International Journal Papers:

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19. M. A. Jamshed, A. Kaushik, S. Manzoor, M. Z. Shakir, J. Seong, M. Toka, W. Shin, and M. Schellmann, "A Tutorial on Non-Terrestrial Networks: Towards Global and Ubiquitous 6G Connectivity," Foundations and Trends in Networking, vol. 14, no.3, pp. 160-253, Jan. 2025[Invited Paper].

18. M. Toka, B. Lee, J. Seong, A. Kaushik, J. Lee, J. Lee, N. Lee, W. Shin, and H. V. Poor, "RIS-Empowered LEO Satellite Networks for 6G: Promising Usage Scenarios and Future Directions," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 128-135, November 2024 (Q1, IF: 8.3).

17. R. Singh, A. Kaushik, W. Shin, G. C. Alexandropoulos, M. Toka, and M.-Di Renzo, "Indexed Multiple Access with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: The Reflection Tuning Potential," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 120-126, April 2024 (Q1, IF: 8.3).

16. M. A. Jamshed, A. Kaushik, M. Toka, W. Shin, M. Z. Shakir, S. P. Dash, and D. Dardari, "Synergizing Airborne Non-Terrestrial Networks and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Aided 6G IoT," IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 46-52, March 2024.

15. J. Seong, M. Toka, and W. Shin, "Sum-Rate Maximization of RSMA-based Aerial Communications with Energy Harvesting: A Reinforcement Learning Approach," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 2162-2337, October 2023 (Q1, IF: 4.6).

14. B. Demirkol, M. Toka, and O. Kucur, "Outage Performance of NOMA with Alamouti/MRC in Dual-Hop Energy Harvesting Relay Networks," Physical Communication, vol. 58, 102026, pp. 1-9, June 2023 (Q3, IF: 2).

13. J. Lee, J. Lee, M. Toka, W. Shin, and J. Lee, "Intelligent Reflecting Surface-aided Doppler Compensation for Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Networks: Joint Power Allocation and Passive Beamforming Optimisation," IET Signal Processing, vol. 17, no. 4, e12212, pp. 1-11, April 2023.

12. M. Toka, E. Guven, M. A. Durmaz, G. Karabulut Kurt, and O. Kucur, "Performance Analyses of TAS/Alamouti-MRC NOMA in Dual-Hop Full-Duplex AF Relaying Networks," Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 34, iss. 3, e4715, pp. 1-22, March 2023 (Q3, IF: 2.5).

11. M. Toka, M. Vaezi, and W. Shin, "Outage Analysis of Alamouti-NOMA Scheme for Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Relay Networks," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, iss. 6, pp. 5293-5303, March 2023 (Q1, IF: 8.2).

10. B. Demirkol, M. Aldababsa, M. Toka, and O. Kucur, "Performance Analysis of Antenna Selection Scheme in Dual-Hop NOMA HD and FD Energy Harvesting Relay Networks," International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ), vol. 143, 154031, pp. 1-10, January 2022 (Q2, IF: 3).

9. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Performance Analyses of TAS/Alamouti-MRC NOMA System with Channel Estimation Error, Feedback Delay and Imperfect SIC," Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 32, iss. 12, e4359, pp. 1-19, December 2021 (Q3, IF: 2.5).

8. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Performance of MRT/RAS MIMO-NOMA with Residual Hardware Impairments," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, iss. 5, pp. 1071-1074, May 2021 (Q1, IF: 4.6).

7. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Performance Analysis of OSTBC-NOMA System in the presence of Practical Impairments," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, iss. 9, pp. 9697-9706, September 2020 (Q1, IF: 6.1).

6. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Performance of Dual Hop Full-Duplex Relay Networks with Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coding in Nakagami-m Fading Channels," IET Communications, vol. 13, iss. 5, pp. 601-609, December 2019 (Q3, IF: 1.5).

5. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access with Alamouti Space-Time Block Coding," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, iss. 9, pp. 1954-1957, September 2018 (Q2, IF: 3.7).

4. M. Aldababsa, M. Toka, S. Gökçeli, G. Karabulut Kurt, and O. Kucur, "A Tutorial on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for 5G and Beyond," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2018, June 2018.

3. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Performance of Antenna Selection Schemes in Dual Hop Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Relaying over Nakagami-m Fading Channels," International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ), vol. 86, pp. 92-102, March 2018 (Q2, IF: 3).

2. M. Toka, O. Kucur, and B.S. Tezekici, "Performance of Joint Relay and Antenna Selection in the Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks," Wireless Personal Communications (WPC), vol 96, iss. 3, pp. 4313-4328, October 2017 (Q3, IF: 1.9).

1. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Analysis of TAS/MRC in Dual Hop Full-Duplex MIMO Relay Networks with Co-channel Interferences," International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ), vol. 77, pp. 82-90, July 2017 (Q2, IF: 3).

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International Conference Papers:

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7. J. Seong, M. Toka, and W. Shin, "Sum-Rate Maximization for RSMA-Enabled Energy Harvesting Aerial Networks With Reinforcement Learning," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju-do, South Korea, pp. 622-624, 11-13 October, 2023.

6. M. Toka, A. Kaushik, A. G. Armada, and W. Shin, "On the Performance of RIS-aided OFDM-Based LEO Satellite Networks with Doppler Effects," in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Shanghai, China, pp. 371-375, 25-28 September, 2023. (Poster presentation).

5. M. Toka and W. Shin, "Outage Performance of Cooperative MISO-NOMA Based Satellite-Terrestrial Networks," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Austin, Texas, USA, pp. 155-159, 10-13 April, 2022.

4. M. Toka and W. Shin, "NOMA Based Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Relay Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics Asia (IEEE/ICCE-Asia), Gangwon, Republic of Korea, pp. 1-3, 1-3 November, 2021.

