Publications

Spectrum-Agile Communications

Zhiwu Guo, Ming Li, and Marwan Krunz, "Exploitation of successive interference cancellation for spectrum sharing over unlicensed bands," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, issue 3, pp. 2438-2455, March 2024.
Islam Shaban, Xiao Han, Loukas Lazos, Ming Li, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "Misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence over unlicensed bands," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 4773--4791, Aug. 2023.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Marwan Krunz, Balkan Kecicioglu, and Belal Hamzel, "5G New Radio Unlicensed: Challenges and evaluation," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 689-701, Sept. 2021.
Adnan Kantemur, Jinpil Tak, Peyman Siyari, Ahmed H. Abdelrahman, Marwan Krunz, and Hao Xin, "A novel compact reconfigurable broadband antenna for cognitive radio applications," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 6538-6547, Sep. 2020.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Marwan Krunz, and Yong Xiao, "Harmonious cross-technology coexistence with heterogeneous traffic in unlicensed bands: Analysis and approximations," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 690-701, Sept. 2019.
Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, and Tao Shu, "Multi-operator network sharing for massive IoT," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 96-101, Apr. 2019.
M. Hirzallah, W. Afifi and M. Krunz, "Provisioning QoS in Wi-Fi systems with asymmetric full-duplex communications," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 942-953, Dec. 2018.
Bushra Ismaiel, Mehran Abolhasan, Wei Ni, David Smith, Daniel Franklin, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Marwan Krunz, and Abbas Jamalipour, "PCF-based LTE Wi-Fi aggregation for coordinating and offloading the cellular traffic to D2D network," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 67, issue 12, pp. 12193--12203, Dec. 2018.
Y. Xiao, M. Hirzallah and M. Krunz, "Distributed resource allocation for network slicing over licensed and unlicensed bands," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 2260-2274, Oct. 2018.
Diep Nguyen, Eryk Dutkiewicz, and Marwan Krunz, "Harvesting short-lived white spaces via opportunistic traffic offloading between mobile service providers," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), vol. 4, issue 3, pp. 635--647, Sep. 2018.
Irmak Aykin, Marwan Krunz, and Yong Xiao, "Adaptive frequency hopping schemes for CR-based multi-link satellite networks," International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 315-331, July/August 2018.
Zaheer Khan, Janne Lehtomaki, Simon Scott, Zhu Han, Marwan Krunz, and Alan Marshall, "Distributed and coordinated spectrum access methods for heterogeneous channel bonding," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networks (TCCN), vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 267-281, Sep. 2017.
Wessam Afifi and Marwan Krunz, "TSRA: An adaptive mechanism for switching between communication modes in full-duplex opportunistic spectrum access systems," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, issue 6, pp. 1758-1772, June 2017.
Jocelyne Elias, Fabio Martignon, Lin Chen, and Marwan Krunz, "Distributed spectrum management in TV white space networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, issue 5, pp. 4161-4172, May 2017.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Wessam Afifi, and Marwan Krunz, "Full-duplex-based rate/mode adaptation strategies for Wi-Fi/LTE-U coexistence: A POMDP approach," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Special Issue on Spectrum Sharing and Aggregation for Future Wireless Networks, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 20-29, Jan. 2017.
Mahmoud Ashour, M. Majid Butt, Amr Mohamed, Tamer ElBatt, and Marwan Krunz, "Energy-aware cooperative wireless networks with multiple cognitive users," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 3233-3245, Aug. 2016.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Harish Kumar, and Marwan Krunz, "QoS-aware parallel sensing/probing architecture and adaptive cross-layer protocol design for opportunistic networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, issue 4, pp. 2231-2242, April 2016.
Diep Nguyen, Marwan Krunz, and Stephen Hanly, "Distributed bargaining mechanisms for MIMO dynamic spectrum access systems," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 113-127, Jan. 2016.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman and Marwan Krunz, "Stochastic guard-band-aware channel assignment with bonding and aggregation for DSA networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, issue 7, pp. 3888-3898, July 2015.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Hanif Rahbari, and Marwan Krunz, "Multicast rendezvous in fast varying DSA networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 14, issue 7, pp. 1449-1462, July 2015.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Marwan Krunz, and Richard Erwin, "Exploiting cognitive radios for reliable satellite communications," Wiley International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 33, issue 3, pp. 197-216, May/June 2015.
