@article {ElFachtali2017154,
	title = {Improved vertical handover decision algorithm using ants{\textquoteright} colonies with adaptive pheromone evaporation rate for 4th generation heterogeneous wireless networks},
	journal = {International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing},
	volume = {12},
	number = {2},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {154-165},
	abstract = {ACOR (Ant Colony Optimisation for Continuous Domains) has been proved to be able to adapt to vertical handoff mechanism. Adaptation capabilities of ACO are due to the pheromone evaporation, where the rate is usually fixed as it is done for vertical handover decision algorithm using ant colonies for 4G heterogeneous wireless networks. An adaptive pheromone evaporation rate (PER) is more suitable. High PER will eliminate the high intensity of pheromone trails that represent bad solutions from previous environments, while low PER may be more interesting when we have stagnation behaviours to minimise power consumption. In this paper, an update version of vertical handover decision algorithm using ant colonies for 4G heterogeneous wireless networks is proposed to vary the evaporation rate at different stages of the optimisation process. Simulation results show that ACOR with adaptive pheromone evaporation rate (ACOR APER) achieves promising results, when compared to the original ACOR and ACOR LPER (ACOR with low pheromone evaporation rate) with a fixed pheromone evaporation rate. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.},
	doi = {10.1504/IJWMC.2017.084181},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019724918\&doi=10.1504\%2fIJWMC.2017.084181\&partnerID=40\&md5=e6d37478e0a2f4e257a4dd563e20dd01},
	author = {El Fachtali, I. and Saadane, R. and El Koutbi, M.}
}
@conference {ElFachtali2017824,
	title = {Power-optimized vertical handover scheme for 4th generation heterogeneous wireless network},
	booktitle = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology, CIST},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {824-829},
	abstract = {Minimizing the total power consumption required for vertical handovers in 4th generation heterogeneous wireless networks is as important as providing users with the best QoS(Quality of Service) continuously. This letter proposes a vertical handover scheme to minimize the total power consumption required for a vertical handover in 4th generation heterogeneous wireless networks, while guaranteeing a particular QoS. The proposed scheme is based on an updated Tabu-search scheme, which helps to efficiently explore the network in order to find an optimal solution and to provide a service performance that adheres to predefined service level agreements (SLA). Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can lead to lower total power consumption compared to the RSS (Received Signal Strength) based scheme. The proposed method can achieve promising results in terms of bandwidth, security and cost of service, while minimizing the power consumption. {\"\i}{\textquestiondown}{\textonehalf} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CIST.2016.7805001},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010224341\&doi=10.1109\%2fCIST.2016.7805001\&partnerID=40\&md5=34fca482e3ee5b9533ec0539843e2bb7},
	author = {El Fachtali, I. and Saadane, R. and El Koutbi, M. and Chaibi, H.}
}
@conference {Saadane201262,
	title = {Evaluation of hybrid geo-location based on UMTS and GPS technologies},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, ICMCS 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {62-66},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2012.6320310},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84869822901\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2012.6320310\&partnerID=40\&md5=98c5dfaf44a4e8614b501104ada67870},
	author = {Saadane, R. and Belkasmi, M. and El Koutbi, M. and Dadda, M.R.}
}
@conference {Koudougnon2011,
	title = {Sphere decoding based on QR decomposition in STBC},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 1},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2011.5945624},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79961243030\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2011.5945624\&partnerID=40\&md5=909487fa6b86a92432568997aba2bdb6},
	author = {Koudougnon, H. and Saadane, R. and Belkasmi, M.}
}
@conference {Elbhiri2011,
	title = {UWB based maximizing network liftime with route selection strategies for wireless sensor networks},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 0},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2011.5945636},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79961216854\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2011.5945636\&partnerID=40\&md5=3640a80cc17beb1f99c1d6741aece8e9},
	author = {Elbhiri, B. and Saadane, R. and Fkihi, S.E. and Aboutajdine, D. and Wahbi, M.}
}
@conference {Elbhiri2010,
	title = {Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks based on near Optimal bi-partitions},
	booktitle = {6th Euro NF Conference on Next Generation Internet, NGI 2010 - Proceedings},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 10},
	doi = {10.1109/NGI.2010.5534469},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77956440742\&doi=10.1109\%2fNGI.2010.5534469\&partnerID=40\&md5=bdb3af7a0347d03735950c66675c8253},
	author = {Elbhiri, B. and Fkihi, S.E. and Saadane, R. and Aboutajdine, D.}
}
@conference {Koudougnon2010,
	title = {PAPR reduction using block coding combined with companding},
	booktitle = {2010 5th International Symposium on I/V Communications and Mobile Networks, ISIVC 2010},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 0},
	doi = {10.1109/ISVC.2010.5656195},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78651484205\&doi=10.1109\%2fISVC.2010.5656195\&partnerID=40\&md5=15b061fa94450a6529ed579ef2147ee8},
	author = {Koudougnon, H. and Chana, I. and Saadane, R. and Belkasmi, M.}
}
@article {Khafaji200923,
	title = {Impact of human bodies on millimetric bands propagation using ray tracing technique},
	journal = {Physical and Chemical News},
	volume = {50},
	year = {2009},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {23-31},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-76749122475\&partnerID=40\&md5=b6be17acabeae92674dae2050eac6732},
	author = {Khafaji, A. and Saadane, R. and El Abbadi, J. and Belkasmi, M. and Farchi, A.}
}
