence strategies proposed in IEEE 802.15.6 standard are investigated within the context of co-channel interference. A comparative evaluation of the reference scenario (which ... -
CROW2: Internet of humans-based platform for disaster relief and emergency communication
( IEEE , 2017 , Conference)During a disaster incident, existing network infrastructures might either be damaged or overloaded. However, disaster operations require real-time and low latency data communication, especially live video and audio streaming, ... -
Dynamic Scheduled Access Medium Access Control for Emerging Wearable Applications
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Context and Motivation Wearable technology is emerging as one of the key enablers for the internet of everything (IoE). The technology is getting mature by every day with more applications than ever before consequently ... -
Novel Vehicle Awareness Measure for Secure Road Traffic Safety Applications
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Future intelligent transport systems (ITS) are envisaged to offer drivers with a safer and comfortable driving experience by using wireless data exchange between vehicles. A number of applications could be realized with ... -
A stochastic geometry-based demand response management framework for cellular networks powered by smart grid
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)In this paper, the production decisions across multiple energy suppliers in smart grid, powering cellular networks are investigated. The suppliers are characterized by different offered prices and pollutant emissions levels. ... -
A Simulation-based Study on the Environment-Specific Propagation Model for Vehicular Communications
( IGI Global Scientific Publishing , 2017 , Article)Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication environment vary significantly in radio channel characteristics. Therefore, simulation-based studies on V2V propagation models that consider random and time-varying characteristics ... -
Spatial data extension for Cassandra NoSQL database
( SpringerOpen , 2016 , Article)The big data phenomenon is becoming a fact. Continuous increase of digitization and connecting devices to Internet are making current solutions and services smarter, richer and more personalized. The emergence of the NoSQL ... -
Front-end intelligence for large-scale application-oriented internet-of-things
( IEEE , 2016 , Article)The Internet-of-things (IoT) refer to the massive integration of electronic devices, vehicles, buildings, and other objects to collect and exchange data. It is the enabling technology for a plethora of applications touching ... -
A Heuristic Self-Adaptive Medium Access Control for Resource-Constrained WBAN Systems
( IEEE , 2016 , Article)This paper presents a heuristic-based approach to self-adapt and reconfigures the wake-up schedule of the nodes in wireless body area networks (WBANs). A latency-energy-optimized traffic-aware dynamic medium access control ... -
ORACE-Net: A novel multi-hop body-to-body routing protocol for public safety networks
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)With the growing increase of disasters worldwide, in terms of frequencies, intensities and unpredictability, there is currently a growing need for novel ubiquitous communication systems enabling public safety networks ... -
Development and testing of a 3G/LTE adaptive data collection system in vehicular networks
( IEEE , 2016 , Article)Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are a special case of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The distinctive characteristics of VANETs include high-speed vehicular nodes and significant variability in node density. Collecting ... -
Simulation and Performance Evaluation of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Propagation Model in Urban Environment
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications offer support to several applications that can make the modern day travel safer, more efficient and enjoyable. However, reliable and efficient V2V application development requires ... -
Eco-Routing: An ant colony based approach
( SciTePress , 2016 , Conference)Global warming, environmental pollution, and fuel shortage are currently major worldwide challenges. Ecorouting is one of several tools that attempt to address this challenge by minimizing network-wide vehicle fuel consumption ... -
Adaptive security mechanisms for safety applications in Internet of Vehicles
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is an important constituent of next generation smart cities that enables city wide connectivity of vehicles for traffic management applications. A secure and reliable communications is an important ... -
V2X-based traffic flow calculation with support of unique identifier randomization
( IEEE , 2017 , Conference)Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2X) communication is heading our roads by next few years, and such a technology will open a door for many new applications and services. Many applications and services ... -
Grid architecture for lightweight WSN-based area monitoring and alerts dissemination
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Wireless Sensor Networks have been used for many applications especially for sites monitoring and surveillance. This contribution proposes a new grid-based architecture to monitor an area of interest that could be of a ... -
A data traffic steering algorithm for IEEE 802.11p/LTE hybrid vehicular networks
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Reliable vehicular communication is considered an important precondition for future intelligent transportation systems (ITSs). Recently, a combination of ad-hoc direct communication and infrastructure based cellular networks ... -
Energy sharing framework for microgrid-powered cellular base stations
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Cellular base stations (BSs) are increasingly becoming equipped with renewable energy generators to reduce operational expenditures and carbon footprint of wireless communications. Moreover, advancements in the traditional ... -
Optimized energy procurement for cellular networks with uncertain renewable energy generation
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Renewable energy (RE) is an emerging solution for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cellular networks. One of the challenges of using RE sources is to handle its inherent uncertainty. In this paper, a RE powered ... -
Measuring safety awareness in cooperative ITS applications
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) are key component of the future road traffic management system. To evaluate and analyze the reliability of various applications supported by C-ITS, realistic performance ...
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