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Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the IEEE Sweden VT/COM/IT Chapter in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology, we would like to invite you to the following IEEE Technical hybrid seminar by Prof. Huseyin Arslan, Istanbul Medipol University, IEEE Fellow, Dean of Faculty of Engineering at Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey.

Title: Flexible and Cognitive Radio Access Technologies for 5G and Beyond

Time: 09:00-10:00 CET Fri Feb 6, 2026.

On site: Hörsalsvägen 11, EDIT building floor 3, E2 Room 2503, Fredrik Lamm, Göteborg

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Local host: Prof. Tommy Svensson, tommy.svensson@chalmers.se

 

Abstract: 

Today's wireless services and systems have come a long way since the rollout of the conventional voice-centric cellular systems.  The demand for wireless access in voice and multi-media applications has increased tremendously. In addition to these, new application classes like extreme mobile broadband communication, ultra reliable and low latency communications, massive machine type communications, and Internet of Things have gained significant interest recently for 5G. The trend on the variety and the number of mobile devices along with the mobile applications will certainly continue beyond 5G, creating a wide range of technical challenges such as cost, power efficiency, spectrum efficiency, extreme reliability, low latency, robustness against diverse channel conditions, cooperative networking capability and coexistence, dynamic and flexible utilization of wireless spectrum.

With the rapid evolution of wireless networks across a broad technological environment which includes virtualization, IoT and Industry 4.0, our lives are surrounded by electronic devices capable of wireless radio transmission and reception, not only for communication purposes but also for radar, wireless sensing, and radio environment monitoring and mapping. Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) applications aim to bring people, data, processes, and things together to fulfil our needs. With the emergence of software defined networks, adaptive services and applications are gaining more attention since they allow the automatic configuration of devices and their parameters, systems, and services to the user's context change. Granted, these devices, networks, and applications are huge commodities and improve our quality of life but they also present a major risk, not only because of the widely recognized security leaks in current wireless radio access technologies but also because of the enormous amounts of information over a medium which can be extracted by radio-based sensing.   

More than anything, 5G and beyond has introduced a new vision and sets of challenges for wireless researchers in many layers of the protocol stacks, especially in the Physical and Medium Access Layers. In order to address these technical challenges, highly flexible and adaptive radio access technologies are needed.  Hence, 5G and beyond is about flexibility and applications. 5G and beyond is expected to bring about a communication system (with a single standard) through very flexible and cognitive design to support wide variety of services. As a result, the wireless radio researchers are facing a new challenge, which is the design of a flexible communication system in every layer of the communication protocol stacks. In this talk, the flexibility and adaptability of 5G and beyond systems will be discussed with a major focus on PHY and MAC layers. The potential directions and research opportunities to address the challenges and requirements of the 5G and beyond vision will be discussed.

Biography: 

Dr. Arslan (IEEE Fellow, NAI Fellow, Member of Turkish Academy of Science) received his BS degree from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey in 1992; his MS and Ph.D. degrees were received respectively in 1994 and 1998 from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, TX. From January 1998 to August 2002, he was with the research group of Ericsson, where he was involved with several projects related to 2G and 3G wireless communication systems.  Between August 2002 and August 2022, he was with the Electrical Engineering Department, at the University of South Florida, where he was a Professor. In December 2013, he joined Istanbul Medipol University to found the Engineering College, where he has been working as the Dean of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences. In addition, he has worked as a part-time consultant for various companies and institutions including Anritsu Company, Savronik Inc., and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.  Dr. Arslan served as the founding Chairman of The Board Of Directors of ULAK Communication company, which is the Turkish telecom equipment provider. He was also the member of the Tubitak Scientific Board.  Since May 2021, he is serving  as a Member of the Board of Directors for Turkcell, the biggest cellular operator in Turkey while also  operating in Ukrain, Belarus, and Cyprus.

Welcome!

Best regards,
Tommy Svensson, IEEE VT/COM/IT Sweden Chapter