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One important way of obtaining the necessary regulatory permissions for Dynamic Spectrum Access ("DSA") technologies from domestic government agencies and the international spectrum management community is to demonstrate that there are... more
The use of directional antenna in wireless ad hoc networks largely reduces radio interference, thereby improving the utilization of wireless medium and consequently the network throughput, as compared to omnidirectional antenna, where... more
This paper is an experimental follow up to our earlier paper that investigated the TCP simultaneous-send problem which arises in infrastructure mode 802.11 wireless local area networks. In particular it was observed that for file transfer... more
Wireless network emulator testbeds have become increasingly important for realistic, at-scale experimental evaluation of new network architectures and protocols. Typically, wireless network performance measurements are made at multiple... more
Code division multiplexing (CDM)-based random access is used in many practical wireless systems. With CDM-based random access, a set of sequences is reserved for random access. A remote station transmits a random access packet using a... more
Smart Antenna Systems (SAS) are providing a strong increasing impact in digital wireless communication systems. Due to their great advantages regarding nodes power saving and coverage enhancing, SAS are largely employed on pervasive... more
Ankara : The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the Institute of Engineering and Sciences of Bilkent University, 2009.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2009.Includes bibliographical references leaves... more
Cognitive Radio is an emerging wireless technology that has grabbed the attention of researchers, academicians, and telecommunication industries worldwide. Recent survey reports show that unlicensed frequency bands have become overcrowded... more
Dynamic spectrum access using cognitive radios has been proposed as an approach to meet the increasing demand for radio spectrum. Under this novel access paradigm unlicensed cognitive radios are allowed to utilize the white spaces across... more
As real-time access and high-capacity requirements in wireless communication networks increase rapidly, solutions must balance the complex relationship between Spectral Efficiency (SE), and Energy Efficiency (EE) metrics. The proposed... more
As real-time access and high-capacity requirements in wireless communication networks increase rapidly, solutions must balance the complex relationship between Spectral Efficiency (SE), and Energy Efficiency (EE) metrics. The proposed... more
Abstract—Most communication systems use some form of feedback, often related to channel state information. The common models used in analyses either assume perfect channel state information at the receiver and/or noiseless state feedback... more
The rules governing the availability and quality of connections in a wireless network are described by physical models such as the signal-to-interference & noise ratio (SINR) model. For a collection of simultaneously transmitting stations... more
The 1 IEEE 802.15.3 is an emerging technology for high data rate wireless multimedia applications in Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN). In this paper, a discrete event simulation model has been implemented using OPNET 2 Modeler to... more
tial users. Even though users are able to access to the Internet through such connectivies anytime, the quality of services is not constant. This is mainly because an environment of the Internet, e.g. loads of intermediate routers, has... more
Abstract—Wireless mesh networks are quickly emerging as a solution for broadband wireless connectivity. The physical layer technology is making remarkable progress allowing higher bandwidth and longer distance coverage than before. While... more
As real-time access and high-capacity requirements in wireless communication networks increase rapidly, solutions must balance the complex relationship between Spectral Efficiency (SE), and Energy Efficiency (EE) metrics. The proposed... more
In a multi-hop virtual cellular network (VCN) proposed for high data rate mobile communications, the signal transmitted from a mobile terminal is received by the multiple wireless ports distributed in a virtual cell and relayed to the... more
Recently, we proposed a random transmit power control (TPC) to increase the uplink capacity of DS-CDMA wireless packet access using Rake combining. Furthermore, we evaluated the combined effect of random TPC and inter-path interference... more
Independent shadowing losses are often assumed for computing the frequency reuse distance of cellular mobile communication systems. However, shadowing losses may be partially correlated since the obstacles surrounding a mobile station... more
In the next mobile communication systems, high speed and high quality data transmission is demanded. In the high speed data transmission, throughput degrades seriously due to large inter-path interference (IPI). Recently, we proposed a... more
In virtual cellular network (VCN), proposed for high-speed packet mobile communications, the signal transmitted from a mobile terminal is received by wireless ports distributed in each virtual cell and relayed to the central port that... more
In mobile communication systems, high speed packet data services are demanded. In the high speed data transmission, throughput degrades severely due to severe inter-path interference (IPI). Recently, we proposed a random transmit power... more
Smart Antenna Systems (SAS) are providing a strong increasing impact in digital wireless communication systems. Due to their great advantages regarding nodes power saving and coverage enhancing, SAS are largely employed on pervasive... more
Transmit diversity techniques have received a lot of attention recently, and open-loop and closed-loop downlink transmit diversity modes for two transmit antennae have been included into universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) frequency... more
The increasing trend in wireless Internet access has been boosted by IEEE 802.11. However, the application scenarios are still limited by its short radio range. Stub Wireless Multi-hop Networks (WMNs) are a robust, flexible, and... more
The simulation presented in this paper provides an implementation of a full simulated transmit chain from packet encoding through base band modulation for the 802.11b wireless networking standard. This forward transmit chain is coupled... more
The success of wireless technologies could paradoxically leads to a collapse in their performance: the interference between adjacent networks and the attacks done by users from outside the expected coverage limits are two important... more
In this paper, we demonstrate the energy-efficient Point Coordination Function (PCF) operation of IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN (WLAN) via both transmit power control (TPC) and physical layer (PHY) rate adaptation. First, we derive the... more
Transmit power control (TPC) has been recognized as one of the effective ways to save energy in wireless devices. In this paper, we demonstrate the energy-efficient point coordination function (PCF) operation of IEEE 802.11a wireless... more
A wireless ad hoc network consists of a set of wireless devices. The wireless devices are capable of communicating with each other without the assistance of base stations. Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) is a new technology designed... more
Spatially distributed transmissions in coordinated multipoint (CoMP) systems can lead to mean channel power imbalance (CPI) at the receiver. Similar imbalance also occurs in distributed antenna and co-located multi-antenna systems due to... more
In this paper, a novel two-tier mechanism for the access control and resource allocation of a two-hop high data rate IEEE 802.15.5 network is proposed. One of the main contributions in this proposal is the use of a dynamic superframe size... more
The simulation presented in this paper provides an implementation of a full simulated transmit chain from packet encoding through base band modulation for the 802.11b wireless networking standard. This forward transmit chain is coupled... more
Transmit diversity techniques have received a lot of attention recently, and open-loop and closed-loop downlink transmit diversity modes for two transmit antennae have been included into universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) frequency... more
One of the promising areas where wireless sensor network (WSN) application would be essential is in precision farming, especially those involving high value crops. Understanding the behavior of the signal propagates in such environment... more
IEEE 802.15.3 is expected to play a significant role in the Internet of Things (IoT). It is developed for high-rate communication between low-power devices in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). The standard defines Medium Access... more
The 802.15.3 standard is a reference point for high data-rate Wireless Personal Area Networks, being able to support also multimedia applications with specific Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. In a 802.15.3 piconet, a single piconet... more
Internet of Things (IoT) has been seen playing a tremendous change in the Information Technology (IT) environments, and thus its importance has also been realized and played a vital role within Intelligent Home Networks (IHNs). This is... more
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Topology control by means of transmit power adjustment is a well-studied technique for improving the network capacity and energy efficiency of wireless ad hoc networks. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of connectivity and... more
To be compatible with the legacy 802.11, there are two major medium access control (MAC) behaviors, high throughput (HT) and non-high throughput (non-HT), in the 802.11n. In this paper, we analyze and compare the energy efficiencies of... more
Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs) is very important in the field of Intelligent Transportation system (ITS) for enhancing the safety of road. The communication between the vehicles will be covered under the VANETs. A lot of research... more