Category: Completed Theses

Thesis title: SWIM: A NEW MULTICAST ROUTING ALGORITHM FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS By:  ALPER S˙INAN AKYUREK ABSTRACT :   In this work, a new multicast routing algorithm for wireless networks is presented. The algorithm, called SWIM (Source-initiated WIreless Multicast), is a Read More …

Thesis title: OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS FOR EFFICIENT OPERATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS By:  OMUR OZEL ABSTRACT :   In this thesis, we analyze allocation of two separate resources in wireless networks: transmit power and buffer space. Controlled allocation of power Read More …

Thesis title: A LOW-COMPLEXITY, NEAR-OPTIMAL SCHEDULING POLICY FOR SOLVING A RESTLESS MULTI-ARMED BANDIT PROBLEM OCCURRING IN A SINGLE-HOP WIRELESS NETWORK By:  ÖMER MELIH GÜL ABSTRACT : Power resources and battery lifetime are important issues for wireless networks such as wireless Read More …

Thesis title: A STUDY ON CERTAIN THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS By:  MEHMET AKIF ANTEPL ABSTRACT :   The aim of the thesis is to investigate the design of ecient wireless networks through practical as well as theoretical Read More …

Thesis title: OPTIMIZATION OF FEEDBACK IN A MULTIUSER MISO COMMUNICATION DOWNLINK WITH ENERGY HARVESTING USERS By:  MAHDI SHAKIBA-HERFEH ABSTRACT :   We study the optimization of the number of bits allocated by energy harvesting users for sending feedback to a Read More …

Thesis title: OPTIMAL TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS ON SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO By:  GÖKSEL UÇTU ABSTRACT :   Recently, improving energy efficiency in the rapidly evolving technology field of wireless communications has Read More …

Thesis title: DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF A RATE ADAPTATION ALGORITHM FOR ENERGY HARVESTING TRANSMITTERS By:  CIHAN EMRE KEMENT ABSTRACT :   The need for energy efficient communication frameworks is growing. Energy harvesting communication constitutes an important part among such systems. This thesis Read More …

Thesis title: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HEED CLUSTERING PROTOCOL WITH SLEEP SCHEDULING IN TINYOS 2 ON A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK TESTBED By:  CANAY ÖZKAN ABSTRACT :   Energy ecient operation is often critical for wireless sensor networks (WSN), because network nodes operate Read More …

Thesis title: A NEW MULTICAST ROUTING ALGORITHM FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS By:   ALPER SINAN AKYUREK ABSTRACT :   In this work, a new multicast routing algorithm for wireless networks is presented. The algorithm,called SWIM (Source-initiated WIreless Multicast), is a depth-optimal multicast Read More …

Thesis title:    OPTIMIZATION OF ENERGY HARVESTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS By:   HAKAN ERKAL ABSTRACT :   In an energy harvesting communication system, energy is derived from outside sources and becomes partially available at dierent points in time. The constraints induced by this Read More …