Publications

Journals:

1. P. Huggins and A. Şahin, “Jutted BMOCZ for Non-Coherent OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, submitted in Jul. 2025 (under review).

2. A. J. Perre*, P. Huggins* and A. Şahin, “Smooshed Zero Constellation for Binary Modulation on  Conjugate-Reciprocal Zeros,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, submitted in Jul.  2025 (under review).

3. M. Bilal, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, “Interference-Free Backscatter Communications for OFDM-Based Symbiotic Radio,” IEEE Trans. on Cognitive Communications and Networking (Accepted), May. 2025  (Available: arXiv)

4. A. Peerez-Neira, M. Martinez-Gost, A Sahin, S. Razavikia, C. Fischione, Kaibin Huang, “Waveforms for Computing Over the Air: A groundbreaking approach that redefines data aggregation,” in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 57-77, Mar. 2025. (Available: IEEE, arXiv)

5. A. Sahin, "Over-the-Air Majority Vote Computation with Modulation on Conjugate-Reciprocal Zeros," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun (accepted).  Sep. 2024 (Available: arXiv)

6. A. Gurses, G. Reddy, S. Masrur, O. Ozdemir, I. Guvenc, M. L. Sichitiu, A. Sahin, A. Alkhateeb, R. Dutta, “Digital Twins for Supporting AI Research with Autonomous Vehicle Networks,” IEEE Commun. Mag. (Accepted), Nov. 2024  (Available: arXiv)

7. A. Sahin and X. Wang, “Reliable Majority Vote Computation with Complementary Sequences for UAV Waypoint Flight Control,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. Apr. 2024 (Available: arXiv)

8. A. Şahin, "Over-the-Air Computation Based on Balanced Number Systems for Federated Edge Learning," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4564-4579, May 2024. (Available: IEEE, arXiv)

9. A. Şahin and R. Yang, "A Survey on Over-the-Air Computation," in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1877-1908, third quarter 2023. (Available: arXiv, IEEE)

10. S. Hoque and A. Sahin, "Chirp-Based Majority Vote Computation for Federated Edge Learning and Distributed Localization," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society Special Issue: Distributed Edge Learning in Wireless Networks, vol. 4, pp. 1060-1074, Apr. 2023. (Available: IEEE)

11. A. Sahin, “Distributed Learning over a Wireless Network with Non-coherent Majority Vote Computation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Mar. 2023. (Available: arXiv, IEEE)

12. A. Sahin, S. Hoque, Chao-Yu Chen, “Index Modulation with Circularly-Shifted Chirps for Dual-Function Radar and Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

13. A. Sahin, “Encoding and Decoding with Partitioned Complementary Sequences for Low-PAPR OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021

14. A. Sahin and R. Yang, “A Generic Complementary Sequence Construction and Associated Encoder/Decoder,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2021

15. M. Deskmukh, A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, "RL-Based Waveform Adaptation with Partial Overlapping Tones in HetNets," IEEE Communications Letters, 2021

16. A. Sahin, N. Hosseini, H. Jamal, S. Haque, D. Matolak, "DFT-spread-OFDM Based Chirp Transmission," IEEE Communications Letters, 2020 

17. C-W Wu, A. Sahin, Z-M Huang, and C-Y Chen "Z-Complementary Code Sets with Flexible Lengths from Generalized Boolean Functions", IEEE Access, 2020

18. A. Sahin and R. Yang, “An Uplink Control Channel Design with Complementary Sequences for Unlicensed Bands,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2020

19. Y. S. Eroglu, I. Guvenc, A. Sahin, Y. Yapici, N. Pala, M. Yuksel, "Multi-Element VLC Networks: LED Assignment, Power Control, and Optimum Combining", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Localization, Communications and Networking with VLC, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 121-135, Jan. 2018.

20. Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "Joint Time-Frequency Alignment for PAPR and OOBE Suppression of OFDM-Based Waveforms," IEEE Communications Letters, Aug. 2017.

