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• Abstract

  Self regulated Learning in Engineering and Computing Classrooms

  Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A. & Casaseca, J. P., 12 Jan 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  Open Access

  • engineering
  • classroom
  • learning
  • intrinsic motivation
  • student

• What?-Model Versus How?-Model: An Effective Way to Teach Computing and Engineering Programs

  Shakir, M. Z. & Imran, M. A., 11 Jan 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• When research meets teaching: addressing global, health, society and sustainability challenges through research-led teaching

  Shakir, M. Z., Casaseca, J. P. & Imran, M. A., 27 Jun 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
• Article

  Achievable rate of hybrid precoding for hardware impaired MIMO underground mine channel

  Belaoura, W., Ghanem, K., Shakir, M. Z., Nedil, M. & Bousbia, H., 4 Apr 2019, In: Electronics Letters. 55, 7, p. 425-426 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Millimeter waves
  • Computer hardware
  • Transceivers
  • Communication systems
  189 Downloads (Pure)

• Analytical bounds on the area spectral efficiency of uplink heterogeneous networks over generalized fading channels

  Shakir, M. Z., Tabassum, H. & Alouini, M-S., 20 Nov 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 63, 5, p. 2306-2318 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Artificial neural network (ANN) enabled internet of things (IoT) architecture for music therapy

  Siddiqui, S., Nesbitt, R., Shakir, M. Z., Khan, A. A., Khan, A. A., Khan, K. K. & Ramzan, N., 29 Nov 2020, In: Electronics. 9, 12, 24 p., 9122019.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Internet of things
  • Neural networks
  • Blood pressure
  • Monitoring
  • Surgery
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• A scalable global positioning system-free localization scheme for underwater wireless sensor networks

  Mirza, M. A., Shakir, M. Z. & Alouini, M-S., 7 May 2013, In: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. 2013, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Blockchain-based energy trading in electric vehicle enabled microgrids

  Umoren, I. A., Jaffary, S. S. A., Shakir, M. Z., Katzis, K. & Ahmadi, H., 1 Nov 2020, In: IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. 9, 6, p. 66-71 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Blockchain
  • Electric vehicles
  • Ecosystems
  • Graphical user interfaces
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Can Blockchain revolutionize the industrial internet-of-things?

  Shakir, M. Z. & Aijaz, A., 1 Nov 2018, IEEE ComSoc Technology News, 2018, October.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

• Combined economic emission based resource allocation for electric vehicle enabled microgrids

  Umoren, I. A. & Shakir, M. Z., 30 Nov 2020, In: IET Smart Grid. 3, 6, p. 768-776 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Electric vehicles
  • Resource allocation
  • Economics
  • Energy resources
  • Carbon
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Coverage gain and device-to-device user density: stochastic geometry modeling and analysis

  Mustafa, H. A., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A., Imran, A. & Tafazolli, R., 22 Jul 2015, In: IEEE Communications Letters. 19, 10, p. 1742-1745

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Dynamic symbol allocation for spectral and energy efficient millimeter wave multi-antenna system

  Kiyani, A., Naqvi, I. H. & Shakir, M. Z., 5 Dec 2018, In: Electronics Letters. 55, 3, 157.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  83 Downloads (Pure)

• Efficient k-NN implementation for real-time detection of cough events in smartphones

  Hoyos Barceló, C., Monge-Álvarez, J., Shakir, M. Z., Alcaraz Calero, J. M. & Casaseca, J. P., 2 Nov 2017, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 22, 5, p. 1672-1771 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Smartphone
  • Cough
  • Smartphones
  • Detectors
  • Machine Learning
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  169 Downloads (Pure)

• Expanding cellular coverage via cell-edge deployment in heterogeneous networks: Spectral efficiency and backhaul power consumption perspectives

  Sambo, Y. A., Shakir, M. Z., Qaraqe, K. A., Serpedin, E. & Imran, M. A., 17 Jun 2014, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 52, 6, p. 140-149 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• From D2D to Ds2D: prolonging the battery life of mobile devices via Ds2D communications in 5G network

