Rabe Arshad was a visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Education 

  • M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Jan 2015- June 2017, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 
  • B.Sc. in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, 2006-2010, Lahore, Pakistan. 

Research Interests

  • Cellular Communication
  • Stochastic Geometry
  • Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
  • ​Cooperative networks
  • Handover management in wireless networks
  • Stochastic Geometry modeling of wireless networks
  • Performance evaluation of 5G cellular networks

Selected Publications

  • Rabe Arshad, “Handover Management in Dense Cellular Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach,” King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (In Progress).
  • R. Arshad, H. Elsawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini,“Velocity-aware handover management in two-tier cellular networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Submitted, July 2016, Available at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.06439v1.pdf.
  • R. Arshad, H. Elsawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini,“ Handover management in dense cellular networks: A stochastic geometry approach,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2016.
  • R. Arsh​ad, H. Elsawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini,“ Cooperative handover management in dense cellular networks,” accepted in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2016, Available at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.03378.pdf.

Professional Profile

  • Radio Design and Traffic Engineer at Vimpelcom- Mobilink, Pakistan (February 2011- January 2014)
  • Management Trainee at Interloop Limited, Pakistan (October 2010 – January 2011 )​

Honors and Awards

 

  • ​​Fully Funded Masters Scholarship by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (Jan 2015 - 2016).
  • Mobilink Century Club Award holder for the year 2014. Award was received for offering exceptional services as Radio Design & Traffic Engineer in Vimpelcom- Mobilink Pakistan (2011-2014)
  • Mobilink Star Employee for the year 2012
  • Gold Medalist in B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (2006-2010)

Selected Publications

R. Arshad, H. Elsawy, S. Sorour, M.-S. Alouini, and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, “Mobility-Aware User Association in Uplink Cellular Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 2452–2455, Nov. 2017.
R. Arshad, H. ElSawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini, “Velocity-Aware Handover Management in Two-Tier Cellular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1851–1867, Mar. 2017.
R. Arshad, H. Elsawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini, “Handover Management in 5G and Beyond: A Topology Aware Skipping Approach,” IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 9073–9081, 2016.
R. Arshad, H. ElSawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini, “Cooperative Handover Management in Dense Cellular Networks,” 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2016.
R. Arshad, H. ElSawy, S. Sorour, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M.-S. Alouini, “Handover management in dense cellular networks: A stochastic geometry approach,” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2016.