• A novel Cloudlet-based communication framework for resource-constrained devices 

      Ben Lazreg, Amel; Ben Arbia, Anis; Ben Arbia, Dhafer; Youssef, Habib ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, we present a new emerging technology for building mobility-enhanced and small-scaled mobile to cloud applications called Cloudlet. We address the reliability challenges in affording a powerful computing ...
    • An energy-efficient M2M communication method for leakage detection in underground water pipes 

      Yaacoub, Elias; Kadri, Abdullah; Abu-Dayya, Adnan ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference Paper)
      An application of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication for leakage detection in underground water infrastructures is considered. A mobile sensor immersed in the water pipe is assumed to communicate with relay nodes on ...
    • Cooperative wireless sensor networks for green internet of things 

      Yaacoub, Elias; Kadri, Abdullah; Abu-Dayya, Adnan ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference Paper)
      Green internet of things are investigated by studying energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks. A cooperative multihop data transmission approach is presented and analyzed. Significant energy savings are achieved with ...
    • Enhancing the QoS of real-time video streaming over LTE MBMS using D2D communications 

      Yaacoub, Elias; Abu-Dayya, Adnan ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference Paper)
      Real-time video streaming over LTE multicast and broadcast multimedia services (MBMS) is investigated. The impact of device-to-device (D2D) communications in enhancing the quality of service (QoS) and reducing energy ...
    • Opportunistic bi-directional scheduling under quality of experience demands 

      Zorba, Nizar; Yaacoub, Elias; El-Hajj, Ahmad M.; Dawy, Zaher; Verikoukis, Christos ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2013 , Conference Paper)
      Quality of Experience (QoE) is a very important metric in wireless communication systems, where customers request strict QoE demands that translate into restrictions on both Uplink (UL) and Downlink (DL) connections. The ...