List of Theses

 

2020

Rawan Alkurd, Big Data-driven AI-based Wireless Network Personalization, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Ibrahim Abualhaol, September 2020. [thesis]

 

Irem Bor-Yaliniz, Using Mobility for Agility: Enhancing Wireless Networks with Aerial Access Nodes and User Involvement, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, May 2020. [thesis]

 

Elham Kalantari, Placement of Air and Ground Base Stations in Integrated Aerial and Terrestrial Cellular Networks, PhD thesis, University of Ottawa, Supervisors: Prof. Abbas Yongacoglu and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, January 2020. [thesis]

 

Monirosharieh Vameghestahbanati, Designing Multidimensional Constellations and Efficient Detection Schemes for SCMA Systems, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Ian Marsland, Prof. Ramy Gohary, and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, January 2020. [thesis]

2019

Mohamed Alzenad, Integrated Aerial and Terrestrial Wireless Access Architecture for Beyond-5G Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, May 2019. [thesis]

2018

Faraj Lagum, Stochastic Geometry-Based Tools for Spatial Modeling and Planning of Future Cellular Networks: Opportunistic Cell Switch-off and Strategic Deployment of Flying Base Stations, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Sebastian Szyszkowicz, November 2018. [thesis]

 

Zakaria El-Moutaouakkil, Spectrum-Efficient Cognitive MIMO Relaying: A Practical Design Perspective, PhD thesis, IMT Atlantique (France), Supervisors: Prof. Samir Saoudi (IMT Atlantique, France) and Dr. Kamel Tourki (Huawei France), October 2018.

 

Hossein Khoshnevis, Multilevel Polar Coded-modulation for Wireless Communication, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Ian Marsland and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, September 2018. [thesis]

 

Yaser Fouad, Number-Theoretic Sequence Design for Uncoordinated Resource Block Assignments in Relay-Assisted Machine-Type Communication Systems, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Ramy Gohary and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, June 2018. [thesis]

2017

Mehmet Cagri Ilter, SNR-Adaptive Constellation Design for Convolutional Codes, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, December 2017. [thesis]

 

Hamza Umit Sokun, Enhancing Energy and Spectral Efficiencies in Wireless Cellular Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Ramy Gohary, December 2017. [thesis]

 

Meisam Mirahsan, HetHetNets: Heterogeneous Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Traffic, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Sebastian Szyszkowicz, July 2017. [thesis]

2016

Tamer Beitelmal, The Cell Switch-Off Approach for Energy Efficient Cellular Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Sebastian Szyszkowicz, December 2016. [thesis]

 

Ziwen Zhao, Spatial Clustering in Slotted ALOHA Two-Hop Random Access for Machine Type Communications, MASc thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Sebastian Szyszkowicz and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu. [thesis]

 

Philip Reinhard Balogun, Multilevel Polar Codes for Grassmannian Signaling, MASc thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Ian Marsland, Prof. Ramy Gohary, and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu. [thesis]

 

Rozita Rashtchi, Joint Routing, Scheduling and Power Allocation in Generic Multihop Wireless Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Ramy Gohary, January 2016. [thesis]

2015

Kevin Wen Luo, Enhancing Rates in Relay Channels, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Ramy Gohary, September 2015. [thesis] [slides]

 

Inan Korkmaz, Fast Demand Control in Smart Grid Communications with User-in-the-Loop (UIL) Method, MASc thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, May 2015. [thesis]

2014

Alireza Sharifian, Utility-based Packet Scheduling and Resource Allocation Algorithms with Heterogeneous Traffic for Wireless OFDMA Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, September 2014. [thesis]

 

Ziyang Wang, Resource Management in Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Capacity Supply and Heterogeneous Traffic Demand (HetHetNets), MASc thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Marc St-Hilaire, September 2014. [thesis]

2013

Jing Dang, Distributed Multiple Access for the Uplink of Multi-Cell OFDMA Networks, MASc thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, September 2013. [thesis]

 

Akram Bin Sediq, Towards Efficient and Fair Radio Resource Allocation Schemes for Interference-Limited Cellular Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, August 2013. [thesis]

2012

Gencer Cili, Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission Aided Cell Switch Off Schemes for Energy Efficient Mobile Cellular Networks, MASc thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Richard Yu, September 2012. [thesis] [slides]

 

Furkan Alaca, Cell Switch-Off Strategies for Green Mobile Networks, August 2012. [thesis]

2011

Mahmudur Rahman, Dynamic Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in Cellular OFDMA Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2011. [thesis] [slides]

 

Talha Ahmad, Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission for Interference Mitigation in Cellular Distributed Antenna Systems, Master’s thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2011. [thesis] [slides]

 

Yaser Mohamed Mostafa Fouad, A Distributed Resource Block Assignment Scheme for Relay-Assisted Cellular Networks with Self-Organizing Terminal Relays, Master’s thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2011. [thesis][slides]

 

