@article {Bouanani2021793,
	title = {Performance Analysis of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Networks with Wireless Power Transfer},
	journal = {IEEE Communications Letters},
	volume = {25},
	number = {3},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 9},
	pages = {793-797},
	abstract = {The low efficiency of wireless power transfer (WPT) poses a key challenge for energy-constrained wireless networks. To address this issue, in this letter, the integration of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) into a WPT network is investigated. To this end, an accurate approximation for the probability density function of the end-to-end cascaded fading channel is presented. By leveraging the derived result, accurate closed-form expressions of the outage probability (OP) and average symbol error probability (ASER) are derived for the proposed IRS-aided WPT system. To gain further insight into the system performance, asymptotic closed-form expressions for the ASER and OP are further derived and interesting observations are reported. Particularly, our asymptotic analysis reveals that the achievable diversity in the underlying scenario is independent of the reflective elements of the IRS. The analytical derivations, corroborated by simulation results, demonstrate that IRSs can be promising candidates for the realization of a highly efficient power transfer enabled wireless network. {\textcopyright} 1997-2012 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Asymptotic analysis, Cascaded fading channels, Closed-form expression, Energy transfer, Energy-constrained, Fading channels, Inductive power transmission, Outage probability, Performance analysis, Probability, Probability density function, Reflecting surface, Symbol error probabilities (SEP), wireless networks, Wireless power transfer (WPT)},
	doi = {10.1109/LCOMM.2020.3036534},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102847338\&doi=10.1109\%2fLCOMM.2020.3036534\&partnerID=40\&md5=8e9607afdd0ae2ed054c25ab61820b03},
	author = {Bouanani, F.E. and Muhaidat, S. and Sofotasios, P.C. and Dobre, O.A. and Badarneh, O.S.}
}
@article {Bouabdellah20211266,
	title = {A PHY Layer Security of a Jamming-Based Underlay Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Network},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking},
	volume = {7},
	number = {4},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {1266-1279},
	abstract = {In this work, we investigate the physical layer security of a jamming-based underlay cognitive satellite-terrestrial network consisting of a radio frequency link at the first hop and an optical feeder at the second hop. Particularly, one secondary user (SU) is transmitting data to an end-user optical ground station through the aid of a relay satellite, in the presence of an active eavesdropper at each hop. Moreover, another SU located in the first hop is acting as a friendly jammer and continuously broadcasting an artificial noise that cannot be decoded by the wiretapper so as to impinge positively on the system{\textquoteright}s secrecy. Owing to the underlying strategy, the SUs are permanently adjusting their transmit powers in order to avoid causing harmful interference to primary users. The RF channels undergo shadowed-Rician and Rayleigh fading models, while the optical link is subject to Gamma-Gamma turbulence with pointing error. Closed-form and asymptotic expressions for the intercept probability (IP) are derived considering two different scenarios regardless of the channel{\textquoteright}s conditions, namely (i) absence and (ii) presence of a friendly jammer. The effect of various key parameters on IP, e.g., sources{\textquoteright} transmit power, artificial noise, maximum tolerated interference power, and fading severity parameters are examined. Precisely, we aim to answer the following question: could a friendly jammer further enhance the security of such a system even in a low SNR regime? All the derived results are corroborated by Monte Carlo simulations and new insights into the considered system{\textquoteright}s secrecy are gained. {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Asymptotic expressions, Cognitive radio, Harmful interferences, Interference power, Internet protocols, Jamming, Monte Carlo methods, Network security, Optical ground station, Physical layer, Physical layer security, Radio frequency links, Rayleigh fading, Rayleigh fading model, Satellite-terrestrial network, Satellites, Signal to noise ratio},
	doi = {10.1109/TCCN.2021.3074909},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104654956\&doi=10.1109\%2fTCCN.2021.3074909\&partnerID=40\&md5=c6b346366a5ab939d4e711d4cb19a435},
	author = {Bouabdellah, M. and Bouanani, F.E.}
}
@article {Illi202190,
	title = {Physical Layer Security of a Dual-Hop Regenerative Mixed RF/UOW System},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing},
	volume = {6},
	number = {1},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 15},
	pages = {90-104},
	abstract = {Ensuring physical layer security is a crucial task in conventional and emerging communication systems, which are typically characterized by stringent quality of service and security requirements. This also accounts for wireless technologies in the context of the Internet of Things paradigm, which are expected to exhibit considerably increased computational complexity. Based on this, the present contribution investigates the secrecy outage performance of a dual-hop decode-and-forward (DF) mixed radio-frequency/underwater optical wireless communication (RF/UOWC) system. Such wireless network configurations are particularly useful in efficient and demanding scenarios, such as military communications. Therefore, our analysis considers one single-antenna source node (SS) communicating with one legitimate destination node (DD) via a DF relay node (RR) equipped with multiple antennas for reception. Particularly, the relay receives the incoming signal from SS via an RF link, applies selection-combining (SC) technique, fully decodes it, re-encodes it, and then forwards it to the destination via a UOWC link. The communication is performed under the eavesdropper{\textquoteright}s attempt to intercept the S-RS-R hop (RF side). In this context, a closed-form expression for the secrecy outage probability is derived along with a thorough asymptotic analysis in the high SNR regime, based on which the achievable diversity order is provided. The offered results provide useful insights on the impact of some key system and channel parameters on the secrecy outage performance, such as the number of eavesdroppers, the number of relay antennas, fading severity parameters of RF links, and water turbulence severity of the UOWC link. The conducted analysis shows that the secrecy outage probability is dominated only by the RR-DD link in the high SNR regime, regardless of the SS-RR parameters, such as the number of relay antennas and the average SNR at the relay branches. The offered analytic results are corroborated with respective results from computer simulations. Since these parameters are closely related with the computational complexity at the involved terminals, the offered insights are useful for the design and computationally sustainable operation of such systems. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Antenna sources, Antennas, Asymptotic analysis, Complex networks, Computational complexity, Cooperative communication, Decoding, Dual-hop relaying, Fading channels, Military communications, Network layers, Optical communication, Performances analysis, Physical layer security, Probability, Quality of service, Secrecy outage probabilities, Secrecy outages, Selection combining, Signal to noise ratio, Single antenna, Source nodes, Underwater optical wireless communication},
