Faculty Members

Education

• PhD (Electronics & Computer Engineering), Hongik University, South Korea (2016)
• MS (CS), International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad (2012)
• MSc (CS), BZU, Multan (2010)
• BSc (CS), PU, Lahore (2007)

Profile

Brief Bio:

Rana Asif Rehman (M'17, SM'22) received the M.Sc. degree in computer science from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, in 2010, the M.S. degree in Computer Science from International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer engineering from Hongik University, South Korea, under the supervision of Prof. Byung-Seo Kim in 2016. In 2013, he was a Lecturer with the University of the Sargodha, Lahore Campus, Pakistan. From July 2016 to August 2021, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, FAST-NUCES, Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus, Pakistan. After that, he joined FAST-NUCES, Lahore Campus, as an Assistant Professor, from September 2021 to June 2022. He is currently an Associate Professor with the FAST School of Computing, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus. He is also a Cisco Certified Network Associate and a Microsoft Certified Professional. Moreover, he is also a HEC-approved Ph.D. Supervisor in Pakistan. His research interests include the design and development of energy-efficient routing protocols, cross-layer architectures, caching and forwarding for cognitive radio ad hoc networks, and named data networking-based wireless networks. He is also a senior member of IEEE, KSII, the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Communication Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the IEEE Young Professionals For more detail, please visit the personal web page (Link: https://sites.google.com/site/asifrehman7/ ).

Research Interests:

• Future Internet Architectures (ICN, CCN, NDN)
• Software Defined Networking in Named Data Networking based VANETs
• Wireless Routing Protocols in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs)
• Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networks (MANETs, VANETs, WSNs, WMNs)
• IoTs , Smart Cities, Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing and Block chain
• Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Networks such as IEEE 802.11x, 802.15x, 802.16x, 802.20, LTE
• Wireless Network Security

International Collaborations:

• Broadband Convergence Networks Laboratory (BCNLab), South Korea.

International Journal Publications (SCI/SCIE):

• Farwa Ansari, Rana Asif Rehman, Ahmad Arsalan ”Reduced Network Forwarding with Controller Enabled Named Software Defined Internet of Mobile Things”, Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 149, No. 2023, pp. 103235, October 2023. [doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2023.103235] (Impact factor= 4.8)
• Muhammad Burhan, Hina Alam, Ahmad Arsalan, Rana Asif Rehman et al. ”A
  Comprehensive Survey on the Cooperation of Fog Computing Paradigm-based IoT Applications: Layered Architecture, Real-Time Security Issues, and Solutions”, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 2023, pp. 73303-73329, July 2023. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3294479] (Impact factor = 3.9)
• Ammarah Khalid, Rana Asif Rehman, Muhammad Burhan ”CBILEM: A Novel Energy Aware Mobility Handling Protocol for SDN based NDN-MANETs”, Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 140, No. 2023, pp. 103049, March 2023. [doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2022.103049] (Impact factor = 4.8)
• Ahmad Arsalan, Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, Tariq Umer and Byung-Seo Kim ”E-DRAFT: An Efficient Data Retrieval and Forwarding Technique for Named Data Network Based Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 2023, pp. 15315 -15328, February 2023. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3244247] (Impact factor = 3.9)
• Ahmad Arsalan, Rana Asif Rehman, ”Interest Broadcasting and Timing Attack in IoV (IBTA-IoV): A Novel Architecture using Named Software Defined Network”, Computers Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 213, No. 2022, pp. 1-23, June 2022. [doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2022.109121] (Impact factor = 5.6)
• Asadullah Tariq, Irfan ud din, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, ”An Intelligent
  Forwarding Strategy in SDN-Enabled Named-Data IoV”, Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 2949-2966, August 2021. [doi: 10.32604/cmc.2021.017658 ] (Impact factor = 3.1)
• Muhammad Mudasir Qazi, Rana Asif Rehman, Asadullah Tariq and Byung-Seo Kim, ”A Novel Solution to Minimize the Interest Flooding and to Improve the Content-Store Performance for NDN-based Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEICE Transactions Information and Systems, Vol. E104-D, No.3, pp. 469-472, March 2021. [doi: 10.1587/transinf.2020EDL8049]. (Impact factor = 0.7)
• Khizra Asaf, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Blockchain Technology in Named Data Networks: A Detailed Survey”, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol 171, no. 202, pp. 1-15, December 2020. [doi: 10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102840].  (Impact factor = 8.7)
• Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, ”EPF: An Efficient Forwarding
  Mechanism in SDN Controller Enabled Named Data IoTs”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, no. 21, pp. 1-22, October 2020. [doi: 10.3390/app10217675]. (Impact factor = 2.7)
• Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Forwarding Strategies in NDN based Wireless Networks: A Survey”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 68-95, March, 2020. [doi: 10.1109/COMST.2019.2935795]. (Impact factor = 35.6)
• Bilal Khan, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, ”A Joint Strategy for Fair and Efficient Energy Usage in WLANs in the Presence of Capture Effect,” Electronics, Vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 386, March. 2019. [doi: 10.3390/electronics8040386]. (Impact factor = 2.9)
• Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, Bilal Khan and Byung-Seo Kim, ”IoT Elements, Layered Architectures and Security Issues: A Comprehensive Survey,” Sensors (MDPI) Vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 1-37, August. 2018. [doi: 10.3390/s18092796]. (Impact factor = 3.9)
• Hammad Shafiq, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Services and Security Threats in SDN Based VANETs: A Survey,” Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2018, pp. 1-14, April. 2018. [doi: 10.1155/2018/8631851].
• Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim, ”LOMCF: Forwarding and Caching in Named Data Networking based MANETs,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, No. 10, pp. 9350-9364, October. 2017. [doi: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2700335]. (Impact factor = 6.8)
• Rana Asif Rehman, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Byung-Seo Kim, ”OEFS: On-Demand Energy-Based Forwarding Strategy for Named Data Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Access, Vol. No.5, pp. 6075-6086, March. 2017. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2684912]. (Impact factor = 3.9)
• Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Packet Flooding Mitigation in CCN-Based Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks for Smart Cities,” IEEE Access, Vol. No.5, pp. 11054-11062, June. 2017. [doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2715407]. (Impact factor = 3.9)
• Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, "Location-Aware Forwarding and Caching in CCN-based Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," IEICE Transactions on Information and System, Vol. E99-D, No.5, pp. 1388-1391, May. 2016. [doi:10.1587/transinf.2015EDL8244]. (Impact factor = 0.7)
• Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, "Energy Aware Forwarding in Content Centric based Multihop Wireless Ad hoc Networks," IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, vol.E98-A,no.12,pp.2738-2742, Dec. 2015. [doi:10.1587/transfun.E98.A.2738]. (Impact factor = 0.5)
• Rana Asif Rehman, Jong Kim and, Byung-Seo Kim, "NDN-CRAHNs: Named Data Networking for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks," Mobile Information Systems, Vol. 2015, Article ID 281893, 12 pages, 8th June 2015. [doi:10.1155/2015/281893].
• Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, "L2ER: Low-Latency and Energy-based Routing Protocol for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2014, Article ID 963202, 9 pages, 11th September 2014. [doi:10.1155/2014/963202]. (Impact factor = 2.3)

International Conference Publications:

• Kinza Sial, Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim ”DIPF: Direction based Interests Packet Forwarding in VNDN,” The 11th International Conference on Green and Human Information Technology (ICGHIT 2023), Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 31 - Feb. 02, 2023.
• Ahmad Arsalan, Muhammad Burhan, and Rana Asif Rehman, ”Efficient Distance based Response Time Pruning Cache Policy for NDN,” 19th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2022), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 12-13, 2022.
• Ahmad Arsalan, Muhammad Burhan, Salman Naseer, and Rana Asif Rehman, ”Efficient Interest Packet Forwarding Solution for NDN enabled Internet of Underwater Things,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2022), GIKI, Topi Swabi, Pakistan, November 29-30, 2022.
• Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, and Ahmad Arsalan, ”EPP-LFU: An Efficient Producer Popularity-based LFU Policy for the Applications of Named-Data Network,” 24th IEEE International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC 2022), Islamabad, Pakistan, October 21-22, 2022.
• Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Velocity Based Relaiable Forwarding Strategy Towards Disconnect Link Avoidance in NDN-VANETs,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2020), Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 25-28, 2020.
• Muhammad Mudasir Qazi, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Minimizing Content-Store Data Access Time Using Two-Tier Tree Architecture for NDN-Based WSNs,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2020), Seoul, South Korea, May 25-28, 2020.
• Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Energy Efficient Priority Aware Forwarding in SDN Enabled Named Data Internet of Things,” the 19th International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC 2020), Meliá Barcelona Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain, January 19-22, 2020
• Muhammad Burhan, Rana Asif Rehman, ”BSMS: A Reliable Interest Forwarding Protocol for NDN based VANETs,” the 3rd  nternational Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2020), Lahore, Pakistan, February 17-19, 2020.
• Asadullah Tariq, Rana Asif Rehman, ” CBAM: A Controller based Broadcast Storm Avoidance Mechanism in SDN based NDN-IoTs,” the 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2020), Lahore, Pakistan, February 17-19, 2020.
• Farwa Ansari, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”CSF: Controller based Selective Forwarding in Software Defined Named Data based MANETs,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2019), Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 9-13, 2019.
• Muhammad Umar Sattar, Rana Asif Rehman, ”Interest Flooding Attack Mitigation in Named Data Networking based VANETs,” the 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2019), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 16-18, 2019.
• Ahmed Arslan, Rana Asif Rehman, ”Distance-based Scheme for Broadcast Storm Mitigation in Named Software Defined Vehicular Networks (NSDVN),” IEEE Consumer Communication and Networking Conference (CCNC 2019), Las Vegas, USA, January 11-14, 2019.
• Muhammad Usman Tahir, Rana Asif Rehman, ”CUIF: Control of Useless Interests Flooding in Vehicular Named Data Networks,” the 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2018), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 17-19, 2018.
• Ahmed Arslan, Rana Asif Rehman, ”Prevention of Timing Attack in Software Defined Named Data Networks Based VANETs,” the 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2018), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 17-19, 2018.
• Rana Asif Rehman, Rehmat Ullah, Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, ”Caching and Forwarding in Named Data Networking based MANETs,” Korean Network Operations and Management (KNOM) Conference, Jejudo, South Korea, May 10-11. 2018.
• Rana Asif Rehman, Tran Dinh Hieu, Hong-Min Bae, Sung-Hoon Mah, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Robust and Efficient Multipath Interest Forwarding for NDN-based MANETs,” 9th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), Colmar, France, July 11-13. 2016.
• Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, Tran Dinh Hieu, and Byung-Seo Kim, "Enhanced Protocol for Wireless Content-Centric Network," Fifth International Conference on Mobile & Wireless Networks (MoWiN 2016), Vienna, Austria, May 21-22, 2016.
• Hong Min Bae, Chan Min Park, Shinil Suh, Rana Asif Rehman, and Byung-Seo Kim, "Performance Improvement in Beacon-Enabled LR-WPAN-based Sensor Networks," the 5th International Conference on Sensor Networks (SENSORNETS 2016), Rome Italy, February 19-21, 2016.
• Rana Asif Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim, "Content Centric Networking Approach in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks," the 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2015), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 14-16, 2015.
• Rana Asif Rehman, Chan-Min Park, and Byung-Seo Kim, “Enhanced Routing Protocol for Multihop Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks”, 2015 Summer Conference of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, June 24-26. 2015.
• Hong-Min Bae, Shinil Suh, Chan-Min Park, Rana Asif Rehman, Byung-Seo Kim and Jong Kim, “A Study on IT Technology’s Approaches to Architectural Design for the Elderly’s Residence ”, 2015 Summer Conference of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Jeju Island, South Korea, June 24-26. 2015.
• Rana Asif Rehman, Muhammad Sher, and Muhammad Khalil Afzal, “Efficient Delay and Energy based Routing in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks,” the International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2012), Islamabad, Pakistan, October 8-9, 2012.

Book Chapters:

• Ahmad Arsalan, Umer Tariq and Rana Asif Rehman ”Federated learning technique in enabling data-driven design for wireless communication”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 32, March 2023. [doi: 10.1201/9781003216971]