6 papers
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…
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…
Cell Switching in HAPS-Aided Networking: How the Obscurity of Traffic Loads Affects the Decision
Berk ÃiloÄlu, 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…