Zain Ali

According to our database, Zain Ali authored at least 36 papers between 2016 and 2025.

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2025

Transmissive RIS-Empowered LEO-Satellite Communications With Hybrid-NOMA Under Residual Hardware Impairments.

Muhammad Asif, Xu Bao, Zain Ali, Asim Ihsan, Manzoor Ahmed, Xingwang Li

IEEE Trans. Green Commun. Netw., September, 2025

Hybrid Optimization for NOMA-Based Transmissive-RIS Mounted UAV Networks.

Zain Ali, Muhammad Asif, Wali Ullah Khan, Abdelrahman Elfikky, Asim Ihsan, Manzoor Ahmed, Ali Ranjha, Gautam Srivastava

IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., May, 2025

Enhanced Learning-Based Hybrid Optimization Framework for RSMA-Aided Underlay LEO Communication With Non-Collaborative Terrestrial Primary Network.

Zain Ali, Wali Ullah Khan, Muhammad Asif, Asim Ihsan, Abdelrahman Elfikky, Khaled M. Rabie, Tauseef Ahmad Siddiqui, Symeon Chatzinotas, Octavia A. Dobre

IEEE Trans. Commun., April, 2025

2024

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Backscatter Communications: Augmenting Intelligence in Future Internet of Things.

Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Zain Ali, Asad Mahmood, Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Manzoor Ahmed, Kapal Dev, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten

IEEE Internet Things Mag., September, 2024

A Survey on RIS Advances in Terahertz Communications: Emerging Paradigms and Research Frontiers.

Manzoor Ahmed, Abdul Wahid, Wali Ullah Khan, Feroz Khan, Asim Ihsan, Zain Ali, Khaled M. Rabie, Thokozani Shongwe, Zhu Han

IEEE Access, 2024

CR-Enabled NOMA Integrated Non-Terrestrial IoT Networks with Transmissive RIS.

Wali Ullah Khan, Zain Ali, Asad Mahmood, Eva Lagunas, Syed Tariq Shah, Symeon Chatzinotas

Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom Workshops 2024, 2024

Maximization of Entanglement Sharing in Quantum Communication Networks with Fidelity Requirements.

Zain Ali, Zouheir Rezki, Hamid R. Sadjadpour

Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2024

2023

Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Next Generation Cognitive Radio Enabled LEO Satellite Networks.

Wali Ullah Khan, Zain Ali, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, Muhammad Asif, Asim Ihsan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Octavia A. Dobre

IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun., November, 2023

Integration of NOMA With Reflecting Intelligent Surfaces: A Multi-Cell Optimization With SIC Decoding Errors.

Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, Zain Ali, Muhammad Asif, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten

IEEE Trans. Green Commun. Netw., September, 2023

Energy-Efficient Beamforming and Resource Optimization for STAR-IRS Enabled Hybrid-NOMA 6G Communications.

Muhammad Asif, Asim Ihsan, Wali Ullah Khan, Zain Ali, Shengli Zhang, Sissi Xiaoxiao Wu

IEEE Trans. Green Commun. Netw., September, 2023

Deep-Q Learning for Distributed Spectrum Reuse Maximization in Underlay Cognitive Radio Systems.

Zain Ali, Zouheir Rezki, Hamid R. Sadjadpour

IEEE Commun. Lett., September, 2023

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Enhanced NOMA D2D Communications Underlaying UAV Networks.

Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, Zain Ali, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten

Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom Workshops 2023, 2023

2022

Opportunities for Physical Layer Security in UAV Communication Enhanced with Intelligent Reflective Surfaces.

Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Zain Ali, Muhammad Awais Javed, Manzoor Ahmed, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Petar Popovski

IEEE Wirel. Commun., 2022

NOMA-Enabled Backscatter Communications for Green Transportation in Automotive-Industry 5.0.

Wali Ullah Khan, Asim Ihsan, Tu N. Nguyen, Zain Ali, Muhammad Awais Javed

IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics, 2022

Cooperative backscatter NOMA with imperfect SIC: Towards energy efficient sum rate maximization in sustainable 6G networks.

