Mr Saber Hassouna
- Research Assistant (Electronic & Nanoscale Engineering)
 
Publications
2025
Zhao, Y. et al. (2025) 6G Near-Field Technologies White Paper 2.0. Other. FuTURE Forum, Nanjing, China. (doi: 10.12142/FuTURE.202504001).
2024
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Kaur, Jaspreet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9241, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
Data Rate Performance of RIS in the Near-Field Regime Considering the Impact of EMI.
    
    In: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, 14-19 July 2024,
     pp. 1283-1284. 
     ISBN 9798350369908
    (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI52054.2024.10686587)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Arshad, Kamran, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
Rate Optimization and Power Allocation in RIS-assisted Multi-user OFDM Communication.
    
    In: 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-24 Apr 2024,
    
     ISBN 9798350303582
    (doi: 10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10570710)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
RIS-Enabled Near-Field Localization with EMI.
    
    In: 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2024), Glasgow, Scotland, 17-22 March 2024,
    
     ISBN 9788831299091
    (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501364)
  
  
Zhao, Y. et al. (2024) 6G Near-field Technologies White Paper. Other. FuTURE Forum, Nanjing, China.
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
RIS-assisted near-field localization using practical phase shift model.
    
    Scientific Reports, 14,
	 
      4350.
    
    (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54859-3)
    (PMID:38388740) 
    (PMCID:PMC10883918) 
  
  
2023
    
    Abualhayjaa, Mohammad, Hassouna, Saber, Centeno, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-072X, Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Mohjazi, Lina 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997
  
(2023)
  
Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) for green networks.
    
    
      In: Imran, Muhammad Ali, Taha, Ahmad, Ansari, Shuja, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. (eds.)
      The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon.
    
    
      Series: IET telecommunications series (108).
    
    Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 193-219.
         ISBN 9781839537363
        (doi: 10.1049/PBTE108E_ch9)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Rate optimization using low complex methods with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.
    
    Journal of Information and Intelligence, 1(3),
	  pp. 267-280.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1016/j.jiixd.2023.06.004)
     
     
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Configuring reconfigurable intelligent surfaces using a practical codebook approach.
    
    Scientific Reports, 13,
	 
      11869.
    
    (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31596-7)
    (PMID:37481647) 
     
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Ur Rehman Kazim, Jalil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Rains, James, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Indoor Field Trials for RIS-aided Wireless Communications.
    
    In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 23–28 July 2023,
     pp. 75-76. 
     ISBN 9781665442282
    (doi: 10.1109/USNC-URSI52151.2023.10237732)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Investigating the Data Rate of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces with Mutual Coupling and EMI.
    
    In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2023), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 26-29 March 2023,
    
     ISBN 9781665491228
    (doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118853)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Abualhayja, Mohammad, Mohjazi, Lina 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Cui, Tei Jun, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
A survey on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces: wireless communication perspective.
    
    IET Communications, 17(5),
	  pp. 497-537.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1049/cmu2.12571)
     
     
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Aided Wireless Communications with Electromagnetic Interference.
    
    In: 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2023), Florence, Italy, 26-31 Mar 2023,
    
     ISBN 9781665475419
    (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133717)
  
  
2022
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2022)
  
Discrete Phase Shifts for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces in OFDM Communications.
    
    In: International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT2022), Dublin, Ireland, 16-18 May 2022,
    
     ISBN 9781665494502
    (doi: 10.1109/iWAT54881.2022.9810915)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2022)
  
Investigating the Data Rate of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Under Different Deployments.
    
    In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022,
     pp. 1578-1579. 
     ISBN 9781665496582
    (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886560)
  
  
Articles
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
RIS-assisted near-field localization using practical phase shift model.
    
    Scientific Reports, 14,
	 
      4350.
    
    (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54859-3)
    (PMID:38388740) 
    (PMCID:PMC10883918) 
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Rate optimization using low complex methods with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.
    
    Journal of Information and Intelligence, 1(3),
	  pp. 267-280.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1016/j.jiixd.2023.06.004)
     
     
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Configuring reconfigurable intelligent surfaces using a practical codebook approach.
    
    Scientific Reports, 13,
	 
      11869.
    
    (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31596-7)
    (PMID:37481647) 
     
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Abualhayja, Mohammad, Mohjazi, Lina 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Cui, Tei Jun, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
A survey on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces: wireless communication perspective.
    
    IET Communications, 17(5),
	  pp. 497-537.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1049/cmu2.12571)
     
     
  
  
Book Sections
    
    Abualhayjaa, Mohammad, Hassouna, Saber, Centeno, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-072X, Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Mohjazi, Lina 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997
  
(2023)
  
Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) for green networks.
    
    
      In: Imran, Muhammad Ali, Taha, Ahmad, Ansari, Shuja, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. (eds.)
      The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon.
    
    
      Series: IET telecommunications series (108).
    
    Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 193-219.
         ISBN 9781839537363
        (doi: 10.1049/PBTE108E_ch9)
  
  
Research Reports or Papers
Zhao, Y. et al. (2025) 6G Near-Field Technologies White Paper 2.0. Other. FuTURE Forum, Nanjing, China. (doi: 10.12142/FuTURE.202504001).
Zhao, Y. et al. (2024) 6G Near-field Technologies White Paper. Other. FuTURE Forum, Nanjing, China.
Conference Proceedings
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Kaur, Jaspreet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9241, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
Data Rate Performance of RIS in the Near-Field Regime Considering the Impact of EMI.
    
    In: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, 14-19 July 2024,
     pp. 1283-1284. 
     ISBN 9798350369908
    (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI52054.2024.10686587)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Arshad, Kamran, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
Rate Optimization and Power Allocation in RIS-assisted Multi-user OFDM Communication.
    
    In: 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-24 Apr 2024,
    
     ISBN 9798350303582
    (doi: 10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10570710)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2024)
  
RIS-Enabled Near-Field Localization with EMI.
    
    In: 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2024), Glasgow, Scotland, 17-22 March 2024,
    
     ISBN 9788831299091
    (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501364)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Ur Rehman Kazim, Jalil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Rains, James, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Indoor Field Trials for RIS-aided Wireless Communications.
    
    In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 23–28 July 2023,
     pp. 75-76. 
     ISBN 9781665442282
    (doi: 10.1109/USNC-URSI52151.2023.10237732)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Investigating the Data Rate of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces with Mutual Coupling and EMI.
    
    In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2023), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 26-29 March 2023,
    
     ISBN 9781665491228
    (doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118853)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Jamshed, Muhammad Ali, Ur-Rehman, Masood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2023)
  
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Aided Wireless Communications with Electromagnetic Interference.
    
    In: 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2023), Florence, Italy, 26-31 Mar 2023,
    
     ISBN 9781665475419
    (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133717)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2022)
  
Discrete Phase Shifts for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces in OFDM Communications.
    
    In: International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT2022), Dublin, Ireland, 16-18 May 2022,
    
     ISBN 9781665494502
    (doi: 10.1109/iWAT54881.2022.9810915)
  
  
    
    Hassouna, Saber, Rains, James, Kazim, Jalil Ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Ur Rehman, Masood 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-7983, Imran, Muhammad Ali 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969
  
(2022)
  
Investigating the Data Rate of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Under Different Deployments.
    
    In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022,
     pp. 1578-1579. 
     ISBN 9781665496582
    (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886560)