Rashid Ali^1,*, Alaa Omran Almagrabi^2,3

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.070224 - 12 January 2026

Abstract Wi-Fi technology has evolved significantly since its introduction in 1997, advancing to Wi-Fi 6 as the latest standard, with Wi-Fi 7 currently under development. Despite these advancements, integrating machine learning into Wi-Fi networks remains challenging, especially in decentralized environments with multiple access points (mAPs). This paper is a short review that summarizes the potential applications of federated reinforcement learning (FRL) across eight key areas of Wi-Fi functionality, including channel access, link adaptation, beamforming, multi-user transmissions, channel bonding, multi-link operation, spatial reuse, and multi-basic servic set (multi-BSS) coordination. FRL is highlighted as a promising framework for More >

Yi-Hao Tu, Yi-Wei Ma^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4563-4582, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.066899 - 30 July 2025

Abstract This study introduces the Smart Exponential-Threshold-Linear with Double Deep Q-learning Network (SETL-DDQN) and an extended Gumbel distribution method, designed to optimize the Contention Window (CW) in IEEE 802.11 networks. Unlike conventional Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-based approaches for CW size adjustment, which often suffer from overestimation bias and limited exploration diversity, leading to suboptimal throughput and collision performance. Our framework integrates the Gumbel distribution and extreme value theory to systematically enhance action selection under varying network conditions. First, SETL adopts a DDQN architecture (SETL-DDQN) to improve Q-value estimation accuracy and enhance training stability. Second, we incorporate a… More >

Sujie Shao, Zhengpu Wang^*, Siya Xu, Shaoyong Guo, Xuesong Qiu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4949-4972, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065053 - 30 July 2025

Abstract With the exponential growth of mobile terminals and the widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, an increasing number of devices rely on wireless local area networks (WLAN) for data transmission. To address this demand, deploying more access points (APs) has become an inevitable trend. While this approach enhances network coverage and capacity, it also exacerbates co-channel interference (CCI). The multi-AP cooperation introduced in IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) represents a paradigm shift from conventional single-AP architectures, offering a novel solution to CCI through joint resource scheduling across APs. However, designing efficient cooperation mechanisms and… More >

Abdallah Elhigazi Abdallah¹, Mosab Hamdan², Shukor Abd Razak³, Fuad A. Ghalib³, Muzaffar Hamzah^2,*, Suleman Khan⁴, Siddiq Ahmed Babikir Ali⁵, Mutaz H. H. Khairi¹, Sayeed Salih⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 5607-5623, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.031047 - 28 December 2022

Abstract IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi networks are prone to many denial of service (DoS) attacks due to vulnerabilities at the media access control (MAC) layer of the 802.11 protocol. Due to the data transmission nature of the wireless local area network (WLAN) through radio waves, its communication is exposed to the possibility of being attacked by illegitimate users. Moreover, the security design of the wireless structure is vulnerable to versatile attacks. For example, the attacker can imitate genuine features, rendering classification-based methods inaccurate in differentiating between real and false messages. Although many security standards have been proposed… More >

Youngjun Kim¹, Taekook Kim², Hyungoo Choi¹, Jinwoo Park¹, Yeunwoong Kyung^3,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.1, pp. 193-204, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.032784 - 29 September 2022

Abstract Mobility support to change the connection from one access point (AP) to the next (i.e., handover) becomes one of the important issues in IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs). During handover, the channel scanning procedure, which aims to collect neighbor AP (NAP) information on all available channels, accounts for most of the delay time. To reduce the channel scanning procedure, a neighbor beacon frame transmission scheme (N-BTS) was proposed for a seamless handover. N-BTS can provide a seamless handover by removing the channel scanning procedure. However, N-BTS always requires operating overhead even if there More >

Sujit Goswami^1,*, Sujit Kumar Mandal¹, Soumen Banerjee²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 397-410, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.025657 - 18 May 2022

Abstract In this paper a novel, compact, microstrip-fed, quad-band monopole antenna is presented for the application of Global System for Mobile communication (GSM 900), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The proposed antenna comprises of a sickle-shaped structure with four circular arc strips, and a modified rectangular ground plane. The four strips of the antenna are independently responsible for the four different resonant frequencies of the operating bands and can be tuned separately to control the radiation performance. The proposed quad-band antenna is designed to resonate at 940 MHz for GSM More >

Bilal Khan¹, Danish Shehzad¹, Numan Shafi¹, Ga-Young Kim^2,*, Muhammad Umar Aftab¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 1671-1690, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024918 - 18 May 2022

Abstract Nowadays multiple wireless communication systems operate in industrial environments side by side. In such an environment performance of one wireless network can be degraded by the collocated hostile wireless network having higher transmission power or higher carrier sensing threshold. Unlike the previous research works which considered IEEE 802.15.4 for the Industrial Wireless communication systems (iWCS) this paper examines the coexistence of IEEE 802.11 based iWCS used for delay-stringent communication in process automation and gWLAN (general-purpose WLAN) used for non-real time communication. In this paper, we present a Markov chain-based performance model that described the transmission… More >

Akram A. Almohammedi^1,2,*, Vladimir Shepelev¹, Sam Darshi³, Mohammed Balfaqih⁴, Fayad Ghawbar⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.2, pp. 3929-3943, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026307 - 29 March 2022

Abstract The widespread use of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications has enormously increased the danger level of data leakage and theft in IoT as data transmission occurs through a public channel. As a result, the security of the IoT has become a serious challenge in the field of information security. Steganography on the network is a critical tool for preventing the leakage of private information and enabling secure and encrypted communication. The primary purpose of steganography is to conceal sensitive information in any form of media such as audio, video, text, or photos, and securely… More >

Mohammad Z. Masoud^1,*, Yousef Jaradat¹, Mohammad Alia²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 5459-5476, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.023781 - 14 January 2022

Abstract IEEE802.11, known as WiFi has proliferated in the last decade. It can be found in smartphones, laptops, smart TVs and surveillance cameras. This popularity has revealed many issues in health, data privacy and security. In this work, a WiFi measurement study has been conducted in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. An Android App has been written to harvest WiFi information of the transmitted frames of any surrounding Access points (APs). More than 240,000 APs information has been harvested in this work. The harvested data have been analyzed to find statistics of WiFi devices in… More >

Md. Selim Al Mamun^1,2, Fatema Akhter^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 3161-3178, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022214 - 07 December 2021

Abstract Nowadays, wireless local area network (WLAN) has become prevalent Internet access due to its low-cost gadgets, flexible coverage and hassle-free simple wireless installation. WLAN facilitates wireless Internet services to users with mobile devices like smart phones, tablets, and laptops through deployment of multiple access points (APs) in a network field. Every AP operates on a frequency band called channel. Popular wireless standard such as IEEE 802.11n has a limited number of channels where frequency spectrum of adjacent channels overlaps partially with each other. In a crowded environment, users may experience poor Internet services due to… More >