Ahmed K. Sadek

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ahmed K. Sadek is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed K. Sadek has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Ahmed K. Sadek's work include Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (34 papers), Wireless Communication Security Techniques (17 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (14 papers). Ahmed K. Sadek is often cited by papers focused on Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (34 papers), Wireless Communication Security Techniques (17 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (14 papers). Ahmed K. Sadek collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Egypt. Ahmed K. Sadek's co-authors include Weifeng Su, K. J. Ray Liu, Ahmed S. Ibrahim, Andres Kwasinski, Anthony Ephremides, Zhu Han, Stephen J. Shellhammer, Karim G. Seddik, Wenyi Zhang and K. Ray Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed K. Sadek

46 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Cooperative Communications and Networking 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2008 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Cooperative Communications and Networking
    2008 454 citations Ahmed K. Sadek, Weifeng Su et al. profile →
  2. Cooperative communications with relay-selection: when to cooperate and whom to cooperate with?
    2008 379 citations Ahmed S. Ibrahim, Ahmed K. Sadek et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ahmed K. Sadek United States 23 2.5k 2.4k 87 66 47 47 2.7k
Tao Peng China 21 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 99 1.1× 33 0.5× 36 0.8× 134 1.5k
Wolfgang Zirwas Germany 16 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 219 2.5× 34 0.5× 22 0.5× 73 2.7k
Antti Tölli Finland 26 1.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 386 4.4× 33 0.5× 28 0.6× 214 2.4k
Taesang Yoo United States 14 2.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.3× 249 2.9× 32 0.5× 20 0.4× 29 3.2k
Wha Sook Jeon South Korea 22 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 55 0.6× 69 1.0× 24 0.5× 119 1.6k
Ian Wong United States 16 809 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 137 1.6× 24 0.4× 31 0.7× 27 1.3k
Christian Mehlführer Austria 16 881 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 83 1.0× 13 0.2× 32 0.7× 47 1.3k
Martin Wrulich Austria 12 776 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 60 0.7× 15 0.2× 25 0.5× 21 1.2k
Peter Karlsson Sweden 18 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 298 3.4× 20 0.3× 22 0.5× 70 1.9k
Shaoyi Xu China 15 698 0.3× 781 0.3× 110 1.3× 22 0.3× 17 0.4× 94 940

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sadek, Ahmed K., et al.. (2026). Mapping targetable sites on the human surfaceome for the design of novel binders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(5). e2506269123–e2506269123.
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Sadek, Ahmed K., et al.. (2015). Extending LTE to unlicensed band - Merit and coexistence. 33 indexed citations
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Kairouz, Peter, et al.. (2013). Interference-aware rate control for bursty interference channels. 14. 4854–4858. 1 indexed citations
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Shellhammer, Stephen J., Ahmed K. Sadek, & Wenyi Zhang. (2009). Technical challenges for cognitive radio in the TV white space spectrum. 323–333. 113 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., Wei Yu, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2009). On the energy efficiency of cooperative communications in wireless sensor networks. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. 6(1). 1–21. 76 indexed citations
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El-Sherif, Amr A., Ahmed K. Sadek, & K.J. Ray Liu. (2008). On Spectrum Sharing in Cooperative Multiple Access Networks. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., et al.. (2008). Transmit beamforming for space-frequency coded MIMO-OFDM systems with spatial correlation feedback. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 56(10). 1647–1655. 11 indexed citations
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Siriwongpairat, W. Pam, Ahmed K. Sadek, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2008). Cooperative communications protocol for multiuser OFDM networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 7(7). 2430–2435. 25 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., Wenyi Zhang, & Stephen J. Shellhammer. (2008). Listen-Before-Talk Versus Treating Interference as Noise for Spectrum Sharing. 1–6. 10 indexed citations
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El-Sherif, Amr A., Andres Kwasinski, Ahmed K. Sadek, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2007). Content-Aware Cooperative Multiple Access Protocol for Packet Speech Communications. 48. 2952–2956. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Weifeng, Ahmed K. Sadek, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2007). Cooperative Communication Protocols in Wireless Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimum Power Allocation. Wireless Personal Communications. 44(2). 181–217. 233 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., K. J. Ray Liu, & Anthony Ephremides. (2007). Cognitive multiple access via cooperation: Protocol design and performance analysis. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 53(10). 3677–3696. 189 indexed citations
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Siriwongpairat, W. Pam, Ahmed K. Sadek, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2006). An Efficient Cooperative Protocol for Multiuser-OFDM Networks. Global Communications Conference. 2 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., et al.. (2006). Multinode Cooperative Communications in Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 55(1). 341–355. 236 indexed citations
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Seddik, Karim G., Ahmed K. Sadek, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2006). WLC21-6: Protocol-Aware Design Criteria and Performance Analysis for Distributed Space-Time Coding. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., Zhu Han, & K. Ray Liu. (2006). A Distributed Relay-Assignment Algorithm for Cooperative Communications in Wireless Networks. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications. 1592–1597. 79 indexed citations
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Seddik, Karim G., Ahmed K. Sadek, Weifeng Su, & K.J. Ray Liu. (2006). Outage analysis of multi-node amplify-and-forward relay networks. 1184–1188. 19 indexed citations
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Sadek, Ahmed K., Weifeng Su, & K. J. Ray Liu. (2004). Maximum achievable diversity for MIMO-OFDM systems with arbitrary spatial correlation. 51. 2664–2668 Vol.4. 4 indexed citations

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