Journal Papers:

  1. M. Karaca, “Scheduling and Dynamic Pilot Allocation For Massive MIMO with Varying Traffic”, accepted to IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, 2020.

  2. M. Karaca, “Joint optimization of TWT mechanism and scheduling for IEEE 802.11ax”, under revision.

  3. O. Ercetin, M. Karaca and Y. Sarikaya, "Cooperative Computing and Learning: An Economic Perspective", submitted.

  4. M. Karaca, S. Bastani and B. Landfeldt “Modifying Backoff Scheme for Optimizing Dense IEEE 802.11 Networks”, accepted to IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology.

  5. A. Ragaleux, S. Baey and M. Karaca, “Standard-compliant LTE-A Uplink Scheduling Scheme with Quality of Service”, to appear IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, 2017.

  6. M.Karaca and B.Landfeldt,“Approaching Optimal Centralized Scheduling with CSMA- based Random Access over Fading Channels”, to appear IEEE Communications Letters, 2016.

  7. M. O. Demir, M. Karaca, and G. Karabulut Kurt, “On Reducing Power Consumption of Transmitting Stations in 802.11 MIMO Networks”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.20, no.2, pp.332 - 335, 2015.

  8. M. Karaca, T. Alpcan and O. Ercetin, “Entropy-based Active Learning for Wireless Scheduling with Incomplete Channel Feedback”, to appear, Elsevier Computer Networks, 2016.

  9. N. Aydin, M. Karaca, and O. Ercetin, “Scheduling and Power Control for Energy- Optimality of Low Duty Cycled Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2015.

  10. M. Karaca, Y. Sarikaya, O. Ercetin, T. Alpcan, H. Boche, "Joint Opportunistic Scheduling and Selective Channel Feedback", IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communication, vol.12, no.6, pp.3024 - 3034, 2013.

  11. M. Karaca, K. Khalil, E. Ekici, and O. Ercetin, "Optimal Scheduling and Power Allocation in Cooperate-to-Join Cognitive Radio Networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol.21, no.6, pp.1708-1721, 2013.

  12. M. Karaca and O. Ercetin, "Throughput Optimal Multi-user Scheduling via Hierarchical Modulation", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol.1, no.3, pp.245-248, 2012.

Patents (granted):

  1. Firak Birlik, Can Ilhan and Mehmet Karaca, “A universal repeater, a method of operating a universal repeater and a network including the same”, PCT/IB2015/054203.

  2. Mehmet Karaca, Sarper Gokturk, Okan Palaz, Firat Birlik and Eren Soyak, “Systems and methods for selecting an optimum communication route in a wireless network”, PCT/EP2015/064163.

Conference Papers:

  1. W. Tarnaberg, M. Karaca. A. Robertsson, F. Tufevsson and M. Kihl, "Utilizing Massive MIMO for the Tactile Internet: Advantages and Trade-offs", IEEE SECON Workshops on Robotic Wireless Networks, 2017.

  2. F. Moradi, M. Karaca, E. Fitzgerald, M. Pioro, R. Ljung and B. Landfeldt, "Optimizing DRX for Video delivery over LTE: Utilizing Channel Prediction and In-network Caching, accepted to GREENNET in conjunction with WiOpt 2017.

  3. S. Bastani. D. Tomak and M. Karaca, ”On the Performance of Vehicular Communications with a Measurement-Based Radio Propagation Model”, accepted to IEEE CAMAD, 2016.

  4. M. Karaca, S. Bastani, B. E. Priyanto, M. Safavi and B. Landfeldt, ”Resource Management for OFDMA based Next Generation 802.11 WLANs”, accepted to IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), 2016.

  5. K. Cakmak, A.O. Ercan and M. Karaca, ``Performance of TCP Congestion Control Algorithms with Interference in IEEE 802.11ac WLANs", IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Application (SIU) 2016.

  6. M. Karaca and B. Landfeldt, ”Load-aware Channel Selection for 802.11 WLANs with Limited Measurements”, accepted to 23rd International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT), 2016.

  7. Z. Zhang, M. Karaca, F. Moradi, S. Bastani, A. N. Plymoth, R. Ljung and B. Landfeldt, “Cross-layer energy Optimization for Dynamic Video Streaming over Wi-Fi”, Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), 2016 (invited paper).

  8. M. Karaca, Z. Zhang, B. Landfeldt, “An Opportunistic Backoff Scheme for Dense IEEE 802.11 Networks”, accepted to IEEE GLOBECOM WS-ETFWLAN, 2015.

  9. H. Alakoca, M. Karaca, G. Karabulut Kurt, “Performance of TCP over 802.11ac based WLANs via Testbed Measurements”, accepted to IEEE ISWCS, 2015.

  10. H. Alakoca, M. Karaca, G. Karabulut Kurt, “The Impact of MAC Layer Parameters in System Performance of 802.11ac Multi-hop Networks”, accepted to IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Application (SIU) 2015.

  11. M. Ozgun Demir, G. Karabulut Kurt, M. Karaca, “Analysis for Reducing Power Consumption of Wireless Local Area Network Access Points”, accepted to IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Application (SIU) 2015.

  12. M. Ozgun Demir, G. Karabulut Kurt, M. Karaca, “Application based Energy Consumption Characterization of IEEE 802.11n/ac Access Points”, accepted to IEEE ICNC, 2015.

  13. M. Ozgun Demir, G. Karabulut Kurt, M. Karaca, “An Energy Consumption Model for IEEE 802.11ac Access Points”, accepted to 22nd International Conference on Soft-ware, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2014).

  14. M. Karaca, Y. Sarikaya, O. Ercetin, T. Alpcan, H. Boche, “Efficient Wireless Scheduling with Limited Channel Feedback and Performance Guarantees”, Proceedings of PIMRC’12 WS - WDN.

  15. M. Karaca, T. Alpcan, O. Ercetin “Smart Scheduling and Feedback Allocation over Non-stationary Wireless Channels”, Proceedings of ICC’12 WS - SCPA.

  16. K. Khalil, M. Karaca, O. Ercetin, and E. Ekici, “Optimal Scheduling in Cooperate-to-join Cognitive Radio Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2011, Shanghai,PRC, April 2011.

  17. M. Karaca and O. Ercetin, “Optimal Scheduling and Resource Allocation using Hierarchical Modulation in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of The Eighth IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN2011), Paris, France, May 2011.

  18. N. Aydin, M. Karaca, and O. Er cetin, “Energy-Optimal Scheduling in Low Duty Cycle Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2011), The Hague, Netherlands, June 2011 (Best Paper Award).

  19. M. Karaca, O. Ercetin, “A MAC Protocol for Multihomed WLANs,” Proceedings of IEEE ISWCS 2008, pp. 421-423, Reykjavik, Iceland, 21-24 Oct. 2008.

  20. H. Abut, H. Erdogan, A. Ercil, B. Crkl, H.C. Koman, F. Tas, A.O. Argunsah, S. Cosar, B. Akan, H. Karabalkan, E. Cokelek, R. Ficici, V. Sezer, S. Danis, M. Karaca, M.Abbak. M.G. Uzunbas, K. Eritmen, C. Kalaycioglu, M. Imamoglu, C. Karabat, M. Peyic, B. Arslan, ”Data Collection with “UYANIK”: Too Much Pain; But Gains are Coming,” Proceedings of the Biennial on DSP for In-Vehicle and Mobile Systems, June 17-19, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.