21. A. Sahin, R. Yang, E. Bala, M. Beluri, and R. Olesen, "Flexible DFT-S-OFDM: Solutions and Challenges", IEEE Communications Magazine - "New Waveforms and Multiple Access Methods for 5G Networks", Nov. 2016.

22. A. Sahin, Y. S. Eroglu, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "Hybrid 3D Localization for Visible Light Communication Systems", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol.33, no.22, pp.4589-4599, Nov. 2015.

23. E. Güvenkaya, A. Sahin, E. Bala, R. Yang, and H. Arslan, "A Windowing Technique for Optimal Time-Frequency Concentration & ACI Rejection for OFDM-based Systems", IEEE Transactions on Communications, Oct. 2015.

24. A. Sahin, E. Bala, I. Guvenc, R. Yang, and H. Arslan, “Partially Overlapping Tones for Uncoordinated Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.62, no.9, pp. 3363-3375, Sep. 2014.

25. A. Tom, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, “Suppressing Alignment: Joint PAPR and Out-of-Band Power Leakage Reduction for OFDM-Based Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Dec. 2015.

26. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, “A Survey on Multicarrier Communications: Prototype Filters, Lattice Structures, and Implementation Aspects,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol.16, no.3, pp.1312-1338, Third Quarter 2014.

27. Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "Intentional-Overlapping for Multicarrier Schemes Based on User-Specific Filters," Journal of Analog Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer, vol. 78, no.3, pp 683-690, Mar. 2014.

28. A. Tom, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "Mask Compliant Precoder for OFDM Spectrum Shaping“, IEEE Comm. Letters, Vol.17, no.3, pp. 447-450, Mar. 2013.

29. A. Sahin, E. Guvenkaya, and H. Arslan, “User distance distribution for overlapping and coexisting cell scenarios,” IEEE Wireless Comm. Letters, vol.1, no.5, pp. 432-435, Oct. 2012.

30. A. Sahin and H. Arslan, “Edge Windowing for OFDM Based Systems,” IEEE Comm. Letters, vol. 15, no.11, pp. 1208-1211, Sep. 2011.

Conference Papers:

1. A. Şahin, "On the Feasibility of Distributed Phase Synchronization for Coherent Signal Superposition," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)  Workshops - Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous Connectivity for 6G and Beyond, Sep. 2025

2. A. J.  Perre, P. Huggins, and A. Sahin, "Learning Zero Constellations for Binary MOCZ in Fading Channels" in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Workshops - Emerging Modulation Techniques Towards 6G Networks, Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2025

3. P. Huggins, A. J.  Perre, and A. Sahin, ”Fourier-Domain CFO Estimation Using Jutted Binary Modulation on Conjugate-Reciprocal Zeros,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2025

4. A. J.  Perre, P. Huggins, and A. Sahin, ”A Smooshed BMOCZ Zero Constellation for CFO Estimation Without Channel Coding,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2025  

5. P. Huggins and A. Sahin, ”On the Optimal Radius and Subcarrier Mapping for Binary Modulation on Conjugate-Reciprocal Zeros,” in Proc. IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 2024  (Available: arXiv)

6. A. P. Ganesh, A. Perre, A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and B. Floyd, ”A mmWave Software-Defined Array Platform for Wireless Experimentation at 24-29.5 GHz”, in Proc. IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 2024

7. A. Sahin, "Majority Vote Computation with Modulation on Conjugate-Reciprocal Zeros," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)  (accepted), Dec. 2024

8. M. Bilal, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, “Improving Interference Immunity for Backscatter Communications in OFDM-based Symbiotic Radio,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)  (accepted), Dec. 2024

9. A. Sahin and H. Arslan "A Self-Healing Mesh Network without Global-Time Synchronization," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun. 2024

10. A. Sahin, "Wireless Federated 𝑘-Means Clustering With Non-Coherent Over-The-Air Computation," in Proc. IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM),  Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 2023

