Qatar University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
A multi-relay selection scheme for time switching energy harvesting two-way relaying systems
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)In this paper, a multiple relay selection scheme for Energy Harvesting (EH)-based two-way relaying is investigated. All the relays are considered as EH nodes that harvest energy from renewable and radio frequency sources, ... -
Joint throughput and channel aware (TCA) dynamic scheduling algorithm for emerging wearable applications
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)This paper addresses a reliability concern of the emerging wearable applications under dynamic and realistic conditions. We propose a new joint throughput and channel aware (TCA) dynamic scheduling algorithm for IEEE ... -
An adaptive timer for RPL to handle mobility in wireless sensor networks
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)This paper focuses on the performance of wireless sensor networks characterized by a hybrid topology composed of mobile and static sensor nodes. The Routing Protocol for Low power and lossy networks (RPL), which is ... -
Channel-aware ECDSA signature verification of basic safety messages with K-means clustering in VANETs
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)Vehicular ad hoc network facilitates cooperative awareness applications by periodically sharing basic safety messages (BSMs) with the neighborhood vehicles. As these applications impact human safety, authenticity of BSMs ... -
Wireless RF-based energy harvesting for two-way relaying systems
( IEEE , 2016 , Conference)In this paper, we investigate the Energy Harvesting (EH)-based two-way relaying system using Amplify-And-Forward (AF) and Decode-And-Forward (DF) strategies. The relay is considered as an EH node that harvests the received ... -
Large-scale simulations and performance evaluation of connected cars - A V2V communication perspective
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Performance evaluation is integral to the vast majority of research on Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) technology enabled connected cars. To validate ideas and concepts, researchers have been continuously striving towards the ...
