Publications

Books

    1. M. Ismail, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, Green Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, John Wiley & Sons, UK and IEEE Press, USA, to be published by Apr. 2016. Authored book.


    2. M. Z. Shakir, M. A. Imran, K. A. Qaraqe, and M.-S. Alouini, Energy Management in Wireless Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks, Springer, USA, to be published by Apr. 2016, Edited book.

    3. M. A. Imran, S. A. R. Zaidi, and M. Z. Shakir, Access, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G & Beyond, The IET Press, UK, to be published by Jan. 2017, Edited book.


Book Chapters
    1. Z. Ghao, L. Dai, M. Z. Shakir, et al. "Backhaul Design for mmWave Massive MIMO HetNets," book chapter in mmWave Massive MIMO: A paradigm for 5G, (Eds. S. Mumtaz, R. Jonathan Rodriquez), Elsevier, Jan. 2016.

    2. Y. Qi, M. A. Imran, M. Z. Shakir, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Energy efficient heterogeneous networks," book chapter in Design and Deployment of Small-cells, (Eds. M. Bennis, and A. Anpalagan), Cambridge Press, UK, Dec. 2015.

    3. Y. A. Sambo, M. Z. Shakir, M. A. Imran, K. A. Qaraqe, and S. Mumtaz, "Energy efficiency analysis of D2D communication layer over LTE," book chapter in Smart Device-to-Smart Device Communications, (Eds. S. Mumtaz, and J. Rodriguez), Springer, Dec. 2013.

    4. K. Qaraqe, M. Abdallah, and M. Z. Shakir, "Resource Efficient Design for Heterogeneous Networks (REDHET)," (Eds. C. Leonard, E. Masad, and M. Weichold), book chapter in Excellence and Impact of Research at Texas A&M at Qatar, QScience, Bloomsbury Publishing UK, Oct. 2013.

    5. M. Z. Shakir, H. Tabassum, K. Qaraqe, and M.-S. Alouini, "Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks," book chapter in Green Networking and Communications, (Eds. S. Khan, and J. L. Mauri), Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, USA, Aug. 2013.

    6. M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "Generalized Eigenvalue Based Spectrum Sensing," book chapter in Cognitive Radio for Wireless Cellular and Vehicular Networks, (Eds. H. Venkataraman and G.-M. Muntean), Springer, Netherland, Apr. 2012.

    7. M. Z. Shakir, R. Atat, and M.-S. Alouini, "Smart Cognitive Femto Networks (SCFN)," book chapter in Self-Organization and Green Applications in Cognitive Radio Networks, (Eds. A. Al-Dulaimi, and, J. Cosmas), IGI Global, USA, Oct, 2012.

Journal Papers

    1. H. Mustafa, M. Z. Shakir, A. R. Ekti, M. A. Imran, and R. Tafazoli, "Intracell interference characterization and cluster inference for D2D communication," IEEE Trans. Wireless Communs., submitted, Mar. 2016.

    2. M. Alzenad, M. Z Shakir, H. Yanikomeroglu, and M.-S. Alouini, "FSO-based vertical fronthaul/backhaul framework for 5G+ systems," IEEE Communs. Mag., Special Issue on 5GRAN, submitted, Feb. 2016.

    3. Y. Qi, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, and R. Tafazolli, "Backhaul traffic compression for cloud radio access network (C-RAN)," Wiley Trans. Emerging Technologies (ETT), Mar. 2016.

    4. F. Reategui, M. Z. Shakir, M. A. Imran, K. A. Qaraqe, and R. Tafazolli, "On a type of broadcast interference channel and the capacity of the cognitive interference channel with common information," in IEEE Trans. Cognitive Communs., and Networking, under second round of revision, Feb. 2016.

    5. S. Filin, M. Z. Shakir, et al. "IEEE 1900.7 Standard for White Space Dynamic Spectrum Access Radio Systems," IEEE Communs. Mag., submitted, Feb. 2016.
    6. W. Tang, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, and R. Tafazolli,"Energy and spectral efficient cognitive cellular network with uplink power adaptation," in Wiley Jour. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, accepted, Mar. 2016.

