Staff profile

Aissa Ikhlef has been with the Department of Engineering at Durham University, UK, since September 2016, where he is now an Associate Professor. He received Ph.D. degrees in Signal Processing and Telecommunications from the University of Rennes 1, France, in 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2010 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Communication and Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He was a visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, from August to November 2009. From 2010 to 2013 he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeirng, University of British Columbia, Canada, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. From 2013 to 2014 he was with Toshiba Research Europe Limited, UK, as a Senior Research Engineer. From 2014 to 2016 he was a Lecturer with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, UK. His current research interests include the application of machine learning in wireless communications, massive MIMO, cloud radio access netwroks (CRANs), and physical layer security.

Research Interests

• Seamntic Communications
• Machine Learning in Wireless Communications
• Massive MIMO
• Cloud Radio Access Networks
• Physical Layer Security
• Beyond 5G Technologies

Prospective Students

I am always looking for students who are self-motivated and have a strong mathematical background. If you are interested in joining my research team, please contact me via email with your CV attached.

Teaching

• ENGI3451/30120 Electronics and Communications, 2017/2018 - 2019/2020, Durham University.
• ENGI4121/40720 Communications Networks, 2016/2017 - 2019/2020, Durham University.
• EEE8002 Advanced Mobile and Cellular Communications, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, Newcastle University.
• EEE8101 Mobile and Cellular Communications, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, Newcastle University.
• EEE3005 Analogue Systems, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, Newcastle University.
• ENSC 805 Advanced Digital Communications, 2012, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Professional Activities

• Editor for IEEE Communications Letters 2014-2016.
• Co-chair of the IEEE Workshop on Emerging Energy Harvesting Solutions for 5G Networks (5G-NRG). The workshop is in conjunction with the IEEE ICC'2017 conference which took place in Paris, France, 21-25 May 2017.
• Co-organizer of the IEEE WCNC'2016 Workshop on Wireless Powered Communication Networks: From Theory to Industrial Challenges (WPCNets'2016). The workshop was in conjunction with the IEEE WCNC'2016 conference which took place in Doha, Qatar, 3-6 April 2016.
• Technical Program Committee (TPC): IEEEWCNC (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), IEEE VTC (2014-Fall, 2015-Spring/Fall, 2016-Spring/Fall, 2017-Spring), CROWNCOM 2015, IEEEWCNC 2015Workshop On Self-Organizing Heterogeneous Networks, IWCMC Coop-Cognitive Workshop (2014, 2015), IEEE SECON 2014Workshop on Energy Harvesting Communications, GROWN (2013, 2014), and PEMOS 2012.
• Session Chair: IEEE GLOBECOM 2010.
• Professional Memberships: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) member and IEEE Communications Society member.
• Reviewer for the following journals: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Digital Signal Processing, Frequenz, AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communications, and EURASIP JWCN.
• Reviewer for the following conferences: IEEE ICC (2011, 2012, 2013), IEEE GLOBECOM (2008, 2011), IEEE WCNC (2013, 2014), IEEE VTC (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), IEEE PIMRC 2014, IEEE GlobalSIP 2014, CROWNCOM 2015, IEEE ICUWB 2011, ISWCS 2012, GROWN 2013, and PEMOS 2012.

Related Links

My Google Scholar profile.

Conference Paper

• Huang, Y., & Ikhlef, A. (2022, May). Joint Optimization of Wireless Fronthaul and Access Links in CRAN with a Massive MIMO Central Unit. Presented at 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Seoul, South Korea
• Maryopi, D., Yingjia, H., & Ikhlef, A. (2021, December). Sum-rate Maximization in Uplink CRAN with a Massive MIMO Fronthaul. Presented at 2021 IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, Madrid, Spain
• Abdullah, M., Chen, G., Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2018, December). Performance Analysis of Cognitive Clustered Machine-to-Machine Networks with Device Selection. Presented at 2018 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Alsifiany, F., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2017, December). On differential modulation in downlink multiuser MIMO systems. Presented at In Proc. of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Kos Island, Greece
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2017, December). Optimal transmit power minimization in secure MU-MISO SWIPT systems. Presented at In Proc. of IEEE ICUWB Workshop on Communications with Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer, Salamanca, Spain
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2016, December). Relay selection for asynchronous AF relay networks with frequency selective channels. Presented at In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Edinburgh, UK

