Professional Activities
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Journal Editing
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (COMST)
Area Editor - Wireless Communications (2018 - Present)
Editor (2015 - 2018)
IEEE Communications Magazine - Associate Technical Editor - (2014 - Present)
Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal - Associate Editor (2014 - Present)
IEEE Access Journal - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
Springer Wireless Networks Journal - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems - Associate Editor (2017 - Present)
Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: An International Journal - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
Journal of Communications and Networks - Editor (2015 - Present)
Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks Journal - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems - Associate Editor (2015 - Present)
Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - Associate Editor (2017 - Present)
International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security (IJMIS) - Associate Editor (2018 - Present)
International Journal on Network Science - Associate Editor (2018 - Present)
International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security - Area Editor - (2013 - 2017)
Guest Editor
[Guest Editor-36] Special Issue on Software Defined Networks for Energy Internet and Smart Grid Communications, IEEE Access, 2019. [Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Alan Davy, Brendan Jennings, Zeeshan Kaleem, Akhilesh Thyagaturu, Hassnaa Moustafa, and Al-Sakib Khan Pathan]
[Guest Editor-35] Special Issue on Network Resource Management in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Challenges, Potentials, Future Applications, and Wayforward, IEEE Access, 2019
[Omer Chughtai, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Leila Musavian, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Soumaya Cherkaoui, Shiwen Mao, Onur Alparslan]
[Guest Editor-34] Special Issue on Special Issue on Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management, Elsevier Physical Communications, 2019
[Zeeshan Kaleem, Trung Q. Duong, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Nguyen-Son Vo]
[Guest Editor-33] Special Issue on Network Softwarization & Enablers, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2019
[Tarik Taleb, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, et al.,]
[Guest Editor-32] Special Issue on Vehicular Communication Systems, Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2018
[Mehdi Shadaram, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Vyasa Sai]
[Guest Editor-31] Special Issue on Selected Sensor Papers from ICGHIT 2019 –The 7th International Conference on Green and Human Information Technology, Sensors MDPI , 2019
[Byung-Seo Kim, Sung Won Kim, Chi Zhang, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Yuanxiong Guo, Tariq Umer]
[Guest Editor-30] Special Issue on Data Driven Intelligence in Wireless Networks: Issues, Challenges, and Solution, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2018
[Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Yousaf Bin Zikria, and Qiang Ni]
[Guest Editor-29] Special Issue on Softwarization and Caching for the Internet of Things, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018
[Maaz Rehan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Ghadah Aldabbagh, Ejaz Ahmed, Anis Laouiti]
[Guest Editor-28] Special Issue on SDN, NFV, and Mobile Edge Computing with QoE Support for 5G, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT), 2017
[Yaser Jararweh; Constandinos Mavromoustakis; Danda B. Rawat, and Mubashir Husain Rehmani]
[Guest Editor-27] Special Issue on Fairness in Futuristic Wireless Networks: Applications, Implementation, Issues, and Opportunities, IEEE Access, 2017
[Tariq Umer, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Samee U. Khan, Qiang Ni, and Waleed Ijaz]
[Guest Editor-26] Special Issue on Recent Advances on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, 2017
[Sedjelmaci Hichem, Sidi Mohammed Senouci, Nirwan Ansari, and Mubashir Husain Rehmani]
[Guest Editor-25] Special Issue on Cyber Threats against Critical Infrastructure and their Countermeasures, The Journal of Supercomputing, 2017.
[Junaid Chaudhry, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Ali Kashif Basheer]
[Guest Editor-24] Special Issue on 5G Mobile Services and Scenarios: Challenges and Solutions, MDPI Sustainability, 2017.
[Yousaf Bin Zikria, Sung Won Kim, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Haoxiang Wang, Mubashir Husain Rehmani]
[Guest Editor-23] Special Issue on The Green Internet of Things (GIoT), Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) Journal, Hindawi and Wiley, 2017.
[Fadi M. Al-Turjman, Ahmed E. Kamal, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Ayman Radwan, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan]
[Guest Editor-22] Special Issue on Smart Cities and Smart Sensory Platforms, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 2017.
[Fadi Al-Turjman Hossam Hassanein Mubashir Husain Rehmani Ayman Radwan Muhammad Imran]
[Guest Editor-21] Special Issue on Amateur Drone Surveillance: Applications, Architectures, Enabling Technologies, and Public Safety Issues, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017.
