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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Electrical Engineering Department

 

Dr. Wessam Mesbah

Associate Professor

 

Research Work

Students:
 
1- Humayun Yusuf (MSc 2012) Co-supervised with Dr. Mohamed Deriche

Thesis: Spectrum Sensing in time and Frequency Domains

 

2- Raza Umar (PhD 2014)

Thesis: Cooperative Spectrum Sensing/Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

 

3- Mohannad Obeed (MSc) Started September 2013

Research Topic: Physical Layer Security.

 

4- Ahmed Mohmoud (MSc) Started February 2014
Research Topic: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles .

 

5- Abdullah Bassam Othman (MSc) Started September 2015
Research Topic: Relaying Systems with Buffers.

 

 

Publications:

 

Journal Papers

 

 

 

J1)  Deeb Tubail, Mohammed El-Absi, Salama Ikki, Wessam Mesbah, and Thomas Kaiser, “Physical layer security in interference alignment based multiuser relay networks,”  Submitted to IEEE Access., Sep. 2017.

 

J2)  Mohanad Obeed and Wessam Mesbah, “Efficient algorithms for physical layer security in two-way relay systems,”  Submitted to Elsevier Physical Communications, Oct. 2017.

 

J3)  Mohanad Obeed and Wessam Mesbah, “Efficient algorithms for physical layer security in one-way relay systems,”  Submitted to Elsevier Physical Communications, Oct. 2017.

 

J4)  Yousef Shnaiwer, Salam Zummo, Wessam Mesbah, Saad Alahmadi, "Cost-Efficient Secondary Users Grouping for Two-Tier Cognitive Radio Networks," Accepted in Elsevier Physical Communications, Aug. 2017.

 

J5)   Raza Umar and Wessam Mesbah, “Throughput efficient coalition formation of selfish/altruistic nodes in ad hoc networks: a hedonic game approach,” Accepted to Springer Telecom. Syst., April 2017.

 

J6)   Wessam Mesbah, “Securing smart electricity meters against customer attacks,” To Appear IEEE Trans. Smart Grids, 2017.

 

J7)   Raza Umar and Wessam Mesbah, “Coordinated coalition formation in throughput efficient cognitive radio networks,” Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 16, issue 8, Jun. 2016.

 

J8)   Wessam Mesbah, Mohammad Shaqfi and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Jointly optimal rate and power allocation for multilayer transmission,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun.,  vol. 13, issue 2, Feb. 2014.

 

J9)   Wessam Mesbah and T.N. Davidson, “Weighted-sum-rate maximization in certain half-duplex cooperative systems,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, June 2012.

 

J10)  Mohammad Shaqfi, Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Utility maximization for layered transmission using the broadcast approach,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 11, issue 3,  March 2012.

 

J11) Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Joint rate, power, and decoding order optimization of multiuser MIMO systems,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 10, issue 6, June 2011.

 

J12) Ramy Gohary, Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Rate-optimal MIMO transmission with mean and covariance feedback at low SNR,” IEEE Trans. Vehic. Tech., vol. 58, pp. 3802-3807, Sep. 2009.

 

J13) Wessam Mesbah and T.N. Davidson, “Joint power and channel resource allocation for orthogonal amplify-and–forward pairwise user cooperation,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 4681 – 4691, November 2008.

 

J14) Wessam Mesbah and T.N. Davidson, “Optimized power allocation for cooperative multiple access,” IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 2994-3008, July 2008.

 

J15) Wessam Mesbah and Timothy N. Davidson, “Power and resource allocation for orthogonal multiple access relay systems,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Cooperative Wireless Networks, vol. 2008, Article ID 476125, 15 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/476125

 

Conference Papers

C1)   Ahmed Abdelmoaty, Wessam Mesbah, and Ali Al-Awami, “ Incentive-Based Game Theoretic Approach for Wind Power Generation Balancing,” in proc. IEEE-GCC conference, Manama, Bahrain, May 2017.

 

C2)   Mohanad Obeed and Wessam Mesbah, “An efficient physical layer security algorithm for two-way relay systems,” in proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference  (WCNC’ 16), Doha, Qatar, April 2016.

