Author Archives: Sibel Tombaz

Some Observations on IEEE PIMRC 2013

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Sibel Tombaz

I attended IEEE PIMRC’13 conference which was held in London, UK on 7-10 September to present a paper on energy efficiency improvement through indoor small cell deployment. It was my first attendance to PIMRC and I found it more useful … Continue reading →

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What is the main reason behind operator’s “green” strategies?

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Sibel Tombaz

Environmental protection and cost savings are the most commonly used motivations for energy efficiency studies in academia. But how true is this? Are there actually some other “covered” reasons for operators to “push” to find solutions towards green mobile radio … Continue reading →

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IEEE Globecom 2012- Are we going back to centralized networks?

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Sibel Tombaz

I have attended GLOBECOM 2012 which is held in Anaheim, USA on 3-7 December. Unfortunately I could only stay for the first two days since I needed to attend another meeting in UK. You can find my notes in the … Continue reading →

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How to achive 1000 times more capacity?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Sibel Tombaz

It looks like a there is a consensus about the expected data increase in upcoming 10 years. Operators and vendors are expecting 1000 times more traffic in 2020!! Unfortunately for operators it does not mean 1000 times more revenue. Dragan … Continue reading →

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Chinacom 2011-Some notes

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Sibel Tombaz

My first conference visit was to Harbin for the 6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom). I was not only excited to travel to Asia for the first time but also to make a presentation at an international … Continue reading →

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