Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 RESEARCH CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS (since 2003)

1. MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH During the last 6 years, I have worked on various aspects of wireless communications and networking; my research focus has been on radio access networks, multihop and relay networks, and cooperative communications. Here is the list of areas in which I have research interest:

• Radio access networks • Relay/multihop/mesh networks • Cooperative communications • Radio resource management • Distributed antenna systems, radio-over-fibre, micro/pico/femto-cells • Antenna architectures, macro/microdiversity, MIMO • Multiple access, OFDMA, MAC • Routing, scheduling • B4G, 4G, LTE-A, LTE, 802.16, WiMax, 802.11 • Sensor networks • Cognitive radio, spectrum, opportunistic spectrum access • Interference modeling • Network coding • Ultra-reliable communications • Intelligent transportation systems

Publications: During the last 6 years, I have made 27 refereed journal & 77 refereed conference papers, and 2 book chapter publications, as well as 4 patent filings (these are in addition to 15 non-refereed reports and white papers prepared for industry). In addition, 7 journal papers, and 1 book chapter submission that I co-authored are currently under review (Sec. 2). In the research fields I work, conference papers may carry substantial weight; all my conference papers were peer-reviewed based on full manuscript. Overwhelming majority of these conferences has acceptance rates below 50% (many of them around 35%). It is worth mentioning that I made these contributions despite the heavy administrative load I had during 2006-2008 (Sec. 4).

Most of my publications are in the areas of radio access networks, multihop and relay networks, and cooperative communications, spanning three layers:

a) Fundamental Dynamics: I co-authored one of the most cited overview papers in the field of multihop and relay networks: [J1] (Sec. 2.1); this paper was one of the ten most popular articles published in all IEEE Communication Society periodicals viewed online through IEEE Xplore in October 2004 (www.comsoc.org/livepubs/topten). [J1] received 482 citations in just 4.5 years (August 2009, Google Scholar); I expect that this paper will pass the 1,000 citation mark in the next three years, and the 2,000 citation mark in the long run. Also, I developed the first major tutorial in this field, "Infrastructure-based Wireless Multihop/Relay/Mesh Networks", which has been presented at various major international IEEE events (Sec. 2.7). In its every offering, this tutorial has been very well received; in all cases, it was the tutorial which attracted either the highest or one of the highest number of registrations. I have been one of the researchers who has given the highest number of tutorials in international IEEE events (a total of 17 tutorials during the last ten years).

b) Physical Layer: The end-to-end performance formulations in multihop links with and without diversity were presented for the first time in the literature in [J2]. This paper and its less general conference versions received 266 citations (August 2009, Google Scholar). [J2] is one of the most cited papers in the area of cooperative communications; I expect that this paper will also pass the

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 1,000 citation mark in the long run. It is worth mentioning that my former PhD student J. Boyer, who is the first author of [J2], received the Governor General Medal and the University Medal (the highest two recognitions at Carleton) for his outstanding doctoral thesis during the Fall 2007 convocation. J. Boyer’s exceptional PhD thesis and research achievements were also featured in the Ottawa Citizen (03 November 2007) as well as in campus newspapers.

c) Multiple Access Layer: One of the first Radio Resource Management (RRM) studies in multihop networks were reported in [C6] and in an earlier conference paper of the same co-authors. Although the RRM sub-field in multihop networks has advanced substantially in the last five years, [C6] and the earlier paper continue receiving citations (129 citations, August 2009, Google Scholar).

Research Group: I have an active research group with 2 PDFs + 10 PhD students + 4 MASc students + undergraduate students + visiting researchers; this is one of the largest (if not the largest) research groups at Carleton University. Two of my former PDFs became faculty members, one of my former PhD students became Senior Vice President of Engineering in a California-based international IT company (ActivIdentity). My other former graduate students are employed by the Canadian and international IT sector (such as RIM, Microsoft, Nortel, Soma, Aselsan, and start-ups) as well as by the Canadian Government. Several of my graduate students either received or were nominated for university level medals for their outstanding theses.

Collaborations: I have engaged in several research collaborations with industry and academia. • My research is currently funded by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT, Korea),

Huawei Technologies (China), Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), and Carleton University. My research group is the only academic partner of Huawei Technologies (China) in Canada. I applyied for an ORF-RE (Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence) grant in partnership with Huawei Technologies. This is a 5-year project with a total budget of $3,000,000. My research collaboration with Samsung (Korea) will be entering its 3rd year in Fall 2009. I have also received funding from Nortel Networks since 2000 until the company declared bankruptcy in January 2009. In the past, I have received substantial funding from CITR (Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research), CITO (Communications and Information Technology Ontario), and NCIT (National Capital Institute of Technology) as well.

• World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) was established in 2001 mainly by European research entities to coordinate the pre-standardization research efforts and develop a harmonized worldwide view towards the beyond 3rd generation wireless networks. I and two others colleagues at Carleton received an NSERC IOF (Int’l Opportunities Fund) grant to participate in WWRF; as a result, in 2002 Carleton became the first North American university to join WWRF. Since then I have actively participated in WWRF including by making several presentations at WWRF meetings and by contributing to a number of white papers; our involvement in WWRF resulted in international visibility for my research. A recent WWRF paper I wrote on broadband wireless connectivity ([C63]) is being translated to Portuguese to be published in RTI, a Brazilian monthly magazine on telecommunications.

• I, along with two other colleagues at Carleton, were involved in the trans-European integrated

project WINNER (Wireless World Initiative New Radio) funded by the European Union as a 6th framework program project. WINNER’s main goal was to contribute to the developments towards the next generation (often called 4G) wireless networks. This 4-year project (ended on 31 December 2007) was the largest of its kind in the world with 48 partners; Carleton was one of the three non-European partners (the only North American partner). Our funding has been from an NSERC Special Research Opportunities grant ($616,000 over 40 months) which has been one of the largest SRO grants awarded by NSERC. My involvement in the WINNER project has been on relay-based wireless network architectures and radio resource management; this involvement resulted in further international visibility for my research.

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• I established research collaborations with a high number academic research groups around the world as outlined in Sec. 3.1. In Fall 2008, I became an adjunct research professor at King Saud University’s (KSU) Advanced Technology Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); this position is supported by Saudi Telecom Company (STC). I have submitted two proposals to STC prepared jointly with KSU co-investigators (the competition results are expected to be announced in Summer 2009).

• I am in the process of establishing research ties with Turkcell, the largest wireless operator in

Turkey. Turkcell is setting up an R&D Centre in Istanbul and is already part of a number of European Union 7th framework program projects. I have started talks with Turkcell towards developing a research proposal. I am also trying to establish research ties with two universities in Qatar (Qatar University and Texas A & M University in Qatar) towards developing a research proposal to be submitted to the Qatar National Research Fund’s National Priorities Research Program.