[Jointly with Zeeshan Kaleem, Ejaz Ahmed, Abbas Jamalipour, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Hassna Moustafa, and Wael Guibene]
[Guest Editor-20] Special Issue on Internet of Things (IoT): Operating System, Applications and Protocols Design, and Validation Techniques, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2017.
[Jointly with Heejung Yu, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, and Oliver Hahm]
[Guest Editor-19] Special Issue on Mission Critical Public-Safety Communications: Architectures, Enabling Technologies, and Future Applications, IEEE Access, 2017.
[Jointly with Zeeshan Kaleem, Muhammad Ali Imran, Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir, Abbas Jamalipour, Ejaz Ahmed]
[Guest Editor-18] Special Issue on The New Era of Smart Cities: Sensors, Communication Technologies and Applications, IEEE Access, 2017.
[Jointly with Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Antonio Pescape, Sung Won Kim, and Waleed Ejaz]
[Guest Editor-17] Special Issue on "Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Resources: Information and Communication Technologies with Industry Perspective", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2017.
[Jointly with Martin Reisslein, Abderrezak Rachedi, Melike Erol Kantarci, and Milena Radenkovic]
[Guest Editor-16] Special Issue on ''Health informatics for the developing world'', IEEE Access, 2017.
[Jointly with Junaid Qadir, Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Muhammad Ali Imran, Amir Hussain, Rajib Rana, and Bin Luo]
[Guest Editor-15] Special Issue onInformation and Resource Management Systems for Internet of Things: Energy Management, Communication Protocols and Future Applications, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2017
[Jointly with Tariq Umer, Ahmed E. Kamal, Lyudmila Mihaylova]
[Guest Editor-14] Special Issue on Resource Management in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Energy Management, Communication Protocol and Future Applications, IEEE Access, 2016
[Jointly with Tariq Umer, Zhiguo Ding, Byung-Seo Kim, and Samee U. Khan ]
[Guest Editor-13] Special Issue on Energy Harvesting and Scavenging: Technologies, Algorithms, and Communication Protocols, IEEE Access, 2016
[Jointly with Ayaz Ahmad, Abderrezak Rachedi, Soumaya Cherkaoui, and Kok-Lim Alvin Yau]
[Guest Editor-12] Special Issue on Optimization for Emerging Wireless Networks: IoT, 5G and Smart Grid Communication Networks, IEEE Access, 2016
[Jointly with Ayaz Ahmad, Hamidou Tembine, Osama Mohammed, and Abbas Jamalipour]
[Guest Editor-11] Special Issue on Information Fusion in Internet of Things, Elsevier Information Systems Journal, 2016
[Jointly with Ejaz Ahmed]
[Guest Editor-10] Special Issue on Emerging Peer to Peer (P2P) Network Technologies for Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, 2016
[Jointly with Nadir Shah and Paolo Bellavista]
[Guest Editor-09] Special Issue on Mobile Edge Computing: Opportunities, Solutions, and Challenges, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Networks Journal, 2016
[Jointly with Ejaz Ahmed]
[Guest Editor-08] Special Issue on The Plethora of Research in Internet of Things, IEEE Access Journal, 2016
[Jointly with Abderrezak Rachedi, Joel J.P.C Rodrigues, and Soumaya Cherkaoui]
[Guest Editor-07] Special Issue on Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research, IEEE Access Journal, 2016
[Jointly with Ejaz Ahmed, Samee U. Khan, and Milena Radenkovic]
[Guest Editor-06] Special Issue on Social Collaborative Internet of Things, 2016
[Jointly with Ejaz Ahmed]
[Guest Editor-05] Special Issue on Cognitive Radio Based Smart Grid: The Future of the Traditional Electrical Grid, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, 2015
[Jointly with Martin Reisslein, Abderrezak Rachedi, Melike Erol Kantarci, and Milena Radenkovic]
[Guest Editor-04] Special Issue on Smart Grids: The Hub of Interdisciplinary Research, IEEE Access Journal, 2015
[Jointly with Martin Reisslein, Abderrezak Rachedi, Melike Erol Kantarci, and Milena Radenkovic]
[Guest Editor-03] Special Issue on Recent Developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks, Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, 2015
[Jointly with Mehdi Shadaram, Sherali Zeadally, and Paolo Bellavista]
[Guest Editor-02] Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, 2015
[Jointly with Mehdi Shadaram and Ayaz Isazadeh]
[Guest Editor-01] Special Issue on Wireless Systems: Networks, Routing, Security and Reliability, Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, January 2015
[Jointly with Mehdi Shadaram]
Associate Editor for Newsletters
IEEE Future Directions Newsletters
Area Editor
International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS) -- Ended in May 2017
Editorial Review Board (ERB) in International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR), IGI Global
Conferences/Workshop Chair and Co-Chair
Co-chairing the track of Network Protocols and Performance Analysis for 10th BWCCA International Conference, 2015.
