publications | Joshua Ofori Boateng

2025

ComNet

Design and Implementation of ARA Wireless Living Lab for Rural Broadband and Applications

T. U. Islam, Joshua Ofori Boateng, M. Nadim, G. Zu, M. Shahid, and 29 more authors

Elsevier Computer Networks, 2025

@article{islam2025ara,
  title = {Design and Implementation of {ARA} Wireless Living Lab for Rural Broadband and Applications},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Nadim, M. and Zu, G. and Shahid, M. and Li, X. and Zhang, T. and Reddy, S. and Xu, W. and Atalar, A. and Lee, V. and Chen, Y. and Gossling, E. and Permatasari, E. and Somiah, C. and Perrin, O. and Meng, Z. and Afzal, R. and Babu, Sarath and Soliman, M. and Hussain, A. and Qiao, D. and Zheng, M. and Boyraz, O. and Guan, Y. and Arora, A. and Selim, M. Y. and Ahmad, A. and Cohen, M. B. and Luby, M. and Chandra, R. and Gross, J. and Keahey, K. and Zhang, H.},
  journal = {Elsevier Computer Networks},
  volume = {263},
  pages = {111188},
  year = {2025},
  issn = {1389-1286},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
}

MILCOM

Real-world integration and evaluation of open-source 5G core with commercial RAN

G. Zu, Joshua Ofori Boateng, V. S. Advani, T. U. Islam, V. Lee, and 5 more authors

In Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Oct 2025

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{zu2025realworld,
  title = {Real-world integration and evaluation of open-source {5G} core with commercial {RAN}},
  author = {Zu, G. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Advani, V. S. and Islam, T. U. and Lee, V. and Babu, Sarath and Nadim, M. and Qiao, D. and Selim, M. Y. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)},
  pages = {1296--1301},
  address = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
  month = oct,
  year = {2025}
}

NetSoft

AraRACH: Enhancing NextG Random Access Reliability in Programmable Wireless Living Labs

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, G. Zu, T. U. Islam, S. Babu, and 4 more authors

In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Best Paper Award , Jun 2025

Best Paper Award arXiv Bib HTML

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@inproceedings{boateng2025ararach,
  title = {{AraRACH}: Enhancing {NextG} Random Access Reliability in Programmable Wireless Living Labs},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Zu, G. and Islam, T. U. and Babu, S. and Kaltenberger, F. and Schmidt, R. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)},
  pages = {362--370},
  address = {Budapest, Hungary},
  month = jun,
  year = {2025},
}

Demo

Multi-cell srsRAN in ARA wireless living lab: exploring distance effects, interference coordination and system-level tuning

Joshua Ofori Boateng and H. Zhang

In srsRAN Project Fall Workshop, Nov 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{boateng2025srsranmulticell,
  title = {Multi-cell {srsRAN} in {ARA} wireless living lab: exploring distance effects, interference coordination and system-level tuning},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {srsRAN Project Fall Workshop},
  address = {Arlington, VA, USA},
  month = nov,
  year = {2025}
}

Demo

Real-world experiments with predictable URLLC using OAI and ARA wireless living lab

T. Zhang, Joshua Ofori Boateng, and H. Zhang

In First OpenAirInterface Foundation U.S. Hands-on Workshop, Nov 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2025urllcdemo,
  title = {Real-world experiments with predictable {URLLC} using {OAI} and {ARA} wireless living lab},
  author = {Zhang, T. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {First OpenAirInterface Foundation U.S. Hands-on Workshop},
  address = {Austin, TX, USA},
  month = nov,
  year = {2025}
}

Demo

Demo: Real-world integration and evaluation of open-source 5G core with commercial RAN

G. Zu, Joshua Ofori Boateng, V. S. Advani, T. U. Islam, V. Lee, and 5 more authors

In Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Oct 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zu2025milcomdemo,
  title = {Demo: Real-world integration and evaluation of open-source {5G} core with commercial {RAN}},
  author = {Zu, G. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Advani, V. S. and Islam, T. U. and Lee, V. and Babu, Sarath and Nadim, M. and Qiao, D. and Selim, M. Y. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)},
  pages = {881--882},
  address = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
  month = oct,
  year = {2025}
}

arXiv

AraRACH: Enhancing NextG Random Access Reliability in Programmable Wireless Living Labs

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, G. Zu, T. U. Islam, S. Babu, and 4 more authors

2025

arXiv Bib HTML

@misc{boateng2025ararach_arxiv,
  title = {{AraRACH}: Enhancing {NextG} Random Access Reliability in Programmable Wireless Living Labs},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Zu, G. and Islam, T. U. and Babu, S. and Kaltenberger, F. and Schmidt, R. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  year = {2025},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

2024

ICC

AraSDR: End-to-End, Fully-Programmable Living Lab for 5G and Beyond

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, G. Zu, T. U. Islam, S. Babu, and 2 more authors

