Publications

• D. K. P. Asiedu, S. A. Mahama, J.-H. Yun,  M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, "Energy-Efficiency with Massive MIMO MU-NOMA in Symbiotic BackCom IoT Networks", submitted to IEEE Communications Letters, April 2024.

• N. Bounouader, H. Chafnaji, and M. Benjillali, “Outdoor-to-Indoor mmWave Relaying with Massive MIMO: Impact of Imperfect Channel Estimation", submitted to MDPI's Electronics, April 2024.

• A. Altakaineh, S. A. Alsarayreh, R. Alrawashdeh, A. Aleid, F.  Alsharari, R. Alodat, A. Alhasanat, A. Alhasanat, M. Alsafasfeh, M. Alhasanat, K. Rabie, and M. Benjillali, "Free Space Optical Systems:  Motivations, Challenges, and Contributions in Environmental Conditions - A Survey", submitted to IEEE Access, December 2023.

• E. K. Agbogla, I. Trigui, K. Humadi, M. Benjillali, W. Ajib, and W.-P. Zhu, “RIS-Assisted Coherent Joint Transmission in C-RAN with the Presence of Blockages”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, August 2023.

• Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “Fresnel Line-of-Sight Probability with Applications in Airborne Platform-Assisted Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 5060-5072, May 2022.

• R. Elouafadi, M. Raiss El Fenni, and  M. Benjillali,  “NOMA Clustering for Improved Multicast IoT Schemes”, MDPI Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 11(2), 26, May 2022.

• B. Aamer, H. Chergui, M. Benjillali, and C. Verikoukis, “Entropy-Driven Stochastic Federated Learning in Non-IID 6G Edge-RAN”, Frontiers in Communications and Networks, vol. 2:739414, Oct. 2021.

• A. Soulimani, M. Benjillali, H. Chergui, and D. B. da Costa, “Multihop Weibull-Fading Communications: Performance Analysis Framework and Applications”, Elsevier's Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 358, no. 15, pp. 8012-8044, Oct. 2021.

• I. Trigui, E. K. Agbogla, M. Benjillali, W. Ajib, and W.-P. Zhu, “Bit Error Rate Analysis for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces with Phase Errors”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 2176-2180, Jul. 2021.

• Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, S. Saoudi, H. Yanikomeroglu, and M. Di Renzo, “New Trends in Stochastic Geometry for Wireless Networks: A Tutorial and Survey”, Proceedings of the IEEE , vol. 109, no. 7, pp. 1200-1252, Jul. 2021.

• Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, S. Saoudi, and D. B. da Costa, “Uplink Energy Efficiency Distribution with Aerial Users in Cellular Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 301-305, Feb. 2021.

• O. Badarneh, D. B. da Costa, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini, “Selection combining over Double α-μ Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,  vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 3444-3448, Mar. 2020.

• H. El Hammouti, M. Benjillali, B. Shihada, and M.-S. Alouini, “Learn-As-You-Fly: A Distributed Algorithm for Joint 3D Placement and User Association in Multi-UAVs Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 5831-5844, Dec. 2019.

• O. Badarneh, D. B. da Costa, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini, “Ratio of Products of Fluctuating Two-Ray Variates”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 1944-1948, Nov. 2019.

• S. Ghacham, M. Benjillali, L. Van der Perre, and Z. Guennoun, “Rate Analysis of Uplink Massive MIMO with Low-Resolution ADCs and ZF Detectors over Correlated Rician Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1631-1635, Sep. 2019.

• H. Chergui, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini, “Rician K-Factor-Based Analysis of XLOS Service Probability in 5G Outdoor Ultra-Dense Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 428-431, Apr. 2019.

• M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, M. Benjillali, A. Benyouss, and B. Pelletier, “AMC and HARQ: How to Increase the Throughput”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no 7, pp. 3136-3150, Jul. 2018.

• D. B. da Costa, M. A. Imran, T. Q. Duong, H.-M. Wang, M. Benjillali, R. D. Souza, A. Maaref, “IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Security in Wireless Communications and Networking”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 8959-8963, Mar. 2018.

• A. Fedoul  and  M. Benjillali, “LLR-Based Coded Performance Analysis of Cognitive Dual-Hop BICM Systems”,  EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2017, Nov. 2017.

• H. El Hammouti, E. Sabir, M. Benjillali, L. Echabbi, and H. Tembine, “Self-Organized Connected Objects: Rethinking QoS Provisioning for IoT Services”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 41-47, Sep. 2017.

