Research Publications
"Research is creating new knowledge." -Neil Armstrong
To me, research is only meaningful if it brings innovation, solves a society problem and is useful for humans. Some great examples are mobile phones and Internet.
Journal Papers
[J-20] Muhammad Hanif, *Maaz Rehan, Saima Gulzar Ahmad, Ehsan Ullah Munir, “SIML: A Swarm-based Inline Machine Learning for Cyber Attack Detection in IoT Devices" - (to be submitted)
[J-19] Ikram Ul Haq, *Maaz Rehan, Waqas Rehan, “BSecureIoT: A Blockchain-based Secure Access Control Mechanism for Smart City IoT Devices" - (submitted - IEEE IoT Journal)
[J-18] Muhammad Zulfiqar, *Maaz Rehan, Ehsan Ullah Munir, Naeem Ramzan, Waqas Rehan, "SymWearIoT: An Efficient Symmetric Encryption Algorithm for Wearable IoT Devices in Remote Healthcare Monitoring" (to be submitted - IEEE IoT Journal)
[J-17] Muhammad Kamran, *Maaz Rehan, Wasif Nisar, Waqas Rehan, "An Optimized Anomaly Detection Mechanism in Blockchain using Advance Machine Learning Techniques" - (to be submitted - MDPI Sensors)
[J-16] Muhammad Nadeem, Lubna Awan, *Maaz Rehan, Saima Gulzar Ahmad, Waqas Rehan, "A Novel Producer Mobility Management Protocol in ICN-based Healthcare IoT Network" - (to be submitted - Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks)
[J-15] Zameer Ahmad, *Maaz Rehan, Omer Chughtai, Waqas Rehan, “AD-RDC: A Novel Adaptive Dynamic Radio Duty Cycle Mechanism for Low-Power IoT Devices” - IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2022.3145017 (IF = 10.238).
[B-02] *Muhammad Nadeem, Maaz Rehan, Ehsan Ullah Munir, “Minimized Channel Switching and Routing (MCSR) Protocol for Cognitive Radio based Internet of Vehicles” - (Accepted) - To be published in the upcoming CRC Press Book, Cognitive Radio-based Internet of Vehicles: Architectures, Applications, and Open Issues
[J-14] Muneeb Ul Hassan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Maaz Rehan, Jinjun Chen, "Differential Privacy in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Comprehensive Survey", Springer Cognitive Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-021-09969-9 (IF = 4.890)
[J-13] Anam Javaid, Asma Rafiq, Maaz Rehan, *Mustafa Rafique, Muhammad Kamran, Ehsan Ullah Munir, "Clustering-cum-Handover Management Scheme for Improved Internet Access in High-Density Mobile Wireless Environments", Elsevier Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suscom.2020.100483 (IF = 4.923)
[J-12] Waqas Rehan, Stefan Fischer, Omer Chughtai, Maaz Rehan, Shahzad Saleem, "A Novel Dynamic Confidence Interval based Secure Channel Prediction Approach for Stream-based Multichannel Wireless Sensor Networks ", Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2020.102212 (IF = 4.816)
[J-11] Waqas Rehan, Stefan Fischer, Maaz Rehan, Yasser Mawad, Shahzad Saleem, "QCM2R: A QoS-aware cross-layered multichannel multisink routing protocol for stream based wireless sensor networks", Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102552 (IF = 7.574)
[B-01] Ali Nawaz Abbasi, Tashjia Anfal, and Muhammad Maaz Rehan. "A Blockchain-enabled edge supported e-challan mechanism for content-centric Internet of Vehicles.", Blockchain-enabled Fog and Edge Computing: Concepts, Architectures and Applications: Concepts, Architectures and Applications (2020): 79. (Click-to-open)
[J-10] Shehroz Riaz, *Maaz Rehan, Tariq Umer, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Waqas Rehan, Ehsan Ullah Munir, Tassawar Iqbal, “FRP: A Novel Fast Rerouting Protocol with Multi-link-failure Recovery for Mission-Critical WSN”. Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.06.029 (IF = 7.307)
[J-09] Waqas Rehan, Stefan Fischer, Maaz Rehan, “Anatomizing the Robustness of Multichannel MAC Protocols for WSNs: An Evaluation under MAC oriented Design Issues impacting QoS". Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2018.06.013 (IF = 7.574)
[J-08] Waqas Rehan, Stefan Fischer, Maaz Rehan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, “A Comprehensive Survey on Multichannel Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks”. Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications. doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2017.07.006 (IF = 7.574)
[J-07] Waqas Rehan, Stephen Fischer and Maaz Rehan, “A Critical Review of Surveys Emphasizing on Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks - An Anatomization under General Survey Design Framework”. MDPI Sensors. doi:10.3390/s17081713 (IF = 3.843)