    7. H. Mustafa, M. Z Shakir, M. Imran, and R. Tafazolli, "Separation framework and cooperative communication for future 5G networks," in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, First Quarter 2016, pp. 419 - 445, Jan. 2016.

    8. M. Z. Shakir, M. Ismail, E. Serpedin, and K. A. Qaraqe, "From D2D to Ds2D: Prolonging the battery life of mobile devices via Ds2D communications in 5G network," in IEEE Communs. Mag, submitted, Dec. 2015.

    9. M. Z. Shakir, M. Imran, X. Wang, et al. "Smart fronthauling and backhauling for 5G systems: from precoding to network architecture," in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 10 - 12, Oct. 2015.

    10. H. Mustafa, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, and M. A. Imran, "Coverage Gain and Device-to-Device User Density: Stochastic Geometry Modeling and Analysis," in IEEE Letters Communications, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1742-1745, Oct. 2015.

    11. Z. Gao, L. Dai, D. Mi, Z. Wang, M. A. Imran, and M. Z. Shakir, "Mm-Wave massive MIMO based wireless backhaul for 5G ultra-dense networks," in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 13 - 21, Oct. 2015.

    12. Invited paper: A. Ekti, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, and E. Serpedin, "Traffic offloading technologies in 5G cellular networks," Springer Journal Signal and Systems special issue on SP for Ultra High Performance and High Efficiency in 5G Mobile Networks, Oct. 2015.

    13. Y. Qi, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, et. al., "A survey on 5G architectures: IoT driven applications, Interference management and emerging features," submitted to IEEE Tutorials and Surveys, submitted, Aug. 2015.

    14. A. Afzal, S. A. R. Zaidi, M. Z. Shakir, et al. "The cognitive Internet of Things: a unified perspective," in ACM/Springer Journal Mobile Networks and Applications, vol. 20, issue 1, pp. 72-85, Feb. 2015.

    15. M. Islam, S. Ren, M. Z. Shakir, G. Quan, and A. Vasilakos, "Water-constrained geographic load balancing in data centers," in IEEE Trans. Cloud Computing Special Issue on Green and Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing, to appear 2015.

    16. M. Z. Shakir, H. Tabassum, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, and M.-S. Alouini, "Spectral and energy efficiency analysis of uplink heterogeneous network with cells on edge", in Elsevier Jour. PHYCOM Special Issue on Heterogeneous Smallcell Networks, May 2014.

    17. Y. A. Sambo, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, and E. Serpedin, "Expanding cellular coverage via small-cell deployment in heterogeneous networks: spectral efficiency and backhaul power consumption", in IEEE Communs. Mag, Special Issue on Smart Device-to-Smart Device Communs., vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 140-149, Jun. 2014.

    18. M. Z. Shakir, H. Tabassum and M.-S. Alouini, "Analytical bound on the area spectral efficiency of the two tier Heterogeneous networks over generalized fading channels", in IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 2306-2318, Jun. 2014.

    19. N. Rahimian, M. Z. Shakir, and K. Qaraqe and C. N. Georghiades, "A probabilistic model of user activity and spectrum occupancy for OFDMA based cognitive radio systems: spectrum occupancy and system throughput perspectives", in IEEE Trans. Wireless Communs., vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 356-369, Jan. 2014.

    20. M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Tabassum, M. A. Imran, E. Serpedin, and M.-S. Alouini, "Green Heterogeneous small-cell networks: toward reducing the CO2 emissions of mobile communication industry via uplink power adaptation", in IEEE Mag. Communs., vol. 51, no 6, pp. 52-61, Jun. 2013.

    21. M. Z. Shakir, A. Rao, and M.-S. Alouini, "Generalized mean detectors (GMD) for collaborative spectrum sensing", in IEEE Trans. Communs., vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1242-1253, Mar. 2013.

    22. M. Z. Shakir, A. Rao, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the decision threshold of eigenvalue ratio detector based on moments of joint and marginal distributions of extreme eigenvalues", in IEEE Trans. Wireless Communs.,

    23. M. Mohammed, M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "A passive localization scheme for underwater wireless sensor networks", in EURASIP Jour. Wireless Communications and Networking, 2013: 122, Jan. 2013.

    24. W. Tang, M. Z. Shakir, M. A. Imran, and R. Tafazolli, "Throughput analysis for cognitive radio networks with multiple primary users", in IET Jour. Communs., vol. 6, issue 16, pp. 2787-2795, Nov. 2012.

    25. M. Z. Shakir, T. S. Durrani, and M.-S. Alouini, "Hadamard upper bound (HUB) on optimum joint decoding capacity of Wyner Gaussian cellular MAC", in EURASIP Jour. Wireless Communications and Networking, 2011:110, Sep. 2011.

Conference Papers

    1. M. Ismail, M. Z. Shakir, E. Serpedin, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Efficient selection of source devices and radio interfaces for green Ds2D communications," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communs. and Networking Conf., IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2016.

    2. S. Filin, M. Z. Shakir, et. al, "IEEE 1900.7 Standard for white space dynamic spectrum access radio systems," in Proc. IEEE Conf. Standards for Communications and Networking, IEEE CSCN'2015, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2015.

    3. H. Yasar, M. Z. Shakir, M. Ismail, A. Mohamed, and K. A. Khalid, "Towards energy efficient and quality of service aware cell zooming in 5G wireless networks," in Proc. IEEE Conf. Vehicular Communications, IEEE VTC-Fall'2015, Boston, USA, Sep. 2015.

    4. S. Hu, M. Z. Shakir, and X. Wang, "A MIH and SDN-based framework for network selection in 5G HetNet: backhaul requirement perspectives," in IEEE International Conf. Communications, IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, Jun. 2015.

    5. M. Alshawaqfeh, X. Wang, A. R. Ekti, M. Z. Shakir, et al. "A survey of machine learning algorithms and their applications in cognitive radio," in Proc. Intl. Conf. Cognitive Radio Oriented Communications, Crowncom'2015, Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2015.

    6. H. Mustafa, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, and M. A. Imran, "Distance based cooperation region for D2D pair," in Proc. IEEE Conf. Vehicular Technology, VTC'2015, Glasgow, UK, May. 2015.

    7. I. Bayram, M. Z. Shakir, M. Abdallah, and K. A. Qaraqe, "A survey on Energy trading in smart grid," in Proc. IEEE Conf. Global Signal and Information Processing, IEEEGlobalSIP'2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dec. 2014, submitted, May 2014.

    8. H. Mustafa, M. Z. Shakir, Y. Sambo, K. A. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, and M. A. Imran, "Spectral efficiency improvements in HetNet by exploiting smart Device-to-Deice communications," IEEE Global Communication Conference, Exhibition and Industrial Forum, GLOBECOM'2014, Austin, TX, USA, Dec. 2014.

    9. B. J. Mohd, T. Hayajneh, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, and A. Vasilakos "Energy model for light-weight block ciphers for WBAN applications," in Proc. Intl. Conf. Wireless Mobile Communications and Healthcare, MobiHealth'2014, Athens, Greece, Nov. 2014.

    10. Y. Sambo, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, M. A. Imran, and B. Ahmed, "Energy efficiency improvements in HetNet by exploiting smart Device-to-Device communications", in Proc. European Conf. Signal Processing, EUSIPCO'2014, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 2014.

    11. A. Ekti, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, and E. Serpedin, "End-to-End power consumption of Heterogeneous networks based on probabilistic traffic model", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

    12. Y. A. Sambo, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, and E. Serpedin, "Spectral efficiency analysis of K-Tier HetNets", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

    13. M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe and M. Statheropoulos, "Usability of machine-to-machine communications for monitoring and detecting chemical agents", in Proc. OnSite Conf. for Homeland Security, Forensics, and Environmental Remediation, Washington DC, USA, Jan. 2014.

    14. M. Z. Shakir, A. Nasir, and K. Qaraqe, "On the reduction in specific absorption rate using uplink power adaptation in heterogeneous small-cell networks", in Proc. IEEE GCC Conf. and Exhibition, GCC'2013, Doha, Qatar, Nov. 2013.

    15. A. Al-Qahtani, A. Nasir, M. Z. Shakir, K. Qaraqe, "Cognitive impairments in human brain due to wireless signals and systems: an experimental study using EEG signal analysis", in Proc. IEEE Conf. Health Communs., HealthCom'2013, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 2013.

    16. Q. H. Abbasi, A. Nasir, M. Z. Shakir, and K. A. Qaraqe, "An experimental study and analysis on effect of RF communication on EEG signals", in Proc. Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference, QFARC'2013, Doha, Qatar, Nov. 2013.

    17. A. Ekti, M. Z. Shakir, K. Qaraqe, and E. Serpedin, "Downlink power consumption of HetNets based on the probabilistic traffic model of mobile users", in Proc. IEEE Symp. Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC'2013, Sep. 2013.

    18. N. Rahimian, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, and C. N. Georghiades, "Statistical analysis of secondary users throughput for OFDMA cognitive radio networks", in Proc. Intl. Conf. Conmmuns., ICC'2013, Budapest, Hungary, Jun. 2013.

    19. H. Tabassum, M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the Area green Efficiency (AGE) of Heterogeneous networks", in Proc. Intl. Conf. Global Communs., GLOBECOM'2012, Anaheim, California, USA, Dec., 2012.

    20. M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the area spectral efficiency improvement of Heterogeneous networks by exploiting integration of macro-femto cellular networks", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. Communs., ICC'2011, Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012.

    21. A. M. Mohammed, M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "An active 3-dimensional localization scheme for Femtocell subscribers using E-UTRAN", in Proc. Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC-Spring'2012, Yokohama, Japan, May 2012.

    22. R. Atat, M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "Interference rejection capabilities of Circular and Triangular base station antennas under cooperative cellular system", in Proc. IEEE 16th Mediterranean Electro technical, MELECON'2012, Tunisia, Mar. 2012.

    23. M. Z. Shakir, and K. Qaraqe, "Green network: energy efficient design for future generations of wireless networks", in Proc. Qatar Foundation-Annual Research Forum (QF-ARF'2012), Doha, Qatar, Oct. 2012.

    24. M. Z. Shakir, A. Rao, and M.-S. Alouini, "Collaborative spectrum sensing based on the ratio between largest eigenvalue and Geometric mean of eigenvalues", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. Global Communs., GLOBECOM'2011, Houston, Texas, USA, Dec. 2011.

    25. A. M. Mohammed, M. Z. Shakir, and M.-S. Alouini, "A GPS-free passive acoustic localization scheme for underwater wireless sensor networks", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. Mobile, Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems, MASS'2011, Valencia, Spain, Oct. 2011.

    26. M. Z. Shakir, T. S. Durrani, and M.-S. Alouini, "Analytical upper bound on optimum joint decoding capacity of Wyner C-GCMAC using Hadamard inequality for variable user density", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Symp. Wireless Communications and Systems, ISWCS'2011, Aachen, Germany, pp. 874-878, Nov. 2011.

    27. M. Z. Shakir, W. Tang, M. A. Imran, and M.-Slim Alouini, "Collaborative spectrum sensing based on the upper bound on joint PDF of extreme eigenvalues", in Proc. European Conf. Signal Processing, EUSIPCO'2011, Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 2011.

    28. M. Z. Shakir, A. Rao, W. Tang, M. A. Imran, and M.-S. Alouini, "Geometric mean detector for spectrum sensing", in IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, CTW'2011, Sitges, Spain, Jun. 2011.

    29. M. Z. Shakir, A. Rao, W. Tang, M. A. Imran, and M.-S. Alouini, "Eigenvalue ratio detection based on exact analytical moments of smallest and largest eigenvalues", in Proc. ICST Conf. Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications, CrownCom'2011, Osaka, Japan, May 2011.

    30. M. Z. Shakir, T. S. Durrani, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the optimum joint decoding capacity of Wyner Circular-GCMAC by exploiting Hadamard inequality", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Symp. Wireless Communications and Systems, ISWCS'2010, York, UK, Sep. 2010.

    31. M. Z. Shakir, and T. S. Durrani, "Identical eigenmode transmission systems (IETS): A channel decomposition perspective", in Proc. European Conf. Signal Processing, EUSIPCO'2007, Poznan, Poland, Sep. 2007.

    32. M. Z. Shakir, and T. S. Durrani, "Narrowband beamforming algorithms for smart antennas", in Proc. IEEE Intl. Bhurban Conf. Applied Sciences and Technology, IBCAST'2007, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 2007.

Invited Papers

    1. F. Reategui, M. Z. Shakir, M. A. Imran, K. A. Qaraqe, and R. Tafazolli, "On bounds for the cognitive multiple access Z-Interference channel," in IEEE Canadian Workshop on Information Technology, IEEE CWIT'2015, St. John's, NL, Canada, Jul. 2015.

    2. S. A. R. Zaidi, M. Z. Shakir, A. V. Vasilakos, M. A. Imran, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Cognitive IoT: A unified perspective," in Proc. Intl. Conf. Cognitive Internet of Things Technologies, COIOTE'2014, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2014.

    3. T. Hayajneh, A. V. Vasilakos, M. Z. Shakir, M. Imran, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Public-key authentication for cloud-based WBANs," in Proc. Intl Conf. Body Area Networks, BODYNETS'2014, London, UK, Sep. 2014.

    4. W. Tang, M. Z. Shakir, K. A. Qaraqe, M. A. Imran, E. Serpedin, and R. Tafazolli, and, "On the bits per Joule optimization in cognitive radio networks," in Proc. IEEE Workshop Cognitive Cellular Systems, Rhine River, Germany, Sep. 2014.

    5. M. Z. Shakir, Y. A. Sambo, A. Ekti, K. A. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, and M. A. Imran, "K-tier Heterogeneous small-cell networks: Toward balancing the spectral usage and energy consumption over aggressive frequency reuse systems", invited paper, First Intl. Back Sea Conf. Communications and Networks, Batumi, Georgia, Jul. 2013.

    6. M. Z. Shakir, R. Atat, and M.-S. Alouini, "Interference rejection capabilities of Cognitive enabled femto cellular network", in Proc. Intl. Conf. Communs. and Info. Tech., ICCIT'2012, Tunisia, Jun. 2012.

Engineering Education/Learning Technologies Papers

    1. S. D. Baig, M. Z. Shakir, and K. A. Qaraqe, "The dynamics of impediments to the flourishing of engineering as a career for women," in Proc. Intl. Conf. Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL'2014, Dubai, UAE, Dec. 2014.

    2. M. Z. Shakir, S. Baig, M. A. Imran, S. I. Hussain, Q. H. Abbasi, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Heterogeneous ability-centered team building for useful enquiry based learning in engineering," in Proc. IEEE Global Engineering Conf., IEEE EDUCON'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.

    3. A. Nasir, M. Z. Shakir, A. Sheharyar, K. Qaraqe, and O. Bouhali, "3D visualization to aid engineering education: a case study to visualize impact of wireless signals on human brain", in Proc. IEEE Global Engineering Conf., EDUCON'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014.


Theses

    1. PhD Thesis: Cellular MIMO Networks (CeMNets) - the channel modeling, decomposition and information theoretic perspectives, Mar. 2010.

    2. MSc Thesis: Testing of novel adaptive algorithms for uniformly spaced linear array (ULA), Sep. 2005.

    3. B.E Thesis: Image enhancement techniques for X-Ray images, Mar 2002.

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