Ali Mehrban

About Me

I am a telecom/network engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, optimizing, and deploying service-provider and enterprise networks. My current research focuses on B5G/6G, IIoT security, Zero-Trust O-RAN, blockchain-based supply-chain verification, and applied machine learning for cybersecurity.

Professional Experience

Telecom Network Consultant (2013–Present)

IP-Transmission & Backhaul planning (Microwave & Fiber); MP-BGP, MPLS/VPLS, DWDM, L2/L3VPN, Segment Routing (MPLS/IPv6); access transmission optimization at MTN; cross-functional leadership for deployments and upgrades with emphasis on reliability and QoS.

Education

MSc in Communications and Signal Processing — Newcastle University, UK (2010–2011)

Thesis: “LDPC Codes in Cooperative Communications”.

Publications

Published & Preprints

• A Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Layered Zero-Trust Security Framework for O-RAN
  A. Mehrban, Z. Abou El Houda, H. Moudoud, B. Brik, L. Khoukhi
  2025 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC)
  pp. 1564–1569, 2025 Published
  DOI
• Securing O-RAN Equipment Using Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Verification
  A. Mehrban, Z. Abou El Houda, H. Moudoud, B. Brik, L. Khoukhi
  2025 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC)
  pp. 1570–1575, 2025 Published
  DOI
• Ransomware Threat Mitigation Through Network Traffic Analysis and Machine Learning Techniques
  A. Mehrban, S. Karimi Geransayeh
  arXiv
  2401.15285 [cs.CR], 2024 Preprint
  arXiv
• Predicting Stock Market Trends Using Deep Learning: A Case Study of Pakistan Stock Exchange
  M. Balouch, F. Hamayat, H. F. Abbasi, M. Q. Javed, A. Mehrban, R. F. Ahmad
  IEEE ICOSST
  2024 Published
• Malware Detection in IoT Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques
  A. Mehrban, P. Ahadian
  International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN)
  Vol. 15, No. 6, Dec 2023 Published
• An Adaptive Network-Based Approach for Advanced Forecasting of Crypto Currency Values
  A. Mehrban, P. Ahadian
  International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology (IJCSIT)
  Vol. 15, No. 6, Dec 2023 Published
• Evaluating BERT and ParsBERT for Analyzing Persian Advertisement Data
  A. Mehrban, P. Ahadian
  International Journal on Natural Language Computing (IJNLC)
  Vol. 12, No. 2, Apr 2023 Published

Under Review

• ZTA-Driven Hierarchical Byzantine Consensus for Scalable O-RAN Supply Chain Security
  A. Mehrban, Z. Abou El Houda, H. Moudoud
  IEEE SmartAgri & SuSY
  2025 Under Review
• Integrating Zero Trust Architecture in ORAN: A Comprehensive Survey of Challenges and Future Directions
  A. Mehrban, Z. Abou El Houda, H. Moudoud, L. Bao Le
  IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society (OJCOMS)
  2025 Under Review
• Game-Theoretic Security Orchestration for Open RAN: A Mechanism Design Approach in the SMO
  A. Mehrban, Z. Abou El Houda, H. Moudoud, L. Khoukhi
  IEEE ICC
  2026 Under Review

Contact

a.mehrban@ieee.org

amehrb@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/ali-mehrban

github.com/AMHB

amhb.github.io