  Shakir, M. Z., Ismail, M., Qaraqe, K. A., Serpedin, E. & Wang, X., 22 Aug 2017, In: IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. 24, 4, p. 55-63

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mobile computing
  • Smartphones
  • Communication
  • Energy efficiency
  • Wireless networks
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Fronthaul data compression for Uplink CoMP in cloud radio access network (C-RAN)

  Qi, Y., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A., Qaraqe, K. A., Quddus, A. & Tafazolli, R., Oct 2016, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 27, 10, p. 1409-1425

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Radio access networks
  • Data compression
  • Decoding
  • Heterogeneous networks
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• FSO-based vertical fronthaul/backhaul framework for 5G+ systems

  Alzenad, M., Shakir, M. Z., Yanikomeroglu, H. & Alouini, M-S., 12 Jan 2018, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 56, 1, p. 218-224

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Space optics
  • Wireless networks
  • Drones
  • Balloons
  • Mountings
  142 Citations (Scopus)

  128 Downloads (Pure)

• Generalized mean detector for collaborative spectrum sensing

  Shakir, M. Z., Rao, A. & Alouini, M-S., 20 Feb 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 61, 4, p. 1242-1253 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Geometric mean decomposition based hybrid precoding for millimeter-wave massive MIMO

  Xie, T., Dai, L., Gao, X., Shakir, M. Z. & Li, J., 19 Jun 2018, In: China Communications. 15, 5, p. 229-238 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Singular value decomposition
  • Millimeter waves
  • MIMO systems
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Green heterogeneous small-cell networks: toward reducing the CO2 emissions of mobile communications industry using uplink power adaptation

  Shakir, M. Z., Qaraqe, K. A., Tabassum, H., Alouini, M-S., Serpedin, E. & Imran, M. A., 10 Jun 2013, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 51, 6, p. 52-61 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Hadamard upper bound on optimum joint decoding capacity of Wyner Gaussian cellular MAC

  Shakir, M. Z., Durrani, T. S. & Alouini, M-S., 25 Sep 2011, In: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. 2011, p. 1-13 13 p., 110.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Human bond communications: architectures, challenges and possibilities

  Iftikhar, T., Khattak, H. A., Ameer, Z., Shah, M. A., Qureshi, F. & Shakir, M. Z., 21 Feb 2019, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 57, 2, p. 19-25 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Communication
  • Health care
  • Monitoring
  • Patient monitoring
  • Acoustic waves
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  134 Downloads (Pure)

• Hybrid passive optical network–free-space optic-based fronthaul architecture for ultradense small cell network

  Jaffar, S. S., Hussain, A., Klaine, P. V., Shakir, M. Z. & Qureshi, M. A., 20 Jul 2020, In: Optical Engineering. 59, 7, 075104.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Space optics
  • Radio access networks
  • optics
  • cells
  • Passive optical networks
  48 Downloads (Pure)

• IEEE 1900.7 Standard for White Space Dynamic Spectrum Access Radio Systems

  Filin, S., Noguet, D., Doré, J-B., Mawlawi, B., Holland, O., Shakir, M. Z., Harada, H. & Kojima, F., 12 Jan 2018, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 56, 1, p. 188-192 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Radio systems
  • IEEE Standards
  • Frequency bands
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  172 Downloads (Pure)

• Intracell interference characterization and cluster interference for D2D communication

  Mustafa, H. A., Ekti, A. R., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A. & Tafazolli, R., 26 Jun 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67, 9, p. 8536-8548 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Interference
  • Communication
  • Poisson Point Process
  • Characterization
  • Spatial Modeling
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  146 Downloads (Pure)

• MmWave massive-MIMO-based wireless backhaul for the 5G ultra-dense network

  Gao, Z., Dai, L., Mi, D., Wang, Z., Imran, M. A. & Shakir, M. Z., Oct 2015, In: IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. 22, 5, p. 13-21