11. A. Sahin, and X. Wang "Majority Vote Computation With Complementary Sequences for Distributed UAV Guidance," in Proc. IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM),  Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 2023

12. M. S. Eldin, A. Sahin, V. Poor, and A. Goldsmith, "On Differential Privacy for Wireless Federated Learning with Non-coherent Aggregation," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023

13. S. Hoque and A. Sahin, "Chirp-Based Over-The-Air Computation for Power-Efficient Distributed Localization," in Proc. IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, Jul. 2023

14. A. Sahin, M. Sichitiu, I. Guvenc, "A Millimeter-Wave Software-Defined Radio for Wireless Experimentation," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshops - Computer and Networking Experimental Research using Testbeds, May 2023

15. A. Sahin, "A Demonstration of Over-the-Air Computation for Federated Edge Learning," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops (GC Wkshps): Edge Learning over 5G Mobile Networks and Beyond, 2022,  https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09954.pdf

16. A. Sahin and R. Yang, "Over-the-Air Computation over Balanced Numerals," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops (GC Wkshps): Workshop on Wireless Communications for Distributed Intelligence, 2022, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.11004.pdf

17. A. Sahin, B. Everette, S. Hoque, "Over-the-Air Computation with DFT-spread OFDM for Federated Edge Learning," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2022

18. S. Hoque, M. H. Adeli, A. Sahin, "Chirp-Based Over-The-Air Computation for Long-Range Federated Edge Learning," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2022

19. M. H. Adeli, A. Sahin, "Multi-cell Non-coherent Over-the-Air Computation for Federated Edge Learning," in Proc. IEEE  International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022

20. N. Stofik, D. W. Matolak, and A. Sahin, "Measurement and Modeling of Low-Altitude Air-Ground Channels in Two Frequency Bands," in Proc. IEEE Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2022, pp. 1-10 

21. A. Sahin, B. Everette, S. Hoque, "Distributed Learning over a Wireless Network with FSK-Based Majority Vote," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet), 2021

22. S. Hoque, Chao-Yu Chen, A. Sahin, "A Wideband Index Modulation  with Circularly-Shifted Chirps," in Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Jan. 2021, (Best Paper Award) 

23. S. Hoque, A. Sahin, "Index-Modulated Circularly-Shifted Chirps for Dual-Function Radar & Communication Systems," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshops on Integrated Sensing and Communication (GLOBECOM WRKPS), Taiwan, Dec. 2020 

24. M. C. Erturk, N. Hosseini, H. Jamal, A. Sahin, D. Matolak and J. Haque, "Requirements and Technologies Towards UAM: Communication, Navigation, and surveillance," Integrated Communications, Navigation, Surveillance Conference (ICNS), Herndon, VA, 2020 (Outstanding Paper Award)

25. M. Deshmukh, M. M. U. Chowdhury, S. J. Maeng, A. Sahin, I, Güvenç, "RL-Based Interference Mitigation in Uncoordinated Networks with Partially Overlapping Tones," in Proc. IEEE Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Atlanta, May 2020 

26. A. Sahin, D. Matolak, "Golay Layer: Limiting Peak-to-Average Power Ratio for OFDM-based Autoencoders," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, June 2020 (patent pending)

27. A. Sahin, X. Wang, H. Lou, and R. Yang, "Low-PAPR Multi-channel OOK Waveform for IEEE 802.11ba Wake-up Radio," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, Dec. 2019

28. A. Sahin and R. Yang, "A Reliable Uplink Control Channel Design with Complementary Sequences," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019

29. A. Sahin and R. Yang, "Sequence-Based OOK for Orthogonal Multiplexing of Wake-up Radio Signals and OFDM Waveforms," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, Dec. 2018 

30. A. Sahin, R. Yang, F. L. Sita, and R. Olesen, "A Comparison of SC-FDE and UW DFT-s-OFDM for Millimeter Wave Communications," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, May 2018

31. A. Sahin, E. Bala, R. Yang, and R. Olesen, "DFT-Spread OFDM with Frequency Domain Reference Symbols," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2017.