Manzoor Ahmed, Zain Ali, Wali Ullah Khan, Omer Waqar, Muhammad Asif, Abd Ullah Khan, Muhammad Awais Javed, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi

J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci., 2022

Deep-Q Reinforcement Learning for Fairness in Multiple-Access Cognitive Radio Networks.

Zain Ali, Zouheir Rezki, Hamid R. Sadjadpour

Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2022

Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Cognitive Radio GEO-LEO Co-Existing Satellite Networks.

Wali Ullah Khan, Zain Ali, Eva Lagunas, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten

Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2022

Integration of Backscatter Communication with Multi-cell NOMA: A Spectral Efficiency Optimization under Imperfect SIC.

Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, Zain Ali, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Octavia A. Dobre

Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, 2022

2021

Deep Learning Based Power Optimizing for NOMA Based Relay Aided D2D Transmissions.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Feifei Gao, Jing Jiang, Xiaoyan Wang

IEEE Trans. Cogn. Commun. Netw., 2021

Energy efficiency maximization for beyond 5G NOMA-enabled heterogeneous networks.

Wali Ullah Khan, Xingwang Li, Asim Ihsan, Zain Ali, Basem M. ElHalawany, Guftaar Ahmed Sardar Sidhu

Peer-to-Peer Netw. Appl., 2021

Artificial intelligence techniques for rate maximization in interference channels.

Zain Ali, Wasay Farooq, Wali Ullah Khan, Mahmood Qureshi, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Phys. Commun., 2021

Secure backscatter-enabled NOMA system design in 6G era.

Wali Ullah Khan, Zain Ali, Abd Ullah Khan, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Internet Technol. Lett., 2021

2020

Resource Optimization for Cognitive Radio Based Device to Device Communication Under an Energy Harvesting Scenario.

Muhammad Waqas, Saleem Aslam, Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Qin Xin, Ju-wook Jang

IEEE Access, 2020

2019

Power Allocation and User Assignment Scheme for beyond 5G Heterogeneous Networks.

Khush Bakht, Furqan Jameel, Zain Ali, Wali Ullah Khan, Imran Khan, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Jeong Woo Lee

Wirel. Commun. Mob. Comput., 2019

A Joint Optimization Framework for Energy Harvesting Based Cooperative CR Networks.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, Ling Xing, Feifei Gao

IEEE Trans. Cogn. Commun. Netw., 2019

Optimizing multi-user CR transmission under RF energy harvesting.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, Feifei Gao

Phys. Commun., 2019

2018

Resource optimization for dual-hop device to device networks.

Muhammad Afaq Ahmad, Muhammad Waqas, Waleed Ahmad Khan, Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Telecommun. Syst., 2018

Enhancing physical layer security in AF relay-assisted multicarrier wireless transmission.

Waqas Aman, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Haji M. Furqan, Zain Ali

Trans. Emerg. Telecommun. Technol., 2018

On fair power optimization in nonorthogonal multiple access multiuser networks.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, Feifei Gao

Trans. Emerg. Telecommun. Technol., 2018

Enhancing Physical Layer Security in AF Relay Assisted Multi-Carrier Wireless Transmission.

Waqas Aman, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Haji M. Furqan, Zain Ali

CoRR, 2018

Achieving Green Transmission With Energy Harvesting Based Cooperative Communication.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Shun Zhang, Ling Xing, Feifei Gao

IEEE Access, 2018

2017

Optimizing D2D transmission for secure and reliable smart grid communication.

Muhammad Waqas, Zain Ali, Haji Muhammad Furqan, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2017

Enhancing the Security Performance of OSTBC Using Pre-Equalicodization.

Jehad M. Hamamreh, Haji M. Furqan, Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, 2017

An Efficient Security Method Based on Exploiting Channel State Information (CSI).

Jehad M. Hamamreh, Haji M. Furqan, Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, 2017

User Association Techniques in Future Heterogeneous Networks.

Khush Bakht, Haji M. Furqan, Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu

Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, 2017

2016

Achieving energy fairness in multiuser uplink CR transmission.

Zain Ali, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, Feifei Gao, Shi Jin

Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2016