Ibrahim Afolabi

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ibrahim Afolabi is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ibrahim Afolabi has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 1 paper in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ibrahim Afolabi's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (9 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (6 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (5 papers). Ibrahim Afolabi is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (9 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (6 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (5 papers). Ibrahim Afolabi collaborates with scholars based in Finland, South Korea and France. Ibrahim Afolabi's co-authors include Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis, Adlen Ksentini, Hannu Flinck, Miloud Bagaa, Faqir Zarrar Yousaf, Pantelis A. Frangoudis, Jonathan Prados-Garzon, Pablo Ameigeiras and Marius Corici and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and IEEE Network.

In The Last Decade

Ibrahim Afolabi

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions

2018 755 citations Ibrahim Afolabi, Tarik Taleb et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ibrahim Afolabi Finland	8	981	488	88	72	46	9	1.1k
Xenofon Foukas United Kingdom	9	1.1k 1.1×	683 1.4×	66 0.8×	103 1.4×	28 0.6×	21	1.2k
Luis M. Contreras Spain	16	973 1.0×	686 1.4×	151 1.7×	61 0.8×	21 0.5×	129	1.2k
Georgios Patounas Norway	3	659 0.7×	387 0.8×	50 0.6×	72 1.0×	19 0.4×	4	763
Marius Corici Germany	18	826 0.8×	478 1.0×	111 1.3×	54 0.8×	17 0.4×	103	1.0k
Cory Beard United States	15	633 0.6×	425 0.9×	51 0.6×	122 1.7×	23 0.5×	76	802
George Xilouris Greece	17	695 0.7×	314 0.6×	146 1.7×	53 0.7×	14 0.3×	81	858
Shihan Xiao China	15	696 0.7×	311 0.6×	143 1.6×	229 3.2×	33 0.7×	37	917
Yassine Hadjadj‐Aoul France	12	509 0.5×	338 0.7×	59 0.7×	78 1.1×	21 0.5×	63	659
Thomas Bauschert Germany	15	544 0.6×	354 0.7×	100 1.1×	106 1.5×	11 0.2×	90	722
Akram Hakiri France	9	634 0.6×	194 0.4×	126 1.4×	67 0.9×	18 0.4×	25	733

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ibrahim Afolabi

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Motlagh, Naser Hossein, Ibrahim Afolabi, Miloud Bagaa, et al.. (2021). mMTC Deployment over Sliceable Infrastructure: The Megasense Scenario. IEEE Network. 35(6). 247–254. 6 indexed citations

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, et al.. (2020). Toward a Real Deployment of Network Services Orchestration and Configuration Convergence Framework for 5G Network Slices. IEEE Network. 35(1). 242–250. 16 indexed citations

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, Jonathan Prados-Garzon, Miloud Bagaa, Tarik Taleb, & Pablo Ameigeiras. (2019). Dynamic Resource Provisioning of a Scalable E2E Network Slicing Orchestration System. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 19(11). 2594–2608. 44 indexed citations

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Taleb, Tarik, Ibrahim Afolabi, Konstantinos Samdanis, & Faqir Zarrar Yousaf. (2019). On Multi-Domain Network Slicing Orchestration Architecture and Federated Resource Control. IEEE Network. 33(5). 242–252. 100 indexed citations

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, Tarik Taleb, Pantelis A. Frangoudis, Miloud Bagaa, & Adlen Ksentini. (2019). Network Slicing-Based Customization of 5G Mobile Services. IEEE Network. 33(5). 134–141. 45 indexed citations

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Taleb, Tarik, Ibrahim Afolabi, & Miloud Bagaa. (2019). Orchestrating 5G Network Slices to Support Industrial Internet and to Shape Next-Generation Smart Factories. IEEE Network. 33(4). 146–154. 62 indexed citations

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis, Adlen Ksentini, & Hannu Flinck. (2018). Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 20(3). 2429–2453. 755 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, Adlen Ksentini, Miloud Bagaa, et al.. (2017). Towards 5G Network Slicing over Multiple-Domains. IEICE Transactions on Communications. E100.B(11). 1992–2006. 42 indexed citations

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Afolabi, Ibrahim, Miloud Bagaa, Tarik Taleb, & Hannu Flinck. (2017). End-to-end network slicing enabled through network function virtualization. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 30–35. 22 indexed citations

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