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  230 Citations (Scopus)

• Mode selection schemes for D2D enabled unmanned aerial vehicle-based wireless networks

  Omri, A., Hasna, M. O., Shakir, M. Z. & Shaqfeh, M., 25 Jun 2019, In: IET Communications. 13, 10, p. 1397-1404 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
  • Wireless networks
  • Antennas
  139 Downloads (Pure)

• On the decision threshold of Eigenvalue Ratio detector based on moments of joint and marginal distributions of extreme eigenvalues

  Shakir, M. Z., Rao, A. & Alouini, M-S., 18 Jan 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 12, 3, p. 974-983 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• On the probabilistic model for primary and secondary user activity for OFDMA-based cognitive radio systems: Spectrum occupancy and system throughput perspectives

  Rahimian, N., Georghiades, C. N., Shakir, M. Z. & Qaraqe, K. A., 5 Dec 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 13, 1, p. 356-369 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• On the Traffic Offloading in Wi-Fi Supported Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

  Ekti, A. R., Shakir, M. Z., Serpedin, E., Qaraqe, K. A. & Imran, M. A., May 2016, In: Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology. 83, 2, p. 225-240

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Optimal 3D UAV BS placement by considering autonomous coverage hole detection, wireless backhaul and user demand

  Al-Ahmed, S. A., Shakir, M. Z. & Zaidi, S. A. R., 31 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Communications and Networks. 22, 6, p. 467-475 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
  • Antennas
  • Planning
  • Costs
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Optimized link distribution schemes for ultra reliable and low latent communications in multi-layer airborne networks

  Wang, D., Al-Ahmed, S. & Shakir, M. Z., 2 Dec 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 16, 9, p. 5866-5873 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Communication
  • Wireless networks
  • Base stations
  • Internet
  • Set theory
  111 Downloads (Pure)

• Resource efficient vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication systems for electric vehicle enabled microgrids

  Umoren, I. A., Shakir, M. Z. & Tabassum, H., 23 Sep 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Vehicle-to-grid
  • Electric vehicles
  • Communication systems
  • Base stations
  • Telecommunication networks
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Separation Framework: An Enabler for Cooperative and D2D Communication for Future 5G Networks

  Ul Mustafa, H. A., Imran, M. A., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, A. & Tafazolli, R., 21 Jul 2015, In: IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. 18, 1, p. 419-445

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  85 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and social paradigms for interference and coverage analysis in underlay D2D network

  Ul Mustafa, H. A., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A. & Tafazolli, R., 28 Apr 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 66, 10, p. 9328-9337 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Interference
  • Coverage Probability
  • Coverage
  • Paradigm
  • Poisson Point Process
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  146 Downloads (Pure)

• Spectral and energy efficiency analysis of uplink heterogeneous networks with small-cells on edge

  Shakir, M. Z., Tabassum, H., Qaraqe, K. A., Serpedin, E. & Alouini, M-S., Dec 2014, In: Physical Communication. 13, B, p. 27-41 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Spectral and energy efficient cognitive radio-aided heterogeneous cellular network with uplink power adaptation

  Tang, W., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A., Tafazolli, R., Qaraqe, K. A. & Wang, J., 10 May 2016, In: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 16, 14, p. 2144-2162

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cognitive radio
  • Power control
  • Energy efficiency
  • Signal to noise ratio
  • Throughput
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The cognitive internet of things: a unified perspective

  Afzal, A., Zaidi, S. A. R., Shakir, M. Z., Imran, M. A., Ghogho, M., Vasilakos, A. V., McLernon, D. C. & Qaraqe, K., Feb 2015, In: Mobile Networks & Applications. 20, 1, p. 72-85

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Water-constrained geographic load balancing in data centers

