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When Intelligence Overloads Infrastructure: A Forecast Model for AI-Driven Bottlenecks Open

Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Mallik Tatipamula, Ahmed Refaey · 2025

The exponential growth of AI agents and connected devices fundamentally transforms the structure and capacity demands of global digital infrastructure. This paper introduces a unified forecasting model that projects AI agent populations to…

Efficient Resource Management for Secure and Low-Latency O-RAN Communication Open

Zaineh Abughazzah, Emna Baccour, Ahmed Refaey, Amr Mohamed, Mounir Hamdi · 2025

Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) are transforming telecommunications by shifting from centralized to distributed architectures, promoting flexibility, interoperability, and innovation through open interfaces and multi-vendor environments…

Closing the Responsibility Gap in AI-based Network Management: An Intelligent Audit System Approach Open

Emanuel Figetakis, Ahmed Refaey · 2025

Existing network paradigms have achieved lower downtime as well as a higher Quality of Experience (QoE) through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based network management tools. These AI management systems, allow for automatic respon…

Distributed Traffic Control in Complex Dynamic Roadblocks: A Multi-Agent Deep RL Approach Open

Noor Aboueleneen, Yahuza Bello, Abdullatif Albaseer, Ahmed Refaey, Mohamed Abdallah , et al. · 2024

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) represent a transformative advancement in the transportation industry. These vehicles have sophisticated sensors, advanced algorithms, and powerful computing systems that allow them to navigate and operate without…

Raft Distributed System for Multi-access Edge Computing Sharing Resources Open

Zain Khaliq, Ahmed Refaey · 2024

Researchers all over the world are employing a variety of analysis approaches in attempt to provide a safer and faster solution for sharing resources via a Multi-access Edge Computing system. Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a job-shar…

Decentralized Semantic Traffic Control in AVs Using RL and DQN for Dynamic Roadblocks Open

Emanuel Figetakis, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey, Abdallah Shami · 2024

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), furnished with sensors capable of capturing essential vehicle dynamics such as speed, acceleration, and precise location, possess the capacity to execute intelligent maneuvers, including lane changes, in anticipa…

Towards Zero-Trust 6GC: A Software Defined Perimeter Approach with Dynamic Moving Target Defense Mechanism Open

Zeyad Abdelhay, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey · 2023

The upcoming Sixth Generation (6G) network is projected to grapple with a range of security concerns, encompassing access control, authentication, secure connections among 6G Core (6GC) entities, and trustworthiness. Classical Virtual Priv…

Unified Pandemic Tracking System Based on Open Geospatial Consortium SensorThings API Open

Robinson Paniagua, Rdawa Sultan, Ahmed Refaey · 2023

With the current nations struggling to track the pandemic's trajectories. There has been a lack of transparency or real-live data streaming for pandemic cases and symptoms. This phenomenon has led to a rapid and uncontrolled spread of thes…

Implicit Sensing in Traffic Optimization: Advanced Deep Reinforcement Learning Techniques Open

Emanuel Figetakis, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey, Lei Lei, Medhat Moussa · 2023

A sudden roadblock on highways due to many reasons such as road maintenance, accidents, and car repair is a common situation we encounter almost daily. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) equipped with sensors that can acquire vehicle dynamics such …

Editorial: Artificial intelligence-based computer-aided diagnosis applications for brain disorders from medical imaging data, volume II Open

Fahmi Khalifa, Ahmed Shalaby, Ahmed A. Soliman, Safa Elaskary, Ahmed Refaey , et al. · 2023

EDITORIAL article Front. Neurosci., 12 July 2023Sec. Brain Imaging Methods Volume 17 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1241926

Zero Touch Realization of Pervasive Artificial Intelligence as a Service in 6G Networks Open

Emna Baccour, Mhd Saria Allahham, Aiman Erbad, Amr Mohamed, Ahmed Refaey , et al. · 2023

The vision of the upcoming 6G technologies, characterized by ultra-dense\nnetwork, low latency, and fast data rate is to support Pervasive AI (PAI) using\nzero-touch solutions enabling self-X (e.g., self-configuration,\nself-monitoring, an…

Editorial: Artificial intelligence based computer-aided diagnosis applications for brain disorders from medical imaging data Open

Ahmed Shalaby, Ahmed A. Soliman, Safa Elaskary, Ahmed Refaey, Mohamed Abdelazim , et al. · 2023

EDITORIAL article Front. Neurosci., 31 January 2023Sec. Brain Imaging Methods Volume 17 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.998818

6G-Enabled Mobile Access Point Placement via Dynamic Federated Learning Strategies Open

Paul Mirdita, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey, Ayman Radwan · 2023

Advanced Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) based on Received Signal Strength (RSS) fingerprints have been paramount in 6G network research and commercial exploitation due to their cost-effectiveness and simplicity. Despite their popularity,…

Exploring the Intersection of Consortium Blockchain Technologies and Multi-Access Edge Computing: Chronicles of a Proof of Concept Demo Open

Angelo Vera-Rivera, Ekram Hossain, Ahmed Refaey · 2022

The efficient administration of network resources in Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) is an active research topic these days. Task sharing, in particular, is one of the fundamental problems regarding MEC architectures although the existin…

