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[29] F. Yilmaz, “McLeish distribution: Performance of digital communications over additive white McLeish noise (AWMN) channels,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 19133-19195, 2020. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[28] F. Yilmaz, “On the relationships between average channel capacity, average bit error rate, outage probability and outage capacity over additive white gaussian noise channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, pp. 2763-2776, 2020. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[27] F. Yilmaz, “On the analysis of secrecy outage probability using average channel capacity,” Sakarya University Journal of Science, vol.1, no.1, pp. 1-9, 2020. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[26] F. Yilmaz, “On the asymptotic analysis of the high-order statistics of the channel capacity over generalized fading channels,” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, vol.28, no.1, pp.362-379, 2020. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[25] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A novel and unified approach for averaged channel capacity and averaged effective capacity analyses of diversity combining and multihop transmission schemes in flat fading environments,” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, vol.27, pp.106-119, 2019. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[24] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini. “Performance analysis of free-space optical links over Málaga (M) turbulence channels with pointing errors,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 91-102, 2016. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[23] F. Yilmaz, F. A. Khan, and M.–S. Alouini, “Performance of amplify-and-forward multihop transmission over relay clusters with different routing strategies,” International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, vol. 7, no. 1/2, pp. 110-127, 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[22] F. Yilmaz, H. Tabassum and M.-S. Alouini, “On the computation of the higher order statistics of the channel capacity in the amplify-and-forward multihop transmission,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no.1, pp. 489-494, Jan 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[21] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and O. Kucur, “New results on the sum of Gamma random variates with application to the performance of wireless communication systems over Nakagami-m fading channels,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Nov. 4, 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[20] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and G. E. Øien, “Heterogeneous next generation wireless network interference model - and its applications,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 563-575, 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[19] H. Tabassum, Z. Dawy, M.-S. Alouini and F. Yilmaz, “A generic interference model for uplink OFDMA networks with fractional frequency reuse,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 3, p.1491-1497, 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[18] F. Yilmaz, A. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and O. Kucur, “On the performance of transmit antenna selection based on shadowing side information,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 62, no. 1, p. 454-460, Jan. / Nov. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[17] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and G. E. Øien, “On hybrid cooperation in underlay cognitive radio networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 9, p. 4422-4433, 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[16] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Impact of pointing errors on the performance of mixed RF/FSO dual-Hop transmission systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 2, no.3, p. 351-354, June. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[15] H. Soury, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Error rates of M-PAM and M-QAM in generalized fading and generalized Gaussian noise environments,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 10, p. 1932-1935, Oct. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[14] H. Tabassum, F. Yilmaz, Z. Dawy and M.-S. Alouini, “A statistical model of uplink inter-cell interference with slow and fast power control mechanisms,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61 no.9, p. 3953-3966, Sep. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[13] F. Yilmaz, H. Tabassum and M.-S. Alouini, “A framework for uplink intercell interference modeling with channel-based scheduling,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 206-217, Jan. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[12] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “On the computation of the higher-order statistics of the channel capacity over generalized fading channels,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 573-576, Dec. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[11] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Exact performance analysis of partial relay selection based on shadowing side information over generalized composite fading channels,” White Paper, Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6510 [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[10] S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, M.-S. Alouini and E. Serpedin, “Capacity limits of spectrum-sharing systems over hyper-fading channels,” Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 12, no. 16, p. 1471-1480, Nov. 2012 [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[9] H. Soury, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Average bit error probability of binary coherent signaling over generalized fading channels subject to additive generalized Gaussian noise," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, p.785-788, June 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[8] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A unified MGF-based capacity analysis of diversity combiners over generalized fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 3, p. 862-875, Mar. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[7] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A novel unified expression for capacity and bit error performance of wireless communications over generalized fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.60, no.7, p.1862-1876, July 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[6] F. Yilmaz, F. A. Khan and M.-S. Alouini, “Performance of amplify-and-forward multihop transmission over relay clusters with different routing strategies,” International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), vol. 7, no. 1/2, p. 110-127, Nov. 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[5] U. H. Rizvi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini, G. J. M. Janssen and J. H. Weber, “Performance of equal gain combining with quantized phases in Rayleigh fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 59, no. 1, p. 13-18, 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[4] I. S. Ansari, S. Al-Ahmadi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S.Alouini and H. Yanikomeroglu, “A new formula for the BER of binary modulations with dual-branch selection over Generalized-K,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.59, no.10, p. 2654-2658, Oct. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[3] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Extended Generalized-K (EGK): A new simple and general model for composite fading channels,” White Paper, Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2598 [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[2] F. Yilmaz, O. Kucur, “Symbol error rate performance of QS-CDMA over frequency selective time non-selective multipath generalized gamma fading channels,” Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 49, no. 4 , p. 487-516, July 2008. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[1] F. Yilmaz, O. Kucur, “Performance of quasisynchronous scale time code division multiple access for AWGN channel,” Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 38-52, Jan. 2008. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

