By Dr Faycal Bouhafs

Journal articles

Bouhafs F; Sharma S, 2026, 'Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for a Hyperconnected World', Future Internet, 18, pp. 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi18090482

Rahman MM; Bouhafs F; Hoseini SA; den Hartog F, 2026, 'FedHome: A federated learning framework for smart home device classification and attack detection by broadband service providers', Computer Networks, 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112040

Rahman MM; Bouhafs F; Hoseini SA; den Hartog F, 2026, 'ARProof: A cross-protocol approach to detect and mitigate ARP-spoofing attacks in smart home networks', Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2025.104396

Ranji R; Sinanovic S; Li K; Bouhafs F; Den Hartog F, 2026, 'Including Physical Layer Security in the Game Theoretic Modeling of Distributed Wireless Networks Operating in Unlicensed Frequency Bands', IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 7, pp. 1776 - 1792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3662767

Javed U; Bouhafs F; Hoseini SA; Hartog FD, 2026, 'Secrecy-Aware Trading of Radio Resources in Wireless Networks Using Cooperative Jamming', IEEE Access, 14, pp. 117439 - 117452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3716000

Quinn T; Bouhafs F; den Hartog F, 2025, 'Securing the SDN Data Plane in Emerging Technology Domains: A Review', Future Internet, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi17110503

Rahman MM; Bouhafs F; Hoseini SA; Hartog FD, 2025, 'UNSW HomeNet: A network traffic flow dataset for AI-based smart home device classification', Computers and Industrial Engineering, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111041

Rahman MM; Bouhafs F; den Hartog F, 2025, 'A Survey on the Effectiveness of Existing Smart Home Cyber Attacks Detection Solution: A Broadband Service Providers’ Perspective', IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 6, pp. 4010 - 4035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3563270

Bouhafs F; Raschella A; Mackay M; Hashem Eiza M; den Hartog F, 2024, 'Optimizing Radio Access for Massive IoT in 6G Through Highly Dynamic Cooperative Software-Defined Sharing of Network Resources', Future Internet, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi16120442

Shah SDA; Gregory MA; Bouhafs F; Hartog FD, 2024, 'Artificial Intelligence-Defined Wireless Networking for Computational Offloading and Resource Allocation in Edge Computing Networks', IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, pp. 2039 - 2057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3382265

Hoseini SA; Sadeghi P; Bouhafs F; Aboutorab N; Den Hartog F, 2024, 'Experimental Evaluation of Network-Controlled Physical-Layer Security Through Friendly Jamming', IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 5, pp. 2968 - 2979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3393023

Bouhafs F; Raschellà A; Mackay M; den Hartog F, 2022, 'A Spectrum Management Platform Architecture to Enable a Sharing Economy in 6G', Future Internet, 14, pp. 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi14110309

Raschellà A; Aldhaibani O; Pizzi S; Mackay M; Bouhafs F; Araniti G; Shi Q; Lucas-Estañ MC, 2021, 'A Centralized Win-Win Cooperative Framework for Wi-Fi and 5G Radio Access Networks', Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515271

Bouhafs F; Seyedebrahimi M; Raschella A; Mackay M; Shi Q, 2020, 'Per-flow radio resource management to mitigate interference in dense ieee 802.11 wireless lans', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 19, pp. 1170 - 1183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2019.2903465

Raschellà A; Bouhafs F; Mackay M; Shi Q; Ortín J; Gállego JR; Canales M, 2020, 'A dynamic access point allocation algorithm for dense wireless LANs using potential game', Computer Networks, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2019.106991

Deepak GC; Bouhafs F; Raschellà A; Mackay M; Shi Q, 2019, 'Radio resource management framework for energy-efficient communications in the Internet of Things', Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ett.3766

Bouhafs F; MacKay M; Raschellà A; Shi Q; Den Hartog F; Saldana J; Munilla R; Ruiz-Mas J; Fernández-Navajas J; Almodovar J; Van Adrichem N, 2018, 'Wi-5: A Programming Architecture for Unlicensed Frequency Bands', IEEE Communications Magazine, 56, pp. 178 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800246

Deepak GC; Raschellà A; Bouhafs F; Mackay M, 2017, 'QoS aware radio access technology selection framework in heterogeneous networks using SDN', Journal of Communications and Networks, 19, pp. 577 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JCN.2017.000098

Raschella A; Bouhafs F; Seyedebrahimi M; Mackay M; Shi Q, 2017, 'Quality of service oriented access point selection framework for large Wi-Fi networks', IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 14, pp. 441 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2017.2678021

Bouhafs F; Merabti M, 2014, 'A layered communication architecture for power routing in the smart grid', International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering, 9, pp. 59 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijitwe.2014010105

Dobbins C; Merabti M; Fergus P; Llewellyn-Jones D; Bouhafs F, 2013, 'Exploiting linked data to create rich human digital memories', Computer Communications, 36, pp. 1639 - 1656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2013.06.008

Hanley P; Fergus P; Bouhafs F, 2013, 'A Wireless Body Sensor Platform to Detect Progressive Deterioration in Musculoskeletal Systems', Advances in Internet of Things, 03, pp. 53 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ait.2013.32a007

Bouhafs F, 2013, 'Communication Technologies for Active Control in Distributed Generation Networks', International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Grid

Bouhafs F; Mackay M; Merabti M, 2012, 'Links to the future: Communication requirements and challenges in the smart grid', IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, 10, pp. 24 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2011.943134

Bouhafs F; Gelas JP; Lefèvre L; Maimour M; Pham C; Primet PVB; Tourancheau B, 2005, 'Designing and evaluating an active grid architecture', Future Generation Computer Systems, 21, pp. 315 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2004.09.023

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