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    Miniaturized 2.4 Ghz Antenna Design for Uav Communication Link;
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020) Yilmaz,V.S.; Kara,A.; Aydin,E.
    In many communications applications, unlike conventional antennas, lightweight, flexible, small antennas that can adapt to mechanical and industrial constraints are required. In this study, the results of antenna design operating at 2.4 GHz are presented for use in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) tele command links. In the parametric and optimization studies carried out on the antenna, it is aimed to increase the gain while keeping the size as small as possible. The requirements of the industry, such as light, aesthetics, miniature and high gain aspects of the antenna were targeted in the design process. Finally, an antenna of 55.2x88 mm size and 7dB gain was achieved using commercial electromagnetic design tools. The designed antenna become satisfying industrial requirements with these features. © 2020 IEEE.
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    A Modular Fmcw Radar Rf Front End Design: Simulation and Implementation;
    (IEEE Computer Society, 2014) Daǧdeviren,B.; Kapusuz,K.Y.; Kara,A.
    In this work, simulations and preliminary measurement results of an S-band FMCW radar is presented. A commercial simulation tool (AWR-VSS) has been used at system level design stage of the radar. The simulation tool provides all functions regarding with transmitter, target and receiving blocks, and it finally feeds echo signals to the digital processing block implemented in MATLAB. The target range and velocity have been derived for simple target scenario in MATLAB. Then, a modular RF front end of the radar has been designed using commercial of the shelf (COTS) components. The radar system has been proved to be working in indoor environment using measurement equipment. Moreover, design of horn antennas for transmitting and reception blocks have been demonstrated. Real time signal processing functions will be developed at the next stage. © 2014 IEEE.
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    Design of Low-Cost Modular Rf Front End for Rf Fingerprinting of Bluetooth Signals
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Uzundurukan,E.; Ali,A.M.; Kara,A.
    For RF fingerprinting of wireless devices, data acquisition has a critical role. Because of this, highly sophisticated devices are used for data capturing or acquisition. In this paper, design of a RF receiver front end with modular components is presented. This design contains filtering and down conversion processing of Bluetooth signals for cellular phones. Moreover, AWR VSS and MATLAB have been used for simulating the down converter circuit. With this simulation, effects of components that used in the design on recorded signal have been observed. In this work in progress paper, only high SNR conditions are considered. © 2017 IEEE.
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    Measurement of Local Environmental Effects in Uwb Channels
    (2006) Vural,M.D.; Yildiz,M.; Kara,A.
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    A Mini-Review on Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Localization in Outdoor Environments: Recent Advances and Challenges
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022) Dogan,D.; Dalveren,Y.; Kara,A.
    A considerable growth in demand for locating the source of emissions in outdoor environments has led to the rapid development of various localization methods. Among these, RF fingerprinting (RFF) localization has become one of the most promising method due to its unique advantages resulted from the recent developments in machine learning techniques. In this short review, it is aimed to assess the existing RFF methods in the literature for outdoor localization. For this purpose, firstly, the current state of RFF localization methods in outdoor environments are overviewed. Then, the main research challenges in the development of RFF localization are highlighted. This is followed by a brief discussion on the open issues in order to give future research directions. Furthermore, the research efforts currently undertaken by the authors are briefly addressed. © 2022 IEEE.
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    Distance Laboratory Applications Errl: a Study on Radio Communication in Electronic Field
    (2008) Aydin,C.Ç.; Türkmen,G.; Özyurt,E.; Aydm,E.U.; Çaǧiltay,N.E.; Özbek,M.E.; Kara,A.
    In the last decade, the effect of internet usage in education is gradually increased. When we look from academic perspective, the new technologies provided alternatives for students learning. As distance education becomes important everyday, the indispensable elements of teaching and education, laboratories must be reachable via remote connection. Consequently, the education that is going to be given to the students will be more flexible with respect to place and time constraints and students can reach laboratory facilities at any time and anywhere not only in lectures and practical hours. In this study, European Remote Radio Laboratory (ERRL) which is a distance remote Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory designed for electrical-electronics students, is described generally. The software architecture, infrastructure and experiment that can be done with a remote connection have been described.
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    Development of a Digital Communications Course Enriched by Virtual and Remote Laboratory Tools
    (2011) Kara,A.; Kara, Ali; Cagiltay,N.; Çağıltay, Nergiz; Dalveren,Y.; Dalveren, Yaser; Kara, Ali; Çağıltay, Nergiz; Dalveren, Yaser; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Software Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Software Engineering
    Digital communications is a basic concept for rapidly growing fields of Electrical, Computer and Electronics Engineering like wireless and mobile communication systems, radar and electronic warfare, telemetry and many signal processing techniques. A re-designed digital communications course with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) based diverse tools including matlab assignments, remote experiments and interactive simulators is described in this study. First, the objectives of the course, learning outcomes and evaluation methods are described. The re-designed course is offered in the last semester at Atilim University, and performance increase in students is compared with the previous year's offering, and by evaluating the course on a topic-based approach. © 2011 IEEE.
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    Pilot Remote Experiment in the Errl: Measurement of Scattering Parameters
    (2007) Özen,M.; Aydin,E.U.; Kara,A.
    A remote laboratory platform enables the learners to access physical instruments at distant location and to perform experiments remotely via the Internet. This paper focuses on a pilot remote laboratory experiment on measurement of scattering parameters (s parameters) by using vector network analyzer (VNA) in the ERRL (European Remote Radio Laboratory) platform. The results of the pilot experiment are presented, and discussed shortly. © 2007 IEEE.
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    Development of a low cost radio controller for Tele operation systems: Crane controller design as an industry sponsored undergraduate research
    (2013) Kaynaköz,G.; Daǧdeviren,B.; Kapusuz,K.Y.; Kara,A.
    This study presents some of the design and development stages of a radio control system for dense interference environments. All design and development stages were conducted by undergraduate students, with an undergraduate research project sponsored by a local company. The study starts with an overview of the system including choice of main components and modules. Then, it discusses the design stages of the system from analog to digital conversion to driving circuit of the targeted mechanical system (crane), and provides some preliminary results and conclusions. One of the design criteria in the project was minimization of the cost and size, and the preliminary results have shown that the prototype could compete with many commercial equivalents.
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    Analysis of Measurement Instrumentation Delay in Modular Experimental Radar at C Band
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Abdulrazigh,M.Y.A.; Uzundurukan,E.; Kara,A.
    Unlike pulsed radars, Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar emits continuously very low power levels with the same signal to noise ratio (SNR) of an equivalent pulsed radar. FMCW can measure range and speed of the target. In modular design of such radar, time delay is experienced due to modular components such as low-noise amplifiers (LNA), antennas and, especially, cables. This time delay causes frequency shifts in the measured beat frequency resulting a range measurement error. Therefore, this time delay has to be studied for accuracy of measurements. In this study, experimental results of range measurement errors of a FMCW radar operating at C band are presented. Considering time delay of modular components, a range error of approximately 0.1m was obtained within a range of 10m. © 2018 IEEE.