Publications

Forecasting infrastructure needs, environmental impacts, and dynamic pricing for electric vehicle charging, O. Jabr, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, N. Saeed, World Electric Vehicle Journal16(8):410, July 2025. https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/16/8/410

Power allocation and RIS elements optimisation for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces assisted RSMA, A. Qayyum, M. Nekovee, The 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), 7 July 2025, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17419

Partially Reflected Surface (PRS)-loaded graphene-based patch antenna for 6G, O. Osman, A. Qayyum A, M. Nekovee, The 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), 7 July 2025, https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17393

Enabling on-demand guaranteed QoS for real time video streaming from vehicles in 5G advanced with CAPIF & NEF APIs, M. Nekovee, G. Galkandage P. Piscione, L. Lossi L, P. O’Connor, S. Davies, 5EuCNC & 6G Summit, June 3 2025, https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.09150

Smart Energy Management with Optimized Prosumerism for Achieving Dynamic Net-Zero Balance in Electrified Road Transport Networks, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (submitted), extended version available from https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08162

Telecom-to-Grid: Supercharging 6G’s Contribution for Reliable Net-Zero, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, AF Ibraheem, IEEE Reliability Magazine2(2):40-48, June 2025. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10918626

DiffAtten-GAN: a local attention-enhanced diffusion-GAN for elderly facial expression synthesis with limited data, H. You, M. Nekovee, The 5th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Artificial Intelligence, May 2025

GNN-Based Super-Resolution for Multipath Channel Generation in Railways,
M. Nekovee, M. Zhang , K. Guan, D. He D, H. Duan, Y. Yuan Y, Q. Luo Q, Z Zhong, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), May 20205.


Blockchain in IoT: applications, challenges, and future directions, S, Albaqami, M. Nekovee, I Khan , 13th Computing Conference 2025Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Springer, April 20205.

Identifying and resolving cybersecurity challenges in the IoT in Saudi Arabian startups using blockchain technology, S, Albaqami, M. Nekovee, I Khan,
Second IEEE International Conference on IT Innovations and Knowledge Discovery, February 2025. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11005300

UK’s Strengths in Future Networks Academic Research, Report, Maziar Nekovee (Editor), UKTIN, 19 March 2025, https://uktin.net/whats-happening/news/explained-uktin-future-networks-academic-strategy-groups-latest-report

Blockchain-based energy trading among UAVs and base stations for net-zero, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, 10th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), 30 Dec. 2024. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10811256

The future of IoT security in Saudi Arabian start-ups: a position paper, S, Albaqami, M. Nekovee, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 15(11), 2024.

Quantum optimization for bidirectional telecom energy exchange and vehicular edge computing in green 6G networks, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart (SmartGridComm), Nov. 2024. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10738076

Efficiency-enhanced holographic metasurface for wireless power transfer based in electric vehicles, Y. Yao, M. Nekovee, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters PP(99):1-5, 2024. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10740278

Strategic Working Group Report: Future Networks, REPORT, Maziar Nekovee (Editor), UKTIN, 19 September 2024, https://uktin.net/whats-happening/resources/strategic-working-group-report-future-networks

AI-based energy consumption modeling of 5G base stations: an energy efficient approach, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee, IET 6G and Future Networks Conference, September 2024. https://chooser.crossref.org/?doi=10.1049%2Ficp.2024.2234

An Efficient Wheel-Integrated Wireless Power Transfer System Based on High-Permittivity Metasurface, Y. Yu, M. Nekovee Proc. European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2024. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10501320

Technologies & Standards to Enable Vertical Ecosystem Transformation in 6G, White Paper, November 2023, M. Nekovee et al (Chief Editor), publication of Networld Europe Technology Platform, November 2023

On the Performance of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces-Assisted OAM
with NOMA under Imperfect SIC
, A. Qayyum et al., Physical Communication, Vol 62, February 2024

Indexed Multiple Access with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: The Reflection Tuning Potential, Singh R, Kaushik A, Shin W, Alexandropoulos GC, Toka M, Renzo MD, IEEE Communication Magazine, September 2023,

Towards Net-Zero Goal through Altruistic Prosumer based Energy Trading among Connected Electric Vehicles, F. Ayaz, M. Nekovee Proc. IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VCN), Istanbul, April 2023.

Vision, Enabling Technologies, and Scenarios for a 6G-Enabled Internet of Verticals (6G-IoV), M. Nekovee, F. Ayaz, Future Internet, 1 Feb 2023.

TECH REPORT Feasibility study into 5G NTN and V-RAN Architecture for LEO MILSATCOM, M. Nekovee, delivered to E2E and Airbus Space and Defence,    Jan 2023

TECH REPORT Scenarios and Technologies for the Internet of Space, M. Nekovee, delivered to Accelerated Capability Environment, Home Office, Jan 2023

FinTech Enablers, Use Cases, and Role of Future Internet of Things, J. R Bhata, Salman A Al Qahtanib, M. Nekovee, Journal of King Saud University, Computer and Information Sciences, December 2022.

Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Based Security and Privacy for Internet of Vehicles, F Ayaz, Z. Sheng, M. Nekovee , Electronics, 1 October 2022,

TECH REPORT, Intelligent Reflective Surfaces, M. Nekovee, An Expert Matter Report, delivered to Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE), Home Office, March 2020.

Modified Gerchberg-Saxton Iterative Algorithm for Reflectarray Metasurface Multibeam Pattern Synthesis, X. Meng, R Young, M. Nekovee, IEEE VTC 2022 (Spring).

 Virtual Network Function Placement in Satellite Edge Computing with a Potential Game Approach,”  IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Xiangqiang Gao, Rongke Liu and Aryan Kaushik (accepted)

Waveform Design for Joint-Radar Communications with Low Complexity Analog Components,” IEEE JC&S 2022, Aryan Kaushik, Aakash Arora,Christos Tsinos, Christos Masouros, Fan Liu, Symeon Chatzinotas

Transformation from 5G for Verticals Towards a 6G-enabled Internet of Verticals, (Invited Paper) M. Nekovee, IEEE COMSNETS 2022.

Green Joint Radar-Communications: RF Selection with Low Resolution DACs and Hybrid Precoding, A. Kaushik, M. Nekovee et al , IEEE ICC 2022.

The design and analysis of electronically reconfigurable liquid-crystal based reflectarray metasurafce for 6G beamforming, beamsteering and beamsplitting, X Ming, M. Nekovee, and D. Wu, November 2021, IEEE Access.

A Concurrent Training Method of Deep-Learning Autoencoders in a Multi-user Interference Channel, L J P Pellatt, M. Nekovee and D. Wu
17th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), September 2021.

Deep learning-based autoencoder for M-user wireless interference channel physical layer design1 Jan 2020 IEEE Access 8:174679-174691, Co-authors Wu D, Nekovee M, Wang Y

Edge on Wheels with OMNIBUS Networking for 6G Technology, 1 Jan 2020 IEEE Access 8:215928-215942, Co-authors Ergen M, Inan F, Ergen O, Shayea I, Tuysuz M, Nekovee M.

Coexistence of 5G with satellite services in the millimeter-wave band 1 Jan 2020, IEEE Access, 8:163618-163636Co-authors Cho Y, Kim HK, Nekovee M, Jo HS

Towards explainable artificial intelligence for network function virtualization, 23 Nov 2020 CoNEXT 2020 – Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies558-559, Co-authors Sharma S, Nag A, Cordeiro L, Ayoub O, Tornatore M, Nekovee M

Towards AI-enabled Microservice Architecture for Network Function Virtualization, 27 Oct 2020, 8th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ComNet2020 – Proceedings, Co-authors Nekovee M, Sharma S, Uniyal N, Nag A, Nejabati R.

Secure non-public health enterprise networks 1 Jun 20202020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2020 – Proceedings Co-authors, Ghassemian M, Smith-Creasey M, Nekovee M.

Joint statistics of urban clutter loss and building entry loss at 3.5 GHz and 27 GHz – From measurement to modelling, 1 Mar 2020, 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020 Co-authors Rudd R, Meng X, Ocheri V, Wu D, Nekovee M.

An Adaptive Deep Learning Algorithm Based Autoencoder for Interference Channels1 Jan 2020, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 12081 LNCS:342-354, Co-author Wu D, Nekovee M, Wang Y.

Spectrum-Sharing Method for Co-Existence between 5G OFDM-Based System and Fixed Service1 Jan 2019, IEEE Access 7:77460-77475Co-authors Hassan WA, Jo HS, Ikki S, Nekovee M.

Electronically reconfigurable binary phase liquid crystal reflectarray metasurface at 108 GHz1 Dec 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2019 – Proceedings, Co-authors, Meng X, Nekovee M, Wu D, Rudd R

Reconfigurable liquid crystal reflectarray metasurface for THz communications, 1 Jan 2019 IET Conference Publications (CP762), Co-authors Meng X, Nekovee M, Wu D

Demo Abstract: A demonstration of automatic configuration of OpenFlow in wireless ad hoc networks, 1 Apr 2019 INFOCOM 2019 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2019953-954Co-authors Sharma S, Nekovee M

Opportunities and enabling technologies for 5G and beyond-5G spectrum sharing, 21 Feb 2019 Handbook of Cognitive Radio, 3-3:1971-1972, Co-authors Nekovee M

Intelligent 5G Vehicular Networks: An Integration of DSRC and mmWave Communications16 Nov 2018, 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence: ICT Convergence Powered by Smart Intelligence, ICTC 2018571-576Co-authors Sheng Z, Pressas A, Ocheri V, Ali F, Rudd R, Nekovee M

Independent and joint statistics of clutter loss and building entry loss – Initial measurements18 Dec 2018IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC2018-September:1157-1158, Co-authors Rudd R, Wu D, Ocheri V, Nekovee M