Sanaa Sharafeddine

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sanaa Sharafeddine is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanaa Sharafeddine has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sanaa Sharafeddine's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (34 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (23 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (22 papers). Sanaa Sharafeddine is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (34 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (23 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (22 papers). Sanaa Sharafeddine collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, Canada and Qatar. Sanaa Sharafeddine's co-authors include Chadi Assi, Moataz Samir, Ali Ghrayeb, Dariush Ebrahimi, Hyame Assem Alameddine, Tri Minh Nguyen, Pin–Han Ho, Zaher Dawy, Samir Sebbah and Sara Ayoubi and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Access and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sanaa Sharafeddine

105 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. UAV Trajectory Planning for Data Collection from Time-Constrained IoT Devices
    2019 328 citations Moataz Samir, Sanaa Sharafeddine et al. profile →
  2. Dynamic Task Offloading and Scheduling for Low-Latency IoT Services in Multi-Access Edge Computing
    2019 274 citations Sanaa Sharafeddine, Chadi Assi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sanaa Sharafeddine Lebanon 25 1.7k 1.3k 1.2k 472 239 108 2.6k
Conghao Zhou Canada 20 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 353 0.7× 217 0.9× 68 2.8k
Weisen Shi Canada 26 2.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 334 0.7× 285 1.2× 48 3.2k
Miloud Bagaa Finland 36 3.0k 1.8× 858 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 448 0.9× 316 1.3× 149 3.8k
Shimin Gong China 25 1.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 2.2k 1.8× 316 0.7× 232 1.0× 137 3.6k
Wen Wu China 28 2.2k 1.3× 794 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 429 0.9× 316 1.3× 115 3.5k
Nhu‐Ngoc Dao South Korea 25 1.2k 0.7× 611 0.5× 805 0.7× 276 0.6× 246 1.0× 114 2.1k
Xiangming Wen China 27 2.3k 1.4× 470 0.4× 2.3k 1.9× 346 0.7× 221 0.9× 367 3.6k
Peng Yang China 29 2.7k 1.6× 770 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 560 1.2× 569 2.4× 136 3.9k
Lav Gupta United States 13 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 296 0.6× 281 1.2× 31 2.7k
Xiongwen Zhao China 27 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 2.3k 1.9× 193 0.4× 178 0.7× 175 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elhattab, Mohamed, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Downlink C-NOMA Transmission with Movable Antennas: A DDPG-based Approach. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Sharafeddine, Sanaa, et al.. (2024). RL-based mobile edge computing scheme for high reliability low latency services in UAV-aided IIoT networks. Ad Hoc Networks. 166. 103646–103646. 4 indexed citations
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Elhattab, Mohamed, et al.. (2024). Cooperative NOMA Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication: Joint Beamforming and User Pairing. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 10(6). 2164–2176. 2 indexed citations
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Elhattab, Mohamed, et al.. (2024). Power Allocation and Beamforming Design for Uplink Rate-Splitting Multiple Access With User Cooperation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(7). 10738–10743. 6 indexed citations
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Elhattab, Mohamed, et al.. (2023). Integrated Sensing and Communication: NOMA vs Cooperative NOMA. 407–412. 6 indexed citations
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Abbas, Nadine, Sanaa Sharafeddine, Azzam Mourad, Chadi Abou‐Rjeily, & Wissam Fawaz. (2022). Joint computing, communication and cost-aware task offloading in D2D-enabled Het-MEC. Computer Networks. 209. 108900–108900. 21 indexed citations
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Abbas, Nadine, Wissam Fawaz, Sanaa Sharafeddine, Azzam Mourad, & Chadi Abou‐Rjeily. (2022). SVM-Based Task Admission Control and Computation Offloading Using Lyapunov Optimization in Heterogeneous MEC Network. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 19(3). 3121–3135. 25 indexed citations
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Abbas, Nadine, et al.. (2021). UAV-Based Relay System for IoT Networks With Strict Reliability and Latency Requirements. IEEE Networking Letters. 3(3). 110–113. 12 indexed citations
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Assi, Chadi, et al.. (2021). Optimizing Information Freshness for MEC-Enabled Cooperative Autonomous Driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(8). 13127–13140. 28 indexed citations
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Elhattab, Mohamed, et al.. (2021). Latency and Reliability Aware Edge Computation Offloading via an Intelligent Reflecting Surface. IEEE Communications Letters. 25(12). 3947–3951. 22 indexed citations
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Samir, Moataz, et al.. (2020). Cooperative content delivery in UAV-RSU assisted vehicular networks. 73–78. 10 indexed citations
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Ebrahimi, Dariush, Sanaa Sharafeddine, Pin–Han Ho, & Chadi Assi. (2020). Autonomous UAV Trajectory for Localizing Ground Objects: A Reinforcement Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(4). 1312–1324. 109 indexed citations
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Samir, Moataz, et al.. (2020). UAV-Assisted Content Delivery in Intelligent Transportation Systems-Joint Trajectory Planning and Cache Management. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 22(8). 5155–5167. 114 indexed citations
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Sharafeddine, Sanaa, et al.. (2019). A Reliability-aware Computation Offloading Solution via UAV-mounted Cloudlets. IEEE Conference Proceedings. 2019. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Abbas, Nadine, Hazem Hajj, Sanaa Sharafeddine, & Zaher Dawy. (2018). Traffic Offloading With Channel Allocation in Cache-Enabled Ultra-Dense Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67(9). 8723–8737. 7 indexed citations
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Yaacoub, Elias, Lina Al‐Kanj, Zaher Dawy, Sanaa Sharafeddine, & Adnan Abu‐Dayya. (2011). A channel-aware reservation protocol for cooperative content distribution over OFDMA networks. Scopus. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Dawy, Zaher, et al.. (2005). Intercell interference margin for CDMA uplink radio network planning. 2840–2844. 5 indexed citations
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Kayssi, Ayman, et al.. (2004). Computer‐based laboratory for data communications and computer networking. Computer Applications in Engineering Education. 12(2). 84–97. 5 indexed citations

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