Arshdeep S. Kahlon, Outage in Large Wireless Networks with Spectrum Sharing under Rayleigh Fading, Master’s thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Shalini Periyalwar and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2011. [thesis] [slides]

 

Heba Eid, Inter-cell and Intra-cell Interference Coordination in Cellular Networks with Highly-Sectored Base Stations, Master’s thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, May 2011. [thesis] [slides]

 

Mohamed Adel Rashad Salem, Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Cellular Relay Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, January 2011. [thesis] [slides]

 

Sebastian Szyszkowicz, Interference from Large Wireless Networks under Correlated Shadowing, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, January 2011. [thesis] [slides]

2010

Houda Chafnaji, Advanced Hybrid-ARQ Receivers for Broadband MIMO Communications, PhD thesis, Telecom Bretagne (Brest, France), Supervisors: Prof. Samir Saoudi (Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France), Tarik Ait-Idir (INPT, Rabat, Morocco), and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton, Ottawa, Canada). [thesis] [slides]

 

Muhammad Aljuaid, Interference Characterization and Spectrum Sharing in Large Wireless Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2010. [thesis] [slides]

 

Saad Al-Ahmadi, Composite Fading Channel Modeling and Information Capacity of Distributed Antenna Architectures in Cellular Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, July 2010. [thesis]

 

Soumitra Dixit, A Distributed Framework with a Novel Pricing Model for Dynamic Spectrum Access to Secondary Users in Infrastructure based Wireless Networks, Master’s thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Shalini Periyalwar and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, January 2010. [thesis] [slides]

2009

2008

Furuzan Atay Onat, Cooperative Diversity Relaying Techniques in Wireless Communication Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, December 2008. [thesis]

 

Akram Salem Bin Sediq, Diversity Combining of Signals with Different Modulation Levels and Constellation Rearrangement in Cooperative Relay Networks, Master’s thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, September 2008. [thesis]  

2007

Feroz A. Bokhari, Adaptive Token Bank Fair Queuing Scheduling in the Downlink of 4G Wireless Networks, Master’s thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Dr. William Wong (CRC), December 2007. [thesis]

 

John Boyer, Cooperative Connectivity Model and Bounds for Wireless Relay Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, September 2007. [thesis]

 

Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz, Interference in Cellular Networks: A Sum of Lognormals Modeling, Master’s thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, January 2007. [thesis]

2006

Abdulkareem Bala Adinoyi, Multi-Antenna and Relaying Techniques in Wireless Communication Networks, PhD thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, May 2006. [thesis]

2005

Omer Mubarek, Dynamic Frequency Hopping in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Shalini Periyalwar, Carleton University, January 2005. [thesis]

 

Ahmet Hakan Bolukbasi, Feasibility of Providing Ubiquitous High Data Rate Coverage in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, Carleton University, January 2005. [thesis]

2004

Adrian Florea, On the Efficiency of Using Multiple Hops in Fixed Relay based Wireless Networks, Master's thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, December 2004. [thesis]

 

Mahmudur Rahman, Adaptive Modulation & Coding-Based Packet Scheduling with Inter-Base Station Coordination in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Networks, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Samy Mahmoud, Carleton University, May 2004. [thesis]

 

Shoaev Hares, Diversity and Adaptive Modulation & Coding Aware Routing in WLAN Multihop Networks with Centrally Scheduled Multiple Access, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Dr. Bassam Hashem (Saudi Telecom Company), Carleton University, January 2004. [thesis]

 

Donald Walsh, Two-Hop Relaying in CDMA Networks Using the Unlicensed Bands, Master's thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, January 2004. [thesis]

2003

Imran Abdul Bari Syed, Performance Improvements through the Mesh Architecture in TDMA based Broadband Fixed Cellular Networks, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. Mohamed H. Ahmed (Memorial University), Carleton University, December 2003. [thesis]

 

Huining Hu, Performance Analysis of Cellular Networks with Fixed Relays, Master's thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, September 2003. [thesis]

 

Ehab Armanious, Link Adaptation Techniques for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, Carleton University, January 2003. [thesis]

2002

Van Sreng, Capacity Enhancement through Two-Hop Relaying in Cellular Radio Systems, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, Carleton University, January 2002. [thesis]

2001

John Boyer, Multihop Wireless Communications Channels, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, Carleton University, July 2001. [thesis]

2000

Salem Salamah, Transmit Power Control in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Systems, Master's thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu and Prof. David D. Falconer, Carleton University, 2000. [thesis]

1998

Halim Yanikomeroglu, Multi-Antenna Systems and Interconnection Strategies for CDMA Wireless Access Networks, Ph.D. dissertation, Supervisor: Prof. Elvino S. Sousa, University of Toronto, 1998. [pdf]

1992

Halim Yanikomeroglu, CDMA Distributed Antenna System for Indoor Wireless Communications, Master's thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Elvino S. Sousa, University of Toronto, 1992.