Author:Oladele, DA; Markus, ED; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2021Background: With the projected upsurge in the percentage of people with some form of disability, there has been a significant increase in the need for assistive mobility devices. However, for mobility aids to be effective, such devices should ...Read more
Author:Thamoethata, K; Isong, B; Dladlu, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2021A vehicle anti-theft system is a security system that prevents authorized use of a vehicle and its theft. Vehicle theft and hijacking are skyrocketing on daily basis despite the swift technological advancements the world is witnessing. Several ...Read more
Author:Umba, SMW; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Ramotsoela, DDate:Apr 2022Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly deployed in Internet of Things (IoT) systems for applications such as smart transportation, telemedicine, smart health monitoring and fall detection systems for the elderly people. Given that ...Read more
Author:Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Molokomme, Daisy N; Isaac, Sherrin J; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:2022The elbow technique is a well-known method for estimating the number of clusters required as a starting parameter in the K-means algorithm and certain other unsupervised machine-learning algorithms. However, due to the graphical output nature ...Read more
Author:Mtetwa, NS; Tarwireyi, P; Sibeko, CN; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Adigun, MDate:Jan 2022The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way consumers, businesses, and governments interact with the physical and cyber worlds. More often than not, IoT devices are designed for specific functional requirements or use cases without paying ...Read more
Author:Isong, B; Vhahangwele, T; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2023Client-server-based healthcare systems are unable to manipulate a high data volume, prone to a single failure point, limited scalability, and data integrity. Particularly, several measures introduced to help curb the spread of Covid-19 were ...Read morecbnd
Author:Ntshabele, K; Isong, B; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2022Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) is a wireless WAN technology that connects low-powered and low-bandwidth devices with low bit rates atop Long Ranges (LoRa). It is characterized by improved scalability, wide area coverage, and low power ...Read more
Author:Bellagarda, J; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2022As of 2022, non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, the smart contract powered tokens that represent ownership in a specific digital asset, have become a popular investment vehicle. In 2021, NFT trading reached USD 17.6 billion and entered mainstream ...Read more
Author:Naqvi, KH; Markus, ED; Muthoni, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2022South Africa as a developing nation is evolving in new healthcare technologies. With an increase in these innovations comes many challenges foremost among which is security. This paper presents a review of challenges faced in IoT connected ...Read more
Author:Molose, R; Isong, B; Dladlu, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jul 2022Energy consumption and the network lifespan of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are greatly affected by data transmission and retransmission. The challenge follows the energy limitation of sensor nodes with replaceable batteries. Albeit several ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Kurien, AMDate:Jul 2023In recent times, distributed denial of service (DDoS) has been one of the most prevalent security threats in internet-enabled networks, with many internet of things (IoT) devices having been exploited to carry out attacks. Due to their inherent ...Read more
Author:Kukuni, TG; Markus, E; Kotze, B; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Aug 2022The application of machine learning in resolving complex cyber-security challenges in smart manufacturing plant is growing. Network intrusion and anomaly detection is posing high risks in sensory data integrity and optimisation of processes ...Read more
Author:Molokomme, DN; Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Aug 2022The rapid development of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the deployment of advanced Internet of Things (IoT)-based devices has led to the study and implementation of edge computing technologies in smart grid (SG) ...Read more
Author:Rasheed, J; Wardak, AB; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Umer, T; Yesiltepe, M; Waziry, SDate:Oct 2022Granting smart device consumers with information, simply and quickly, is what drives quick response (QR) codes and mobile marketing to go hand in hand. It boosts marketing campaigns and objectives and allows one to approach, engage, influence, ...Read more
Author:Makhetha, MJ; Markus, ED; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2022This paper presents a wireless power transfer (WPT) technique based on self-resonant Conformal Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance (CSCMR) model. The proposed model is compared to a capacitor-loaded mode in terms of their transmission efficiency ...Read more
Author:Ogbodo, EU; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Kurien, AMDate:Dec 2022Smart cities have been envisioned to provide smartness in managing internet of things (IoT) application domains, such as transport and mobility, health care, natural resources, electricity and energy, homes and buildings, commerce and retail, ...Read morecbnd
Author:Olatinwo, DD; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GP; Myburgh, HCDate:May 2023Among the wireless body area network (WBAN) scarce resources, energy resource is an essential resource on which most of the WBAN biomedical devices activities depend upon. The biomedical devices are usually battery-powered and if they fail ...Read more
Author:Fon, RC; Igboamalu, F; Ndjiongue, AR; Ouahada, K; Leke, C; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Aug 2022The new concept of smart city requires numerous electronic devices such as actuator sensor interface distributed across multiple outdoor environment. The internet of things (IoT) plays a crucial role in connected devices via the internet. In ...Read more
Author:Olatinwo, DD; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Feb 2022Energy efficiency is an important quality-of-service requirement that needs to be considered when designing an efficient MAC protocol for a WBAN system due to the limited power resources of biomedical sensor devices. To address this, an ...Read more
Author:Olatinwo, DD; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GP; Myburgh, HCDate:Nov 2023Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled wireless body area networks (WBANs) are resource-constrained in nature (energy, bandwidth, and time-slot resources); hence, their performance in healthcare monitoring often deteriorates as the number of active ...Read more