Mona Jaber

Queen Mary, University of London | QMUL · School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

A novel approach is presented in this work for context-aware connectivity and processing optimization of Internet of things (IoT) networks. Different from the state-of-the-art approaches, the proposed approach simultaneously selects the best connectivity and processing unit (e.g., device, fog, and cloud) along with the percentage of data to be offl...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionising how energy is delivered from energy producers and used throughout residential households. Optimising the residential energy consumption is a crucial step toward having greener and sustainable energy production. Such optimisation requires a household-centric energy management system as opposed to a one...

Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) is one of the key technologies identified for future wireless networks to mitigate inter-cell interference, especially in a dense deployment scenario. However, CoMP can't be realized for the whole network due to its computational complexity, synchronization between coordinating base stations (BSs) and high backhaul (BH...

The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm is revolutionising the world of manufacturing into what is known as Smart Manufacturing or Industry 4.0. The main pillar in smart manufacturing looks at harnessing IoT data and leveraging machine learning (ML) to automate the prediction of faults, thus cutting maintenance time and cost and improving the product...

A novel approach is presented in this work for context-aware connectivity and processing optimization of Internet of things (IoT) networks. Different from the state-of-the-art approaches, the proposed approach simultaneously selects the best connectivity and processing unit (e.g., device, fog, and cloud) along with the percentage of data to be offl...

This chapter focuses on state‐of‐the‐art life‐span extension methods for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with high‐level taxonomy: energy harvesting and energy conservation. WSNs render the industrial processes more dynamic and agile owing to their real‐time monitoring capabilities, hence reducing the operational expenditure with minimal installati...

In the advent of realising Level 3 autonomous driving, the race of cities towards achieving Smart Mobility has recently escalated with promises of green, accessible, affordable, efficient, and ethical transport. Thus, the paradigm of smart mobility is intertwined with the challenges of autonomous driving and these are best addressed jointly. At the...

With the advent of network densification and the development of other radio interface technologies, the major bottleneck of future cellular networks is shifting from the radio access network to the backhaul. Future networks are expected to handle a wide range of applications and users with different requirements. In order to tackle the problem of d...

Heterogeneous networks are a key solution to serving the exponential surge in data volume and higher quality expectations. Nonetheless, such networks require the ubiquitous presence of fiberto-the-cell to address the performance demands of 5G and fastspreading small cells. To this end, innovative ways of optimizing the usage of realistic backhaul l...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is spreading much faster than the speed at which the supporting technology is maturing. Today, there are tens of wireless technologies competing for IoT and a myriad of IoT devices with disparate capabilities and constraints. Moreover, each of many verticals employing IoT networks dictates distinctive and differential n...

Wireless technology is the strongest contender for catering for the 5G backhaul stipulated performance where optical fibre is unavailable. In the presence of ultra-dense networks, such occurrences are exponentially increasing and different wireless technologies are investigated for this application. We present the first backhaul-specific wireless l...

The fifth generation of mobile networks (5G) is maturing fast and the target year 2020 is around the corner. However, the realistic backhaul network may not be ready for 5G arrival as it is likely to converge to 5G requirements at a slower pace than the radio counterpart. In this work, we develop a method that identifies pertinent backhaul upgrade...

In the future, all devices that benefit from an internet connection will be connected. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are key enablers of this vision by moving beyond basic connectivity Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications brings to more intelligent interconnection of physical things on a massive scale. This anticipated growth is expected...

The distinction between the radio access network and the backhaul network is disappearing with emerging advanced features. The backhaul is invading the radio assess spectrum to enable wireless in-band connections and the radio network is overlapping with the transport network through cloud processing and distributed functions. As such, it is of piv...

The distinction between the radio access network and the backhaul network is disappearing with emerging advanced features. The backhaul is invading the radio assess spectrum to enable wireless in-band connections and the radio network is overlapping with the transport network through cloud processing and distributed functions. As such, it is of piv...

Cell planning (CP) is the most important phase in the life cycle of a cellular system as it determines the operational expenditure (OPEX), capital expenditure (CAPEX), as well as the long-term performance of the system. Therefore, it is not surprising that CP problems have been studied extensively for the past three decades for all four generations...

Energy efficiency in future networks is a global and paramount requirement driven by the desire to reduce networks' carbon footprint and energy bills, as well as extend the battery life of devices. Ultra-dense small cell deployment is a key enabler of such networks as it addresses the energy efficiency aspect of its radio section. However, the smal...

The backhaul is a cornerstone in the development of future cellular networks and not the least challenging. The difficulty of designing the future backhaul is in the expected range of performance metrics that is increasing in breadth and in rising standards. Novel ideas for solving the heterogeneous backhaul problem are frequently proposed. Tractab...

5G is the next cellular generation and is expected to quench the growing thirst for taxing data rates and to enable the Internet of Things. Focused research and standardization work have been addressing the corresponding challenges from the radio perspective while employing advanced features, such as network densification, massive multiple-input-mu...

5G definition and standardization projects are well underway, and governing characteristics and major challenges have been identified. A critical network element impacting the potential performance of 5G networks is the backhaul, which is expected to expand in length and breadth to cater to the exponential growth of small cells while offering high...

Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) is a key feature for mitigating inter-cell interference, improve system throughput, and cell edge performance. However, CoMP implementation requires complex beamforming/scheduling design, increased backhaul bandwidth, additional pilot overhead, and precise synchronization. Cooperation needs to be limited to a few cell...

LTE is the fastest growing cellular technology and is expected to increase its footprint in the coming years, as well as progress toward LTE-A. The race among operators to deliver the expected quality of experience to their users is tight and demands sophisticated skills in network planning. Radio network dimensioning (RND) is an essential step in...

Machine to machine (M2M) services are expected to have a compelling penetration in cellular networks. On account of predicted invading numbers of M2M devices, with restricted data needs, the resulting network signaling load poses a great challenge to cellular operators. Data aggregation is an attractive approach to deal with this situation; each ag...

The global wide area coverage of cellular networks offers a great advantage to provide connectivity to a wide range of emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) services. The anticipated massive growth of M2M devices is expected to challenge the planning and operation of cellular networks due to new models of traffic behaviour and high signalling loads ove...

Radio network dimensioning is an essential step towards designing a cellular network and has traditionally relied on a pragmatic approach to capture the effects of fading and shadowing on the system interference. However, with the increased flexibility of LTE which builds on the statistical variation of wireless channels by adapting resources accor...

This paper is a brief introduction to the complex task of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network dimensioning, with emphasis on capacity analysis and the innovative solution developed by FLE for this purpose. Capacity analysis (an integral part of dimensioning) is a study that allows the estimation of required resources that can...