Adnan Aijaz

ORCID: 0000-0003-1048-0469
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Research Areas
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Network Time Synchronization Technologies
  • Wireless Networks and Protocols
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
  • Cognitive Radio Networks and Spectrum Sensing
  • Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Power Line Communications and Noise
  • Robotics and Automated Systems
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Toshiba (United Kingdom)
2015-2024

National Institute of Technology Srinagar
2024

Methodist Hospital
2024

University of Electro-Communications
2021

Technische Universität Ilmenau
2021

University of Strathclyde
2021

Toshiba (Japan)
2017-2021

King's College London
2011-2016

Army Medical College
2007

National University of Sciences and Technology
2007

The long-term ambition of the Tactile Internet is to enable a democratization skill, and how it being delivered globally. An integral part this be able transmit touch in perceived real-time, which enabled by suitable robotics haptics equipment at edges, along with an unprecedented communications network. fifth generation (5G) mobile systems will underpin emerging wireless edge. This paper presents most important technology concepts, lay intersection larger 5G systems. outlines key technical...

10.1109/jsac.2016.2525398 article EN IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 2016-02-10

Over the last few years, data traffic over cellular networks has seen an exponential rise, primarily due to explosion of smartphones, tablets, and laptops. This increase in on caused immediate need for offloading optimum performance both voice services. As a result, different innovative solutions have emerged manage traffic. Some key technologies include Wi-Fi, femtocells, IP flow mobility. The growth is also creating challenges backhaul networks; therefore, such as core network media...

10.1109/mwc.2013.6507401 article EN IEEE Wireless Communications 2013-04-01

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications enables networked devices to exchange information among each other as well with business application servers and therefore creates what is known the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The research community has a consensus for need of standardized protocol stack M2M communications. On hand, cognitive radio technology very promising due number factors. It expected that will be indispensable in order realize vision IoT. However requires radio-enabled addition...

10.1109/jiot.2015.2390775 article EN IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2015-01-12

Prior Internet designs encompassed the fixed, mobile, and lately "things" Internet. In a natural evolution to these, notion of Tactile is emerging, which allows one transmit touch actuation in real-time. With voice data communications driving current Internets, will enable haptic communications, turn be paradigm shift how skills labor are digitally delivered globally. Design efforts for both underlying its infancy. The aim this article thus review some most stringent design challenges, as...

10.1109/mwc.2016.1500157rp article EN IEEE Wireless Communications 2016-10-19

High-performance wireless communication is crucial to the digital transformation of industrial systems, which driven by Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet initiatives. Among candidate technologies, 5G (cellular/mobile) holds significant potential. The operation private (nonpublic) networks in environments promising fully unleash this This article provides a technical overview networks. It introduces concept functional architecture while highlighting key benefits use cases. explores...

10.1109/mie.2020.3004975 article EN IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 2020-12-01

The IEEE “Tactile Internet” (TI) Standards working group (WG), designated the numbering 1918.1, undertakes pioneering work on development of standards for TI. This paper describes WG, its intentions, and developing baseline standard associated reasoning behind that touches a further already initiated under scope: 1918.1.1 “Haptic Codecs TI.” 1918.1 aim to set framework act as foundations TI, thereby also serving basis developed TI within WG. discusses aspects such created architecture,...

10.1109/jproc.2018.2885541 article EN cc-by Proceedings of the IEEE 2019-01-09

Recently, energy efficiency in wireless networks has become an important objective. Aside from the growing proliferation of smartphones and other high-end devices conventional human-to-human (H2H) communication, introduction machine-to-machine (M2M) communication or machine-type into cellular is another contributing factor. In this paper, we investigate quality-of-service (QoS)-driven energy-efficient design for uplink long term evolution (LTE) M2M/H2H co-existence scenarios. We formulate...

10.1109/tcomm.2014.2328338 article EN IEEE Transactions on Communications 2014-06-03

It is expected that the emerging 5G networks will not only support diverse use cases, but also enable unprecedented applications such as haptic communications. Therefore, network slicing provide required design flexibility. Radio resource would be an indispensable component of any solution. This paper proposes Hap-SliceR, which a novel radio framework for with First, Hap-SliceR derives network-wide strategy networks. The optimal strategy, based on reinforcement learning approach, allocates...

10.1109/jsyst.2017.2647970 article EN IEEE Systems Journal 2017-01-30

It is expected that the use of cognitive radio for smart grid communication will be indispensable in near future. Recently, IETF has standardized RPL (routing protocol low power and lossy networks), which to standard routing majority applications including advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) networks. Our objective this paper enhance enabled AMI enhanced provides novel modifications order address challenges environments along with protecting primary users as well meeting utility...

10.1109/tsg.2014.2324022 article EN IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2014-07-16

The Tactile Internet will be able to transport touch and actuation in real-time. primary application running over the haptic communications. Design efforts for both communications are at a nascent stage. It is expected that next generation (5G) wireless networks play key role realizing Internet. On other hand, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) would an integral component of 5G ecosystem. Therefore, exploring potential LTE-A important step towards To this end, main objective paper...

10.1109/wcnc.2016.7564661 article EN IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2016-04-01

Enabling ultra-reliable low-latency communications in 5G wireless networks creates challenging design requirements, particularly on the air interface. The stringent latency and reliability targets require enhancements at different layers of protocol stack. On other hand, Parallel Redundancy Protocol, wherein each data packet is duplicated transmitted concurrently over two independent networks, provides a simple solution for improving reducing networks. PRP can be realized cellular through...