Wessam Afifi and Marwan Krunz, "Incorporating self-interference suppression for full-duplex operation in opportunistic spectrum access systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 2180-2191, April 2015.
Haythem Bany Salameh, Marwan Krunz, and David Manzi, "Spectrum bonding and aggregation with guard-band-awareness in cognitive radio networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 569-581, March 2014, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 569-581, March 2014.
Junseok Kim and Marwan Krunz, "Spectrum-aware beaconless geographical routing protocol for cognitive radio enabled vehicular networks," Mobile Networks and Applications Journal (MONE) - Special Issue on Network Protocols and Algorithms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 18, issue 6, pp. 854-866, Dec. 2013.
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Sequential opportunistic spectrum access with imperfect channel sensing," Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol. 11, issue 3, pp. 778-797, May 2013.
Diep Nguyen and Marwan Krunz, "Power minimization in MIMO cognitive networks using beamforming games," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 916-925, May 2013.
Diep Nguyen and Marwan Krunz, "Price-based joint beamforming and spectrum management in multi-antenna cognitive radio networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 2295-2305, Dec. 2012.
Sisi Liu, Loukas Lazos, and Marwan Krunz, "Cluster-based control channel allocation in opportunistic cognitive radio networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1436-1449, Oct. 2012.
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Finding cheap routes in profit-driven opportunistic spectrum access networks: A truthful mechanism design approach," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 530-543, April 2012.
Haythem Bany Salameh and Marwan Krunz, "Adaptive power-controlled MAC protocols for improved throughput in hardware-constrained cognitive radio networks," Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1127-1139, Sep. 2011.
Marwan Krunz and David Manzi, "Channel access and traffic control for dynamic-spectrum networks with single-transmit, dual-receive radios," Computer Communications Journal, vol. 34, issue 8, pp. 935-947, June 2011.
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Exploiting microscopic spectrum opportunities in cognitive radio networks via coordinated channel access," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1522-1534, Nov. 2010.
Haythem Bany Salameh, Marwan Krunz, and Ossama Younis, "Cooperative adaptive spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1181-1194, Aug. 2010.
Haythem Bany Salameh, Marwan Krunz, and Ossama Younis, "MAC protocol for opportunistic cognitive radio networks with soft guarantees," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 1339-1352, Oct. 2009.
Haythem Bany Salameh and Marwan Krunz, "Channel access protocols for multi-hop opportunistic networks: Challenges and recent developments," IEEE Network - Special Issue on Networking over Multi-Hop Cognitive Networks, vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 14-19, July-August 2009.
Fan Wang, Marwan Krunz, and Shuguang Cui, "Price-based spectrum management in cognitive radio networks," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 74-87, Feb. 2008.
Arush S. Sharma and Marwan Krunz, "Enhanced RFI detection in imbalanced astronomical observations using weakly supervised GANs," Proc. of the IEEE ICC Conference - Workshop on Catalyzing Spectrum Sharing via Active-Passive Coexistence, Denver, June 2024.
Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, Marwan Krunz, and Amal Yousseef, "Performance evaluation of DSRC and C-V2X coexistence in the 5.895–5.925 GHz spectrum," Proc. of the International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Mobile and Wireless Networking Symposium, Feb. 2024.
Wenhan Zhang, Marwan Krunz, and Md Rabiul Hossein, "CyPA: A cyclic prefix assisted DNN for protocol classification in shared spectrum," Proc. of the International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), AI and Machine Learning for Communications and Networking Symposium, Feb. 2024.
Zhiwu Guo, Wenhan Zhang, Ming Li, Marwan Krunz, and Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, "DL-SIC: Deep learning aided successive interference cancellation in shared spectrum," Proc. of the International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), AI and Machine Learning for Communications and Networking Symposium, Feb. 2024.
Arush Sharma, Marwan Krunz, George Reiland, and Dan Marrone, "Identification of RF interference in astronomical observations using weakly supervised machine learning classifiers," Proc. of the ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2023.
