Research Areas:

• 5G/ Beyond 5G technologies (HetNets, CRAN, HCRAN, D2D, Fog Networking)
• Energy efficiency and energy harvesting in 5G HeNets
• Dynamic Spectrum Management (RRM & MAC design)
• Licensed/Unlicensed LTE
• Architecture of IIoT in 5G networks
• Design, test, and prototype 5G technology
• Application of optimization theory for wireless communication systems

R&D Tools

• LTE-A Downlink System Level Simulator - v1.9
• LTE-A Downlink Link Level Simulator
• OPTI ToolBOx

Publications

Journal Papers

• Rizwana Shahzadi, Mudassar Ali, Humayun Zubair Khan,  Muhammad Naeem, “UAV assisted 5G and beyond wireless networks: A survey”,  Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2021, (IF 5.570)
• Rabeea Basir; Saad Qaisar; Mudassar Ali; Muhammad Naeem, “Cloudlet Selection in Cache-Enabled Fog Networks for Latency Sensitive IoT Applications”, IEEE Access, 2021 (IF-3.745) Q1
• Fauzia Irrum, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Alagan Anpalagan, Saad Qaisar, Farhan Qamar, D2D-enabled resource management in secrecy-ensured 5G and beyond Heterogeneous networks, Physical Communication, Volume 45, 2021, 101275, ISSN 1874-4907 (IF. 1.594)
• Muhammad Asad; Abdul Basit; Saad Qaisar; Mudassar Ali, "Beyond 5G: Hybrid End-to-End Quality of Service Provisioning in Heterogeneous IoT Networks”, IEEE Access, 2020 (IF-3.745) Q1
• Farhan Qamar, Muhammad Khawar Islam, Romana Shahzadi, Syed Zafar Ali, Mudassar Ali, “128-QAM Dual Polarization Chaotic Long-Haul System Performance Evaluation”, Journal of Optical Communications, 2020. Q4
• Masud, Usman; Ali, Mudassar; Qamar, Farhan; Zeeshan, Ahmad; Ikram, Momna, “Dual Mode Spectroscopic Biomedical Sensor: Technical Considerations for the Wireless Testbed”, Physica Scripta, 2020, (IF- 2.151) Q2
• Mudassar Ali, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Naeem, Waleed Ejaz, Nida Kvedaraite, “LTE-U WiFi HetNets: Enabling Spectrum Sharing for 5G/Beyond 5G Systems”, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2020.
• Nehall Sadiq, Akhtar Hussain, Farhan Qamar, Mudassar Ali, Joel J. P. C Rodrigues,” Performance Analysis of NRZ and RZ Variants for FSO Communication System under Different Weather Conditions”, Journal of Optical Communications, 2020. (ISI indexed) Q4
• Usman Masud, Fathe Jeribi, Ahmad Zeeshan, Ali Tahir, Mudassar Ali, “Highly Sensitive Microsensor Based on Absorption Spectroscopy: Design Considerations for Optical Receiver” IEEE Access, 2020 (IF-4.098) Q1
• Haleema Khalil, Farhan Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, Mudassar Ali, M. Faisal Nadeem, Nouman Qamar, Intisar Ali Sajjad, “FSO Communication: Benefits, Challenges, and its Analysis in DWDM Communication System”, Sir Syed University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology,2020
• Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali,  Muhammad Naeem,  Imran Rashid, Adil Masood Siddiqui,  Muhammad Imran  Shahid Mumtaz, “Joint Admission Control, Cell Association, Power allocation and Throughput Maximization in Decoupled 5G Heterogeneous Networks” Telecommunication Systems, 2020, (IF-1.734) Q2