Professional Service to the Research Community: I have served as the Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary, in IEEE’s highly influential Technical Committee on Personal Communications (TCPC) during 2001–2006 (Sec. 3.6). This committee organizes wireless symposia in the leading IEEE communications conferences, it also supports a high number of international and regional conferences, symposia, and workshops around the world. As such, during my 6-year tenure as an Executive Member of TCPC, I have contributed to the organization of over 50 events worldwide (in addition to 44 events that have served as a Technical Program Committee member since 2003 as outlined in Sec. 3). I have also been involved in the organization of world’s leading wireless conference, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC, in various capacities (Sec. 3.5), including being the Technical Program Co-Chair of IEEE WCNC 2004 held in Atlanta, USA, and the Technical Program Chair of IEEE WCNC 2008 held in Las Vegas during 31 March – 3 April 2008. Over 1200 papers were submitted to IEEE WCNC 2008; a total of 4,000 reviews have been arranged for these papers. I will also have the honor to serve as the General Co-Chair of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2010 which will be held in Ottawa during 6 – 9 September 2010; around 1,000 researchers, engineers, and scientists from around the world are expected to attend this major international event. Awards and Expert Recognition: My research towards wireless broadband connectivity has been featured in Globe & Mail (Canada’s largest national newspaper) with the headline “Hello? It’s the future calling” on 24 March 2009. This news item was quoted in a high number of technology websites and blogs around the world. The awards I received include the followings:

• Carleton University Research Achievement Award 2009

• Carleton University Students Choice Teaching Award 2001 I served on the Editorial Boards of a number of journals, including the world’s most authoritative journal in my area, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (I had to resign from this duty when I assumed a labor-intensive administrative duty in my Department as explained in Sec. 4). I have been invited as an External Examiner in PhD defences internationally, as a reviewer for promotion and tenure application dossiers in other universities, for funding agencies in other countries, for publishing companies, and for preparing start-up due diligence reports for the Business Development Bank of Canada.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 2. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS & PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS (since 2003) 2.1. Refereed Journal Articles – Published or Accepted (since 2003) [J27] Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and H. Vincent Poor, “Performance of selection relaying and cooperative diversity”, to appear in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (acceptance date: 15 August 2009). [J26] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Achievable Capacity in Hybrid DS-CDMA/OFDM Spectrum-Sharing”, to appear in IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing (acceptance date: 04 August 2009). [J25] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the approximation of the generalized-K distribution by a Gamma distribution for modeling composite fading channels”, to appear in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (acceptance date: 27 July 2009).

[J24] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Limit theorem on the sum of identically distributed equally and positively correlated joint lognormals”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications (acceptance date: 25 May 2009).

[J23] Akram Bin Sediq and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Performance analysis of soft-bit maximal ratio combining in cooperative relay networks”, to appear in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (acceptance date: 19 May 2009).

[J22] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, Young-Doo Kim, Eungsun Kim, and Yoon-Chae Cheong, “An overview of radio resource management in relay-enhanced OFDMA-based networks”, to appear in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (acceptance date: 14 May 2009).

[J21] Mohamed Hossam Ahmed and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Throughput fairness and efficiency of link adaptation techniques in wireless networks”, IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology) Communications, vol. 3, issue 7, pp. 1227-1238, July 2009.

[J20] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the impact of the primary network activity on the achievable capacity of spectrum sharing over fading channels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 2100-2111, April 2009.

[J19] Feroz A. Bokhari, Halim Yanikomeroglu, William K. Wong, and Mahmudur Rahman, “Cross-layer resource scheduling for multimedia traffic in the downlink of 4G wireless multicarrier networks”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Fairness in Radio Resource Management for Wireless Networks, vol. 2009, article ID 212783, 10 pages, 2009. doi: 10.1155/2009/212783.

[J18] Yijia Fan, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, John S. Thompson, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Vincent Poor, “A simple distributed antenna processing scheme for cooperative diversity”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 626-629, March 2009.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [J17] Mohammad Katoozian, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Utility-based adaptive radio resource allocation in OFDM wireless networks with traffic prioritization”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 66-71, January 2009.

[J16] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Impact of the secondary service transmit power constraint on the achievable capacity of spectrum sharing in Rayleigh fading environment”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 865-867, December 2008.

[J15] Furuzan Atay Onat, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and John S. Thompson, “Asymptotic BER analysis of threshold digital relaying schemes in cooperative wireless systems”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4938-4947, December 2008.

[J14] Furuzan Atay Onat, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, John S. Thompson, and Ian D. Marsland, “Threshold selection for SNR-based selective digital relaying in cooperative wireless networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 4226-4237, November 2008.

[J13] Mohamed Hossam Ahmed, Imran Syed, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the performance of TDMA-based multihop fixed cellular networks with respect to available frequency channels”, IET Communications, vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 1196-1204, October 2008, DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20070490.

[J12] Furuzan Atay Onat, Ivan Stojmenovic, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Generating random graphs for the simulation of wireless ad hoc, actuator, sensor, and internet networks”, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier), no. 4, pp. 597-615, October 2008, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2008.04.011.

[J11] Yijia Fan, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, John Thompson, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Antenna combining for multi-antenna multi-relay channels”, European Transactions on Telecommunications (Wiley InterScience), no. 6, vol. 18, pp. 617-626, October 2007, DOI: 10.1002/ett.1231. [J10] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Cooperative connectivity models for wireless relay networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 1992-2000, June 2007. [J9] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Cooperative relaying in multi-antenna fixed relay networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 533-544, Feb 2007. [J8] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Hybrid macro/microdiversity techniques in reverse-link wireless communication networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 3335-3338, Dec 2006. [J7] Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Mohamed H. Ahmed, and Samy Mahmoud, "Opportunistic non-orthogonal packet scheduling in fixed broadband wireless access networks", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2006, article ID 80493, 11 pages, 2006, DOI: 10.1155/WCN/2006/80493. [J6] Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Optimal downlink resource allocation for elastic traffic in cellular CDMA/TDMA networks", IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 278-280, April 2006.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [J5] Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samy Mahmoud, "Interference management using basestation coordination in broadband wireless access networks", Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Journal (Wiley InterScience), vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 95-103, February 2006. [J4] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Practical capacity calculation for time-hopping ultra-wide band multiple-access communications", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 601-603, July 2005. [J3] Mohamed H. Ahmed and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "SINR threshold lower bound for SINR-based call admission control in CDMA networks with imperfect power control", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 331-333, April 2005. [J2] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Multihop diversity in wireless relaying channels", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 52, no. 10, pp. 1820-1830, October 2004. [J1] Ralf Pabst, Bernhard Walke, David C. Schultz, Patrick Herhold, HalimYanikomeroglu, Sayandev Mukherjee, Harish Viswanathan, Matthias Lott, Wolfgang Zirwas, Mischa Dohler, Hamid Aghvami, David D. Falconer, and Gerhard Fettweis, "Relay-based deployment concepts for wireless & mobile broadband cellular radio", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 80-89, September 2004. 2.2 Refereed Journal Articles – Submitted

[JS7] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the approximation of the PDF of the sum of independent generalized-K RVs by another generalized-K RV”, submitted to IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology [submission: 11 July 2009; first review results: 02 August 2009].

[JS6] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Access strategies for spectrum sharing in fading environment”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing [submission: 29 September 2008; first review results: 02 June 2009; first revision: 07 June 2009].

[JS5] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Young-Doo Kim, “Fair radio resource allocation for ubiquitous coverage in downlink OFDMA-based cellular relay networks”, under review in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications [submission: 29 May 2009; first review results: not received].

[JS4] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, “Opportunities and challenges in OFDMA-based cellular relay networks: A radio resource management perspective”, under review in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology [submission: 03 April 2009; first review results: 21 July 2009].

[JS3] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Enhancing cell-edge performance: A downlink dynamic intercell avoidance scheme with inter-cell coordination”, under review in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications [submission date: 18 February 2009; first review results: 04 June 2009].