Co-chairing the track on Internet of Things for 24th ICCCN 2015 to be held in Las Vegas.
Co-chairing QoS QoE Workshop 2015
Program Committee:
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2019 - Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE ICC 2019 - Cognitive Radio and Networks (CRN) Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE ICC 2019 - SPC Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE WNCN 2019
TPC Member of CrownCom 2019
TPC Member of IWCMC 2019 QoS and QoE Workshop (IWCMC 2019 QoS and QoE Workshop)
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2018 - Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2018 - Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2018 - Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE ICC 2018 - Cognitive Radio and Networks (CRN) Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE ICC 2018 - Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
TPC member of IEEE VTC 2018 - Track: 3, Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Management
TPC Member of IEEE VTC 2018 Spring - Track: 5. Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks
TPC Member of IEEE VTC 2018 Fall - Track: 4. Multiple Antenna Systems and Cooperative Communications
TPC Member of Crowncom 2018
TPC Member of DepdendSys 2018
TPC Member of NetSoft 2018 - PVE-SDN Workshop organized by IEEE P1916.1 working group
TPC Member of VTC2018-Fall Recent Results, Symposia and Workshops
TPC Member of 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2018)
TPC Member of IWCMC-AI-IoT 2019 (IWCMC 2019 Artificial Intelligence for Future IoT)
TPC Member of SpaCCS 2018
TPC Member of "Communication, Computing and Networking in Internet of Vehicles (CCNIV)" Track at the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC)
TPC Member of Sixth International Workshop on e-Health Pervasive Wireless Applications and Services 2018 in conjunction with the IEEE WiMob conference
TPC Member of IWCMC 2018 QoS and QoE Workshop
TPC Member of International Workshop on Technologies, Algorithms, Models, Platforms and Applications for Smart Cities(TAMPAS'18)
TPC Member of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2018: e-Health Symposium
TPC Member of PANS 2018 - The 8th International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Architectures, Networks and Systems
TPC Member of MoWNet'2018 Workshop
TPC Member of IWCMC-SICM 2018 (SICM 2018-Smart Infrastructures for Crowd Management)
TPC Member of 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications (ISCC 2018)
TPC Member of Globecom2018 SAC EH (2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Selected Areas in Communications: E-Health)
TPC Member of International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies iCoMET 2018
TPC Member of BigData4Health, 2018
TPC Member of ISNCC-2018 5G-EI
TPC Member of ANT 2018
TPC Member of FNC 2018
TPC Member of IEEE GlobeCom 2017 - Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium
TPC Member of 3rd IEEE SCAN-2018, in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2018 in HI, USA
TPC Member of DependSys 2017
TPC Member of ICT 2018
TPC Member of VEHICULAR 2018
TPC Member of Fifth International IEEE Workshop on e-Health Pervasive Wireless Applications and Services 2017
TPC Member of 2018 IEEE 1st 5G WORLD FORUM 2018
TPC Member of IEEE eHPWAS'17
TPC Member of SpaCCS 2017
TPC Member of Second IEEE International Workshop on Safe, Energy-Aware, & Reliable Connected Health 2017
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2017 - Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium
TPC Member of IEEE LCN 2017
TPC Member of ICCT 2017
TPC Member of ITU Kaleidoscope 2017
TPM Member of IWCMC 2017 QoS and QoE Workshop
TPC Member of 22nd IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2017)
TPC Member of e-Health Symposium 2017 (Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2017: e-Health Symposium)
TPC Member of IEEE Globecom 2017 - Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium
TPC Member of CROWNCOM 2017
TPC Member of IEEE ICC 2016 - Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium
TPC Member of VTC2016-Spring - Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Management
TPC Member of IEEE GlobeCom 2016 -- Cognitive Radio and Networks
TPC Member of IEEE LCN 2016
TPC Member of IEEE CHASE 2016
TPC Member of CROWNCOM 2016
TPC Member of 18th International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (IEEE Healthcom'16), Munich, Germany
TPC Member of 18th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference MELECON 2016
TPC Member of RAFNET 2016
TPC Member of 1st IEEE International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Smart and Connected Health within IEEE Chase 2016
TPC Member of IEEE 10th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC-16)
TPC Member of 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2016) that will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece
TPC Member of 1st EAI International Conference on Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies, 2016
TPC Member of CHASE-SEARCH 2016 Conference
TPC Member of 7th Symposium on Security and Privacy in Next Generation Networks (SPNGN2016) in conjunction with ITNG 2016
TPC Member of IWCMC - QoS and QoE workshop
TPC Member of SpaCCS 2016 (http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/SpaCCS2016/)
TPC Member of DependSys 2016 (DependSys 2015)
TPC Member The 5th IEEE International Conference on Communication, Networks and Satellite (IEEE COMNETSAT 2016, http://comnetsat.org/)
TPC Member for ITU Kaleidoscope 2016 - ICTs for a Sustainable World
TPC Member APCC 2016 (22nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications
TPC Member 2nd Conference on Computing Systems and Applications (CSA 2016), will be held in Algiers, Algeria from December 13 to 14, 2016.