• M. Jabi, E. Pierre-Doray, L. Szczecinski, and M. Benjillali, “How to Boost the Throughput of HARQ with Off-the-Shelf Codes”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 2319-2331, Jun. 2017.

• R. Sassioui, M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, L. B. Le, M. Benjillali, and B. Pelletier, “AMC and HARQ: Friends or Foes?”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 635-650, Feb. 2017.

• I. Randrianantenaina, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini,  “Consumption Factor Optimization for Multihop Relaying over Nakagami-m Fading Channels”,  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7796-7801, Sep. 2016.

• H. Chergui, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “Performance Analysis of Project-and-Forward Relaying in Mixed MIMO-Pinhole and Rayleigh Dual-Hop Channel”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 610-613, Mar. 2016.

• M. Jabi,  M. Benjillali,  L. Szczecinski,  and  F. Labeau,  “Energy Efficiency of Adaptive HARQ”,  IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 818-831, Feb. 2016.

• M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, M. Benjillali, and F. Labeau,  “Outage Minimization via Power Adaptation and Allocation for Truncated Hybrid ARQ”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 711-723, Mar. 2015.

• A. Hyadi, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini,  “Outage Performance of Decode-and-Forward in Two-Way Relaying with Perfect and Outdated Channel State Information”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 5940-5947, Jan. 2015.

• F. R. V. Guimarães,  D. B. da Costa,  M. Benjillali, T. A. Tsiftsis,  and  G. K. Karagiannidis,  “Cooperative  Spectrum Sharing Systems with Relay Selection in the Presence of Multiple Primary Receivers”, IET Communications, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 546-553, Mar. 2014.

• A. Hyadi, M. Benjillali, M.-S. Alouini, and D. B. da Costa,  “Performance  Analysis  of  Underlay Cognitive Multihop Regenerative  Relaying  Systems  with Multiple Primary Receivers”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 6418-6429, Dec. 2013.

• M. Benjillali  and  M.-S. Alouini,  “Partner Cooperation With Decode-and-Forward: Closed-Form Outage Analysis and Comparison”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 127-139, Jan. 2013. 

• M. Jabi,  L. Szczecinski, and  M. Benjillali,  “Accurate Outage Approximation of MRC Receivers in Arbitrarily Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 789-792, June 2012.

• M. Benjillali, L. Szczecinski, and  M.-S. Alouini, “A Spectrally Efficient Detect-and-Forward Scheme with Two-Tier Adaptive Cooperation”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 2367-2372, Sep. 2011.

• M. Benjillali  and  L. Szczecinski, “Detect-and-Forward in Two-Hop Relay Channels: A Metrics-Based Analysis”,  IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 1729-1736, June 2010. 

• M. Benjillali and L. Szczecinski, “A Simple Detect-and-Forward Scheme in Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 309-311, May 2009. 

• M. Benjillali and  L. Szczecinski, “Mapping Rearrangement for Parallel Concatenated Trellis Coded Modulation”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Volume 2008. 

• L. Szczecinski, F.-K. Diop, and  M. Benjillali, “ On the Performance of BICM with Mapping Diversity in Hybrid ARQ”, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 963-972, Sep. 2008. 

• M. Benjillali,  L.  Szczecinski,  S. Aïssa,  and  C.  Gonzalez,  “Evaluation of Bit Error Rate for Packet Combining with Constellation Rearrangement”, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 831-844, Sep. 2008.

• H.  Xu,  M.  Benjillali,  and  L.  Szczecinski, “Bit Error Rate for Rectangular QAM with Arbitrary Mapping in Nakagami-m Channels”, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 93-98, Jan. 2008.

D. K. P. Asiedu, K. B. Ofori-Amanfo, K. E. Bennin, M. Benjillali, K.-J. Lee, D. A. N. Gookyi, and S. Saoudi, "Precision Agriculture Deep Neural Network Driven Multi-Hop Plant Image Noisy Data Transmission and Plant Disease Detection", in Proc. 12th IEEE International Symposium on Signal, Image, Video and Communications (ISIVC'24), 21-23 May 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco.

R. B. Nti, D. K. P. Asiedu, M. Benjillali, J.-H. Yun, and S. Saoudi, "Multi-Source Cognitive BackCom with Temporal Combining for Reliable IoT Communication", in IEEE Communication Theory Workshop (CTW'24), 19-22 May 2024, Banff, AB, Canada.