[JS2] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the beamforming optimality range in TIMO channels with common and individual input power constraints”, under review in IEEE Transaction on Communications [submission: 16 February 2009; first review results: 23 June 2009].

[JS1] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, and Young-Doo Kim, “Fairness-aware Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Cellular Fixed Relay

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 Networks”, under review in IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications [submission: 20 November 2008; first review results: 28 March 2009; first revision: 14 July 2009].

2.3 Refereed Book Chapters – Published or Accepted (since 2003) [B2] Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Multi-route and multi-user diversity in infrastructure-based multi-hop networks" in Cooperation in Wireless Networks: Principles and Applications, Ed.s: F.H.P. Fitzek and M.D. Katz, Springer, 2006. [B1] Keivan Navaie, Delfin Y. Montuno, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Yiqiang Q. Zhao, "Chapter 9: Optimal Downlink Resource Allocation for Cellular CDMA Networks" in Adaptation Techniques in Wireless Multimedia Networks, Ed.s: W. Li and Y. Xiao, Nova Science Publishers, 2006. 2.4 Refereed Book Chapters – Submitted [SB1] Petar Djukic, Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Jietao Zhang, “Advanced radio access networks for LTE and beyond”, in Evolved Cellular Network Planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE, Editors: Lingyang Song and Shen Jia, Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group [submission: 16 May 2009; first review results: not received]. 2.5 Refereed Conference Articles – Published or Accepted (since 2003) All the below conferences papers were peer-reviewed based on full manuscript. [C77] Sebastian Szyszkowicz and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Fitting the modified power-lognormal to the sum of independent lognormals distribution”, to appear in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2009), 30 November – 4 December 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

[C76] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the use of high-order moment matching to approximate the generalized-K distribution by a Gamma distribution”, to appear in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2009), 30 November – 4 December 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

[C75] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, and Young-Doo Kim, “A fair radio resource allocation scheme for ubiquitous high-data-rate coverage in OFDMA-based cellular relay networks”, to appear in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2009), 30 November – 4 December 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. [C74] Soumitra Dixit, Shalini Periyalwar, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “A distributed framework with a novel pricing model for enabling dynamic spectrum access for secondary users”, to appear in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2009-Fall), 20 – 23 September 2009, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

[C73] Akram Bin Sediq and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Performance analysis of SNR-based selection combining and BER-based selection combining of signals with different modulation levels in

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 cooperative communications’, to appear in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2009-Fall), 20 – 23 September 2009, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

[C72] Houda Chafnaji, Tarik Ait-Idir, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samir Saoudi, “Joint turbo equalization for relaying schemes over frequency-selective fading channels”, in Proc. of International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2009), 21–24 June 2009, Leipzig, Germany.

[C71] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, Young-Doo Kim, and Eungsun Kim, “Fairness-aware joint routing and scheduling in OFDMA-based multi-cellular fixed relay networks”, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2009), 14 – 18 June 2009, Dresden, Germany.

[C70] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the role of the input power constraint in the beamforming optimality range in TIMO channels”, in Proc. of Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT 2009), 13 – 15 May 2009, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[C69] Petar Djukic, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Jietao Zhang, “User-centric RRM and optimizable protocol design for beyond-4G RANs”, in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #22 (WWRF22), 5–7 May 2009, Paris, France.

[C68] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Diversity-multiplexing tradeoff bounds for wireless relay networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009), 5 – 8 April 2009, Budapest, Hungary.

[C67] Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and William Wong, “Interference avoidance with dynamic inter-cell coordination for downlink LTE systems”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009), 5 – 8 April 2009, Budapest, Hungary.

[C66] Saad Al-Ahmadi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the approximation of the generalized-K PDF by a Gamma PDF using the moment matching method”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009), 5 – 8 April 2009, Budapest, Hungary.

[C65] Furuzan Atay Onat, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and H. Vincent Poor, “Threshold based relay selection in cooperative wireless networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) 2008, 30 November – 4 December 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

[C64] Yijia Fan, Furuzan Atay Onat, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Vincent Poor, “Threshold based distributed detection that achieves full diversity in wireless sensor networks”, in Proc. of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2008, 26 – 29 October 2008, Pacific Grove, California, USA.

[C63] Halim Yanikomeroglu and Jietao Zhang, “Beyond-4G cellular networks: advanced radio access network (RAN) architectures, advanced radio resource management (RRM) techniques, and other enabling technologies”, in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #21 (WWRF21), 13 – 15 October 2008, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [C62] Akram Bin Sediq and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Diversity combining of signals with different modulation levels in cooperative relay networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [C61] Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Vincent Poor, “On the performance of selective relaying”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [C60] Feroz A. Bokhari, Halim Yanikomeroglu, William K. Wong, and Mahmudur Rahman, “Fairness assessment of the adaptive token bank fair queuing scheduling algorithm”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [C59] Muhammad Aljuaid and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the asymptotic analysis of average interference power generated by a wireless sensor network”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [C58] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Impact of the primary network activity on the maximum achievable capacity of DS-CDMA/OFDM spectrum sharing”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [C57] Stefan Valentin, Tobias Volkhausen, Furuzan Atay Onat, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Holger Karl, “Decoding-based channel estimation for selective cooperation diversity protocols”, in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Mobile, Indoor Radio Communications (PIMRC 2008), 15–18 September 2008, Cannes, France. [C56] Wenhao Zhu, J. Tatoian, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and James Wight, "Two-hop multi-antenna relay connecting different fading channels", in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) 2008, 5 – 12 July 2008, San Diego, California, USA. [C55] Mohammad Katoozian, K. Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Optimal utility-based resource allocation for OFDM networks with multiple types of traffic”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Spring), 11 – 14 May 2008, Singapore. [C54] Feroz A. Bokhari, William K. Wong, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Adaptive token bank fair queuing scheduling in the downlink of 4G wireless multicarrier networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Spring), 11 – 14 May 2008, Singapore. [C53] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Interference avoidance through dynamic downlink OFDMA subchannel allocation using intercell coordination”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Spring), 11 – 14 May 2008, Singapore. [C52] Mohammad G. Khoshkholgh, Keivan Navaie, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Adaptive multiple time-scale power allocation for spectrum sharing in DS-CDMA networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Cognitive Networks Workshop (CogNet 2008) in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), 19 – 23 May 2008, Beijing, China. [C51] Stefan Valentin, Tobias Volkhausen, Furuzan Atay Onat, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Holger Karl, “Enabling partial forwarding by decoding-based one and two-stage selective cooperation” in Proc.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 of IEEE Cognitive and Cooperative Wireless Networks Workshop (CoCoNET 2008) in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), 19 – 23 May 2008, Beijing, China. [C50] Akram Bin Sediq and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Diversity combining of signals with different modulation levels in cooperative relay networks”, in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #20 (WWRF20), 22–24 April 2008, Ottawa, Canada. [C49] Furuzan Atay Onat, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and John Thompson, “Asymptotic BER analysis of threshold digital relaying schemes in cooperative wireless systems”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2008), 31 March – 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [C48] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Analysis of interference from large clusters as modeled by the sum of many correlated lognormals”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2008), 31 March – 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [C47] Basak Can, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Furuzan Atay Onat, Elisabeth de Carvalho, and Hiroyuki Yomo, “Efficient cooperative diversity schemes and radio resource allocation for IEEE 802.16j”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2008), 31 March – 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [C46] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Multicell downlink OFDM subchannel allocations using dynamic intercell coordination”, in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2007), 26 – 30 November 2007, Washington, DC, USA. [C45] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the tail of the distribution of the sum of lognormals”, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), 24 – 28 June 2007, Glasgow, UK. [C44] Yijia Fan, John Thompson, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the diversity-multiplexing tradeoff for multi-antenna multi-relay channels”, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), 24 – 28 June 2007, Glasgow, UK. [C43] Furuzan A. Onat, Abdulakreem Adinoyi, Yijia Fan, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and John Thompson, “Optimum threshold for SNR-based selective digital relaying schemes in cooperative wireless networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2007), 11 – 15 March 2007, Hong Kong. [C42] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Diversity order bounds for wireless relay networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2007), 11 – 15 March 2007, Hong Kong. [C41] Furuzan Atay Onat, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Shalini Periyalwar, “Relay-assisted spatial multiplexing in wireless fixed relay networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2006), 27 November – 1 December 2006, San Francisco, California, USA. [C40] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “QoS provisioning in the absence of ARQ in cellular fixed relay networks through inter-cell coordination”, in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2006), 27 November – 1 December 2006, San Francisco, California, USA. [C39] Abdulkareem Adinoyi, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “On the performance of cooperative wireless fixed relays in asymmetric channels”, in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2006), 27 November – 1 December 2006, San Francisco, California, USA. 10

Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [C38] Mohamed H. Ahmed and Halim Yanikomeroglu, “Aggregate throughtput maximization with fairness constraints in cellular networks”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006–Fall), 25 – 28 September 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [C37] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Spectral efficiency and user diversity gains through cooperative fixed relays”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006–Fall), 25 – 28 September 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [C36] Keivan Navaie, Yanjian Liu, Muhammad Abaii, Aadrian Florea, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Rahim Tafazolli, “Routing mechanisms for multi-hop cellular communications in the WINNER air interface”, in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006–Fall), 25 – 28 September 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [C35] Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "An optimal downlink joint base-station assignment and packer schedulink algorithm for cellular CDMA networks", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), 11 – 15 June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. [C34] Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Induced multi-user diversity relaying for multi-hop mobile cellular networks", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006–Spring), 7 – 10 May 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

[C33] Furuzan Atay Onat, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Shalini Periyalwar, "Adaptive multi-stream relaying", in Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE 2006), 7 – 10 May 2006, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[C32] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Eman Fituri, and Shalini Periyalwar, "Analytical modeling of interference in cellular fixed relay networks", in Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE 2006), 7 – 10 May 2006, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[C31] Adrian Florea and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the scalability of relay based wireless networks", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2006), 3 – 6 April 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [C30] Abdulakreem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Multi-antenna aspects of wireless fixed relays", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2006), 3 – 6 April 2006, Nevada, USA. [C29] Yijia Fan, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, John Thompson, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Space diversity for multi-antenna multi-relay channels", in Proc. Of European Wireless Conference (EW 2006), 2 – 5 April 2006, Athens, Greece. [C28] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Practical cooperative communication schemes through wireless fixed relays', in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #15 (WWRF15), 8 – 9 December 2005, Paris, France. [C27] Adrian Florea and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the optimal number of hops in infrastructure-based fixed relay networks", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2005), St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [C26] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Cooperative connectivity models for wireless relaying networks", in Proc. of WICAT Workshop on Cooperative Communications, 21 October 2005, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [C25] Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Multi-user diversity in multi-hop cellular networks", in Proc. of Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT 2005), 5 – 8 June 2005, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [C24] Omer Mubarek, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Shalini Periyalwar, "Dynamic frequency hopping in cellular fixed relay networks", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2005–Spring), 30 May – 1 June 2005, Stockholm, Sweden. [C23] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the impact of system resource constraints on wireless relaying channels", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2005), 16 – 20 May 2005, Seoul, Korea. [C22] Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Mohamed Ahmed, and Samy Mahmoud, "Improving base station coordination based packet scheduling schemes in fixed broadband wireless access networks", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2005), 16 – 20 May 2005, Seoul, Korea. [C21] Abdulkareem Adinoyi and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the performance of hybrid macro/microdiversity in the reverse-link microcellular networks", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2005), 13 – 17 March 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [C20] Mohamed H. Ahmed and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "A lower bound on SIR threshold of call admission control in multiple-class CDMA systems with imperfect power-control", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2004), 29 November – 3 December 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA. [C19] Huining Hu, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David D. Falconer, and Shalini Periyalwar, "Range extension without capacity penalty in cellular networks with digital fixed relays", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2004), 29 November – 3 December 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA. [C18] John Boyer, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the aggregate signal to noise ratio of amplified relaying channels", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2004), 29 November – 3 December 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA.

[C17] Hakan Bolukbasi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, and Shalini Periyalwar, "Feasibility of providing high data coverage in cellular fixed relay networks", in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #12 (WWRF12), 3 – 4 November 2004, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[C16] Adrian Florea and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "On the efficiency of using multiple hops in relay based networks", in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #12 (WWRF12), 3 – 4 November 2004, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[C15] Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Sergey Loyka, "Hybrid macro- and generalized selection combining microdiversity in lognormal shadowed Rayleigh fading channels", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), 20 – 24 June 2004, Paris, France. [C14] Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Cellular multihop communications: infrastructure-based relay network architecture for 4G wireless systems", in Proc. of 22nd Queen's Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC 2004), 1 – 3 June 2004, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [C13] Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samy Mahmoud, "Fairness of link adaptation techniques in broadband wireless access networks", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2004–Spring), 17 – 19 May 2004, Milan, Italy.

[C12] Hakan Bolukbasi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David D. Falconer, and Shalini Periyalwar, "On the capacity of wireless mesh networks", in Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2004), 2 – 5 May 2004, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

[C11] Donald Walsh and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Reverse-link power allocation in two-hop multimedia CDMA networks", in Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2004 (CCECE 2004), 2 – 5 May 2004, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

[C10] Imran Syed, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samy Mahmoud, "Impact of multiple frequency channels usage on the performance of TDMA broadband fixed cellular multihop networks", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2004), 21 – 25 May 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

[C9] Shoaev Hares, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Bassam Hashem, "Diversity- and AMC (adaptive modulation and coding)-aware routing in TDMA peer-to-peer multihop networks", in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2003), 1 – 5 December 2003, San Francisco, California, USA.

[C8] Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samy Mahmoud, "Comparing the performance of inter-sector/intra-sector scheduling and ARQ for multimedia traffic in wireless access networks", in Proc. of IEEE Newfoundland Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (NECEC 2003), 12 November 2003, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

[C7] Huining Hu and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Performance Analysis of Cellular Radio Networks with Fixed Relays", in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #10 (WWRF10), 27 – 28 October 2003, New York, NY, USA.

[C6] Van Sreng, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David D. Falconer, "Relayer selection strategies in cellular networks with peer-to-peer relaying", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2003–Fall), 4 – 9 October 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA.

[C5] Shoaev Hares, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Bassam Hashem, "A relaying algorithm for multihop TDMA TDD networks using diversity", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2003–Fall), 4 – 9 October 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA.

[C4] Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Samy Mahmoud, "Fairness enhancement of link adaptation techniques in wireless access networks", in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2003–Fall), 4 – 9 October 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA.

