Rizwan Ahmad

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rizwan Ahmad is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rizwan Ahmad has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rizwan Ahmad's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (16 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (15 papers) and Wireless Body Area Networks (15 papers). Rizwan Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (16 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (15 papers) and Wireless Body Area Networks (15 papers). Rizwan Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Estonia and United Kingdom. Rizwan Ahmad's co-authors include Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Adnan K. Kiani, Khuram Pervez Amber, Muhammad Sajid Khan, Micheal Drieberg, Abdul Saboor, Yannick Le Moullec, Anila Kousar and Muhammad Waqar Aslam and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Access and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Rizwan Ahmad

72 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges in UAV Swarms

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Energy-efficient altitude optimization in multi-UAV search and rescue: A hybrid swarm approach 2025 ·Internet of Things ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, (unknown), Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Sohaib J. Solaija, Mohsen Guizani	0
2	Critical Node-Aware UAV Swarm Path Planning in Disaster Zones 2025 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, (unknown), (unknown), Liang Zhao, Mohsen Guizani	0
3	Distributed Dynamic Consensus (DDC) protocol for multi-UAV 3D trajectory planning and resource allocation 2025 ·Vehicular Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues	0
4	WG-SLSQP: Weighted Geometric Based Sequential Least Square Programming for Sink Node Placement in WBAN 2024 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Ali Babar, Muhammad Asim	1
5	UAV trajectory planning for disaster scenarios 2023 ·Vehicular Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues	23
6	An Insight into the Machine-Learning-Based Fileless Malware Detection 2023 ·Sensors ·(unknown), Subhan Ullah, Tahir Ahmad, Saqib Saeed, Dina A. Alabbad, (unknown), Attaullah Buriro, Rizwan Ahmad	22
7	On Coverage of Critical Nodes in UAV-Assisted Emergency Networks 2023 ·Sensors ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Maurizio Magarini	9
8	Task Classification for Optimal Offloading and Resource Allocation in Vehicular Edge Computing 2023 ·Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, (unknown), Saqib Rasool Chaudhry, Adnan K. Kiani, Muhammad Mahtab Alam	1
9	Getting Smarter about Smart Cities: Improving Data Security and Privacy through Compliance 2022 ·Sensors ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Subhan Ullah, Tahir Ahmad, Saqib Saeed, Dina A. Alabbad, Rizwan Ahmad	19
10	A Reinforcement Learning Routing Protocol for UAV Aided Public Safety Networks 2021 ·Sensors ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, (unknown), Muhammad Mahtab Alam, (unknown)	18
11	ProSe Direct Discovery: Experimental Characterization and Context-Aware Heuristic Approach to Extend Public Safety Networks Lifetime 2021 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Yannick Le Moullec, Luca Reggiani, (unknown), Maurizio Magarini, Rizwan Ahmad	9
12	UAV-Assisted Wireless Localization for Search and Rescue 2021 ·IEEE Systems Journal ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmad, Liang Zhao, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues	101
13	Latest Research Trends in Gait Analysis Using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning: A Systematic Review 2020 ·IEEE Access ·Abdul Saboor, (unknown), Alar Kuusik, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Yannick Le Moullec, Imran Khan Niazi, Ahmed Zoha, Rizwan Ahmad	85
14	Surveying pervasive public safety communication technologies in the context of terrorist attacks 2020 ·Physical Communication ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yannick Le Moullec, Rizwan Ahmad, Luca Reggiani, Maurizio Magarini, Muhammad Mahtab Alam	27
15	Performance Analysis of Interference and Priority aware Coexistence in IEEE 802.15.6 based WBANs 2020 ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, (unknown)	1
16	UAV and SWIPT Assisted Disaster Aware Clustering and Association 2020 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Maurizio Magarini, Muhammad Mahtab Alam	18
17	On Research Challenges in Hybrid Medium-Access Control Protocols for IEEE 802.15.6 WBANs 2018 ·IEEE Sensors Journal ·Abdul Saboor, Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Adnan K. Kiani, Yannick Le Moullec, Muhammad Mahtab Alam	42
18	A Unique Backoff Algorithm in IEEE 802.15.6 WBAN 2018 ·Abdul Saboor, Rizwan Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Mahtab Alam	13
19	Minimum neighbour with extended Kalman filter estimator (MINEK): Performance evaluation 2011 ·Micheal Drieberg, Fu‐Chun Zheng, Rizwan Ahmad	2
20	Modeling Energy Consumption of Dual-Hop Relay Based MAC Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks 2010 ·EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking ·Rizwan Ahmad, Fu‐Chun Zheng, Micheal Drieberg	3

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