• Muhammad Yousaf, Mudassar Ali,  Saad Qaisar,  Muhammad Naeem, Chrysostomos Chrysostomou,  Muhammad Iqbal, “Placement Optimization for Renewable Energy Sources: Ontology, Tools and Wake Models” IEEE Access, 2020 (IF-4.098) Q1
• Adnan Sajid, Bilal Khalid, Mudassar Ali, Shahid Mumtaz, Usman Masud, Farhan Qamar “Securing Cognitive Radio Networks using blockchains” Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020 (IF-6.125) Q1
• Usman Masud, Mudassar Ali, Momna Ikram, “Calibration and stability of highly sensitive fiber-based laser through relative intensity noise”, Physica Scripta, 2020, (IF- 2.151)Q2
• Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Imran Rashid, Muhammad Imran “Resource allocation in 5G heterogeneous networks with downlinkâ€�uplink decoupled access”,  Trans Emerging Tel Tech, 2019.(IF-1.258) Q2
• Basir, Rabeea, Saad Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Monther Aldwairi, Muhammad Ikram Ashraf, Aamir Mahmood, and Mikael Gidlund. "Fog Computing Enabling Industrial Internet of Things: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges." Sensors 19, no. 21 (2019): 4807. (IF-3.031) Q2
• Mushtaq Ahmad, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Ashfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Iqbal, Waleed Ejaz, and Alagan Anpalagan, “Device-Centric Communication in IoT: An Energy Efficiency Perspective”  in Trans Emerging Tel Tech, 2019.  (IF-1.258) Q2
• Abdul Basit, Saad Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Marc Bruyere, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Interconnecting Networks with Optimized Service Provisioning”, Telecommunication Systems, 2019, (IF-1.707) Q2
•  Asfand Yar Awan, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Farhan Qamar, and Muhammad Nadeem Sial “Joint Network Admission Control, Mode Assignment, and Power Allocation in Energy Harvesting Aided D2D Communication”, in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. (IF-7.377) Q1
•  Nida Riaz, Saad Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, “Node Selection and Utility Maximization for Mobile Edge Computing Driven IoT”, in Trans Emerging Tel Tech. (IF-1.258) Q2
•  Romana Farhan, Ambreen Niaz, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Joel JPC Rodrigues, Syed Muhammad Anwar, Farhan Qamar, “Three Tier Fog Networks: Enabling IoT/5G for Latency Sensitive Applications”, China Communications. 2019 (IF-1.514) Q2
•   Naveed Ahmed, Mudassar Ali, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Naeem and Farhan Qamar, “Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation for Energy Harvesting Aided H-CRAN” in IEEE Access, 2018- (IF-3.557) Q1
• Ambreen Niaz, Farhan Qamar, Mudassar Ali, Romana Farhan Muhammad Khawar Islam, “Performance analysis of chaotic FSO communication system under different weather conditions” Trans Emerging Tel Tech. 2018 (IF-1.606) Q2
• Ashfaq Ahmed, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Iqbal, Udit Pareek, Adnan Ahmed Khan, " A Non-Orthogonal Cooperative Scheme for Multi-user CRN using Probabilistic Interference Constraint", Trans Emerging Tel Tech. 2019 (IF-1.606)Q2