D. K. P. Asiedu, S. K. Menanor, M. Benjillali, K.-J. Lee, J.-H. Yun, and S. Saoudi, "An Energy-Efficient MU-MIMO and IRS BackCom Symbiotic Radio Network Resource Allocation", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'24), 21-24 April 2024, Dubai, UAE.

N. Bounouader, H. Chafnaji, and M. Benjillali, “Power Normalization and Precoding for Massive MIMO in Outdoor-to-Indoor mmWave Relaying", in Proc. International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet’23), pp. 1-7, 11-13 December 2023, Rabat, Morocco.

D. K. P. Asiedu, S. K. Menanor, P. Anokye, M. Benjillali, S. Saoudi, and K.-J. Lee, "A Comparative Analysis of MU-NOMA IRS- and Relay-Assisted Symbiotic Radio IoT Networks", in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'23), 4-8 December 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

B. Aamer, H. Chergui, and M. Benjillali, “Clustering-Enabled Tracking Areas Design for Beyond-5G Networks: A Live Network Demo”, in Proc. 19th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’23), 19-23 June 2023, Marrakech, Morocco.

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “Terrestrial Connectivity Through Constellations of High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)”, in Proc. 10th International Symposium on Signal, Image, Video and Communications (ISIVC’22), 18-20 May 2022, El Jadida, Morocco.

B. Aamer, H. Chergui, M. Benjillali, and C. Verikoukis, “Entropy-Driven Stachastic Policy for Fast Federated Learning in Beyond 5G Edge-RAN”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'21), 7-11 December 2021, Madrid, Spain.

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “On the Role of Stochastic Geometry in Sixth Generation Wireless Networks”, in Proc. 10th International Symposium on Signal, Image, Video and Communications (ISIVC’20), 7-9 April 2021, Saint-Etienne, France.

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, S. Saoudi, and H. Yanikomeroglu, “Uplink Coverage and Handoff Rate with Realistic Power Control Models and Blind Cell Search”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’20), 31 August - 3 September 2020, London, UK.

N. Akdim, C. N. Manchòn, M. Benjillali, and P. Duhamel, "Variational Hierarchical Posterior Matching for mmWave Wireless Channels Online Learning", in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications (SPAWC'20), 26-29 May 2020, Atlanta, GA, USA.

H. Chergui, K. Tourki, R. Lguensat, M. Benjillali, C. Verikoukis, and M. Debbah, “Classification Algorithms for Semi-Blind Uplink/Downlink Decoupling in Sub-6 GHz/mmWave 5G Networks”, in Proc. 15th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’19),  pp. 2031-2035, 24-28 June 2019, Tangier, Morocco.

R. Elouafadi and M. Benjillali, “On Optimal Power Allocation for Downlink NOMA Transmissions under PHY QoS Constraints”, in Proc. 15th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’19), 1606-1611, June 2019, Tangier, Morocco.

W. Attaoui, K. Bouraqia, E. Sabir, M. Benjillali, and R. Elazouzi, “Beam Alignment Game for Self-Organized mmWave-Empowered 5G Initial Acces”, in Proc. 15th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’19),  pp. 2050-2057, 24-28 June 2019, Tangier, Morocco. *** Best Paper Award ***

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “A Stochastic Analysis of UDNs With Resource Capacity and User Scheduling”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'19), 15-18 April 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.

B. Aamer, H. Chergui, N. Chergui, K. Tourki, M. Benjillali, and M. Debbah, “Self-Tuning Spectral Clustering for Adaptive Tracking Areas Design in 5G Ultra-Dense Networks”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'19), 15-18 April 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.

H. El Hammouti, M. Benjillali, B. Shihada, and M.-S. Alouini, “A Distributed Mechanism for Joint 3D Placement and User Association in UAV-Assisted Networks”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'19), 15-18 April 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “A Stochastic Geometry Based Approach to Tractable 5G RNPO with a New H-LOS Model”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'19), 15-18 April 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.

N. Akdim, C. N. Manchòn, M. Benjillali, and E. de Carvalho, “Ping-Pong Beam Training for Multi Stream MIMO Communications with Hybrid Digital-Analog Antenna Arrays”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications  Conference (GLOBECOM’18), 9-13 December 2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Y. Hmamouche, M. Benjillali, and S. Saoudi, “Closed-form Coverage Probability under the Idle Mode Capability: A Stochastic Geometry Approach”, in Proc. 9th International Symposium on Signal, Image, Video, and Communications (ISIVC’18), pp. 135-140, 27-30 November 2018, Rabat, Morocco.

