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HAPS-RIS or HAPS-Relay: Which Outperforms Under Impairments with NOMA in 6G NTN?
Bilal Karaman, Faicel Khennoufa, Ilhan Basturk +4
This paper investigates the performance of high-altitude platform station (HAPS)-assisted communication systems employing either reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) or relay…
RSMA Enabled Hierarchical UAV Networks with Non Linear Energy Harvesting: Outage Probability Analysis and UAV Placement Optimization
Faicel Khennoufa, Khelil Abdellatif, Metin Ozturk +2
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to enhance connectivity, extend network coverage, and support advanced communication services in sixth-generation (6G) cellular network…
Two-Tier High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) for Exploring Wireless Energy Harvesting
Faicel Khennoufa, Khelil Abdellatif, Halim Yanikomeroglu +3
In sixth-generation (6G) cellular networks and beyond, aerial platforms, such as uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), are anticipated to play…
Two-Phase Cell Switching in 6G vHetNets: Sleeping-Cell Load Estimation and Renewable-Aware Switching Toward NES
Maryam Salamatmoghadasi, Metin Ozturk, Halim Yanikomeroglu
This paper proposes a two phase framework to improve the sustainability in vertical heterogeneous networks that integrate various types of base stations~(BSs), including terrestria…
Integrating Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks for Sustainable 6G Operations: A Latency-Aware Multi-Tier Cell-Switching Approach
Metin Ozturk, Maryam Salamatmoghadasi, Halim Yanikomeroglu
Sustainability is paramount in modern cellular networks, which face significant energy consumption challenges from rising mobile traffic and advancements in wireless technology. Ce…
On the Trade-Off Between Sum-Rate and Energy Efficiency through the Convergence of HAPS and Active RIS Technologies
Bilal Karaman, Ilhan Basturk, Ferdi Kara +3
This paper investigates the integration of active reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) relay with high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) to enhance non-terrestrial network (NT…
A Multi-layer Non-Terrestrial Networks Architecture for 6G and Beyond under Realistic Conditions and with Practical Limitations
Faical Khennoufa, Khelil Abdellatif, Halim Yanikomeroglu +4
In order to bolster the next generation of wireless networks, there has been a great deal of interest in non-terrestrial networks (NTN), including satellites, high altitude platfor…
Strategic Demand-Planning in Wireless Networks: Can Generative-AI Save Spectrum and Energy?
Berk Çiloğlu, Görkem Berkay Koç, Afsoon Alidadi Shamsabadi +2
Generative-AI (GenAI), a novel technology capable of producing various types of outputs, including text, images, and videos, offers significant potential for wireless communication…
Multi-Layer Network Formation through HAPS Base Station and Transmissive RIS-Equipped UAV
Faical Khennoufa, Khelil Abdellatif, Halim Yanikomeroglu +4
In order to bolster future wireless networks, there has been a great deal of interest in non-terrestrial networks, especially aerial platforms including high-altitude platform stat…
Cell Switching in HAPS-Aided Networking: How the Obscurity of Traffic Loads Affects the Decision
Berk Çiloğlu, Görkem Berkay Koç, Metin Ozturk +1
This study aims to introduce the cell load estimation problem of cell switching approaches in cellular networks specially-presented in a high-altitude platform station (HAPS)-assis…
Multi-Tier Non-Terrestrial Networking for Disaster Communications: A Layered Clustering Approach
Metin Ozturk, Berk Çiloğlu, Görkem Berkay Koç +1
It is crucial to deploy temporary non-terrestrial networks (NTN) in disaster situations where terrestrial networks are no longer operable. Deploying uncrewed aerial vehicle base st…
A Lightweight Machine Learning Approach for Delay-Aware Cell-Switching in 6G HAPS Networks
Görkem Berkay Koç, Berk Çiloğlu, Metin Ozturk +1
This study investigates the integration of a high altitude platform station (HAPS), a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node, into the cell-switching paradigm for energy saving. By doi…
Revenue Maximization through Cell Switching and Spectrum Leasing in 5G HetNets
Attai Ibrahim Abubakar, Cihat Ozturk, Metin Ozturk +5
One of the ways of achieving improved capacity in mobile cellular networks is via network densification. Even though densification increases the capacity of the network, it also le…
Energy Optimization in Ultra-Dense Radio Access Networks via Traffic-Aware Cell Switching
Metin Ozturk, Attai Ibrahim Abubakar, João Pedro Battistella Nadas +3
Ultra-dense deployments in 5G, the next generation of cellular networks, are an alternative to provide ultra-high throughput by bringing the users closer to the base stations. On t…
Context-Aware Wireless Connectivity and Processing Unit Optimization for IoT Networks
Metin Ozturk, Attai Ibrahim Abubakar, Rao Naveed Bin Rais +3
A novel approach is presented in this work for context-aware connectivity and processing optimization of Internet of things (IoT) networks. Different from the state-of-the-art appr…