In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun 2024

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{boateng2024arasdr,
  title = {{AraSDR}: End-to-End, Fully-Programmable Living Lab for {5G} and Beyond},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Zu, G. and Islam, T. U. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
  pages = {1758--1763},
  month = jun,
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10623061},
}

INFOCOM

Ara-O-RAN: End-to-end programmable O-RAN living lab for agriculture and rural communities

T. Zhang, Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. U. Islam, A. Ahmad, H. Zhang, and 1 more author

In Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, May 2024

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{zhang2024araoran,
  title = {{Ara-O-RAN}: End-to-end programmable {O-RAN} living lab for agriculture and rural communities},
  author = {Zhang, T. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Islam, T. U. and Ahmad, A. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshops},
  pages = {1--6},
  month = may,
  year = {2024}
}

ICNP

Demo: ARA PAWR wireless living lab for smart and connected rural communities

T. U. Islam, Joshua Ofori Boateng, M. Nadim, G. Zu, M. Shahid, and 22 more authors

In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), Oct 2024

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{islam2024arademo,
  title = {Demo: {ARA PAWR} wireless living lab for smart and connected rural communities},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Nadim, M. and Zu, G. and Shahid, M. and Li, X. and Zhang, T. and Reddy, S. and Xu, W. and Atalar, A. and Lee, V. and Chen, Y. F. and Gosling, E. and Permatasari, E. and Meng, Z. and Babu, Sarath and Soliman, M. and Hussain, A. and Qiao, D. and Zheng, M. and Boyraz, O. and Guan, Y. and Arora, A. and Selim, M. and Ahmad, A. and Cohen, M. B. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP)},
  pages = {1--3},
  address = {Charleroi, Belgium},
  month = oct,
  year = {2024}
}

Demo

ARA-enabled end-to-end 5G and Open RAN prototyping using srsRAN and FlexRIC

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, S. Babu, and H. Zhang

In srsRAN Project Fall Workshop, Oct 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{boateng2024srsran,
  title = {{ARA}-enabled end-to-end {5G} and {Open RAN} prototyping using {srsRAN} and {FlexRIC}},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {srsRAN Project Fall Workshop},
  address = {Arlington, VA, USA},
  month = oct,
  year = {2024}
}

MERIF

ARA PAWR: Enabling wireless experiments with programmable COTS RAN and x-Haul platforms

T. U. Islam, M. Nadim, G. Zu, V. Lee, O. J. Perrin, and 8 more authors

In Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF). Best Demo Award , Sep 2024

Best Demo Award Bib

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@inproceedings{islam2024merif,
  title = {{ARA PAWR}: Enabling wireless experiments with programmable {COTS RAN} and x-Haul platforms},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Nadim, M. and Zu, G. and Lee, V. and Perrin, O. J. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Shahid, M. and Zhang, T. and Permatasari, E. K. A. and Meng, Z. and Babu, Sarath and Qiao, D. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF)},
  address = {Kansas City, MO, USA},
  month = sep,
  year = {2024},
}

MERIF

ARA-enabled end-to-end open-source prototyping of 5G/O-RAN solutions for predictable low-latency communications

T. Zhang, Z. Meng, E. Permatasari, Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. U. Islam, and 5 more authors

In Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF), Sep 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2024urllc_merif,
  title = {{ARA}-enabled end-to-end open-source prototyping of {5G/O-RAN} solutions for predictable low-latency communications},
  author = {Zhang, T. and Meng, Z. and Permatasari, E. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Islam, T. U. and Nadim, M. and Lee, V. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF)},
  address = {Kansas City, MO, USA},
  month = sep,
  year = {2024}
}

Demo

End-to-End 5G and O-RAN Prototyping in ARA

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, Z. Meng, H. Zhang, and D. Qiao

In OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop, Sep 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{boateng2024oai,
  title = {End-to-End {5G} and {O-RAN} Prototyping in {ARA}},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Meng, Z. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop},
  address = {Biot, France},
  month = sep,
  year = {2024}
}

arXiv

Design and Implementation of ARA Wireless Living Lab for Rural Broadband and Applications

T. U. Islam, Joshua Ofori Boateng, M. Nadim, G. Zu, M. Shahid, and 26 more authors

2024

arXiv Bib HTML

@misc{islam2024ara_arxiv,
  title = {Design and Implementation of {ARA} Wireless Living Lab for Rural Broadband and Applications},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Nadim, M. and Zu, G. and Shahid, M. and Li, X. and Zhang, T. and Reddy, S. and Xu, W. and Atalar, A. and Lee, V. and Chen, Y. and Gosling, E. and Permatasari, E. and Somiah, C. and Meng, Z. and Babu, S. and Soliman, M. and Hussain, A. and Qiao, D. and Zheng, M. and Boyraz, O. and Guan, Y. and Arora, A. and Selim, M. and Ahmad, A. and Cohen, M. B. and Luby, M. and Chandra, R. and Gross, J. and Zhang, H.},
  year = {2024},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