A. Fedoul  and  M. Benjillali,  “Soft Metrics Performance Analysis for BICM-Based V2X Communication Systems over Rayleigh and Weibull Fading Channels”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’18), 16-19 October 2018, Marrakech, Morocco.

R. Elouafadi, M. Raiss El Fenni, and  M. Benjillali,  “A Game Theoretical Approach to D2D Underlaying Downlink NOMA Networks”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’18), 16-19 October 2018, Marrakech, Morocco.

A. Elharoussi  and  M. Benjillali,  “Performance Analysis of Uplink Massive MIMO in Inverse-Gamma Shadowing Channels”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’18), 16-19 October 2018, Marrakech, Morocco.

M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, M. Benjillali, and A. Benyouss, “Throughput Increase Through Layered Coding forAMC with HARQ”, in Proc. 24th European Wireless (EW’18), 2-4 May 2018, Catania, Italy.

R. Elouafadi and M. Benjillali, “Cooperative NOMA-Based D2D Communications: A Survey in the 5G/IoT Context”,  in Proc. 19th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON'18), pp. 132-137, 2-4 May 2018, Marrakech, Morocco.

H. Chafnaji and M. Benjillali, “Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Multi-Pair Two-Way Full-Duplex Relay Systems with Direct Link”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'18), 15-18 April 2018, Barcelona, Spain.

N. Bounouader and M. Benjillali, “Outage Analysis of Dual-Hop Full-Duplex Schemes over Massive MIMO Weibull Fading Channels”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’17), 1-4 November 2017, Rabat, Morocco.

S. Ghacham, M. Benjillali, and Z. Guennoun, “Low-Complexity Detection For Massive MIMO Systems Over Correlated Rician Fading”, in Proc. 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'17), pp. 1677-1682, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain. 

A. Elharoussi, M. Benjillali, and A. Soulimani, “MoG-Based Outage Probability Analysis of EGC and MRC Diversity Combining Schemes in Composite Fading-Shadowing MIMO Channels”, in Proc. 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'17), pp. 824-829, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain.

A. Soulimani, M. Benjillali, and H. Chergui, “Energy-Efficient Multihop Schemes over Weibull-Fading Channels: Performance Analysis and Optimization”, in Proc. 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'17), pp. 2009-2014, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain.

R. Sassioui, M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, L. B. Le, M. Benjillali, and B. Pelletier, “AMC and HARQ: Friends or Foes?”, in Proc. IEEE  Global  Telecommunications  Conference  (GLOBECOM’16), 4-8 Dec. 2016, Washington, DC, USA.

M. Jabi, E. Pierre-Doray, L. Szczecinski, and M. Benjillali, “Boosting the Throughput of HARQ with Off-the-Shelf Codes”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM’16), 4-8 Dec. 2016, Washington, DC, USA.

M. Ghandi, E. Tanghe, W. Joseph, M. Benjillali, and Z. Guennoun, “Path Loss Characterization of Horn-to-Horn and Textile-to-Textile On-Body Channels at 60 GHz”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM'16), pp. 235-239, 26-29 October 2016, Fez, Morocco.

I. Fady, G. Vermeeren, W. Joseph, M. Benjillali, A. Tribak, E. Tanghe, and L. Martens, “Miniaturized 2.4 GHz Antenna and Path Loss Investigations for Metal Containers Monitoring”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM'16), pp. 12-16, 26-29 October 2016, Fez, Morocco.

R. Sassioui, L. Szczecinski, L. B. Le, and  M. Benjillali, “AMC and HARQ: Effective Capacity Analysis”,  in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'16), pp. 371-377, 3-6 April 2016, Doha, Qatar.

A. Soulimani  and  M. Benjillali,  “Closed-Form Performance Analysis of Generalized M-QAM over Multihop Weibull Fading Channels”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM'15), 20-23 October 2015, Marrakech, Morocco.