3. M. A. Durmaz, E. Guven, G. Karabulut Kurt, M. Toka, M. Aldababsa, and O. Kucur, "A Four-User Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System Implementation in Software Defined Radios," in Proc. IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, Virtual Conference, pp. 1-5, 26-29 May, 2020.

2. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Performance of Dual-Hop Full-Duplex Relaying with Alamouti/MRC over Rayleigh Fading Channels," in Proc. IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, İstanbul, Türkiye, pp. 1-5, 5-8 June, 2017.

1. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Performance of Dual Hop Full-Duplex MIMO Relay Networks with TAS/MRC over Rayleigh Fading Channels," 13th International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems (ISWCS), Poznan, Poland, pp. 99-103, 20-23 September, 2016.

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National Conference Papers:

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12. S. Kim, M. Toka, J. Ryu, and W. Shin, "A GUI Simulator for Performance Analysis Based on LEO Satellite Scenarios," The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Fall Conference, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, pp. 919-920, 22-24 November 2023. (In Korean-Poster presentation)-(Received the Best Undergraduate Paper Award).

11. S. Kim, M. Toka, and W. Shin, "A GUI Simulator for Low-orbit Satellite Communications Link-level Analysis," The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Summer Conference (KIEES), Seokcho, Republic of Korea, pp. 1-1, 23-26 August, 2023. (In Korean).

10. S. Sharma, M. Toka, and W. Shin, "Beam-Hopping and Resource Allocation for NOMA Based LEO Satellite Network: Genetic Algorithm," The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter Conference, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, pp. 443-444, 8-10 February 2023.

9. J. Lee, J. Lee, M. Toka, J. Lee, and W. Shin, "Doppler Compensation Technique in IRS-based Low-orbit Satellite Communication," The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Summer Conference (KIEES), Jeju-do, Republic of Korea, pp. 1-1, 17-20 August, 2022. (In Korean).

8. M. Toka, J. Lee, J. Seong, and W. Shin, "On the Performance of RIS-aided LEO Satellite Networks," The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer Conference, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea, pp. 1-2, 22-24 June, 2022. (Received the Best English Paper Award).

7. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Performance of Dual-Hop TAS/Alamouti-STBC NOMA System," IEEE 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Gaziantep, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 5-7 Oct., 2020.

6. M. A. Durmaz, C. Göztepe, G. Karabulut Kurt, M. Toka, and O. Kucur, "Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System Implementation in Software Defined Radios," IEEE 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Sivas, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 24-26 Apr., 2019.

5. B. Demirkol, M. Toka, and O. Kucur, "Outage Probability of Max-Max Antenna Selection in Dual-Hop Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relaying Network over Nakagami-m Fading Channels," IEEE 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Sivas, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 24-26 Apr., 2019.

4. M. Toka, O. Kucur, and B. Demirkol, "Outage Performance of OSTBC-NOMA System in the presence of Channel Estimation Error and Feedback Delay," IEEE 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Sivas, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 24-26 Apr., 2019.

3. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Performance of Partial Antenna Selection in the Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Relay Networks," IEEE 25th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Antalya, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 15-18 May, 2017.

2. M. Toka and O. Kucur, "Outage Probability of Full-Duplex MIMO Relay Networks with Co-channel Interference over Rayleigh Fading Channels," IEEE 24th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Zonguldak, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 16-19 May, 2016.

1. M. Toka, O. Kucur, and B. S. Tezekici, "Performance of Joint Relay and Antenna Selection in the Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks," IEEE 23. Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Malatya, Türkiye, pp. 1-4, 16-19 May, 2015.

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National Patents:

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2. Shin, W., Toka, M., Lee, J., Seong, J., Ryu, J., and Park, J., “Apparatus and Method for Controlling Interference Between Non-Terrestrial Network and Terrestrial Network in Wireless Communication System,” The Korean Patent Institute, Application No. KR2022/0160829, Republic of Korea, Filed: November 22, 2022. (In Korean).

1. Shin, W., Toka, M., “Method of User-Cooperation to Improve the Signal Strength of the User Terminal in Satellite Network,” The Korean Patent Institute, Application No. KR2022/0025947, Republic of Korea, Filed: February 28, 2022 (In Korean).

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Projects:

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4. Joint Communication and Radar System on LEO Satellite Constellation Networks: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access and Sensing

Granted By: National Research Foundation of Korea, Republic of KOREA

Position: Postdoc Researcher

Period: June 2022 - Sep. 2023

3. K-Starlink: Dynamic Reconfigurable and Intelligent Space-Terrestrial Networks

Granted By: National Research Foundation of Korea, Republic of KOREA

Position: Postdoc Researcher

Period: Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2023

2. Development of Communication Technology Between Small Satellites in Low-orbit Clusters

Granted By: Information and Communication Planning and Evaluation Institute, Republic of KOREA

Position: Postdoc Researcher

Period: Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2023

1. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) Communication Techniques for 5G and Beyond

Granted By: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK), TÜRKİYE

Position: Ph.D. Scholar

Period: Nov. 2018 - May 2021

• ELM 466 Yer Uydu Haberleşmesi
• ELM 617 Olasılık Teorisi ve Rastgele Prosesler
• ELM 670 Konveks Optimizasyona Giriş

• Doktora: Elektronik Mühendisliği, Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi, 2021
• Yüksek lisans: Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği, Niğde Üniversitesi, 2015
• Lisans: Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği, Erciyes Üniversitesi, 2011

PostDoc Researcher: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of KOREA (2021-2023)

Teaching Assistant:
Undergraduate Lecture: Mobile Communications, 2022 Spring Term
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Wonjae Shin
Graduate Lecture: Advanced Topics in Communications, 2022 Fall Term
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Wonjae Shin