10.1109/mcomstd.001.1700065 article EN IEEE Communications Standards Magazine 2019-09-01

UMBRELLA <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">a</sup> is an open, large-scale IoT ecosystem deployed across South Gloucestershire, UK. It intended to accelerate innovation multiple technology domains. built bridge the gap between existing specialised testbeds and address holistically real-world technological challenges in a System-of-Systems (SoS) fashion. provides open access devices infrastructure, enabling researchers industry...

10.1109/access.2024.3377662 article EN cc-by-nc-nd IEEE Access 2024-01-01

TV White Space (TVWS) has taken a big step forward with the UK regulator Ofcom initiating pilot of technology in UK, based on rules for Devices (WSDs) standardized and harmonized at European level by ETSI. This paper reports subset work undertaken our large-scale trial within Pilot, investigating what is achievable TVWS terms availability capacity, strongly focusing potential to aggregate white space resources. Moreover, this provides some experimental results observations from trial,...

10.1109/dyspan.2015.7343846 article EN 2015-09-01

Cooperative routing and spectrum aggregation are two promising techniques for Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc Networks (CRAHNs). In this paper, we propose a aggregation-based cooperative protocol, termed as SACRP, CRAHNs. To the best of our knowledge, is first contribution on The primary objective SACRP to provide higher energy efficiency, improve throughput, reduce network delay regard, design MAC Physical (PHY) layer, proposed different algorithms cognitive radio (CR) users. We classes protocols;...

10.1109/tcomm.2015.2424239 article EN IEEE Transactions on Communications 2015-04-17

The Tactile Internet will be able to transport touch and actuation in real-time. primary application running over the haptic communications. Design efforts for both communications are at a nascent stage. It is expected that next generation (5G) wireless networks play key role realizing Internet. On other hand, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) would an integral component of 5G ecosystem. Therefore, exploring potential LTE-A important step towards To this end, main objective paper...

10.1109/wcncw.2016.7552690 article EN 2016-04-01

Powered by next generation mobile networking capabilities, the Tactile Internet will be able to transport touch and actuation in real-time. Enabled suitable robotics haptics equipment at edges, an unprecedented communications network, provide a true paradigm creating skill-set delivery networks. The fifth (5G) systems underpin this emerging wireless edge. This paper presents most important technology concepts which lay intersection of larger 5G systems. Specifically, some applications,...

10.1109/wcncw.2016.7552676 article EN 2016-04-01

One of the key challenges in realizing ultra-reliable low-latency communications (uRLLC) for factories-of-the-future (FoF) applications is to enhance cellular random access channel (RACH) procedure. The state-of-the-art LTE RACH procedure does not fulfil latency requirements envisioned FoF applications. Moreover, it becomes challenging due congestion and overloading from massive machine type communication (mMTC) devices leading collisions especially a densely populated factory scenarios....

10.1109/wcnc.2019.8885815 article EN 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2019-04-01

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been widely recognized as a promising solution for enhancing various aspects of electric power grid and realizing the vision smart grid. However, challenging wireless environment in creates number challenges WSNs, result which energy efficiency reliability become critically important. On other hand, cognitive radio (CR) technology is expected to play vital role networks. The CR equipped [or (CSNs)] can effectively address unique WSNs In this paper, we aim...

10.1109/jsen.2014.2346430 article EN IEEE Sensors Journal 2014-08-08

Diffusion-based molecular communication (DMC) is a promising technique for nanonetworks. The main objective of this paper to evaluate the error performance DMC employing pulse-based modulation scheme. We derive closed-form expressions probability using energy detection and amplitude techniques. model accounts diffusion noise intersymbol interference (ISI) effects. compare both techniques along with investigating effect different parameters on performance. also channel capacity pulse modulated DMC.

10.1109/tnb.2014.2364182 article EN IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 2014-10-22

The IEEE 802.15.4-2015 standard provides a link-layer mechanism, based on time synchronized channel hopping (TSCH), to enable deterministic low-power wireless mesh networking. emerging IPv6 over 802.15.4e TSCH (6TiSCH) working group aims at harmonizing an IP-enabled protocol stack with the link layer. In 802.15.4-TSCH medium access control, nodes follow communication schedule; however, does not specify any scheduling policy. Therefore, number of recent studies have investigated mechanisms...

10.1109/jsen.2017.2746183 article EN IEEE Sensors Journal 2017-08-28

Full-duplex (FD) technology is currently under consideration for adoption in a range of legacy communications standards due to its attractive features. On the other hand, cellular networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous as operators deploy mix macrocells and small cells. With growing tendency toward network densification, cells expected play key role realizing envisioned capacity objectives emerging 5G networks. From practical perspective, provide an ideal platform deploying FD...

10.1109/access.2017.2684542 article EN cc-by IEEE Access 2017-01-01

Communication for control-centric industrial applications is characterized by the requirements of very high reliability, low and deterministic latency scalability. Typically, IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area networks (WLANs), also known as Wi-Fi networks, are deemed ineligible control owing to insufficient reliability non-deterministic latency. This paper proposes a novel solution providing reliable communication, through Wi-Fi, in environments. The proposed solution, termed HAR <sup...

10.1109/ojies.2020.2983259 article EN cc-by IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society 2020-01-01
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