[J-06] Omer Chughtai, Nasreen Badruddin, Maaz Rehan, Abid Khan, “Congestion Detection and Alleviation in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks”, Hindawi/Wiley Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing. doi:10.1155/2017/9243019 (2021 IF = 2.336)
[J-05] Omer Chughtai, Nasreen Badruddin, Azlan Awang, and Maaz Rehan, “A Novel Route Discovery Procedure For Congestion Avoidance In WSNs”. International Journal of Sensor Networks. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSNET.2017.087897 (IF = 1.264)
[J-04] *Maaz Rehan, Halabi Hasbullah, Ibrahima Faye, Waqas Rehan, Omer Chughtai, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, “ZGLS: A Novel Flat Quorum-based and Reliable Location Management Protocol for VANETs”, Springer Wireless Networks. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-016-1443-4 (IF = 2.701) --- my PhD thesis work
[J-03] Omer Chughtai, Nasreen Badruddin, Azlan Awang, Maaz Rehan, “Congestion-aware and Traffic Load balancing Scheme for routing in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Springer Telecommunication Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-015-0126-2 (IF = 2.336)
[J-02] Waqas Rehan, Stephen Fischer and Maaz Rehan, “Machine-Learning Based Channel Quality and Stability Estimation for Stream-Based Multichannel Wireless Sensor Networks”. MDPI Sensors. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091476 (IF = 3.847)
[J-01] Ghadah Aldabbagh, *Maaz Rehan, Halabi Hasbullah, Omer Chughtai, Waqas Rehan, “A Driver Safety Information Broadcast Ptotocol for VANET”, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences. doi:10.18576/amis/100208 (2013 IF = 1.232, SJR 2021 = 0.258)
Conference Papers
Rehan, Maaz, Halabi Hasbullah, Waqas Rehan, and Omer Chughtai. "Zoomout hello: A novel 1-hop broadcast scheme to improve network qos for vanet on highways." In Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks for Smart Cities, pp. 75-84. Springer, Singapore, 2015.
Rehan, Maaz, Halabi Hasbullah, Omer Chughtai, and Waqas Rehan. "ZLS: a next-door lightweight QoS aware location service technique for VANET on highways." In Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2014 International Conference on, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2014.
Chughtai, Omer, Nasreen Badruddin, Azlan Awang, and Maaz Rehan. "Reliability-constrained routing for traffic load balancing in wireless sensor networks." In Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), 2014 5th International Conference on, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2014.
Chughtai, Omer, Nasreen Badruddin, Azlan Awang, and Maaz Rehan. "A cooperative selection reactive routing protocol for wireless sensor networks." In Research and Development (SCOReD), 2013 IEEE Student Conference on, pp. 495-499. IEEE, 2013.
Shah, Peer Azmat, Omer Chughtai, Maaz Rehan, and Halabi B. Hasbullah. "Distributed vertical handover management for wireless mesh networks." In Networks (ICON), 2012 18th IEEE International Conference on, pp. 80-83. IEEE, 2012.
Elahi, Ehsan, Muhammad Yousaf, Ambreen Sheikh, M. Maaz Rehan, M. Omer Chughtai, and Amir Qayyum. "On the implementation of End-to-End Mobility Management Framework (EMF)." In Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 2010 IEEE 6th International Conference on, pp. 458-465. IEEE, 2010.
Shah, Peer Azmat, Maaz Rehan, Hafiz Muhammad Omer Chughtai, and Amir Qayyum. "On reducing throughput degradation of TCP connection after vertical handover." In Multitopic Conference, 2009. INMIC 2009. IEEE 13th International, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2009.
Yousaf, Muhammad, Sohail Bhatti, Maaz Rehan, Amir Qayyum, and Shahzad A. Malik. "An Intelligent Prediction Model for Generating LGD Trigger of IEEE 802.21 MIH." In ICIC (1), pp. 413-422. 2009.
Rehan, Maaz, Muhammad Yousaf, Amir Qayyum, and Shahzad A. Malik. "A Cross-Layer User Centric Vertical Handover Decision Approach Based on MIH Local Triggers." In WMNC/PWC, pp. 359-369. 2009. (Received Student Travel Grant from IFIP, the Organizers of WMNC'09)
Rehan, M. Maaz, Peer Azmat Shah, “From Deep Web up to the Surface Web,” In 1st NCSCC 2008, pp. 78-83. 2008.
Shah, Peer Azmat, M. Maaz Rehan, “Load Balancing for Congestion Control in MPLS Networks.” In 1st NCSCC, pp.91-93. 2008.