Analysis of thermal hydraulic behavior of KONVOI PWR during a design extension condition Open

salwa helmy, Magy Kandil, Ahmed Refaey · 2021

In nuclear power plants the design extension conditions are more complex and severe than those postulated as design basis accidents, therefore, they must be taken into account in the safety analyses. In this study, many hypothetical invest…

B5G: Predictive Container Auto-Scaling for Cellular Evolved Packet Core Open

Yahuza Bello, Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Mhd Saria Allahham, Ahmed Refaey, Aiman Erbad , et al. · 2021

In order to maintain a satisfactory performance in the midst of rapid growth of mobile traffic, the mobile network infrastructure needs to be scaled. Thus there has been significant interest in scalability of mobile core networks and a var…

Communication and Networking Track Committee Open

Yau Yan Lim, Salimur Choudhury, Damla Turgut, Ahmed Refaey, Nauman Khan , et al. · 2020

Proportionally Fair approach for Tor’s Circuits Scheduling Open

Lamiaa Basyoni, Aiman Erbad, Amr Mohamed, Ahmed Refaey, Mohsen Guizani · 2020

The number of users adopting Tor to protect their online privacy is increasing rapidly. With a limited number of volunteered relays in the network, the number of clients' connections sharing the same relays is increasing to the extent that…

A Blockchain Framework for Secure Task Sharing in Multi-Access Edge Computing Open

Angelo Vera Rivera, Ahmed Refaey, Ekram Hossain · 2020

In the context of Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), the task sharing mechanism among edge servers is an activity of vital importance for speeding up the computing process and thereby improve user experience. The distributed resources in t…

Tracking Pandemics: A MEC-Enabled IoT Ecosystem with Learning Capability Open

Amal Feriani, Ahmed Refaey, Ekram Hossain · 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges to global society and the healthcare system in particular. The main objective of this article is to introduce an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem for healthcare th…

Five-Layers SDP-Based Hierarchical Security Paradigm for Multi-access Edge Computing Open

Jaspreet Singh, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey, Amr Mohamed · 2020

The rise in embedded and IoT device usage comes with an increase in LTE usage as well. About 70\% of an estimated 18 billion IoT devices will be using cellular LTE networks for efficient connections. This introduces several challenges such…

Five-Layers SDP-Based Hierarchical Security Paradigm for Multi-access\n Edge Computing Open

Jaspreet Singh, Yahuza Bello, Ahmed Refaey, Amr Mohamed · 2020

The rise in embedded and IoT device usage comes with an increase in LTE usage\nas well. About 70\\% of an estimated 18 billion IoT devices will be using\ncellular LTE networks for efficient connections. This introduces several\nchallenges …

A Blockchain Framework for Secure Task Sharing in Multi-access Edge\n Computing Open

Angelo Vera Rivera, Ahmed Refaey, Ekram Hossain · 2020

In the context of Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), the task sharing\nmechanism among edge servers is an activity of vital importance for speeding up\nthe computing process and thereby improve user experience. The distributed\nresources i…

ssHealth: Toward Secure, Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare Systems Open

Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Abeer Z. Al-Marridi, Amr Mohamed, Aiman Erbad, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , et al. · 2020

The future of healthcare systems is being shaped by incorporating emerged\ntechnological innovations to drive new models for patient care. By acquiring,\nintegrating, analyzing, and exchanging medical data at different system levels,\nnew …

A Sidechain-Based Decentralized Authentication Scheme via Optimized Two-Way Peg Protocol for Smart Community Open

Min Li, Helen Tang, Ahmed Refaey, Xianbin Wang · 2020

In this work, we propose a novel sidechain structure via an optimized two-way peg protocol for device authentication in the smart community in order to overcome the limitations of existing approaches. The proposed scheme uses private side …

Guest Editorial Special Issue on CCECE 2019 Open

Mohamed Shehata, Ahmed Refaey, Yang Shi · 2020

Welcome to a Special Issue of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, which presents some of the top articles (in extended form) from the Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2019) hel…

A Blockchain Policy and Charging Control Framework for Roaming in Cellular Networks Open

Ahmed Refaey, Karim Hammad, Sebastian Magierowski, Ekram Hossain · 2019

As a technology foundation of cryptocurrencies, blockchain enables decentralized peer-to-peer trading through consensus mechanisms without the involvement of a third party. Blockchain has been regarded as an auspicious technology for futur…

On IoT applications: a proposed SDP framework for MQTT Open

Ahmed Refaey, Ahmed Sallam, Abdallah Shami · 2019

In this work, the software‐defined perimeter (SDP) is considered for the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol framework in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In fact, the SDP provides an additional layer of security …

A Blockchain Policy and Charging Control Framework for Roaming in\n Cellular Networks Open

Ahmed Refaey, Karim Hammad, Sebastian Magierowski, Ekram Hossain · 2019

As a technology foundation of cryptocurrencies, blockchain enables\ndecentralized peer-to-peer trading through consensus mechanisms without the\ninvolvement of a third party. Blockchain has been regarded as an auspicious\ntechnology for fu…

On the Security of SDN: A Completed Secure and Scalable Framework Using the Software-Defined Perimeter Open

Ahmed Sallam, Ahmed Refaey, Abdallah Shami · 2019

The widespread adoption and evolution of Software Defined Networking (SDN) have enabled the service providers to successfully simplify network management. Along with the traffic explosion, there is decreasing CAPEX and OPEX as well as an i…

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