[C3] Shoaev Hares, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Bassam Hashem, "Multi-hop relaying with diversity in peer-to-peer networks", in Proc. of World Wireless Research Forum Meeting #9 (WWRF9), 1 – 2 July 2003, Zurich, Switzerland.

[C2] Mohamed H. Ahmed, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David D. Falconer, and Samy Mahmoud, "Performance enhancement of joint adaptive modulation, coding and power control using cochannel-

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 interferer assistance and channel reallocation", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2003), 16 – 20 March 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

[C1] Ehab Armanious, David D. Falconer, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Adaptive modulation, adaptive coding, and power control for fixed cellular broadband wireless systems", in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2003), 16 – 20 March 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 2.6 Refereed Conference Articles – Submitted 2.7 Tutorials (since 1999)

• “The New Wireless Paradigm: Multihop Relay Networks and Cooperative Communications”,

Halim Yanikomeroglu.

[T17] IEEE 17th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU 2009), 09 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey.

[T16] IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008–Fall), 21 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

• “Infrastructure-based Wireless Multihop/Relay/Mesh Networks”, Halim Yanikomeroglu.

[T15] IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006–Fall), 25 September 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[T14] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), 11 June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.

[T13] IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2006), 05 April 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

[T12] IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2005), 02 December 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

[T11] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2005), 16 May 2005, Seoul, Korea.

[T10] IEEE Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2005), 14 March 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

[T9] IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2004), 29 November 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA.

• “Radio Resource Management (RRM) in Wireless Multimedia Networks”, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Bassam Hashem, and Mohamed H. Ahmed.

[T8] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), 24 June 2004, Paris, France.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [T7] IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2003), 1 December 2003, San Francisco, California, USA.

[T6] IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2002), 17 November 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

• “The Theory of Transmit Power Control and Its Implementation in 3rd Generation Wireless Systems”, Halim Yanikomeroglu and Bassam Hashem.

[T5] IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2001), 29 November 2001, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

[T4] IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2000), 24 September 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

[T3] International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA 2000), 5 September 2000, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

[T2] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2000), 22 June 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

[T1] IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 1999), 24 September 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

2.8 Patent Filings – Submitted (since 2003) [PS4] Method for Performing Fair Resource Allocation in OFDMA-based Relay Networks. Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, and Young-Doo Kim; filed by Samsung, Korea. Korea patent application no: P2009-0022132 (filing date: 16 March 2009), USA and international applications are under process.

[PS3] Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Schätzung von Kanalparametern – Method and Means for the Estimating of Channel Parameters. Stefan Valentin, Tobias Volkhausen, Furuzan Atay Onat, Holger Karl, and Halim Yanikomeroglu; filed by University of Paderborn, Germany. International patent application no: PCT/DE2009/000126 (filing date: 30 January 2009).

[PS2] Apparatus and Method for Allocating Subchannels and Controlling Interference in OFDMA Systems. Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, David Falconer, and Young-Doo Kim; filed by Samsung, Korea. Korea patent application no: P2008-0054726 (filing date: 11 June 2008), US patent application no: 12/341,933 (filing date: 22 December 2008), international patent application no: PCT/KR2009/002119 (filing date: 23 April 2009).

[PS1] Method and System for Capacity and Coverage Enhancement in Wireless Networks with Relays. Shalini Periyalwar, Omer Mubarek, and Halim Yanikomeroglu; filed by Nortel Networks, Canada. International patent application no: PCT/CA2005/001475 (filing date: 29 September 2005), publication no: WO/2006/034578 (publication date: 06 April 2006), United States patent application no.: 11/664,135 (filing date: 29 March 2007).

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 2.9 Patent Filings – Under Preparation [PP1] Method and Techniques for Performing Distributed Resource Allocation in OFDMA-based Networks Enhaned with Fixed and Nomadic Relays. Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Young-Doo Kim; Innovation Disclosure submitted to Samsung, Korea, 25 June 2009. [PP2] Method for Constellation Rearrangement (CoRe) in Wireless Relay Networks and in Hybrid-ARQ Systems. Akram Bin Sediq, Petar Djukic, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Tony (Jietao) Zhang; to be filed by Huawei, China, in Fall 2009. [PP3] Apparatus and System for Cut-through Switching for OFDMA-based Relay Networks. Petar Djukic, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Tony (Jietao) Zhang; to be filed by Huawei, China, in Fall 2009. [PP4] Method for Subcarrier Coupling in Amplify-and-Forward and Decode-and-Forward Relaying Schemes. Alireza Sharifian, Petar Djukic, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Tony (Jietao) Zhang; to be filed by Huawei, China, in Fall 2009. 2.10 Non-Refereed Reports to Industry and White Papers (since 2003) [R15] Heba Eid, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Mahmudur Rahman, LTE System and Baseline Performance Parameters, Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada Project, Year-2/Deliverable-2, 21 pages, 30 June 2009. [R14] Heba Eid, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Mahmudur Rahman, Interference Mitigation Techniques in 4G Networks, Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada Project, Year-2/Deliverable-1, 39 pages, 31 May 2009. [R13] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, LTE System and Simulation Parameters and Key Performance Indicators for Downlink Inter-cell Interference Avoidance Study, Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada Project, Year-1/Deliverable-2, 28 pages, 15 June 2008. [R12] Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu, Downlink Interference Avoidance in OFDMA Systems: A Literature Survey, Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada Project, Year-1/Deliverable-1, 30 pages, 15 May 2008. [R11] Petar Djukic, Akram Bin Sediq, Alireza Sharifian, and Halim Yanikomeroglu, Optimization Problems and Algorithms for Relay Networks, Huawei-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-3, 49 pages, 30 April 2009. [R10] Petar Djukic and Halim Yanikomeroglu, Advanced Radio Access Networks and Advanced Radio Resource Management for Beyond-4G Wireless Networks, Huawei-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-2, 43 pages, 30 April 2009. [R9] Petar Djukic, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and Mahmudur Rahman, Advanced Radio Access Networks for 4G and Beyond, Huawei-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-1, 56 pages, 31 January 2009. [R8] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, Distributed Radio Resource Management Schemes with Power Control in OFDMA-based Cellular Networks Enhanced with Fixed and Nomadic Relays, Samsung-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-2/Deliverable-2, 34 pages, 15 April 2009.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [R7] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, Distributed Radio Resource Management Schemes for OFDMA-based Multicellular Networks Enhanced with Fixed and Nomadic Relays – Part II, Samsung-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-2/Deliverable-1, 59 pages, 15 January 2009. [R6] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, Distributed Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Multi-cellular Networks Enhanced with Fixed and Nomadic Relays – Part I, Samsung-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-3, 32 pages, 15 September 2008. [R5] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, Radio Resource Management through Joint Routing and Fair Scheduling and Multi-cell Coordination in OFDMA Fixed Relay Networks, Samsung-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-2, 50 pages, 15 March 2008. [R4] Mohamed Salem, Abdulkareem Adinoyi, Mahmudur Rahman, Halim Yanikomeroglu, and David Falconer, Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Fixed Relay Networks: Literature Review, Samsung-Carleton Strategic Collaborative Research Project, Year-1/Deliverable-1, 49 pages, 15 December 2007.

[R3] David D. Falconer and Halim Yanikomeroglu, "Beyond 3G: A Report to Bell Canada", prepared for Bell Canada, Toronto, February 2004.

[R2] “WWRF WG4 - White Paper: Relay-Based Deployment Concepts for Wireless and Mobile Broadband Cellular Radio”, prepared by contributions from thirteen researchers including Halim Yanikomeroglu, Joint Workshop IEEE - WWRF, October 2003, New York, USA.