Journal Article

• Ahmed, I., Ikhlef, A., Ng, D., & Schober, R. (in press). Power Allocation for an Energy Harvesting Transmitter with Hybrid Energy Sources. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2013.111013.130215
• Choudhury, F., Ikhlef, A., Saad, W., & Debbah, M. (online). Deep Learning for Detection and Identification of Asynchronous Pilot Spoofing Attacks in Massive MIMO Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3450834
• Xiao, Y., Wang, E., Chen, Y., Sun, H., & Ikhlef, A. (2024). Communication-Centric Integrated Sensing and Communications With Mixed Fields. SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, 67(12), Article 219301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-024-4152-9
• Wang, E., Chen, Y., Ikhlef, A., & Sun, H. (2024). Dual‐user joint sensing and communications with time‐divisioned bi‐static radar. IET Communications, 18(17), 1126-1139. https://doi.org/10.1049/cmu2.12820
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2023). Concurrent Spoofing-Jamming Attack in Massive MIMO Systems with a Full-Duplex Multi-Antenna Eavesdropper. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(8), 10534 - 10547. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2023.3262002
• Huang, Y., & Ikhlef, A. (2021). Joint Design of Fronthaul and Access Links in Massive MIMO Multi-UAV-enabled CRANs. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 10(11), 2355-2359. https://doi.org/10.1109/lwc.2021.3100320
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., Alsifiany, F., Abdullah, M., Chen, G., & Chambers, J. (2020). Optimal Downlink Transmission for Cell-Free SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems with Active Eavesdropping. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 50, 1983-1998. https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2019.2954748
• Alsifiany, F., Ikhlef, A., Alageli, M., & Chambers, J. (2019). Differential Downlink Transmission in Massive MU-MIMO Systems. IEEE Access, 7, 86906-86919. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2925321
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2019). SWIPT massive MIMO systems with active eavesdropping. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 37(1), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsac.2018.2872370
• Alsifiany, F., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2018). Exploiting High Rate Differential Algebraic STBC in Downlink Multiuser MIMO Systems. IET Communications, 12(17), 2188-2197. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-com.2018.5208
• Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2018). Optimization for Maximizing Sum Secrecy Rate in MU-MISO SWIPT Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(1), 537-553. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2017.2740282
• Gaafar, M., Amin, O., Ikhlef, A., Chaaban, A., & Alouini, M.-S. (2016). On Alternate Relaying With Improper Gaussian Signaling. IEEE Communications Letters, 20(8), 1683-1686. https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2016.2577029
• Ikhlef, A. (2014). Optimal MIMO Multicast Transceiver Design for Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer. IEEE Communications Letters, 18(12), 2153-2156. https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2014.2366097
• Ikhlef, A., Iferroujene, R., Boudjellal, A., Abed-Meraim, K., & Belouchrani, A. (2014). Constant modulus algorithms using hyperbolic Givens rotations. Signal Processing, 104, 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2014.04.027
• Ahmed, I., Ikhlef, A., Schober, R., & Mallik, R. (2014). Power Allocation for Conventional and Buffer-Aided Link Adaptive Relaying Systems with Energy Harvesting Nodes. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 13(3), 1182-1195. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2014.012314.121185
• Ikhlef, A., & Schober, R. (2014). Joint Source-Relay Optimization for Fixed Receivers in Multi-Antenna Multi-Relay Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 13(1), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2013.111013.121386
• Jamali, V., Zlatanov, N., Ikhlef, A., & Schober, R. (2014). Achievable Rate Region of the Bidirectional Buffer-Aided Relay Channel With Block Fading. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 60(11), 7090-7111. https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.2014.2356649
• Zlatanov, N., Ikhlef, A., Islam, T., & Schober, R. (2014). Buffer-aided cooperative communications: opportunities and challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine, 52(4), 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2014.6807959
• Ahmed, I., Ikhlef, A., Schober, R., & Mallik, R. (2013). Joint Power Allocation and Relay Selection in Energy Harvesting AF Relay Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2(2), 239-242. https://doi.org/10.1109/wcl.2013.012513.130007
• Islam, T., Ikhlef, A., Schober, R., & Bhargava, V. (2013). Diversity and Delay Analysis of Buffer-Aided BICM-OFDM Relaying. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 12(11), 5506-5519. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2013.092413.121328
• Kim, J., Ikhlef, A., & Schober, R. (2012). Combined relay selection and cooperative beamforming for physical layer security. Journal of Communications and Networks, 14(4), 364-373. https://doi.org/10.1109/jcn.2012.6292243
• Ikhlef, A., Michalopoulos, D., & Schober, R. (2012). Max-Max Relay Selection for Relays with Buffers. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 11(3), 1124-1135. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2012.011012.110682
• Ikhlef, A., Kim, J., & Schober, R. (2012). Mimicking Full-Duplex Relaying Using Half-Duplex Relays With Buffers. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 61(7), 3025-3037. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2012.2201189
• Liang, Y.-W., Ikhlef, A., Gerstacker, W., & Schober, R. (2011). Two-Way Filter-and-Forward Beamforming for Frequency-Selective Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 10(12), 4172-4183. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2011.101511.101952
• Liang, Y.-W., Ikhlef, A., Gerstacker, W., & Schober, R. (2011). Cooperative Filter-and-Forward Beamforming for Frequency-Selective Channels with Equalization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 10(1), 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2010.111910.100296
• Ihalainen, T., Ikhlef, A., Louveaux, J., & Renfors, M. (2011). Channel Equalization for Multi-Antenna FBMC/OQAM Receivers. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 60(5), 2070-2085. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2011.2145424
• Ikhlef, A., Abed-Meraim, K., & Le Guennec, D. (2010). Blind signal separation and equalization with controlled delay for MIMO convolutive systems. Signal Processing, 90, 2655-2666
• Ikhlef, A., & Le Guennec, D. (2007). A simplified constant modulus algorithm for blind recovery of MIMO QAM and PSK signals: A Criterion with Convergence Analysis. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2007(1), https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/90401