H. El Hammouti, M. Benjillali, and  L. Echabbi,  “Power Allocation Optimization for Heterogeneous Networks:     a Potential Game Approach”, in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communica-tions (WINCOM'15), 20-23 October 2015, Marrakech, Morocco.  *** Best Paper Award ***

A. Fedoul  and  M. Benjillali,  “Cognitive  Detect-and-Forward  Relay  Channels:  Soft  Metrics  and  Performance Analysis”, in Proc.  International  Workshop on Codes, Cryptography, and Communication Systems (IWCCCS'14),  pp. 113-117, 27-28 November 2014, El Jadida, Morocco.

I. Boufrikech,  M. Benjillali,  and  A. Tamtaoui,  “On  the  Performance  of  Energy  Detection  Spectrum  Sensing  for Interweave Cognitive Radio”, in Proc. International Workshop on Codes, Cryptography, and Communication Systems (IWCCCS'14), pp. 45-49, 27-28 November 2014, El Jadida, Morocco.

M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, M. Benjillali, and F. Labeau, “Outage-Optimal Power Adaptation and Allocation for Truncated HARQ”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'14), 10-14 June 2014, Sydney, Australia.

I. Randrianantenaina,  M. Benjillali,  and M.-S. Alouini,  “Transmit  Power  Optimization for Green Multihop Relaying over  Nakagami-m  Fading  Channels”, in Proc. IEEE Conference on Communications and Networing (ComNet'14), 19-22 March 2014, Hammamet, Tunisia.

M. Benjillali, A. Hyadi, D. B. da Costa, and M.-S. Alouini,  “Performance  Analysis  of  Cognitive Multihop  Relaying with M-QAM Detect-and-Forward in Nakagami-m Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'13), 8-11 September 2013, London, UK.

F. R. V. Guimarães,  D. B. da Costa,  M. Benjillali,  T. A. Tsiftsis,  and  G. K. Karagiannidis, “Best Relay Selection in Cooperative Spectrum  Sharing  with  Multiple Primary Users”,  in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'13), 9-13 June 2013, Budapest, Hungary.

H.  Chergui,  T. Ait-Idir,  M. Benjillali,  and  S. Saoudi,  “Signal-Level  Cooperative  Spatial  Multiplexing  for  Uplink Throughput  Improvement  in  MIMO  Broadband  Systems”,  in Proc. IEEE  Wireless  Communications  and  Networking Conference (WCNC'13), 7-10 April 2013, Shanghai, China.

A. Hyadi,  M. Benjillali  and  M.-S. Alouini,  “Outage  Performance  of  Two-Way  DF Relaying  Systems  with a New Relay Selection Metric”, in Proc. IEEE  Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'12), 1-4 April 2012, Paris, France. 

M. Benjillali  and  M.-S.  Alouini,  “Outage  Performance  of  Partner  Cooperation”, in  IEEE  Communication  Theory Workshop (CTW’11), 20-22 June 2011, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. 

M. Benjillali,  “Performance of BICM-Based Type-III HARQ in Nakagami-m Fading Channels”,  in Proc. 2nd Workshop on Codes, Cryptography, and Communication Systems (WCCCS’11), 16-17 June 2011, Rabat, Morocco. 

H. Chergui,  T. Ait-Idir,  M. Benjillali,  and  S. Saoudi,  “Joint-Over-Transmissions  Project  and  Forward Relaying for Single Carrier Broadband MIMO ARQ Systems”, in Proc. IEEE 73 Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’11-Spring), 15-18 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary.

M. Benjillali  and  M.-S. Alouini,  “Outage Performance of Reactive  Cooperation  in  Nakagami-m  Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE  International  Workshop on Signal  Processing  Advances for Wireless Communications (SPAWC’10), 20-23 June 2010, Marrakech, Morocco. 

M. Benjillali, L. Szczecinski, and M.-S. Alouini,  “Cooperation Schemes for Rate Enhancement in Detect-and-Forward Relay Channels”,  in Proc. IEEE  International  Conference  on Communications (ICC’10),  23-27  May 2010,  Cape Town, South Africa. *** Best Paper Award ***

M. Benjillali and L. Szczecinski,  “A Metrics-Based Approach  to the Analysis of Detect-and-Forward Two-Hop Relay Channels”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’10), 23-27 May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

M. Benjillali  and  M.-S. Alouini,  “Outage Performance of Decode-and-Forward with Partial Selection in Nakagami-m  Fading Channels”, in Proc. IEEE  International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT’10), 4-7 Apr. 2010, Doha, Qatar.

