Ilker Demirkol

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ilker Demirkol is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilker Demirkol has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Ilker Demirkol's work include Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (34 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (26 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (20 papers). Ilker Demirkol is often cited by papers focused on Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (34 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (26 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (20 papers). Ilker Demirkol collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Türkiye. Ilker Demirkol's co-authors include Cem Ersoy, Fatih Alagöz, Josep Paradells, Carles Gómez, Wendi Heinzelman, August Betzler, Ertan Onur, Joaquim Oller, H. Deliç and Jordi Casademont and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Access and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Ilker Demirkol

88 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks: a survey 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks: a survey
    2006 800 citations Ilker Demirkol et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ilker Demirkol Spain 24 2.1k 1.6k 314 160 97 91 2.6k
Kaikai Chi China 24 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 192 0.6× 152 0.9× 226 2.3× 141 1.9k
Ben Greenstein United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 786 0.5× 116 0.4× 207 1.3× 31 0.3× 44 2.0k
Arafat Al‐Dweik United Arab Emirates 30 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 124 0.4× 124 0.8× 486 5.0× 181 2.8k
Heejung Yu South Korea 24 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 102 0.3× 96 0.6× 580 6.0× 144 2.3k
Francesca Cuomo Italy 25 2.1k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 199 0.6× 205 1.3× 235 2.4× 181 2.6k
Pengcheng Zhu China 27 1.0k 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 117 0.4× 100 0.6× 429 4.4× 230 2.4k
Geetam Singh Tomar India 22 912 0.4× 835 0.5× 75 0.2× 153 1.0× 162 1.7× 184 1.6k
Vinod Kulathumani United States 12 786 0.4× 482 0.3× 125 0.4× 179 1.1× 54 0.6× 37 1.1k
Teresa Riesgo Spain 22 580 0.3× 810 0.5× 128 0.4× 179 1.1× 40 0.4× 135 1.6k
Srihari Nelakuditi United States 27 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 80 0.3× 277 1.7× 80 0.8× 96 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilker Demirkol

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Irazabal, Mikel, Elena López-Aguilera, Ilker Demirkol, Robert Schmidt, & Navid Nikaein. (2021). Preventing RLC Buffer Sojourn Delays in 5G. IEEE Access. 9. 39466–39488. 14 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2020). Density-aware mobile networks: Opportunities and challenges. Computer Networks. 175. 107271–107271. 9 indexed citations
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Calveras, Anna, et al.. (2019). An Alternative to IEEE 802.11ba: Wake-Up Radio With Legacy IEEE 802.11 Transmitters. IEEE Access. 7. 48068–48086. 16 indexed citations
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Jain, Akshay, Elena López-Aguilera, & Ilker Demirkol. (2018). Evolutionary 4G/5G Network Architecture Assisted Efficient Handover Signaling. IEEE Access. 7. 256–283. 17 indexed citations
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Jain, Akshay, Elena López-Aguilera, & Ilker Demirkol. (2018). Enhanced Handover Signaling through Integrated MME-SDN Controller Solution. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 1–7. 9 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2017). 5G transport network blueprint and dimensioning for a dense urban scenario. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 1–6. 10 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2016). Multi-beam zooming: An enabler for energy efficient 5G networks. UPCommons institutional repository (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2016). On-Demand Sensor Node Wake-Up Using Solar Panels and Visible Light Communication. Sensors. 16(3). 418–418. 16 indexed citations
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Betzler, August, Carles Gómez, Ilker Demirkol, & Josep Paradells. (2015). CoCoA+: An advanced congestion control mechanism for CoAP. Ad Hoc Networks. 33. 126–139. 64 indexed citations
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Yang, Na, et al.. (2014). How Does Noise Impact Speech-based Emotion Classification?. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Betzler, August, Carles Gómez, Ilker Demirkol, & Josep Paradells. (2014). A Holistic Approach to ZigBee Performance Enhancement for Home Automation Networks. Sensors. 14(8). 14932–14970. 6 indexed citations
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Betzler, August, Carles Gómez, Ilker Demirkol, & Matthias Kovatsch. (2014). Congestion control for CoAP cloud services. 1–6. 28 indexed citations
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Paradells, Josep, et al.. (2014). Infrastructureless smart cities. Use cases and performance. UPCommons institutional repository (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). 1–6. 12 indexed citations
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Oller, Joaquim, Ilker Demirkol, Jordi Casademont, et al.. (2013). Wake-up radio as an energy-efficient alternative to conventional wireless sensor networks MAC protocols. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 173–180. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Na, Ilker Demirkol, & Wendi Heinzelman. (2012). Cross-layer energy optimization under image quality constraints for wireless image transmissions. PubMed. 15. 1000–1005. 3 indexed citations
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Oller, Joaquim, Ilker Demirkol, Josep Paradells, Jordi Casademont, & Wendi Heinzelman. (2012). Time-Knocking: A novel addressing mechanism for wake-up receivers. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 268–275. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, Ilker Demirkol, & Wendi Heinzelman. (2011). Token-MAC: A Fair MAC Protocol for Passive RFID Systems. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2010). Adaptive Sensing and Optimal Power Allocation for Wireless Video Sensors With Sigma-Delta Imager. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 19(10). 2540–2550. 5 indexed citations
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Demirkol, Ilker, et al.. (2009). UPS: Unified Protocol Stack for wireless sensor networks. 3 indexed citations

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