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Dr Iftekhar Ahmad

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5458  
Email: i.ahmad@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.218  

 

Current Teaching

  • ENS3555 – Communication Systems 1
  • ENS4551 – Communication Systems 2
  • ENS4550 – Telecommunication Networks
  • ENS3556 – Wireless Communication

Background

  • 2010, Edith Cowan University, School of Engineering (Lecturer)
  • 2007-2009, Edith Cowan University, School of Engineering (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
  • 2005-2006, Monash University, Gippsland School of Computing and Information technology (Assistant Lecturer)

Professional Memberships

  • Member, IEEE

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2010 - Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University

Other

  • 2008 - Early Career Research (ECR) Grant Award, Edith Cowan University
  • 2007 - Faculty Early Career Research (ECR) Grant Award, FCHS, Edith Cowan University
  • 2007 - Faculty Doctoral Medal for PhD contribution, Monash University
  • 2006 - Postgraduate Publication Award, Monash University

Research Areas and Interests

  • Wireless communications
  • Quality of service (QoS) in communication networks
  • Artificial intelligence in communication networks
  • 4G technologies (Mobile WiMAX, LTE-A)
  • Wireless communications at vehicular speeds
  • Heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, 2007 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Video Surveillance Network for Real-Time Central Monitoring of Passenger Safety and Security on Public Trains,  Public Transport Authority of Western Australia,  Grant,  2007,  $150,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Ramraj, R., Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2011), Multi-Access Environments in Next Generation Networks.  Wireless Multi-Access Environments and Quality of Service Provisioning: Solutions and Application, 1-17, USA, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0017-1.
  • Rabbani, M., Kamruzzaman, J., Gondal, I., Ahmad, I., Hassan, M., (2011), Dynamic resource allocation for improved QoS in WiMAX/WiFi integration. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 368(14), 25-40, Berlin, Germany, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22288-7_12.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2009), Quality of Service in WiMax. WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization, 3-18, United States.

Journal Articles

  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2011), Improving quality of service in WiMAX communication at vehicular speeds: a new call admission control solution. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, NA(NA), NA, DOI: DOI: 10.1002/wcm.1111.
  • Zen, K., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., (2011), Adaptive coordinator switching scheme for mobile sensor network. Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 8(3), 189-198.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2011), A WiMAX Solution for Real-Time Video Surveillance in Public Transport. International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications, 3(2), 14-28, DOI: 10.5121/ijcnc.2011.3202.
  • Ahmad, I., Kamruzzaman, J., Habibi, D., (2011), Application of artificial intelligence to improve quality of service in computer networks. Neural Computing and Applications, 21(n/a), 81-90, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-011-0622-6.
  • Ahmad, I., Kamruzzaman, J., Habibi, D., (2008), Rerouting in advance for preempted IR calls in QoS-enabled networks. Computer Communications, 31(17), 3922-3928 .

Conference Publications

  • Dutt, S., Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2011), A novel optimized scheduler to provide QoS for video IP telephony over wireless networks. 2011 IEEE 13th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 455-461, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/HPCC.2011.66.
  • Rabbani, MG., Kamruzzaman, J., Gondal, I., Ahmad, I., (2011), A new resource distribution model for improved QoS in an integrated WiMAX/WiFi architecture. IWCMC 2011: 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference proceedings, 266-271, DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2011.5982544.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2010), Call Admission Control Scheme for Improved Quality of Service in WiMAX Communication at Vehicular Speeds. GLOBECOM 2010, 2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 1-6, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2010.5683126.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2010), Call Admission Control Scheme for the IEEE 802.16e at Vehicular Speeds. High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2010 12th IEEE International Conference on, 413-418, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/HPCC.2010.81.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2010), High Utility Video Surveillance System on Public Transport using WiMAX technology. Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2010 IEEE, 5p., Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2010.5506544.
  • Zen, K., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., (2009), A New Algorithm to Improve Mobile Sensor Node Connectivity Based on Link Quality Indicator. TENCON 2009 - 2009 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 1-6, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2009.5395868.
  • Zen, H., Habibi, D., Rassau, A., Ahmad, I., (2008), Optimized WLAN MAC Protocol for Multimedia Applications. 5th IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks,2008, WOCN '08, 1-5, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/WOCN.2008.4542484.
  • Zen, H., Habibi, D., Wyatt, J., Ahmad, I., (2008), Converging Voice, Video and Data in WLAN with QoS Support. 5th IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2008, WOCN '08, 1-5, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/WOCN.2008.4542485.
  • Zen, H., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., Rassau, A., (2008), Node Admision Control For Multimedia Traffic In Ad-Hoc Wlans. International Conference on Advance Technologies for Communications 2008, 417-420, Vietnam.
  • Zen, H., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., (2008), Self-restraint Admission Control for Ad-hoc WLANs. Australian Telecommunications Network and Applications Conference ATNAC 2008, 186-191, Australia.
  • Ahmad, I., Kamruzzaman, J., Habibi, D., Islam, F., (2008), An Intelligent Model To Control Preemption Rate Of Instantaneous Request Calls In Networks With Book-Ahead Reservation. Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian, 344-348, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2008), A Proactive Forward Error Control Scheme for Mobile WiMAX Communication. Proceedings of the 11th IEEE ICCS 2008, 1647-1649, China.
  • Zen, K., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., (2008), Improving Mobile Sensor Connectivity Time in the IEEE 802.15.4 Networks. Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian, 317-320, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
  • Zen, K., Habibi, D., Rassau, A., Ahmad, I., (2008), Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.15.4 for Mobile Sensor Network. 5th IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2008, WOCN '08, 1-5, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/WOCN.2008.4542536.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., (2008), A Novel Mobile WiMAX Solution for Higher Throughput. Networks, 2008. ICON 2008. 16th IEEE International Conference on, 1-5, Piscataway, NJ, DOI: 10.1109/ICON.2008.4772616.
  • Rahman, Z., Habibi, D., Ahmad, I., (2008), Source Localisation in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Optimised Maximum Likelihood. Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian, 235-239, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
  • Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., Rahman, Z., (2008), An Improved FEC Scheme for Mobile Wireless Communication at Vehicular Speeds. Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian, 312-316, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Research Student Supervision

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Engineering Science,  Application Framework For Wireless Sensor Networks.
  • Master of Engineering Science,  Efficient Medium Access Control Protocol For Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks.
  • Master of Engineering Science,  Development Of A Long Range Wireless Sensor Platform.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Mac Protocol Design Considerations For Efficient Mobility In Wireless Sensor Networks.
  • Master of Engineering Science,  An Improved Medium Access Control Protocol For Real-time Applications In Wlans And Its Firmware Development.