 ELECO 2025 Invited Talks |
Mehmet TOYCAN The Rector of Bahçeşehir Cyprus University Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Abstract – Researchers and industry experts are developing 6G wireless networks with higher spectrum efficiency than 5G networks, high peak data rates, low latencies, high network availability, and high reliability. The central office baseband unit (BBU) provides optical front-haul for 5G cloud radio access network (CRAN) data processing cores. On the other hand, remote radio heads (RRHs) at customers' premises allow wireless communication via antenna modules with simplified operations. Additionally, high-capacity optical front-hauls for signal transmission between the BBU (OLT) and RRHs (ONUs) are crucial research goals. Thus, millimetre waves, microwave, point-to-point optical fiber (P2P), and passive optical network (PON) are viable optical front-haul technologies, according to prior studies. In accordance, dynamic resource allocation, service inconsistency, operational costs, and excess energy/power consumption in optical access networks remain the key challenges for the next generation passive optical network (NG-PON) design and development. Several research papers conducted various energy efficiency approaches and proposed strategies for the reduction of power consumption in PONs for this goal. The two basic classifications of these strategies are hardware-based uses of physical components and algorithmic approaches. The talk will overview the recent studies on the research area while considering take-up rates, energy efficient operation strategies while considering Poisson distribution-based network traffic model designs. |
 Professor Mehmet TOYCAN Biography - Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toycan received his Bachelor's degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Eastern Mediterranean University in 2004. He received his Master's degree in Telecommunications and Information Systems and his PhD in Electronics from the University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He received a doctoral training award for his PhD degree from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in 2005. During his PhD studies, he was involved in research work at the Access Networks Laboratory, Department of Computer and Electronic Systems, University of Essex.  He was also involved in the BONE project ("Building the Future Optical Network in Europe"), where he collaborated with groups from different European universities to develop efficient, low-cost optical access network architectures.
Prof. Toycan serves as the Rector of Bahçeşehir Cyprus University  Prof. Toycan is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Cypriot Union of Chambers of Engineers and Architects - Chamber of Electrical Engineers.  He also serves as the board member of Information and Communication Technologies Authority in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.  His current scientific research projects include developing cost- and energy-efficient optical access networks for FTTH (Fibre to the Home) scenarios involving wireless communication systems and developing implant antenna designs for wireless health monitoring applications. Besides these projects, the information systems research team at the research center has recently been working on electronic health solutions for developing countries. Research Interests: Optical, wireless & mobile communication systems • Optical networking • Fiber-wireless (FiWi) Networks • Energy efficiency of FiWi networks • Implant antenna design |