32. S. Goyal, A. Sahin, and R. Olesen, "Area Spectral Efficiency and Coverage for Mixed Duplexing Networks with Directional Transmissions," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) - Workshop on Full-Duplex Technologies, Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 2017

33. Y. S. Eroglu, I. Guvenc, A. Sahin,  N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "Diversity Combining and Piezoelectric Beam Steering for Multi-Element VLC Networks," ACM MobiCom Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS 2016), New York, Oct. 2016.

34. A. Sahin, R. Yang, M. Ghosh, and R. L. Olesen, "An Improved Unique Word DFT-Spread OFDM Waveform for 5G Mobile Broadband," IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop on 5G & Beyond - Enabling Technologies and Applications, San Diego, Dec. 2015 pdf

35. Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "Static Cyclic Prefix Alignment for OFDM-Based Waveforms," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop on Emerging Technologies for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks, Washington, Dec. 2016

36.  A. Sahin, H. Lou, L.H. Sun, R. Yang, "An Analysis of Unified SU-MIMO Channel Model for mmWave Communications," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop on 5G Millimeter-Wave Channel Models, Washington, Dec. 2016

37. Y. S. Eroglu, A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "Multi-Element Transmitter Design and Performance Evaluation for Visible Light Communication,"  in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop on Optical Wireless Communication, San Diego, Dec. 2015.

38. E. Güvenkaya, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "N-Continuous OFDM with CP Alignment,"  in Proc. IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM), Tampa, Sep., 2015.

39.  A. Sahin, Y. S. Eroglu, I. Guvenc, N. Pala, and M. Yuksel, "Accuracy of AOA-Based and RSS-Based 3D Localization for Visible Light Communications,"  in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Boston, Sep. 2015.

40. A. Tom, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, “Suppressing Alignment: An approach for Out-of-Band Interference Reduction in OFDM Systems," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, Jun., 2015 (accepted).

41. M. Karabacak, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "RF Domain Channel Emulation Techniques with SAW filters," in Proc. Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (WInnComm - SDR), Washington, Jan. 2013.pdf

42. Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin, and H. Arslan, "Adaptive Roll off Factor Utilization for FMT based FBMC Burst Structures," in Proc. Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR), Washington, Jan. 2013. (Best of R&D Track)

43. A. Sahin, S. Aldirmaz, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "An Investigation on Number of Effective Taps for Multicarrier Schemes," in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Dresden, Germany, May 2013.

44. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "A Comparative Study of FBMC Prototype Filters in Doubly Dispersive Channels," in Proc. IEEE Broadband Wireless Access Workshop (co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2012), Anaheim, California, Dec. 2012.

45. A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "Multi-User Aware Frame Structure for OFDMA Based System," in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Quebec City, Canada, Sep. 2012.  pdf 

46. T.P. Ketterl, G.E. Arrobo, A. Sahin, T.J. Tillman, H. Arslan, R.D. Gitlin, "In Vivo Wireless Communication Channels," in Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), pp. 1-5, Cocoa Beach, FL, U.S.A, 16-17 April 2012. pdf

47.  A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "The Impact of Scheduling on Edge Windowing," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Houston, TX, Dec. 2011. pdf

48. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Analysis of Uplink Inter-Carrier-Interference Observed at Femtocell Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011

Some of my granted patents:

1. 10,298,431 Tail cancelation and addition of unique word for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

2. 10,284,407 Zero tail and unique word based waveforms for DFT-S OFDM and OFDM

3. 10,122,451 Information beamforming for visible light communication

4. 10,079,700 Edge windowing of OFDM based systems

5. 9,780,985 Suppressing alignment for out-of-band interference and peak-to-average power ratio reduction in OFDM systems

6. 9,065,710 Interference identification for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based systems

7. 8,428,519 Inter-carrier interference management in dedicated channel femtocell networks

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