2023

WiNTECH

AraMIMO: Programmable TVWS mMIMO Living Lab for Rural Wireless

T. U. Islam, T. Zhang, Joshua Ofori Boateng, E. Gossling, G. Zu, and 3 more authors

In Proc. ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization (WiNTECH). Best Paper Award , Oct 2023

Best Paper Award Bib HTML

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@inproceedings{islam2023aramimo,
  title = {{AraMIMO}: Programmable {TVWS} m{MIMO} Living Lab for Rural Wireless},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Zhang, T. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Gossling, E. and Zu, G. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {Proc. ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation \& Characterization (WiNTECH)},
  pages = {9--16},
  address = {Madrid, Spain},
  month = oct,
  year = {2023},
}

MobiCom

ARA PAWR: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities

T. U. Islam, Joshua Ofori Boateng, G. Zu, M. Shahid, M. Nadim, and 15 more authors

In Proc. ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Oct 2023

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{islam2023mobicom,
  title = {{ARA PAWR}: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities},
  author = {Islam, T. U. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zu, G. and Shahid, M. and Nadim, M. and Xu, W. and Zhang, T. and Reddy, S. and Li, X. and Atalar, A. and Chen, Y. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D. and Zheng, M. and Guan, Y. and Boyraz, O. and Arora, A. and Selim, M. and Cohen, M. B.},
  booktitle = {Proc. ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)},
  pages = {1--3},
  address = {Madrid, Spain},
  month = oct,
  year = {2023}
}

Demo

ARA wireless living lab and end-to-end open-source 5G experiment with srsRAN

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, H. Zhang, and D. Qiao

In srsRAN Project Fall Workshop, Oct 2023

Bib

@inproceedings{boateng2023srsran,
  title = {{ARA} wireless living lab and end-to-end open-source {5G} experiment with {srsRAN}},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D.},
  booktitle = {srsRAN Project Fall Workshop},
  address = {Arlington, VA, USA},
  month = oct,
  year = {2023}
}

2022

WiNTECH

Wireless guard for trustworthy spectrum management

M. Shahid, S. Babu, H. Zhang, D. Qiao, Y. Guan, and 5 more authors

In Proc. ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization (WiNTECH), Oct 2022

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{shahid2022wirelessguard,
  title = {Wireless guard for trustworthy spectrum management},
  author = {Shahid, M. and Babu, S. and Zhang, H. and Qiao, D. and Guan, Y. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Islam, T. U. and Zu, G. and Kamal, A. and Zheng, M.},
  booktitle = {Proc. ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation \& Characterization (WiNTECH)},
  pages = {32--39},
  month = oct,
  year = {2022}
}

Demo

ARA rural wireless living lab and end-to-end OTA containerized OAI 5G-NR support

Joshua Ofori Boateng, T. Zhang, Sarath Babu, T. U. Islam, M. Shahid, and 1 more author

In Fall 2022 OpenAirInterface North American Workshop, Nov 2022

Bib

@inproceedings{boateng2022oai,
  title = {{ARA} rural wireless living lab and end-to-end {OTA} containerized {OAI 5G-NR} support},
  author = {Boateng, Joshua Ofori and Zhang, T. and Babu, Sarath and Islam, T. U. and Shahid, M. and Zhang, H.},
  booktitle = {Fall 2022 OpenAirInterface North American Workshop},
  address = {San Diego, CA, USA},
  month = nov,
  year = {2022}
}

2020

IoT

Lightweight and host-based denial of service (DoS) detection and defense mechanism for resource-constrained IoT devices

J. J. Kponyo, J. O. Agyemang, G. S. Klogo, and Joshua Ofori Boateng

Elsevier Internet of Things, 2020

Bib HTML

@article{kponyo2020lightweight,
  title = {Lightweight and host-based denial of service ({DoS}) detection and defense mechanism for resource-constrained {IoT} devices},
  author = {Kponyo, J. J. and Agyemang, J. O. and Klogo, G. S. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori},
  journal = {Elsevier Internet of Things},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {100319},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  issn = {2542-6605}
}

IoT

Lightweight rogue access point detection algorithm for WiFi-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices

J. O. Agyemang, J. J. Kponyo, G. S. Klogo, and Joshua Ofori Boateng

Elsevier Internet of Things, 2020

Bib HTML

@article{agyemang2020lightweight,
  title = {Lightweight rogue access point detection algorithm for {WiFi}-enabled {Internet} of {Things} ({IoT}) devices},
  author = {Agyemang, J. O. and Kponyo, J. J. and Klogo, G. S. and Boateng, Joshua Ofori},
  journal = {Elsevier Internet of Things},
  volume = {11},
  pages = {100200},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  issn = {2542-6605}
}