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Electromagnetic Modelling and Antenna Simulation via Opensource Software

Commercial electromagnetic simulation (EM) software packages such as CST Microwave Studio and  ANSYS HFSS are widely used in commercial applications and educational purposes. Based on my experience, they provide very accurate results which match measurements in most antenna works. On the other hand, there are also very solid opensource software and applications which may also provide similar results in some applications. Antennas are also used in radio telescopes While commercial EM software suits usually have very good documentations, easy-to-use interference, and result visualisation and navigation tools, opensource EM software suits might consist of only the solver and documentation which explains how it should be used and implemented for design and simulation via an interference and a programming language such as Python, MATLAB, C++ . As they are opensource, it is also possible to edit their codes and advance their functions and performance. Thus, these features makes openso...

5G Beyond and 6G Communication Technologies

While initial 5G communication standards have been released and 5G networks have been implemented in some cities around the world, some research groups at world-leading universities and tech-giant companies have already started conducting research on the sixth-generation (6G) communication networks. Although 6G standards are expected to be available in around 2030, there are some speculations what could be included and supported in 6G networks. The major expected technologies or techniques in 6G:  Of course, 6G will support all available technologies in 5G such as  machine-to-machine communication, massive internet of things (massive IoT), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB),  Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC), Flexible network operations. Enhanced network operations which are supported by machine learning applications to improve data-rate, energy-efficiency and flexibility. It will also support vehicles and drones to  enable intelligent transpo...

Antenna Design for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks have been becomıng more important with each passing day. For example, Internet of things (IoTs) concept is developed actually based on WSN systems. There are many different potential and future applications of WNS such as in industry, defence or protecting nature One wireless sensor network node may include a wide variety of layers from physical communication layer to algorithm development. Antennas are also vital parts of the wireless sensor nodes. Due to the small size of the nodes, efficient and small antenna design is brutally challenging, many different methods, therefore, can be applied to enhance performance and efficiency of those small antenna elements.