 

C3)   Wessam Mesbah, “Detection and correction of tampering attempts of smart electricity meters,” in Proc. IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Europe, Oct. 2016.

 

C4)   Raza Umar and Wessam Mesbah, “Distributed coalition formation and bandwidth allocation in ad hoc cognitive radio networks,” in Proc. 80th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf.  (VTC’ 14), Sep 2014.

 

C5)   Yousef Shnaiwer, Saad Alahmadi, Wessam Mesbah, and Salam Zummo,” GPS-assisted spectrum allocation for cognitive radio networks with femtocells,” in Proc. 80th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC’ 14), Sep 2014. 

 

C6)   Raza Umar and Wessam Mesbah, “Throughput-efficient joint coalition formation and bandwidth allocation in cognitive radio networks,” in Proc. 9th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CROWNCOM ), June 2014.

 

C7)   Wessam Mesbah, Mohammad Shaqfi, and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Rate maximization of multilayer transmission over Rayleigh fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT), 2013.

 

C8)   Wessam Mesbah, Mohammad Shaqfi, and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Jointly Optimal Rate and Power Allocation for Multilayer Transmission,” IEEE Commun. Theory Workshop (CTW), 2013.

 

C9)   Wessam Mesbah, Mohammad Shaqfi, and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Distortion minimization in layered broadcast transmission of a Gaussian source over Rayleigh channels,” in Proc. IEEE Info. Theory Workshop (ITW), 2013.

 

C10)                    Mohammad Shaqfi, Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Utility maximization for layered broadcast over Rayleigh fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.

 

C11)  Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Jointly optimized heterogeneous MIMO broadcast systems,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Telecommun. (ICT), Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

 

C12)  Mohammad Shaqfi, Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Utility maximization for layered multimedia transmission via orthogonal multiplexing,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Telecommun. (ICT), Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

 

C13)  Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Efficient weighted-sum-rate maximization for a class of half-duplex cooperative systems,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March 2010, Dallas, TX.

 

C14)  Mohammad Shaqfi, Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Optimal power allocation for layered multimedia transmission via broadcast over Rayleigh fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Multimedia Computing and Information Technology, Sharjah, UAE, March 2010.

 

C14)     Wessam Mesbah and Hussein Alnuweiri, “Joint rate, power and decoding order optimization of MIMO-MAC with MMSE-SIC,” in Proc. 5th IEEE Broadband Wireless Access Workshop, Honolulu, HI, Nov. 2009.

 

C15)     Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Power and resource allocation for orthogonal multiple access relay systems,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT), July 2008.

 

C16)     Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Joint power and resource allocation for orthogonal amplify-and–forward pairwise user cooperation,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March 2008.

 

C17)     Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Optimization of a modified orthogonal amplify-and–forward pairwise user cooperation,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun., Networking Conf. (WCNC), March 2008.

 

C18)     Ramy Gohary, Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Rate-optimal MIMO transmission with mean and covariance feedback at low SNR,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March 2008. .

 

C19)     Wessam Mesbah and Said Elnoubi, “Low computational complexity blind adaptive multi-user detection algorithm for single-rate and multi-rate DS/CDMA systems,” In Proc. IEEE Nat. Radio Science Conf., Cairo, Mar 2007.

 

C20)     Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Optimal power and resource allocation for half-duplex cooperative multiple access,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), June 2006.

 

 

C21)     Wessam Mesbah and T. N. Davidson, “Optimal power allocation for full-duplex cooperative multiple access,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. IV-689 – IV-692, May 2006.

 

Patents:

P1) Wessam Mesbah, “Method, device, and computer readable medium for correcting at least one error in reading of electricity meters,” US9747790, issued Aug. 2017.

 

P2) Humayun Yusuf, Mohammad Deriche and Wessam Mesbah, “Cognitive radio spectrum sensing with improved edge detection of frequency bands,” US9379924, issued June 2016.

 

P3) Humayun Yusuf, Mohammad Deriche and Wessam Mesbah, Cooperative cognitive radio spectrum sensing using a hybrid data-decision method,” US9277413, issued March 2016.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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