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Rana Asif Rehman

Rana Asif Rehman

Assistant Professor
  • Department of Computer Science
  • r.asif@nu.edu.pk
  • (041) 111-128-128
  • Ext: 172

Introduction

Rana Asif Rehman (M’17) received the M.Sc. degree in computer science from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, in 2010, the M.S. degree in computer science from International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer engineering from Hongik University, South Korea, in 2016, under the supervision of Prof. Byung-Seo Kim. He is also a Cisco Certified Network Associate as well as a Microsoft Certified Professional. In 2013, he was a Lecturer with the University of Sargodha, Lahore Campus, Pakistan. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus, Pakistan. His research interests include the design and development of energy efficient routing protocols, cross layer architectures, caching and forwarding schemes for cognitive radio ad hoc networks, and named data networking-based wireless networks. He is currently a member of the IEEE, KSII, the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Communication Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the IEEE Young Professionals.

Research Interest:

  • Future Internet Architectures (ICN, CCN, NDN)
  • Software Defined Networking in Named Data Networking based Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Routing Protocols in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs)
  • Home Automation Technologies, IoTs and Smart Cities
  • Cross Layer Designs for Wireless Networks (MANETs, VANETs, WSNs, WMNs)
  • Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Networks such as IEEE 802.11x, 802.15x, 802.16x, 802.20, LTE

Education

  • Ph.D. (Electronics and Computer Engineering), Hongik University, South Korea (2016)
  • M.S (Computer Science), International Islamic University (IIU), Pakistan (2012)
  • M.Sc. (Computer Science), Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, Pakistan (2010)
  • B.Sc. (Computer, Mathematics), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (2007)

Publications

  • Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Forwarding Strategies in NDN based Wireless Networks: A Survey,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 22, no.1. 2020.

  • [doi: 10.1109/COMST.2019.2935795]. (Impact factor = 22.973)

  • Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Forwarding Strategies in NDN based Wireless Networks: A Survey,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 21, no.4. 2019. [doi: 10.1109/COMST.2019.2935795]. (Impact factor = 22.973)
  • Bilal Khan, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “A Joint Strategy for Fair and Efficient Energy Usage in WLANs in the Presence of Capture Effect,” Electronics, Vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 386, March. 2019. [doi: 10.3390/electronics8040386].(Impact factor = 1.764)
  • Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, Bilal Khan and Byung-Seo Kim, “IoT Elements, Layered Architectures and Security Issues: A Comprehensive Survey,” Sensors (MDPI) Vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 1-37, August. 2018. [doi: 10.3390/s18092796]. (Impact factor = 3.031)
  • Hammad Shafiq, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Services and Security Threats in SDN Based VANETs: A Survey,” Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2018, pp. 1-14, April. 2018. [doi: 10.1155/2018/8631851]. (Impact factor = 1.396)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, “LOMCF: Forwarding and Caching in Named Data Networking based MANETs,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No. 10, pp. 9350-9364, October. 2017. [doi: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2700335]. (Impact factor = 5.339)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Byung-Seo Kim, “OEFS: On-Demand Energy-Based Forwarding Strategy for Named Data Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Access, Vol. No.5, pp. 6075-6086, March. 2017. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2684912]. (Impact factor = 4.098)
  • Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Packet Flooding Mitigation in CCN-Based Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks for Smart Cities,” IEEE Access, Vol. No.5, pp. 11054-11062, June. 2017. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2715407]. (Impact factor = 4.098)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, “Location-Aware Forwarding and Caching in CCN-based Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEICE Transactions on Information and System, Vol. E99-D, No.5, pp. 1388-1391, May. 2016. [doi:10.1587/transinf.2015EDL8244]. (Impact factor = 0.576)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, “Energy Aware Forwarding in Content Centric based Multihop Wireless Ad hoc Networks,” IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, vol. E98-A, no. 12, pp. 2738-2742, Dec. 2015. [doi:10.1587/transfun.E98.A.2738]. (Impact factor = 0.368)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Jong Kim and, Byung-Seo Kim, “NDN-CRAHNs: Named Data Networking for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” Mobile Information Systems, Vol. 2015, Article ID 281893, 12 pages, 8th June 2015. [doi:10.1155/2015/281893]. (Impact factor = 1.635)
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, “L2ER: Low-Latency and Energy-based Routing Protocol for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2014, Article ID 963202, 9 pages, 11th September 2014. [doi:10.1155/2014/963202]. (Impact factor = 1.614)
  • Farwa Ansari, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “CSF: Controller based Selective Forwarding in Software Defined Named Data based MANETs,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 09-13, 2019.
  • Ahmed Arslan, Rana Asif Rehman, “Distance-based Scheme for Broadcast Storm Mitigation in Named Software Defined Vehicular Networks (NSDVN),” IEEE Consumer Communication and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, USA, January 11-14, 2019.
  • Muhammad Usman Tahir, Rana Asif Rehman, “CUIF: Control of Useless Interests Flooding in Vehicular Named Data Networks,” the 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 17-19, 2018.
  • Ahmed Arslan, Rana Asif Rehman, “Prevention of Timing Attack in Software Defined Named Data Networks Based VANETs,” the 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 17-19, 2018.
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Rehmat Ullah, Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Caching and Forwarding in Named Data Networking based MANETs,” Korean Network Operations and Management (KNOM) Conference, Jejudo, South Korea, May 10-11. 2018.
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Tran Dinh Hieu, Hong-Min Bae, Sung-Hoon Mah, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Robust and Efficient Multipath Interest Forwarding for NDN-based MANETs,” the 9th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), Colmar, France, July 11-13. 2016.
  • Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, Tran Dinh Hieu, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Enhanced Protocol for Wireless Content-Centric Network,” the 5th International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Networks (MoWiN), Vienna, Austria, May 21-22, 2016.
  • Hong-Min Bae, Chan-Min Park, Shinil Suh, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim,“Performance Improvement in Beacon-Enabled LR-WPAN-based Sensor Networks,” the 5th International Conference on Sensor Networks (SENSORNETS), Rome Italy, February 19-21, 2016.
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, “Content Centric Networking Approach in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” the 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 14-16, 2015.
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Chan-Min Park, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Enhanced Routing Protocol for Multihop Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks”, 2015 Summer Conference of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, June 24-26. 2015.
  • Hong-Min Bae, Shinil Suh, Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim and Jong Kim, “A Study on IT Technology’s Approaches to Architectural Design for the Elderly’s Residence”, 2015 Summer Conference of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Jeju Island, South Korea, June 24-26. 2015.
  • Rana Asif Rehman, Muhammad Sher, and Muhammad Khalil Afzal, “Efficient Delay and Energy based Routing in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” the International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, Pakistan, October 8-9, 2012.