REFEREED CONGRESS / SYMPOSIUM PUBLICATIONS In PROCEEDINGS

[52] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “On the Bit-Error Rate of Binary Phase Shift Keying over Additive White Generalized Laplacian Noise (AWGLN) Channels,” in proceedings of Signal Processing & Communication Applications Symposium (SİU’18), May 2018. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[51] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A Useful Lemma for Bit Error Rate of the Noise Imbalanced MRC Combining over Correlated and Uncorrelated Fading Channels,” in proceedings of Signal Processing & Communication Applications Symposium (SİU’18), May 2018. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[50] M. Jasim and F. Yilmaz, ”On the concepts and challenges of flying ad hoc networks (FANET),” in proceedings of International Conference On Advances In Science (ICAS 2016), Istanbul, Turkey, 2016. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[49] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S.Alouini, “Performance analysis of FSO links over unified Gamma-Gamma turbulence channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2015), 2015. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[48] S. Dogan, F. Yilmaz and S. Erturk, ” On the error performance bounds of positioning using RSSI-based fingerprints,” in proceedings of Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU 2015), Malatya, Turkey, Apr. 2015. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[47] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, ”Novel MGF-based expressions for the average bit error probability of binary signaling over generalized fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[46] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S.Alouini, “On the performance of mixed RF/FSO variable gain dual-hop transmission systems with pointing errors,” in proceedings of IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall’ 2013), Las Vegas, USA, Sep. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[45] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S.Alouini, “On the performance of hybrid RF and RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems,” in proceedings of International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW’ 2013), Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Oct. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[44] H. Soury, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Exact symbol error probability of square M-QAM signaling over generalized fading channels subject to additive generalized Gaussian noise,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[43] I.S. Ansari, M.-S. Alouini, and F. Yilmaz. “A unified performance analysis of free-space optical links over gamma-gamma turbulence channels with pointing errors,” KAUST White Paper, Nov. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[42] H. Tabassum, F. Yilmaz, Z. Dawy and M.-S. Alouini, “Resource allocation based uplink intercell interference model in multi-carrier networks,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall’ 2013), Las Vegas, USA, Sep. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[41] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S.Alouini, “On the performance of mixed RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2013), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[40] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S.Alouini, “On the sum of squared eta-mu random variates with application to the performance of wireless communication systems,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2013), Dresden, Germany, June 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[39] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “On the performance of hybrid RF and RF/FSO fixed gain dual-hop transmission systems,” in proceedings of International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC’ 2013), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Apr. 2013. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[38] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and G. E. Øien, “Cognitive interference modeling with applications in power and admission control,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DYSPAN), p. 434 - 439, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Oct. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[37] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Novel asymptotic results on the high-order statistics of the channel capacity over generalized fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2012), Çeşme, Turkey, June 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[36] I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “On the sum of gamma random variates with application to the performance of maximal ratio combining over Nakagami-m fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2012), Cesme, Turkey, June 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[35] H. Tabassum, F. Yilmaz, Z. Dawy and M.-S. Alouini, “A Statistical Model for Uplink Intercell Interference with Power Adaptation and Greedy Scheduling,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Sep. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[34] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A novel ergodic capacity analysis of diversity combining and multihop transmission systems over generalized composite fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012), Ottowa, Canada, June 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[33] H. Tabassum, F. Yilmaz, Z. Dawy and M.-S. Alouini, “On the modeling of uplink inter-cell interference based on proportional fair scheduling,” in proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'12), Paris, France, Apr. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[32] F. Yilmaz, H. Tabassum and M.-S. Alouini, “Higher order capacity statistics of multi-hop transmission systems over Rayleigh fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON'12), YasmineHammamet, Tunisia, Mar., 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[31] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A Generic Formula for the Average Capacity and Bit Error Probability in Generalized Fading Channel,” in proceedings of IEEE Communication Theory Workshop (CTW’11), Spain, 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[30] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Novel relations between the ergodic capacity and the average bit error rate,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'11), Aachen, Germany, Nov. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[29] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Partial relay selection based on shadowing side information over generalized composite fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'11), Aachen, Germany, Nov. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[28] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and G. E. Øien, “Hybrid cooperation in underlay cognitive radio networks,” in proceedings of Conference Record of the Forty Sixth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), p. 308-312, 2012, California, USA, Nov. 2012. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[27] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz, M.-S.Alouini and G. E. Øien, “On the ergodic capacity of legacy systems in the presence of next generation interference,” in proceedings of IEEE Inter. Symposium on Wireless Commun. Systems (ISWCS'11), Aachen, Germany, Nov. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[26] H. Tabassum, F. Yilmaz, Z. Dawy and M.-S. Alouini, “On the statistics of uplink inter-cell interference with greedy resource allocation,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symp.on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'11), Aachen, Germany, Nov. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[25] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “On the average capacity and bit error probability of wireless communication systems,” in proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'2011), Texas, Dec. 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[24] F.A. Khan, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Generalized routing protocols for multihop relay networks,” in proceedings of IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'2011), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[23] N. H. Mahmood, F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A generalized and parameterized interference model for cognitive radio network,” in proceedings of IEEE Inter. Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2011), p. 76-80, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[22] I. S. Ansari, S. Al-Ahmadi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and H. Yanikomeroglu “An exact closed-form expression for the BER of binary modulations with dual-branch selection over generalized-K fading,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring 2011), Budapest, Hungary, May 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[21] F. Yilmaz, A. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and O. Kucur “Transmit antenna selection based on shadowing side information,” in proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring 2011), Budapest, Hungary, May 2011. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[20] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “A new simple model for composite fading channels: Second order statistics and channel capacity,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'2010), York, UK, Sep. 2010 [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[19] F. Yilmaz, O. Kucur and M.-S. Alouini, “A novel framework on exact average symbol error probabilities of multihop transmission over amplify-and-forward relay fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symp.on Wireless Communications Systems (ISWCS'2010), York, UK, Sep. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[18] F. Yilmaz, O. Kucur and M.-S. Alouini, “Exact capacity analysis of multihop transmission over amplify-and-forward relay fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications Conference (PIMRC'2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[17] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “An MGF-based capacity analysis of equal gain combining over fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication Conference (PIMRC'2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[16] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Outage capacity of multicarrier systems,” in proceedings of IEEE International Conf. on Telecommunications (ICT'2010), Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[15] F. Yilmaz, O. Kucur and M.-S. Alouini, “A unified framework for the statistical characterization of the SNR of amplify-and-forward multihop channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Conf. on Telecommunications (ICT'2010), Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[14] U. Rizvi, F. Yilmaz, M. -S. Alouini, G. Janssen and J. Weber, “Performance of selection combining with quantized channel phase compensation over Rayleigh fading,” in proceedings of IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. (RWS’10), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Jan. 2010. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[13] S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. Qaraqe, M.-S. Alouini and E. Serpedin, “Achievable capacity of a spectrum sharing system over hyper fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'2009), Hawaii, USA, Nov. 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[12] U. H. Rizvi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini, G. J. Janssen and J. H. Weber, “Performance of Switched Combining with Quantized Phase Channel Compensation over Rayleigh Fading Channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology (SCVT 2009), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[11] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Product of the powers of generalized Nakagami-m variates and performance of cascaded fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'2009), Hawaii, Nov. 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[10] F. Yilmaz, M. -S. Alouini and O. Kucur, “Performance analysis of digital communication systems over amplify-and-forward multihop relay channels,” in proceedings of International Conf. on Next Generation Wireless Systems (NGWS'2009), Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[9] F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini and Y.-C.Ko, “Multihop-based Turbo coding,” in proceedings of International Conference on Next Generation Wireless Systems (NGWS'2009), Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[8] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Sum of Weibull variates and performance of diversity systems,” in proceedings of International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'09), Leipzig, Germany, June 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[7] U. Rizvi, F. Yilmaz, M. -S. Alouini, G. Janssen and J. Weber, “Performance of equal gain combining with quantized channel estimates over Rayleigh fading,” in proceedings of European WirelessConference (EW’09), Aalborg, Denmark, May 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[6] F. Yilmaz and O. Kucur, “The m-n distribution - A new closed-form physical channel fading model and performance of M-ary modulations,” in proceedings of European Wireless Conference (EW’09), Aalborg, Denmark, May 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[5] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Product of shifted exponential variates and outage capacity of multicarrier systems,” in Proceeding of European Wireless Conference (EW’09), Aalborg, Denmark, May 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[4] U. H. Rizvi, F. Yilmaz, M. -S. Alouini, G. J. M. Janssen and J. H. Weber, “Performance of RF level diversity combining with quantized channel estimates over Rayleigh fading,” in proceedings of IEEE Communications Theory Workshop (CTW’9), Nappa Valley, California, USA, May 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[3] F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini, “Product of shifted Gamma variates and outage capacity of multicarrier systems,” in proceedings of IEEE Communications Theory Workshop (CTW’09), Nappa Valley, California, USA, May 2009. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[2] F. Yilmaz and O. Kucur, “Exact performance of wireless multihop transmission for M-ary coherent modulations over generalized gamma fading channels,” in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Cannes, France, Sep. 2008. [ PDF ] [ Link ]

[1] F. Yilmaz and O. Kucur, “Performance of QS-CDMA over frequency selective time non-selective multipath generalized Gamma fading channels,” in Proceedings of European Wireless Conference (EW’07), Paris, France, Apr. 2007. [ PDF ] [ Link ]