Zhiwu Guo, Chicheng Zhang, Ming Li, and Marwan Krunz, "Fair coexistence of heterogeneous networks: A novel probabilistic multi-armed bandit approach," Proc. of the International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt) Conference, Singapore, Aug. 2023.
Mingjie Feng, Wenhan Zhang, and Marwan Krunz, "Dynamic spectrum access in non-stationary environments: A DRL-LSTM integrated approach," Proc. of the International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC): AI and Machine Learning for Communications and Networking, pp. 159-164, Feb. 2023.
Amir-Hossein Yazdani-Abyaneh and Marwan Krunz, "Automatic machine learning for multi-receiver CNN technology classifiers," Proc. of the ACM Workshop on Wireless Security and Machine Learning (WiseML), San Antonio, Texas, May 2022.
Wenhan Zhang and Marwan Krunz, "Machine learning based protocol classification in unlicensed 5 GHz bands," Proc. of the IEEE ICC 2022 Conference - Workshop on Spectrum Sharing Technology for Next Generation Communications, Seoul, South Korea, May, 2022.
Marwan Krunz and Wenhan Zhang, "Application of adversarial machine learning in protocol and modulation misclassification," Proc. of the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications Conference (part of SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Symposium), Orlando, FL, April 2022.
Wenhan Zhang, Marwan Krunz, and Gregory Ditzler, "Intelligent jamming of deep neural network based signal classification for shared spectrum," Proc. of the IEEE MILCOM Conference - Track 5, San Diego, Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 2021.
Zhengguang Zhang and Marwan Krunz, "Preamble injection and spoofing attacks in Wi-Fi networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021.
Amir Yazdani Abyaneh and Marwan Krunz, "CWmin estimation and collision identification in Wi-Fi systems," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Oct. 2021 (invited paper).
Mohammed Hirzallah and Marwan Krunz, "Sense-Bandits: AI-based adaptation of sensing thresholds for heterogeneous-technology coexistence over unlicensed bands," Proc. of the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2021), July 2021 (invited paper).
Mohammed Hirzallah and Marwan Krunz, "Intelligent tracking of network dynamics for cross-technology coexistence over unlicensed bands," Proc. of the IEEE ICNC 2020 Conference, Big Island, Hawaii, Feb. 2020, pp. 698-703.
Amirhossein Yazdani Abyaneh, Mohammed Hirzallah, and Marwan Krunz, "Intelligent-CW: AI-based framework for controlling contention window in WLANs," Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN'19), Newark, Nov 2019.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "MatchMaker: An inter-operator network sharing framework in unlicensed bands," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON) Conference, Boston, MA, USA, June 2019.
Jing Hou, Li Sun, Tao Shu, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "Strategic network infrastructure sharing through backup reservation in a competitive environment," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON) Conference, Boston, MA, June 2019.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, "On modeling and optimizing LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence with prioritized traffic classes," Proc. of the EEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN'18), Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
Islam Samy, Loukas Lazos, Yong Xiao, Ming Li, and Marwan Krunz, "LTE misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence under the LAA-LTE standard," Proc. of the 11th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec 2018), June 2018, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Wessam Afifi, and Marwan Krunz, "Joint mode and rate adaptation for asymmetric fullduplex communications in WLANs," Proc. of the IEEE ICC 2018 Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2018, pp. 1-7.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Wessam Afifi, and Marwan Krunz, "Full-duplex spectrum sensing and fairness mechanisms for Wi-Fi/LTE-U coexistence," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Conference, Washington D.C., Dec. 2016.
Irmak Aykin and Marwan Krunz, "Proactive sensing and interference mitigation in multi-link satellite networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Conference, Washington D.C., Dec. 2016.
Mohammed-Amine Koulali, Essaid Sabir, Mounir Ghogho, and Marwan Krunz, "Towards a strategic satisfactory sensing for QoS self-provisioning in cognitive radio networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Conference, Washington D.C., Dec. 2016.
Wessam Afifi, Mohammed Hirzallah, and Marwan Krunz, "Integrating full-duplex capabilities in heterogeneous spectrum sharing," Proc. of the 50th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, Nov. 2016.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman and Marwan Krunz, "CORE: A combinatorial game-theoretic framework for coexistence rendezvous in DSA networks," Proc. of the IEEE SECON 2015 Conference, Seattle, June 2015 (acceptance rate 28%).
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Harish Kumar Shankar, and Marwan Krunz, "Adaptive cross-layer protocol design for opportunistic WLANs over TVWS," Proc. of the IEEE DySPAN 2014 Conference, pp. 519-530, McLean, VA, April 2014.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman and Marwan Krunz, "Game-theoretic quorum-based frequency hopping for anti-jamming rendezvous in DSA networks," Proc. of the IEEE DySPAN 2014 Conference, pp. 248-258, McLean, VA, April 2014.
Wessam Afifi and Marwan Krunz, "Adaptive transmission-reception-sensing strategy for cognitive radios with full-duplex capabilities," Proc. of the IEEE DySPAN 2014 Conference, pp. 149-160, McLean, VA, April 2014.
Diep Nguyen and Marwan Krunz, "Heterogeneous spectrum sharing with rate demands in cognitive MIMO networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 Conference, Atlanta, Dec. 2013.
Diep Nguyen and Marwan Krunz, "Distributed bargaining mechanisms for multi-antenna dynamic spectrum access systems," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 Conference, Atlanta, Dec. 2013.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Funjun Lan, and Marwan Krunz, "Spectrum-efficient stochastic channel assignment for opportunistic networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 Conference, Atlanta, Dec. 2013.
Wessam Afifi and Marwan Krunz, "Exploiting self-interference suppression for improved spectrum awareness/efficiency in cognitive radio systems," Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM 2013 Conference, Turin, Italy, April 2013.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Hanif Rahbari, and Marwan Krunz, "Adaptive frequency hopping algorithms for multicast rendezvous in DSA networks," Proc. of the IEEE DySPAN 2012, pp. 517-528, Oct. 2012.
Diep N. Nguyen and Marwan Krunz, "Spectrum management and power allocation in MIMO cognitive networks," Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM 2012 Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2012.
Junseok Kim and Marwan Krunz, "Spectrum-aware beaconless geographical routing protocol for mobile cognitive radio networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Conference - Wireless Networking Symposium, Houston, Dec. 2011.
Haythem Bany Salameh, Marwan Krunz, and David Manzi, "An efficient guard-band-aware multi-channel spectrum sharing mechanism for dynamic access networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Conference - Ad hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, Houston, Dec. 2011.
Haythem Bany Salameh and Marwan Krunz, "Channel assignment and access protocols for spectrum-agile networks with single-transceiver radio," Proc. of the IFIP/TC6 Networking 2011 Conference, Valencia, Spain, pp. 178-197, May 2011.
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Exploiting microscopic spectrum opportunities in cognitive radio networks," Proc. of the IEEE SECON 2010 Conference, Boston, June 2010.
Raed Al-Zubi, Mohammad Z. Siam, and Marwan Krunz, "Coexistence problem in IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 Conference - Wireless Networking Symposium, Hawaii, Nov. 2009.
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Throughput-efficient sequential channel sensing and probing in cognitive radio networks under sensing errors," Proc. of the ACM MobiCom 2009 Conference, Beijing, China, Sep. 2009 (acceptance rate 10.6%).
Loukas Lazos, Sisi Liu, and Marwan Krunz, "Spectrum opportunity-based control channel assignment in cognitive radio networks," Proc. of the IEEE SECON 2009 Conference, Rome, Italy, June 2009 (acceptance rate 18.8%).
Fan Wang and Marwan Krunz, "Multi-channel spectrum-agile MAC protocol with adaptive load control," Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2009), Greece, June 2009.
Haythem Bany Salameh, Marwan Krunz, and Ossama Younis, "Dynamic spectrum access protocol without power mask constraints," Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM 2009 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009 (acceptance rate 20%).
Tao Shu and Marwan Krunz, "Coordinated channel access in cognitive radio networks: A multi-level spectrum opportunity perspective," Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM 2009 Mini-Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.
Tao Shu, Shuguang Cui, and Marwan Krunz, "Medium access control for multi-channel parallel transmission in cognitive radio networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 Conference, San Francisco, California, Dec. 2006.