Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki

August 2026

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  KAUST Research Develops Directional-Beam Analysis Framework to Guide HAPS Network Design

  2 min read · Sun, Aug 23 2026

  HAPSs Directional Beams Sphetical Stochastic Geometry Coverage Probability Non-Terrestrial Networks

  High-altitude platform stations (HAPS) can extend wireless service from the stratosphere, but planning a large deployment requires more than estimating one strong air-to-ground connection. As platform and user populations grow, designers must also account for many co-channel interferers, Earth curvature and the directions in which antennas point. That combination makes direct network simulation increasingly demanding: the paper notes that the number of serving and interference links can grow quadratically with the number of HAPS. Zhengying Lou, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki and Mohamed-Slim

April 2024

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  KAUST innovates with "Cellular Towers in the Sky" to forge people-centered smart communities

  1 min read · Sat, Apr 13 2024

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  The research team from the Communications Theory Laboratory (CTL) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), including Dr. Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki and Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, in a collaboration with the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) and Stratospheric Platforms, have redefined connectivity with the deployment of High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) as cellular towers. In an era where smart cities have often focused on urban centers, their work aims to bridge the digital divide by including historically neglected areas such as rural and

March 2024

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  Dr. Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki honored by the ARSCO

  1 min read · Fri, Mar 15 2024

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  In a significant acknowledgment of innovative research aimed at advancing smart Arabic cities, Dr. Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, a postdoctoral fellow in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL), has been honored with the esteemed 2023 Arab Scientific Community Organization (ARSCO) award. This accolade was presented during a ceremony hosted by ARSCO in Doha, Qatar, on February 26, 2024. The jury recognized Dr. Belmekki's work for its potential to bring connectivity in urban and rural settings across the Arabic world. During his acceptance speech (available below), Dr. Belmekki expressed his gratitude

September 2023

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  Dr. Baha Eddine Belmekki wins second place in Falling Walls Lab KAUST 2023

  1 min read · Mon, Sep 25 2023

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  Falling Walls Competition Falling Walls Award

  Dr. Baha Eddine Belmekki, a postdoctoral fellow in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL), participated in the Falling Walls Lab KAUST 2023 and won second place. Recently, Graduate Affairs extended their congratulations to the winners of Falling Walls Lab KAUST 2023. 1st Place: Yue Yuan; Breaking the Wall of Energy-Hungry Electronics 2nd Place: Baha Eddine Belmekki; Breaking the Wall of Internet Inequality 3rd Place: Montserrat Ramirez De Angel; Breaking the Wall of Speech Impediments, and Esraa Fakeih; Breaking the Wall of Sever Allergies As the second place, Dr. Baha won the chance to represent

June 2022

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  Unleashing the potential of networked tethered flying platforms (NTFPs)

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 15 2022

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  UAV Networekd Flying Platforms

  The Sixth Generation (6G) of mobile networks is expected to be a game-changer in the telecom industry with applications and services such as enhanced mobile communications, increased indoor positioning accuracy, holographic telepresence, tactile communications, extended reality, and worldwide connectivity. 6G will rely on terrestrial networks such as tower masts and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) such as satellites, High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). To complement this communication ecosystem and cope with the shortcoming of these platforms another type of