	doi = {10.1109/TSUSC.2019.2906545},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098369882\&doi=10.1109\%2fTSUSC.2019.2906545\&partnerID=40\&md5=3021a37f73c102416a7e51dd6c971930},
	author = {Illi, E. and Bouanani, F.E. and Da Costa, D.B. and Sofotasios, P.C. and Ayoub, F. and Mezher, K. and Muhaidat, S.}
}
@conference {Miftah2020,
	title = {Performance Analysis of MIMO-STBC Systems over Correlated Fading Channels},
	booktitle = {3rd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2020},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {The wireless communication services are in great demand nowadays, especially in 5G mobile technologies and beyond. In this frame, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have shown a good efficiency by combating the phenomenon of fading as well as enhancing the performance of wireless communication systems. Particularly, MIMO systems with space-time block codes are promised solutions allowing to provide full diversity over coherent flat-fading channels. In this paper, relying on a highly accurate approximate the probability density function of the sum of correlated Weibull distributions, various performance criteria of MIMO-STBC systems undergoing Weibull fading channels are derived in approximate forms, namely outage probability, average capacity, and average symbol error rate. The accuracy of the aforementioned approximate expressions have been corroborated by the Monte-Carlo simulation method. Further, to gain more insights into the system{\textquoteright}s performance, the impact of the key parameters on the considered MIMO-STBC system reliability are highlighted. {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.},
	keywords = {5G mobile communication systems, Approximate expressions, Average symbol error rate (SER), Block codes, Correlated fading channels, Fading channels, MIMO systems, Monte Carlo methods, Monte Carlo simulation methods, Performance criterion, Probability density function, Space time codes, Space-time block coding (STBC), Weibull distribution, Weibull fading channel, Wireless communication services, Wireless communication system},
	doi = {10.1109/CommNet49926.2020.9199628},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093691289\&doi=10.1109\%2fCommNet49926.2020.9199628\&partnerID=40\&md5=8eb5e31a9b17a2b157f2d746aa4a9f63},
	author = {Miftah, Y. and Bessate, A. and Bouanani, F.E.}
}
@conference {Illi2020,
	title = {On the Performance of Dual-Hop SWIPT-based Relaying System with Asymmetric Fading Conditions},
	booktitle = {3rd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2020},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 1},
	abstract = {This paper inspects the error rate and the capacity performance of a dual-hop energy harvesting (EH)-based fixed-gain amplify-and-forward relaying communication system, subject to fading impairments. We consider a source node (S) communicating with a destination node (D) via a relay node (R) equipped with a finite-size battery, which harvests energy from its received signal from S and uses it to power up its communication with D after amplification. Time-switching protocol is examined in the analysis for EH. In addition, the S-R and R-D hops are modeled by the Nakagami-m and $\alpha-μ$ fading models, respectively. A closed-form expression for the cumulative distribution function of the end-to-end signal-to-noise ratio is derived, based on which novel exact and asymptotic closed-form formulas for the average symbol error rate and average channel capacity are derived. The derived expressions are validated through Monte Carlo simulations. {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Amplify-and-forward relaying, Average channel capacities, Average symbol error rate (SER), Capacity performance, Closed-form expression, Cumulative distribution function, Destination nodes, Distribution functions, Energy harvesting, Fading conditions, Monte Carlo methods, Signal to noise ratio},
	doi = {10.1109/CommNet49926.2020.9199629},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093673625\&doi=10.1109\%2fCommNet49926.2020.9199629\&partnerID=40\&md5=1ab8ab84fab283bfc9161c2765dfe41a},
	author = {Illi, E. and Bouanani, F.E. and Ayoub, F.}
}
@conference {Illi2018112,
	title = {On the performance of mixed FSO-UOWC communication system with the presence of pointing error},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {112-118},
	doi = {10.1145/3289100.3289119},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058670470\&doi=10.1145\%2f3289100.3289119\&partnerID=40\&md5=fd9e1ae8efcae85f32f61992bed4ad8d},
	author = {Illi, E. and Bouanani, F.E. and Ayoub, F.}
}
@conference {Bouanani2018,
	title = {Preface},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058663997\&partnerID=40\&md5=b234429ab6be7e2c79d971d6202a5864},
	author = {Bouanani, F.E.}
}
@conference {Bessate2015,
	title = {Performance analysis of MRC diversity in correlated Weibull fading channels},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications, WINCOM 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Ascertaining the importance of the Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) receiver and the suitability of the Weibull model to describe mobile fading channels, we study the performance of this combiner over correlated Weibull Fading Channels (WFC) with arbitrary parameters. We adapt the approximate closed-form expressions of many performance criteria of L-branch MRC derived in [1] to the case of correlated channels. Additionally, to reduce the computing complexity of performance criteria, the probability density function (PDF) and the moment generating function (MGF) of the output SNR are written otherwise in terms of simple polynomial and Laguerre generalized function. All the results are evaluated and illustrated by using Mathematica Software, verified and validated by monte-carlo simulation and comparison with previous results [2]. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/WINCOM.2015.7381342},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84965014218\&doi=10.1109\%2fWINCOM.2015.7381342\&partnerID=40\&md5=6de2a33a953079bbc47bd5f3e5123bea},
	author = {Bessate, A. and Bouanani, F.E.}
}