TPC Member of PerCom 2016 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Work in Progress
TPC Member of IEEE 2015 International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE)
TPC Member of ReHIS 2015
TPC Member of IEEE SDRANCAN with IEEE Globecom 2015
TPC Member of CROWNCOM 2015
TPC Member of CoCoNet'15
TPC Member of ITU kadeliscope 2015
TPC Member of ICCCN 2015
TPC Member of CIACS - 2015
TPC member of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2015), Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium.
TPC member of ICT 2015, Australia.
TPC member of EMERGING 2015, France.
TPC member of SPNGN 2015.
TPC member of I4CT 2015, Malaysia.
TPC member of 4th International Multi Topic Conference (IMTIC) 2015.
TPC member of 6th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2015)
TPC member of IEEE WoWMoM 2014, Australia.
TPC member of ACM CoNEXT 2013 Student Workshop, California, USA.
TPC member of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2014), Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium.
TPM member of INMIC 2014.
TPC member of ReHIS 2014 with IEEE HealthCom 2014.
TPC member of EMERGING 2014.
TPC member of CIACS-2014.
TPC member of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2013), Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium.
TPC member of NCIA 2013.
TPC member of 11th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology Conference (FIT 2013).
TPC member of 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2013)
TPC member of QoS and QoE in Wireless Communications Networks Workshop (QoS-QoE 2013) in 9th (IEEE IWCMC 2013)
TPC member of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (IEEE ICCVE 2012), China.
TPC member of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2012), Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium.
TPC member of The 2nd International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE 2013), Dec 2-6, 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Reviewer:
Journals:
IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
Springer Wireless Peronsal Communications
Springer Soft Computing Journal
Springer Wireless Networks
Editorial Review Board (ERB) in International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR), IGI Global
Wiley International Journal of Communication Networks (IJCS)
Inderscience International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC)
Inderscience International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC)
Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN), Old City Publishing
International Conferences:
IWCMC 2014
4th International Conference on SmArt COmmunications in NEtwork Technologies (SaCoNeT) June 17-19, 2013, Paris,France
ICSPCS 2013
ICCVE 2013
ATC 2013
IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2011).
Communications Technology and Its impact on Next Generation Computing (CTNGC-2012)
10th African Conference on Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics CARI 2010.
5th Annual International Wireless Internet Conference, Network Track WICON 2010.
EXAMINER
MS Thesis, "Evaluation and Performance of Reactive Protocols Using Mobility Model" by Naveed Anjum, Iqra University, July 2013, Islamabad.
MS Thesis, “Secured Route Mechanism in Mobile Ad hoc Networks.” by Zameer Ahmed, Iqra University, Nov 2013, Islamabad.
MSc Thesis, "Asynchronous Cooperative MIMO Communication", UET Taxila, Mar 2013, Taxila.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Senior Member IEEE
Member IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC)
Member IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)
Member IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communications and Computing (TCGCC)
Member IEEE Technical Subcommittee on Big Data (TSCBD)
Member IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC)
Member IEEE Software Defined Networks Community
Member IEEE Smart Grid Community
Member IEEE Smart Cities
Member IEEE Internet of Things Community
Member IEEE Internet Initiative Technology and Policy Community
Member IEEE Green ICT Community
Member IEEE Cyber security Community
Member IEEE Cloud Computing Community
Member IEEE Big Data Community
WORKSHOP CONDUCTED
One day workshop on Network Simulator NS-2 was conducted on 05th June 2013 at COMSATS Wah Cantt