[R1] “Relay-Based Deployment Concepts White Paper”, prepared by nine researchers including Halim Yanikomeroglu, World Wireless Research Forum meeting no. 9 (WWRF9), July 2003, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009

3. OTHER EVIDENCE OF IMPACT AND CONTRIBUTIONS (since 2003) 3.1 Researcher Collaborations (since 2003) • Samsung, SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), Korea • Huawei, China

• Wireless Technology Labs, Nortel Networks

• Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)

• King Saud University, Advanced Technology Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Prof. Saleh

Alshebeili and Prof. Youssouf Ould Cheikh Mouhamedou)

• Princeton University, USA (Prof. Vincent Poor)

• University of Edinburgh, UK (Prof. John Thompson)

• Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (Prof. Mohamed Hossam Ahmed)

• Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran (Prof. Keivan Navaie)

• Yonsei University, Korea (Prof. Seong-Lyun Kim)

• University of Paderborn, Germany (Prof. Holger Karl)

• INPT, Morocco (Prof. Tarik Ait-Idir)

• Telecom-Bretagne, France (Prof. Samir Saoudi)

• University of L’Aquila, Italy (Prof. Fabio Graziosi, Prof. Fortunate Santucci)

• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Mines, Saudi Arabia (Prof. Mohamed Adnan Al-Andalousi)

• Aalborg University, Denmark (Prof. Hiroyuki Yomo and Elisabeth De Carvalho) 3.2 Graduate Thesis Defence Committees (since 2003) 3.2.1 External Examiner in PhD Defences

• Timus Bogdan, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, 12 June 2009

Supervisor: Prof. Jens Zander

• Ayman Radwan, Queen’s University, 19 January 2009 Supervisor: Prof. Hossam Hassanein

• Elzbieta Beres, University of Toronto, 10 December 2008 Supervisor: Prof. Ravi Adve

• Syed Hussain Ali, University of British Columbia, 20 October 2008

Supervisor: Prof. Victor Leung • Salama Said Ikki, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 13 August 2008

Supervisor: Prof. Mohamed H. Ahmed • Sam Vakil, University of Toronto, 28 June 2008

Supervisor: Prof. Ben Liang

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 • Petar Djukic, University of Toronto, 22 November 2007

Supervisor Prof. Shahrokh Valaee • Jun Xu, University of Waterloo, 28 September 2006

Supervisor: Prof. Sherman Shen, • Ingmar Hammerstroem, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 21 August 2006

Supervisor: Prof. Armin Wittneben 3.2.2 Committee Member in PhD Defences • External Examiner, 9 PhD defences (listed above) • Chair, 10 PhD defences at Carleton (representing the Dean of Graduate Studies & Research) • Committee Member, 11 PhD defences at Carleton • Committee Member, 4 PhD defences at School of Information Technology & Engineering (SITE),

University of Ottawa 3.2.3 Committee Member in MASc Defences • Committee Member, very many MASc defences at Carleton • Committee Member, many MASc defences, School of Information Technology & Eng, uOttawa 3.3 Invited Talks (since 2003) • Distinguished Speaker, 17th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2010), 4 – 7

April 2010, Doha, Qatar • “Radio Access Network (RAN) Architectures and Radio Resource Management Techniques for

Beyond-4G Wireless Networks” Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, 12 June 2009 • "Broadband Wireless Connectivity: Right of Every Citizen" Industry Canada, Spectrum Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, 06 May 2009

• "Mesh Based Radio Access Network Architectures for Beyond-4G Wireless Networks" RIM (Research In Motion), Kitchener/Waterloo, Canada, 21 November 2008

• “Wireless Research” Industry Canada, 23 October 2008 • “Essential Components of Next-G Wireless: Advanced Radio Access Network and Advanced Radio

Resource Management with Cross-Layer and Across Network Design” World Wireless Research Forum, Meeting #20, Cross-Layer Design Panel, Ottawa, 22 April 2008

• "An Overview of Radio Resource Management Techniques" 19

Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 Communications Research Centre of Canada (CRC), Ottawa, 27 March 2008 • "Wireless Multihop, Relay, Mesh Networks and Cooperative Communications: Fundamental

Dynamics and Some Emerging Lines of Research" Yonsei University – Invited Seminar, Seoul, Korea, 29 August 2007 • "Cooperative Strategies for Future Wireless Communication Systems: A Critical View" IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2006 – Executive Panel, Istanbul, Turkey, 13 June 2006 • "Nortel Networks - Carleton University Collaboration on Multihop/Relay/Mesh Networks" Nortel Networks - Wireless Forum XV, 09 November 2006 • "Nortel Networks - Carleton University Collaboration on Multihop/Relay/Mesh Networks" Nortel Networks - Wireless Forum XIV, 09 September 2005 • "Infrastructure-Based Wireless Relay, Mesh, Multihop Networks" Samsung Seminar: Enabling Technologies for 4G, Samsung Electronics, IT Center, Suwon, Korea, 16 May 2005 • "Infrastructure-Based Relay/Mesh/Multihop Networks" Wireless Industry Congress (WIC'04), Ottawa, 18-19 October 2004 • "Cellular Multihop Communications: Infrastructure-Based Relay Network Architecture for 4G

Wireless Systems" Invited talk, Queen's University 22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC'04), Kingston, Ontario, 01 June 2004 • "Multihop Communications in 4G Cellular Networks" Nortel Networks - Wireless Forum XII, Ottawa, Canada, 06 November 2003 • "Cellular Multihop Networks: Infrastructure-Based Relay Network Architecture for 4G Systems" Ottawa IEEE Communications Society Wireless Seminar Series – Ottawa Wireless Research Alliance (OWRA) Research Day, Ottawa, 29 October 2003 • "Cellular Multihop Communications" Wireless Industry Congress (WIC'03), Ottawa, 22 September 2003 • "Multihop-Augmented Cellular Networks with Digital Fixed Relayers" IEEE Turkey Section Signal Processing Society Seminar, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 16 June 2003 20

Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 3.4 Conference Chairing and Executive Committees (since 2003) • General Co-Chair: IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2010-Fall), September 2010,

Ottawa, Canada

• Technical Program Chair: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2008), 31 March – 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

• Technical Program Co-Chair: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

(WCNC 2004), 21 – 25 March 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA • Executive Committee:

o IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2006), 3-6 April 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

o IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2003), 16 – 20 March

2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA • Steering Committee:

o IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) [2006 – ]

o IEEE Mobile WiMAX Symposium [2007 – ]

• International Technical Advisory Committee: 4th IEEE GCC Industrial Electrical and

Electronics Conference (IEEE GCC'07), 11-14 November 2007, Manama, Bahrain. 3.5 Conference Technical Program Committees (since 2003)

• IEEE ICC 2010 – Wireless Communications Symposium (ICC’10 WCS), 23 – 27 May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC'10), 18 – 21 April 2010, Sydney, Australia

• International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) 2010, 4 – 7 April 2010, Doha, Qatar

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 - Wireless Networking Symposium (Globecom'09-WNS), 30 November – 4 December 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

• First Asian Himalayas International Conference on Internet (AH-ICI2009), 3 – 5 November 2009, Kathmundu, Nepal

• Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium (PIMRC’09), 13 – 16 September 2009, Tokyo, Japan

• International Symposium on Emerging Ubiquitous and Pervasive Systems (EUPS-09), 19 – 21 August 2009, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

• International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC’09), 21 – 24 June 2009, Leipzig, Germany

• IEEE Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT’09), 13 – 15 May 2009, Ottawa, Canada

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 • IEEE Canadian Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE’09) –

Communications and Networking Symposium, 3 – 6 May 2009, St. John’s, Newfoundland

• International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN'09), 28 – 30 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt.

• Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS'09), 22 – 24 April 2009, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA

• 5th IEEE GCC Conference (IEEE GCC'09), 17 – 19 March 2009, Kuwait City, Kuwait

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2008 – Fall, 21 – 24 September 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• International Symposium on Computer Networks (ISCN’08), June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

• International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN'08)

• Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS'08), 24 – 26 April 2008, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC'08), 30 March – 3 April 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2007 - Wireless Communications Symposium (Globecom'07-WCS), 26 – 30 November 2007, Washington, DC, USA

• International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'07), 12-16 August 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

• International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN'07), 2-4 July 2007, Singapore.

• Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS'07), 26 – 28 April 2007, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA

• IEEE Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC'07), 11-15 March 2007, Hong Kong.

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 - Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium (Globecom'06-WCNS), 27 November - 1 December 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA

• International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'06), 3-6 July 2006, Vancouver, Canada

• 7th International Symposium on Computer Networks (ISCN’06), 16-18 June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey

• IEEE ICC 2006 - Wireless Communications Symposium (ICC'06), 11-15 June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey

• 15th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, 4-8 June, Myconos, Greece

• 23rd Queen's Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC'06), 29 May – 1 June 2006, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

• 1st International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (InterSense'06), 29 – 31 May 2006, Nice, France

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 • Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS'06), 27 – 29 April 2006, California State

Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA

• 3rd International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN'06), 15 – 17 February 2006, Bangalore, India

• 3rd IEEE GCC Industrial Electrical and Electronics Conference (IEEE GCC'06), 23 – 25 January 2006, Bahrain

• International Symposium on Wireless Systems and Networks (ISWSN'05), September 2005, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

• 1st International Workshop on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (V2VCOM'05), 21 July 2005, San Diego, USA (colocated with MobiQuitous'05)

• 4th Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (ASWN'05), 29 June - 1 July 2005, Paris, France

• IEEE ICC 2005 Wireless Communications Symposium (ICC'05-WCS), 16-20 May 2005, Seoul, Korea

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC'05), 13-17 March 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

• 2nd International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN'05), 6-8 March 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2004 Wireless Communications, Networks, and Systems Symposium (Globecom'04-WCNSS), 29 November - 3 December 2004, Dallas, Texas, USA

• 4th Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (ASWN'04), 9-11 August 2004, Boston, USA

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2003 Wireless Communications Symposium (Globecom'03-WCS), 1-5 December 2003, San Francisco, CA, USA

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall 2003 (IEEE VTC'F03), 4-9 October 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA

• International Symposium on Wireless Systems and Networks (ISWSN'03), North America Coordinator, 24-26 March 2003, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

3.6 Professional Service I have been an Officer of the IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (renamed recently: IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee) during 2001–2006; I served first as the Secretary, then as the Vice-Chair, and finally as the Chair. During my tenure, TCPC became the largest and the most influential TC (with 650+ members) in IEEE Communications Society. TCPC technically endorses about 15-20 regional and international conferences every year. TCPC also organizes the wireless related symposia in ICCs (International Conference on Communications) and Globecoms (Global Communications Conference) which have been the largest symposia in these conferences in the last many years. As a result, I have been involved directly or indirectly in the organization of a very high number of conferences worldwide during my six-year tenure in TCPC.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 The mission of the committee TCPC is to sponsor publications, conferences, technical sessions, workshops, and other information exchanges on architectures, applications, systems, terminals and technologies to provide personal, location-independent communication and computing in voice, data and visual media. Its areas of interest include techniques for achieving portability, ubiquity and transparency using wireless networks ranging from microcellular to satellite, and wired networks ranging from narrow to broadband.

• Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (TCPC), January 2005 – December 2006.

• Vice-Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications, January 2003 – December 2004.

• Secretary, IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications, January 2001 – December 2002.

• Chair, IEEE 2008 Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award Selection Committee, 2007 – 2008.

• Member, IEEE Communications Society Technical Activities Council, January 2005 – December 2006.

3.7 Journal Editorship • Associate Editor: IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (2002 – 2005). [Resigned in

2005 due to an administrative assignment at Carleton University, refer to Sec. 4] • Associate Editor: IEEE Communications Survey & Tutorials (2002 – 2003). • Guest Editor: Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Journal (Wiley InterScience),

Special Issue on "Radio Resource Management for Wireless Internet", November 2003. 3.8 External Reviewer (since 2003) • Tenure and Promotion

o Promotion application dossier assessment of a faculty member (A) at the College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, UAE, December 2008.

o Promotion application dossier assessment of a faculty member (B) at the College of

Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, UAE, December 2008. o Promotion application dossier assessment of a faculty member at the Department of

Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, January 2008.

o Tenure application dossier assessment of a faculty member at the Department of Electrical

Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA, November 2007.

o Tenure application dossier assessment of a faculty member at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada, August 2006.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 o Promotion application dossier assessment of a faculty member at the Department of

Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA, October 2005. • International Grants and Assessments

o Hong Kong Research Council (4 proposals)

o American University of Beirut (Lebanon), University Research Board (1 proposal)

o King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia), Wireless Research Group proposal

o King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia), Deanship of Scientific

Research (4 proposals) • Canadian Grants

o CITO (Communications and Information Technology Ontario)

Research Partnership Program (RPP)

o NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada)

Discovery Grants Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Strategic Grants

• Very many international journals and conferences.

• Start-up technology due-diligence report for Business Development Bank of Canada.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 4. DELAY

During 01 January 2006 – 30 June 2008, I have served as the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in my Department (Systems & Computer Engineering) which is by far the largest (300+ graduate students) and the most diverse (7 graduate programs) department at Carleton University. I was responsible for everything related to graduate studies and graduate students. This was a very labor intensive administrative job; in any case, I tried my best to retain my research activities.

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 5. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL 5.1 Current Research Team 5.1.1 Postdoctoral Fellows [PDF1] Dr. Abdulkareem Adinoyi – Senior Research Associate [September 2007 – ] Salary: $54,000/year [PDF2] Dr. Petar Djukic – Senior Research Associate [November 2008 – ] Salary: $54,000/year 5.1.2 PhD Students [PhD1] Mahmudur Rahman [04 – ] Inter-cell Interference Coordination in OFDMA Cellular Networks [PhD2] Saad El-Ahmadi [05 – ] Modeling of Composite Large-Scale and Small-Scale Fading Phenomena [PhD3] Muhammad Al-Juaid [05 – ] Interference Characterization for Spectrum Sharing in Wireless Sensor Networks [PhD4] Jason Lee [06 – ] (part-time) Practical Radio Resource Management Algorithms for Advanced Radio Access Network Architectures [PhD5] Mohamed Rashad Salem [06 – ] (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Cellular Relay Networks • OGSST award holder (2009-2010) [PhD6] Kevin Luo [07 – ] (part-time) Game Theoretic Approaches in Wireless Networks • OGSST award holder (2009-2010) [PhD7] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz [07 – ] Modeling Fading and Interference in Wireless Networks • NSERC PGS-D award holder (2008-09, 2007-08) • OGSST award holder (2009-2010) [PhD8] Houda Chafnaji [07 – ] (co-supervisors: Prof. Samir Saoudi (ENST Bretgane, France) and Prof. Tarik Ait-Idir (INPT, Rabat, Morocco); student is registered at ENST) Advanced Turbo Receiver Structures for MIMO [PhD9] Akram Salem Bin Sediq [08 – ] Constellation Rearrangement (CoRe) in Wireless Relay Networks and in Hybrid-ARQ Systems • OGS award holder (2009-10, 2008-09, 2007-08) [PhD10] Alireza Sharifian [08 – ]