•  Ali M, Qaisar S, Naeem M, Rodrigues JJPC, Qamar F. “Resource allocation for licensed and unlicensed spectrum in 5G heterogeneous networks”. Trans Emerging Tel Tech. 2018 (IF-1.606)Q2
•  M. Ali, N. Riaz, M. I. Ashraf, S. Qaisar, and M. Naeem, "Joint Cloudlet Selection and Latency Minimization in Fog Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 2018 (IF-5.430)Q1
•  Mudassar Ali, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Naeem, Shahid Mumtaz, Joel Rodrigues "Combinatorial Resource Allocation in D2D Assisted Heterogeneous Relay Networks", Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, (IF-3.997) Q1
•  Mudassar Ali, Quratulain Rabbani, Muhammad Naeem,  Saad Qiasar, Farhan Qamar, “Joint User Association, Power Allocation and Throughput Maximization in 5G  HCRAN  Networks” in IEEE TVT, 2017  (IF-4.066) Q1
•  Mudassar Ali, Shahid Mumtaz, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Naeem, " Smart Heterogeneous Networks: A 5G Paradigm". in Telecommunication Systems, Springer.2017 (IF 1.542) Q2
• Mudassar Ali, S.qaisar, M.Naeem, and S.Mumtaz, "Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in D2D Assisted Heterogeneous Networks with Relays" in IEEE Access, Vol.4,no.,pp4902-4911,2016 (IF 3.244) Q1
• Basit Khan, Saad Bin Qaisar, Muhammad Naeem, Mudassar Ali, "SDN Orchestration for Next-Generation Inter-Networking: A Multipath Forwarding Approach", IEEE Access Special Issue on Future Networks, Vol. vol.PP, no, No. 99, pp. 1-1, Apr 2017  (IF 3.244) Q1
•  F. Qamar, M. K. Islam, S. Z. Ali Shah, R. Farhan, and M. Ali, "Secure Duobinary Signal Transmission in Optical Communication Networks for High Performance & Reliability," in IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 17795-17802, 2017. (IF 3.244) Q1
• Farhan Qamar, Muhammad Khawar Islam, Romana Farhan, Mudassar Ali, and Syed Zafar Ali Shah. "Secure Optical QAM Transmission Using Chaos Message Masking." Journal of Optical Communications.(ISI Indexed) Q4
•  Romana Farhan, Syed Muhammad Anwar, Mudassar Ali, Joel JPC Rodrigues,  Farhan Qamar “Chaos Based Enhanced RC5 Algorithm for  Security and Integrity of Clinical Images in Remote Health Monitoring”. in IEEE Access, 2019  (IF 4.098) Q1
•  Romana Shahzadi, Syed Muhammad Anwar, Farhan Qamar, Mudassar Ali, Joel Rodrigues, Majidi Alnowami, ”Secure EEG Signal Transmission for Remote Health Monitoring Using Optical Chaos”  in IEEE Access, 2019. Accepted  (IF 4.098) Q1
•  Mudassar Ali, Asim Shahzad, Adeel Akram, “Radio Access Network Audit and Optimization", International Journal and Engineering and Technology, IJET/IJENS Vol. 10, No 01, pp 75-79, 2010
•  Ambreen Niaz, Farhan Qamar, Khawar Islam, Asim Shahzad, Romana Shahzadi, and Mudassar Ali, "Performance Analysis and Comparison of QPSK and DP-QPSK Based Optical Fiber Communication Systems." International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3 June 2018  
•  Rizwana Shahzadi, Asim Shahzad, Farhan Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, and Mudassar Ali, "Effective Refractive Index and V-Parameter Characterization for Guided Modes in Multimode, Nano and Three Layer Optical Fibers."  International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3 June 2018

Conference Papers

39. Umar Ghafoor, Mudassar Ali, Humayun Zubair Khan, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Muhammad Naeem, “Throughput Maximization in Hybrid NOMA assisted Beyond 5G Heterogenous Networks”, IEEE, IWCMC 2021
40. Humayun Zubair Khan; Mudassar Ali; Muhammad Naeem; Imran Rashid; Shahid Mumtaz, "Joint Secure User Association, Power and Subcarrier Allocation in Decoupled 5G Heterogeneous Network", IEEE 2021 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2021
41. Tooba Shahid, Fareena Waheed, Fariha Khalid, Farhan Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, Nouman Qamar, Mudassar Ali, “Performance Analysis of WDM Based FSO Communication with Advance Modulation Formats”,  IEEE INMIC 2020.
42. Fauzia Irrum, Mudassar Ali, Zubdah Maqbool, Farhan Qamar, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission in 5G and Beyond Heterogeneous Networks”, IEEE INMIC 2020.
43. Sonain Jamil, Mudassar Ali, Yasir Hussain, Muhammad Inam Ul Haq, Farhan Qamar, “Throughput and Energy Efficiency Maximization in Millimeter Wave - Micro Wave HetNets”, IEEE INMIC 2020.
44. Uzair Ahmed Khan, Syed Muhammad Hassan, Anees Ahmad, Farhan Qamar, Mudassar Ali, Nouman Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, “Latency Reduction in Optical Metro Networks”, IEEE INMIC 2020.
45. Arsalan Ali, Hassaan Naveed, Farhan Qamar, Romana Shahzadi,  Mudassar Ali, Nouman Qamar, Rizwana Shahzadi, “Design and Analysis of Secure RoF Based Communication in 5G Fronthaul”, Islamabad, Pakistan, IEEE, ICCWS-2020.
46. Rabeea Basir, Saad B. Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Kishor Chandra Joshi, and Jonathan Rodriguez, “Latency-Aware Resource Allocation in Green Fog Networks for Industrial IoT Applications”, IEEE ICC-2020, Dublin, Ireland.
47. Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali, Imran Rashid, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Naeem, “Cell Association for Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Decoupled 5G Heterogeneous Networks” IEEE VTC-2020, Antwerp, Belgium. 
48. Naveed Ahmad Chughtai, Mudassar Ali, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Naeem, “Energy Efficiency Maximization in Green Energy Aided Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks”, IEEE VTC-2020, Antwerp, Belgium. 
49. Rabeea Basir, Saad Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Haris Pervaiz, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ali Imran, “Resource Allocation and Throughput Maximization for IoT Real-time Applications”, IEEE VTC-2020, Antwerp, Belgium.
50. Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Imran Rashid, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Muhammad Imran, Shahid Mumtaz, “Resource Allocation and Throughput Maximization in Decoupled 5G Heterogeneous Networks”, 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Seoul, South Korea.
51. Sarib Qureshi, Farhan Qamar, Nouman Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, Mudassar Ali, M. Faisal Nadeem Khan, Farhan Haroon “Bi-directional Transmission of 800 Gbps Using 40 Channels DWDM System for Long Haul Communication”, iCoMET 2020, Sukkur, Pakistan
52. M. Umair Rasheed, Farhan Qamar, Nouman Qamar, Romana Shahzadi, Mudassar Ali, M. Faisal Nadeem Khan, Farhan Haroon “128-QAM x 8 Channels DWDM Communication for Optical Fiber Networks”,  iCoMET 2020, Sukkur, Pakistan.
53. Muhammad Muneeb Bin Tariq, Khawaja Faizan, Mudassar Ali, Farhan Qamar, “LTE-Unlicensed and WiFi: Sharing Unlicensed Spectrum in 5GHz Band”, IEEE ICET-2019, Peshawar, Pakistan.
54. Asfand Yar, M Nadeem, Mudassar Ali,  M Naeem,  Farhan Qamar, “Joint Network Admission Control, Mode Selection, and Power Allocation in EH enabled D2D Communication”, IEEE WCNC, 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.
55. Mudassar Ali, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem, Ashfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Iqbal, Waleed Ejaz, Alagan Anpalagan Devices to “Devices (Ds2Ds) Communication: Towards Energy-Efficient IoT”, IEEE Globecom-2018, Abudhabi.
56.  F. Qamar, K. Islam, R. Farhan, M. Ali, S. Z. Ali and A. Shahzad, "DWDM system analysis by varying different erbium-doped fiber parameters," 2018 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET), Lahore, 2018, pp. 1-4.
57.  Mudassar Ali, Saad Qaisar, Muhammad Naeem, Shahid Mumtaz, ”Joint User Association and Power Allocation for Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum in 5G Networks”, IEEE Globecom-2017, Singapore.

Book Chapters

58.  Mudassar Ali,  Muhammad Naeem,  and Alagan Anpalagan, “Blockchain-Based Secure Communication in Smart Cities”, in   “Communication Technologies for Networked Smart Cities”, by IET, 2020.
59. Nouman Qamar, Tahir Nadeem Malik, Farhan Qamar, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, “Energy Hub: Modelling, control and optimization"' in ''Renewable Energy Systems: Modelling, control and optimization'', by Elsevier, 2020.
60. Rabeea Basir, Saad Qaisar, Mudassar Ali, Anas Al Hashmi, and Muhammad Ali Imran, “Performance Analysis of UAV Enabled Disaster Recovery Networks” in “Autonomous Airborne Wireless Networks”, by Wiley,2021.
61. Rizwana Abid, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, “UAV Placement and Resource Management in Public Safety Networks” in Intelligent Unmanned Air Vehicles for Public Safety Networks by Springer,2021.

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