Shikhar Verma

With the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of connected devices is growing at an exponential rate, which is contributing to ever-increasing, massive data volumes. Real-time analytics on the massive IoT data, referred to as the “real-time IoT analytics” in this paper, is becoming the mainstream with an aim to provide an immediate or non-immediate actionable insights and business intelligence. However, the analytics network of the existing IoT systems does not adequat

Recent advancements in wireless local area network (WLAN) technology include IEEE 802.11be and 802.11ay, often known as Wi-Fi 7 and WiGig, respectively. The goal of these developments is to provide Extremely High Throughput (EHT) and low latency to meet the demands of future applications like as 8K videos, augmented and virtual reality, the Internet of Things, telesurgery, and other developing technologies. IEEE 802.11be includes new features such as 320 MHz bandwidth, multi-link operation, Mult

Despite unprecedented advancements, wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT), such as IEEE 802.11ah (i.e., WiFi-HaLow), are prone to serious security threats, owing to their constrained computational and memory resources, which limit the use of heavyweight intrusion protection and security protocols. To address this problem, security administrators (sec-admins) must perform regular and comprehensive vulnerability assessments of IoT devices. An Internet-wid

The latest evolution of cellular technologies, i.e., 5G including long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) Pro and 5G new radio promises enhancement to mobile technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT). Despite 5G's vision to cater to IoT, yet some of the aspects are still optimized for human-to-human (H2H) communication. More specifically, the existing group paging mechanism in LTE-A Pro has not yet clearly defined approaches to group, mobile IoT devices (MIDs) having diverse characteristics, su

The Internet of Things (IoT) has created acute network security concerns owing to their weak protocols and limited system resources. Vulnerable IoT devices increase the risk of compromising other devices connected to the network. Hence, vulnerability and risk assessments are necessary for IoT devices. Correspondingly, the Internet-wide port scan (IWPS) technique has garnered significant attention for its ability to discover and probe Internet-wide connected IoT devices. However, IWPS performance

Hybrid Intelligent Reflecting/Refracting Surfaces (HIRS) offer a promising solution to the limitations faced by Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) in high-frequency bands, owing to their versatile utilization of reflective and refractive techniques across indoor and outdoor surfaces. This paper investigates a hierarchical beam-sweeping (HBS) approach tailored for HIRS-assisted millimeter-wave networks, aiming to pinpoint user locations with reduced overhead. However, the HBS method typically

The evolution of cellular networks under Long Term Evolution (LTE) has paved the path for LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Pro that proposes forward LTE enhancements for Machine Type Communications (MTC) and meets the stringent requirements for realization of the Internet-of-Things (IoT). This paper identifies possible improvements in LTE-A Pro's existing group paging scheme, which is more expedient for human-to-human communications and inadequate for IoT applications. We propose a novel energy efficient gr

With the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT), network security has become an area of acute concern owing to susceptibilities of IoT security that can be exploited to attack other devices and network infrastructures. Internet-Wide Port Scan (IWPS), a well-established network sifting mechanism that identifies threats and defensive mechanisms, is gaining attention to probe IoT networks and identify vulnerable IoT devices. A key enabler for IoT networks is the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) th

In recent years, vulnerable Intenet of Things (IoT) devices have engendered several distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks owing to the generation of massive IoT botnets by various IoT malware such as Mirai, Persirai and among others. IoT devices are vulnerable owing to constrained memory and computation resources that restrict the implementation of complex security protocols and anti-malware programs. In recent times, there have been attempts to implement periodic Internet-Wide port scan

Emerging wireless local area networks, such as WiGig that operate in the extremely high-frequency band (60 GHz) hold significant potential for the development of next-generation 6G networks by offering high throughput and low latency. However, the 60 GHz band is prone to severe signal degradation due to channel blockages, leading to frequent handovers and challenges in maintaining seamless connectivity. Reactive handover strategies can result in service delays due to overhead and decision-making