Salman Durrani

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Salman Durrani is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Salman Durrani has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 67 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 42 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Salman Durrani's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (59 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (39 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (32 papers). Salman Durrani is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (59 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (39 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (32 papers). Salman Durrani collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Salman Durrani's co-authors include Xiangyun Zhou, Ali A. Nasir, Rodney A. Kennedy, Jing Guo, M.E. Bialkowski, Halim Yanıkömeroğlu, Wanchun Liu, Kaibin Huang, Hani Mehrpouyan and Parastoo Sadeghi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Salman Durrani

144 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Relaying Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting and Information Processing

2013 1.5k citations Ali A. Nasir, Xiangyun Zhou et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salman Durrani Australia	28	3.5k	1.2k	657	132	94	152	3.9k
Ali A. Nasir Saudi Arabia	27	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	637 1.0×	145 1.1×	56 0.6×	129	3.9k
Emad Alsusa United Kingdom	29	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	726 1.1×	79 0.6×	130 1.4×	261	3.2k
Nicolai Czink Austria	29	3.1k 0.9×	968 0.8×	576 0.9×	106 0.8×	137 1.5×	75	3.3k
Shidong Zhou China	28	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	703 1.1×	89 0.7×	132 1.4×	284	3.7k
Paschalis C. Sofotasios United Arab Emirates	29	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	593 0.9×	66 0.5×	70 0.7×	176	3.0k
Jingon Joung South Korea	29	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	946 1.4×	93 0.7×	82 0.9×	170	3.2k
Ana García Armada Spain	24	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	320 0.5×	75 0.6×	72 0.8×	212	2.5k
Sridhar Rajagopal United States	16	4.3k 1.2×	506 0.4×	1.2k 1.8×	85 0.6×	77 0.8×	52	4.5k
Kyeong Jin Kim United States	26	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	434 0.7×	50 0.4×	92 1.0×	152	2.6k
Hai Lin Japan	26	2.6k 0.8×	665 0.6×	769 1.2×	94 0.7×	193 2.1×	168	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salman Durrani

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Guo, Jing, Xinyi Wang, Hanxiao Yu, et al.. (2025). Joint Beamforming and Transmission Design for Hybrid Backscatter-HTT Communication System. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 1–1.

Khan, Saud, Salman Durrani, Chandra Thapa, & Seyit Camtepe. (2025). Modified AKMA for Decentralized Authentication in LEO Satellite-Based IoT Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(10). 14720–14732. 1 indexed citations

Alvi, Sheeraz A., et al.. (2024). A Survey on IoT Ground Sensing Systems for Early Wildfire Detection: Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities. IEEE Access. 12. 172785–172819. 14 indexed citations

Durrani, Salman, et al.. (2024). UAV-Assisted IoT Monitoring Network: Adaptive Multiuser Access for Low-Latency and High-Reliability Under Bursty Traffic. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(7). 5279–5294. 2 indexed citations

Guo, Jing, Salman Durrani, Xiangyun Zhou, & Zesong Fei. (2024). Design and Performance Analysis of Cache-Enabled Multicast in UAV-Assisted Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(7). 4459–4475. 2 indexed citations

Fei, Zesong, et al.. (2023). Outage Performance of Multitier UAV Communication With Random Beam Misalignment. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(3). 4163–4178. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Siqiang, Zesong Fei, Jing Guo, et al.. (2023). Energy-Efficiency Optimization for Multiple Access in NOMA-Enabled Space–Air–Ground Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(17). 15652–15665. 15 indexed citations

Alvi, Sheeraz A., Yi Hong, & Salman Durrani. (2022). Utility Fairness for the Differentially Private Federated-Learning-Based Wireless IoT Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(19). 19398–19413. 13 indexed citations

Durrani, Salman, et al.. (2022). Design of Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-Boosted Ambient Backscatter Systems. IEEE Access. 10. 65000–65010. 11 indexed citations

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Shafie, Akram, Nan Yang, Sheeraz A. Alvi, et al.. (2021). Spectrum Allocation With Adaptive Sub-Band Bandwidth for Terahertz Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(2). 1407–1422. 28 indexed citations

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Alvi, Sheeraz A., et al.. (2021). Performance-Fairness Trade-off for Wi-Fi and LTE-LAA Coexistence. IEEE Access. 9. 62446–62459. 9 indexed citations

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Durrani, Salman, et al.. (2021). Distance distribution between two random points in arbitrary polygons. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 45(5). 2760–2775. 2 indexed citations

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Durrani, Salman, et al.. (2020). Uplink NOMA for Cellular-Connected UAV: Impact of UAV Trajectories and Altitude. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 68(8). 5242–5258. 46 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiangyun, et al.. (2020). Design of Ambient Backscatter Training for Wireless Power Transfer. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(10). 6316–6330. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaohui, Salman Durrani, & Jing Guo. (2019). Drone-Initiated D2D-Aided Multihop Multicast Networks for Emergency Information Dissemination. IEEE Access. 8. 3566–3578. 10 indexed citations

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Guo, Jing, Salman Durrani, & Xiangyun Zhou. (2019). Monostatic Backscatter System With Multi-Tag to Reader Communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 68(10). 10320–10324. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaohui, Salman Durrani, Jing Guo, & Halim Yanıkömeroğlu. (2018). Underlay Drone Cell for Temporary Events: Impact of Drone Height and Aerial Channel Environments. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(2). 1704–1718. 43 indexed citations

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Vu, Tung T., Duy T. Ngo, Minh N. Dao, Salman Durrani, & Richard H. Middleton. (2018). Spectral and Energy Efficiency Maximization for Content-Centric C-RANs With Edge Caching. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66(12). 6628–6642. 29 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaohui, Jing Guo, Salman Durrani, & Marco Di Renzo. (2017). Power Beacon-Assisted Millimeter Wave Ad Hoc Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66(2). 830–844. 38 indexed citations

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Nasir, Ali A., Xiangyun Zhou, Salman Durrani, & Rodney A. Kennedy. (2014). Throughput and ergodic capacity of wireless energy harvesting based DF relaying network. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 4066–4071. 199 indexed citations

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