  Islam, M. A., Ren, S., Quan, G., Shakir, M. Z. & Vasilakos, A. V., 1 Apr 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 5, 2, p. 208-220 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Resource allocation
  • Water
  • Drought
  • Water supply
  • Costs
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Wireless communication and the pandemic: the story so far

  Ahmadi, H., Katzis, K., Shakir, M. Z., Arvaneh, M. & Gatherer, A., 17 Apr 2020, IEEE ComSoc Technology News, April 2020.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

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  • communication
  • telecommunication
  • worker
  • Healthcare
  • pharmacist
  102 Downloads (Pure)
• Book

  AI for Emerging Verticals: Human-Robot Computing, Sensing and Networking

  Shakir, M. Z. (ed.) & Ramzan, N. (ed.), 26 Jan 2020, IET.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Robots
  • Machine learning
  • Learning systems
  • Industry

• Energy Management in Wireless Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks

  Shakir, M. Z. (ed.), Alouini, M-S. (ed.), Imran, M. A. (ed.), Qaraqe, K. A. (ed.) & Vasilakos, A. V. (ed.), 1 Jan 2016, Springer International Publishing AG. 460 p. (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control; vol. 50)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Energy management
  • Ad hoc networks
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Wireless networks
  • Systems analysis

• Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G & Beyond

  Imran, M. A., Zaidi, S. A. R. & Shakir, M. Z., 1 Aug 2017, UK: IET. 584 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Radio access networks
  • Hinges
  • Standardization
  • Students
  • Engineers

• Green Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

  Ismail, M., Shakir, M. Z., Qaraqe, K. A. & Serpedin, E., Sep 2016, Wiley. 255 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Heterogeneous networks
  • Wireless networks
  • Communication
  • Telecommunication networks
  • Resource allocation
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• Chapter

  Artificial intelligence for localisation of ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) sensor nodes

  Che, F., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, Q. Z. & Shakir, M. Z., 10 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) AI for Emerging Verticals: Human-Robot Computing, Sensing and Networking. 2020 ed. IET

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

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  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Deep Q-Network based coverage hole detection for future wireless networks

  Al-Ahmed, S., Shakir, M. Z. & Ahmed, Q. Z., 10 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) AI for Emerging Verticals: Human-Robot Computing, Sensing and Networking. 2020 ed. IET

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Device-to-device communication in heterogeneous networks

  Sambo, Y. A., Shakir, M. Z., Heliot, F., Imran, M. A., Mumtaz, S. & Qaraqe, K. A., 2014, Smart Device to Smart Device Communication. Mumtaz, S. & Rodriguez, J. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, p. 219-235 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Heterogeneous networks
  • Multimedia services
  • Communication
  • Telecommunication links
  • Communication systems
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Energy efficient heterogeneous networks

  Qi, Y., Imran, M. A., Shakir, M. Z. & Qaraqe, K. A., 2015, Design and Deployment of Small Cell Networks . Anpalagan, A., Bennis, M. & Vannithamby, R. (eds.). 2016 ed. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 462-483

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Fronthaul design for mmWave massive MIMO

  Gao, Z., Dai, L., Gao, X., Shakir, M. Z. & Wang, Z., 4 Nov 2016, mmWave Massive MIMO: A Paradigm for 5G. Mumtaz, S., Rodriguez, J. & Dai, L. (eds.). 2017 ed. Academic Press Inc., p. 289-312

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Millimeter waves
  • Heterogeneous networks
  • Beamforming
  • Frequency bands
  • Costs
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Generalized eigenvalue based spectrum sensing

  Shakir, M. Z. & Alouini, M-S., 2012, Cognitive Radio and its Application for Next Generation Cellular and Wireless Networks : Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Venkataraman, H. & Muntean, G-M. (eds.). Springer Nature, Vol. 116. p. 139-176 38 p. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; vol. 116).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Detectors
  • Distribution functions
  • Random variables
  • Cognitive radio
  • Statistics
  1 Citation (Scopus)