ITU Wireless Communication Research Laboratory THAL Laboratory carries out research activities on wireless communications topics, including, but not limited to, fading channels, MIMO systems, multi-carrier communication systems, OFDM, signal processing for MIMO systems, coding, cooperative communications, network coding, advanced security issues in the communication systems. There are ongoing projects involving theoretical / experimental works, as well tests and carrying out practical measurements.
THAL Group Member Prof. Dr. Güneş Karabulut Kurt will present a live Tutorial:
"On the Security of Wireless Systems: A Cyber-Physical System Perspective (26-May-2020)" on
IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking conference.
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THAL Group Member Prof. Dr. Güneş Karabulut Kurt,
who is also a Visiting Professor in Carleton University - Systems and Computer Engineering Department,
will present an online Seminar titled "On the Use of Machine Learning in Wireless Networks: Past, Present and the Future (21-05-2020)"
as part of
Carleton University – Systems and Computer Engineering Online Wireless Seminar Series.
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İTÜNOVA-ASELSAN Research Project Awarded. read more
TÜBİTAK 1001 EEEAG Research Project Awarded read more
TÜBİTAK 2525 EEEAG International Collobaration (Germany) project awarded. read more
ITUNOVA-TURKCELL project awarded. read more
Open PhD Position about DoS Attacks in LTE Networks If you are interested please send your resume to @ by June 15, 2015. read more
TÜBİTAK 1001 EEAG 114E607 - Project awarded. read more
Project awarded. read more
Full-time project assistantship will be awarded within BAAS Project. read more
Dr. Semiha Tedik Başaran has been appointed to Assistant Professor Position at İTÜ Electronics and Communication Engineering Department
We congratulate out new THAL Group member and wish her all the best.
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THAL Group PhD Alumni Dr. Semiha Tedik Başaran,
has been nominated by IEEE Turkey for PhD Thesis Award.
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THAL member Prof. Güneş Karabulut Kurt,
TÜBA (Turkey Academy of Sciences) GEBIP (Young Scientist Award) to THAL Member.
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THAL Group Member, Telecommunition Engineering PhD Program 2019 PhD graduate Dr. Mehmet BAŞARAN, Under advisory by Prof.Dr. Hakan Ali ÇIRPAN (İTÜ) and Doç.Dr. Serhat ERKÜÇÜK (Kadir Has University) co-advisory
PhD thesis titled as "Energy efficient approaches for spectrum sensing and channel estimation"
awarded to 2018 year İTÜ Most Successful PhD Thesis Award (18 June 2019).
THAL members,
Mehmet Akif Durmaz, Hakan Alakoca, Selen Gecgel, Ozan Alp Topal, Nikolay Zhmurov, Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University) and Cem Ayyildiz (Turkcell)
“PHY Based Jamming Attacks and Countermeasure: An Observation via Real-Time Test System” titled demo, were invited to
SPAWC 2018 (25-28 Haziran) exhibition demo days.
THAL Member, Best paper award ,
THAL Member Assoc.Prof. Ertuğrul Başar,
Science Academy in Turkey awarded Dr. Başar BAGEP (Science Academy Young Scientist Award) award .
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THAL member Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Başar,
was awarded IEEE Turkey Research Encouragement Award. .
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THAL member Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Başar,
TÜBA (Turkey Academy of Sciences) GEBIP (Young Scientist Award) to THAL Member.
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WCRL group member Assoc.Prof. Güneş Karabulut Kurt, attended to 5G Summit in Thessaloniki, Greece as invited distinguished speaker.
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THAL Member, Best paper award ,
THAL Team is Finalist on, RF and Mobile Communications category on 2017 NI Engineering Impact Awards,
THAL Group Undergraduate Students Tuana Ensezgin, Onur Çalık, Burhan Öztaner was awarded "Best Poster Award" with their paper named as " Network Coded Cooperation in Delay Tolerant Networks" adlı ....IEE WiSEE-2016 Conference. read more
WCRL Research Member Assist.Prof. Ertuğrul Başar was picked as Associate editor for, IEEE Access and IEEE Communication Letters 2016... read more
WCRL Research Member Assist.Prof. Ertuğrul Başar, was awarded "Best Paper Award" in ICC 2016... read more
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THAL Group Member Assoc.Prof. Güneş Karabulut Kurt presented a keynote speech on 6 May 2016 National Instruments - NI Days Arabia, "Network Coded Cooperation for 5G Systems" ... read more...
National Institute of Post and Telecommunications (INPT, Fas), faculty member Assistant Professor Houda Chafnaji, visited WCRL for a week with the aim of collaborating with our research group ... daha fazla oku
ITU Vice Rector Prof.Dr. Mehmet Sabri Çelik visited our laboratory and briefed about WCRL group research activities ... daha fazla oku
Design and Application of Random Network Codes - DARNEC’15 is a meeting of COST Action IC1104. read more
Academicions from Bülent Ecevit Karaelmas University visited THAL to examine hands-on experience with NI PXI - USRP based Software defined radio research..read more
Ali Serdar Demiroğlu thesis defence took place on 13 October 2014, titled: (Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying Modulation in Cooperative Diversity Systems) read more
ITU Institute and Science, Best PhD thesis award 2013, is given to Ertuğrul Başar with the thesis: "Advanced Spatial Modulation Techniques for MIMO Systems" read more