M.  Benjillali  and  L.  Szczecinski,  “ Quantization  of  Channel  State  Information  for  Detect–and-Forward  Relaying Schemes”,  in Proc. IEEE  Global  Telecommunications  Conference  (GLOBECOM’09), 30 Nov. - 4 Dec. 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

M. Benjillali  and  L. Szczecinski,  “ Coded  Modulation  for  Hybrid  ARQ  with  Mapping  Rearrangement”,  in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’08), pp. 1225-1229, 19-23 May 2008, Beijing, China. 

L. Szczecinski, F. Diop, M. Benjillali, A. Ceron, and R. Feick,  “BICM in Hybrid ARQ with Mapping Rearrangement: Capacity and Performance of Practical Schemes”, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM’07), pp. 1410-1415, 26-30 Nov. 2007, Washington, DC, USA.

L. Szczecinski and M. Benjillali,  “Packet Combining:  Challenges of MAC-PHY Co-Design”,  (invited paper) in 75-th Congrès de l’Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS), 8-11 May 2007, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.

L. Szczecinski and M. Benjillali,  “Probability  Density  Functions  of  Logarithmic  Likelihood  Ratios  in  Phase  Shift  Keying  BICM ”,  in Proc. IEEE  Global  Telecommunications  Conference  ( GLOBECOM ’06 ),  Nov.  27 - Dec. 1 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.

M. Benjillali, L. Szczecinski, and S. Aïssa,  “Evaluation of Bit  Error  Rate  for  Packet  Combining  with  Constellation Rearrangement”,  in Proc. IEEE  Global  Telecommunications  Conference  ( GLOBECOM ’06 ),  Nov.  27 - Dec. 1,  2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.

M.  Benjillali,  L.  Szczecinski,  and  S.  Aïssa, “Probability  Density  Functions  of  Logarithmic  Likelihood  Ratios  in Rectangular QAM”, in Proc. IEEE Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC’06), pp. 283-286, May 30-June 1 2006, Kingston, ON, Canada.

M. Benjillali and L. Szczecinski, “On Reliability Metrics for Soft-Input  Decoding  in Presence  of  Channel Estimation Errors”,  in Proc. IEEE  Vehicular  Technology  Conference  ( VTC ’06 - Spring ),  Vol. 5,  pp. 2548-2552, 7-10 May, 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

M. Benjillali and L. Szczecinski,  “Low  Complexity  Channel  Estimation  with  Pilot  Symbol  Assisted  Modulation”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications  (ISSPA’05),  Vol. 2,  pp. 471-474,  28-31 Aug. 2005, Sydney, Australia.

H. Chergui, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini, “Rician K-Factor-Based Analysis of XLOS Service Probability in 5G Outdoor Ultra-Dense Networks”, url: arxiv.org/abs/1804.08101, 22 Apr 2018.

R. Sassioui, M. Jabi, L. Szczecinski, L. B. Le, M. Benjillali, and B. Pelletier, “HARQ and AMC: Friends or Foes?”, url: arxiv.org/abs/1606.05177, 16 Jun 2016

A. Hyadi, M. Benjillali, and M.-S. Alouini, “Outage Performance of Decode-and-Forward in Two-Way Relaying with Perfect and Outdated Channel State Information”, url: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1ece/c8d89b463 35ddcd81339c63382af5174b29f.pdf, 2015.

R. Sassioui, A. El Hamss, L. Szczecinski, and M. Benjillali, “Resource Allocation for Downlink Channel Transmission Based on Superposition Coding”, url: arxiv.org/abs/1305.0619, 3 May 2013.

L. Szczecinski,  F. Diop, M. Benjillali, A. Ceron, and R. Feick, “Performance of BICM in Hybrid ARQ with Mapping Diversity”, Report #INRS-EMT-034-0307, March 2007.

L. Szczecinski and M. Benjillali, “Probability density functions of logarithmic likelihood ratios  in BICM based on PSK with Gray mapping”, Report #INRS-EMT-026-0306, March 2006.

M. Benjillali, L. Szczecinski, S. Aïssa, and C. Gonzalez,  “Evaluation  of  Bit  Error  Rate  for  Packet  Combining with Constellation Rearrangement”, Report #INRS-EMT-022-0705, July 2005.

H. Xu, M. Benjillali, and L. Szczecinski, “Bit Error Rate for Rectangular QAM and Arbitrary Mapping in Nakagami-m Channels”, Report #INRS-EMT-011-1005, October 2004.