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 Sub-carrier Coupling in Amplify-and-Forward and Decode-And-Forward Relay Networks 5.1.3 MASc Students [MASc1] Soumitra Dixit [07 – ] (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini Periyalwar) A Distributed Framework with a Cost Structure for Enabling Dynamic Spectrum Access for Secondary Users [MASc2] Heba Eid [08 – ] Interference Mitigation in LTE-Advanced Networks • OGS (2009-2010) • OGSST (2008-2009) award holder [MASc3] Wenwei Chen [08 – ] (part-time) Topic TBD [MASc4] Talha Ahmed [09 – ] Coordinated Multipoint Transmission and Reception (CoMP) with Precoding in Cellular Networks • OGS award holder (2009-2010) 5.2 Graduates (2003 – 2009) 5.2.1 PhD Level [PhD3G] Furuzan Atay Onat, December 2008 Cooperative Diversity Relaying Techniques in Wireless Communication Networks • Carleton University’s nomination for 2009 Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Distinguished

Dissertation • Senate Medal nomination • OGSST award holder Current Position: Aselsan Military Electronics Industry, Ankara, Turkey [PhD2G] John Boyer, September 2007 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) Cooperative Connectivity Models and Bounds for Wireless Relay Networks • Governor General's Medal (Carleton University's most prestigious medal) recipient • University Medal – Doctoral (Carleton University's second most prestigious medal, one medal in the

entire university) recipient • NSERC PGS-D award holder Current Position: Senior Vice President – Engineering, ActivIdentity, California, USA

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [PhD1G] Abdulkareem B. Adinoyi, May 2006 Multi-Antenna and Relaying Techniques in Wireless Communication Networks Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Carleton University (supervisor: Halim Yanikomeroglu) 5.2.2 MASc Level (Completed with Thesis) [MASc12G] Akram S. Bin Sediq, September 2008 Diversity Combining of Signals with Different Modulation Levels and Constellation Rearrangement in Cooperative Relay Network • Carleton University Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement recipient • OGS award holder Current Position: PhD student, Carleton University (supervisor: Halim Yanikomeroglu) [MASc11G] Feroz Bokhari, December 2007 (co-supervisor: Dr. William Wong, Communications Research Centre Canada) Adaptive Token Bank Fair Queuing Scheduling in the Downlink of 4G Wireless Networks Current Employer: Research In Motion (RIM), Ottawa [MASc10G] Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz, January 2007 Interference in Cellular Networks: A Sum of Lognormals Modeling • NSERC PGS-M award holder (2005-06, 2006-07) Current Employer: PhD student, Carleton University (supervisor: Halim Yanikomeroglu) [MASc9G] Omer Mubarek, January 2005 (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini Periyalwar, Nortel Networks) Dynamic Frequency Hopping in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks Current Employer: Research In Motion (RIM), Ottawa [MASc8G] Hakan Bolukbasi, January 2005 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) Feasibility of Providing Ubiquitous High Data Rate Coverage in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks Current Employer: Aselsan Military Electronics Industry, Ankara, Turkey [MASc7G] Adrian Florea, December 2004 On the Efficiency of Using Multiple Hops in Fixed Relay based Wireless Networks Current Employer: Industry Canada, Spectrum Management Division [MASc6G] Mahmudur Rahman, May 2004 (co-supervisor: Prof. Samy Mahmoud) Adaptive Modulation & Coding-Based Packet Scheduling with Inter-Base Station Coordination in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Networks Current Employer: PhD student, Carleton University (supervisor: Halim Yanikomeroglu)

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Research Contributions Halim Yanikomeroglu – 16 August 2009 [MASc5G] Shoaev Hares, January 2004 (co-supervisor: Dr. B. Hashem) Diversity and Adaptive Modulation & Coding Aware Routing in WLAN Multihop Networks with Centrally Scheduled Multiple Access Current Employer: Microsoft, USA [MASc4G] Donald Walsh, January 2004 Two-Hop Relaying in CDMA Networks Using the Unlicensed Bands Current Employer: Cosmic Frontier Software Engineering and Development, Mississauga [MASc3G] Imran Abdul Bari Syed, December 2003 (co-supervisor: Dr. Mohamed H. Ahmed) Performance Improvements through the Mesh Architecture in TDMA based Broadband Fixed Cellular Networks Current Employer: NCR Canada, Waterloo [MASc2G] Huining Hu, September 2003 Performance Analysis of Cellular Networks with Digital Fixed Relays [MASc1G] Ehab Armanious, January 2003 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) Link Adaptation Techniques for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems Current Employer: Attain Group – Independent Telecommunications Consultants, Ottawa 5.3 Visiting Researchers (Unpaid) • Dr. Rainer Schoenen – Visiting Researcher [Winter 2010] RWTH Aachen University, Communication Networks, Aachen, Germany Supervisor: Professor Bernhard Walke

• Houda Chafnaji – Visiting PhD Student [August 2008, July 2009] Telecom Bretagne, France, and INPT, Morocco Supervisors: Professors Tarik Ait-Idir (INPT) and Samir Saoudi (Telecom-Bretagne) • Stefan Valentin – Visiting PhD Student [October 2008] University of Paderborn, Germany Supervisor: Professor Holger Karl

• Jung-Min Park – Visiting PhD Student [February 2008] Radio Resource Management and Optimization Lab, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Supervisor: Professor Seong-Lyun Kim

• Basak Can – Visiting PhD Student [January – May, November 2007] Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

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Supervisors: Professors Hiroyuki Yomo and Elisabeth De Carvalho • Prof. John Thompson – Visiting Professor [July – October 2006] University of Edinburgh, UK • Dr. Eman Fituri – Senior Research Associate [February – June 2006]

• Yijia Fan – Visiting PhD Student [Summer 2005, Fall 2006] University of Edinburgh, UK Supervisor: Prof. John Thompson Current Position: PDF, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University 5.4 PDFs and Researchers (Paid)

• Furkan Alaca – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2008,

May – August 2009]

• Talha Ahmed – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2008] • Dr. Abdulkareem Adinoyi – PDF [May – December 2006] • Dr. Keivan Navaie – PDF [December 2004 – October 2006] European Union WINNER (Wireless World Initiative New radio) Project Manager Salary: $53,000/year Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran • Dr. Mohamed H. Ahmed – Visiting Professor [August 2005] Memorial University, Newfoundland • Dr. Mohamed H. Ahmed – PDF [April 2001 - March 2003] (co-supervisor: Prof. Samy Mahmoud) NCIT (National Capital Institute of Technology) Project Manager Salary: $60,000/year Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada • Prof. Mohamed Adnan Al-Andalousi – Visiting Professor [Summer 2002] (co-investigator: Dr.

Bassam Hashem) Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia