Military College of Signals
Faculty Umar Ghafoor

Umar Ghafoor

Assistant Professor
Summary

Engr Umar Ghafoor appointed at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. He has been associated with the profession of teaching and research, since 2008. respectively. He is now on the faculty of NUST. His research interests include wireless communication, resource allocation, optimization theory, heterogenous networks, and cognitive radio networks.

Academic Background
PhD (Wireless Communication ) NUST, Islamabad October 23, 2017 - May 03, 2023
Honours and Awards
Publications
A Deep Compressed Sensing Approach to Channel Estimation in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface–Aided MU‐MIMO Networks March 10, 2026 International Journal of Communication Systems - Volume 39, Issue 4, Article Number e70412
Maximizing energy efficiency in 6G cognitive radio network October 01, 2025 Digital Communications and Networks - Volume:11, Issue 5, Pages:1356-1369
Fair association and rate maximization in 6G UAV Aided HS only network and HetNet July 01, 2025 Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Volume:239, Article Number 104174
Strengthening Data Confidentiality in 6G Cognitive Networks through Secrecy Rate Optimization April 01, 2025 IEEE Communications Letters - Volume:29, Issue: 4, Page(s):665-668
Dynamic Resource Optimization for Quality of Service-Driven Cost Minimization in Cognitive Radio Networks December 31, 2024 Wireless Personal Communications - Volume 139, Pages 2161-2201
6G cognitive radio: Optimizing resources with cluster-assisted downlink hybrid multiple access October 01, 2024 Physical Communication - Volume 66, Article Number 102435
Maximizing throughput and energy efficiency in 6G based on phone user clustering enabled UAV assisted downlink hybrid multiple access HetNet April 01, 2024 Telecommunication Systems - Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 563-590
Cluster based resource management using H-NOMA in heterogeneous networks beyond 5G October 01, 2023 Ad Hoc Networks - Volume 149, Article Number 103252
Energy Efficient Resource Allocation for H-NOMA Assisted B5G HetNets September 06, 2022 IEEE Access - Volume 10, Pages 91699 - 91711
Efficient resource allocation for hybrid nonorthogonal multiple access based heterogeneous networks beyond fifth-generation August 30, 2022 Transaction on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies - Pages 1-23
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm August 01, 2022 Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Volume 204, Article Number 103413
Conferences
Energy Efficiency Maximization Based on Orthogonal Multiple Access Assisted Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 6G Network December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Fariea Khalid, Umar Ghafoor, 2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Hybrid Multiple Access-Assisted Semantic-Aware Resource Allocation Framework December 02, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Sana Shakeel, Umar Ghafoor, 2025 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life using AI, Robotics and IoT (HONET)
Resource Optimization Strategy in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided 6G Network December 02, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, 2025 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life using AI, Robotics and IoT (HONET)
Enhancing 6G Network Security Through Cognitive Radio and Cluster-Assisted Downlink Hybrid Multiple Access December 09, 2024 - December 10, 2024 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, 2024 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)
Energy-Efficient 6G Networks: A Cognitive Radio Assisted Cluster-Based Downlink Hybrid Multiple Access Approach November 19, 2024 - November 20, 2024 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, 2024 19th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
A Novel Approach for Quality of Service Based Cost Minimization in a Cognitive Radio Network October 22, 2024 - October 23, 2024 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Mudassar Ali, 2024 4th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Novel 6G Network: Maximizing Sum Rate and User Association by Minimizing Cost Ensuring QoS August 20, 2024 - August 23, 2024 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, 2024 21st International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
Holistic Optimization of Rate and EE in UAV-Assisted HetNets May 20, 2024 - May 20, 2024 Umar Ghafoor, Mudassar Ali, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Waleed Ejaz, IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)
Secrecy Rate Maximization based on User Clustering in Hybrid-NOMA Assisted HetNets for B5G/6G December 04, 2023 - December 08, 2023 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali, Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
Admission, Association, and Rate Maximization in a UAV Assisted User Clustering Based Downlink Hybrid Multiple Access HetNets August 22, 2023 - August 25, 2023 Umar Ghafoor, Mudassar Ali, Adil Masood Siddiqui, 20th IBCAST--2023 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology
Sum Rate Maximization Based on Mobile User Clustering Assisted Downlink H-NOMA in 4-Tier B5G HetNet March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023 Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Humayun Zubair Khan, Mudassar Ali, 2023 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)
Energy Efficiency Optimization for Hybrid NOMA based Beyond 5G Heterogeneous Networks September 27, 2021 - September 30, 2021 Umar Ghafoor, Mudassar Ali, Humayun Zubair Khan, Adil Masood Siddiqui1, Muhammad Naeem, Imran Rashid, 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Fall)
Throughput Maximization in Hybrid NOMA assisted Beyond 5G Heterogeneous Networks June 28, 2021 - July 02, 2021 Umar Ghafoor, Humayun Zubair Khan, Adil Masood Saddiqui, Muhammad Naeem, Mudassar Ali, 2021 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC)
Assistant Professor UMT April 16, 2016 - October 20, 2017
Lecturer UMT April 16, 2014 - April 15, 2016
Teaching Assistant MCS NUST February 06, 2012 - June 08, 2012
Lecturer/Lab Engineer GCUF October 20, 2008 - September 10, 2011