Salah Abdeljabar
Publications

Peer-reviewed research

Selected journal and conference papers. The full list is on Google Scholar.

2025

Bridging the Educational Divide: A Delay-Tolerant Networking Approach for Equitable Digital Learning in Rural Areas

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

DTN framework that delivers digital learning content in rural areas by leveraging transport-based data mules.

Proposes a bidirectional DTN framework that distributes educational content and collects learner feedback under intermittent connectivity, providing Internet-like access to learning resources where always-on infrastructure is unaffordable.

S. Abdeljabar and M.-S. Alouini

Delay-Tolerant Networking to Extend Connectivity in Rural Areas Using Public Transport Systems: Design And Analysis

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Design and analysis of DTN using public transport systems to extend rural connectivity.

Models informal public transport as a data-mule fabric for rural connectivity and validates the design with real mobility datasets from Nouakchott, Accra, and Addis Ababa, quantifying throughput, latency, and coverage trade-offs.

S. Abdeljabar, M. Zennaro, and M.-S. Alouini

Super-LoRa: Enhancing LoRa Throughput via Payload Superposition

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

A payload superposition technique to increase LoRa data rates with minimal hardware changes.

Proposes a payload-superposition scheme that multiplies LoRa throughput while staying within standard hardware and ISM-band regulations. Validated on software-defined radios in campus-wide field experiments and selected as a featured paper in IoT-J.

S. Abdeljabar and M.-S. Alouini

2024

Overcoming Maritime Connectivity Challenges with Hybrid RF/FSO Links

IEEE Globecom Workshops

Hybrid RF/FSO link design and field insights for maritime connectivity.

Reports the design, deployment, and operational insights from a 19-km hybrid RF/FSO link in the Red Sea connecting Shabara Island to the mainland with multi-Gbps throughput — including switch-level architecture, redundancy, and weather-induced fading.

F. S. Alqurashi, S. Abdeljabar, A. Trichili, and M.-S. Alouini

Sum Rate and Fairness Optimization in RIS-Assisted VLC Systems

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Optimization of RIS-assisted VLC systems balancing sum rate and user fairness.

Jointly optimizes sum-rate and Jain's fairness index in RIS-assisted indoor VLC, with separate formulations for specular and diffuse reflecting elements solved via Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization.

S. Abdeljabar, M. W. Eltokhey, and M.-S. Alouini

2023

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for RSMA-Based VLC Systems

Optical Wireless Communication Conference, Jakajima

A conference paper on integrating RIS with RSMA for VLC systems.

Explores combining Rate-Splitting Multiple Access with optical RIS to handle interference and improve spectral efficiency in multi-user visible-light networks.

S. Abdeljabar and M.-S. Alouini