As the spectral efficiency of a point-to-point link in cellular networks approaches its
theoretical limits, with the forecasted explosion of data traffic, there is a need for an increase …

Dual connectivity (DC) allows user equipments (UEs) to receive data simultaneously from
different eNodeBs (eNBs) in order to boost the performance in a heterogeneous network …

Self-organizing networks (SONs) are expected to minimize operational and capital
expenditure of the operators while improving the end users' quality of experience. To …

Small cells were introduced to support high data-rate services and for dense deployment.
Owing to user equipment (UE) mobility and small-cell coverage, the load across a small-cell …

LTE and LTE-Advanced have undeniably provided a major step forward in mobile
communication capability, enabling mobile service provisioning to approach for the first time …

In a conventional cellular system, devices are not allowed to directly communicate with each
other in the licensed cellular bandwidth and all communications take place through the base …

LTE Release 8 is one of the primary broadband technologies based on OFDM, which is
currently being commercialized. LTE Release 8, which is mainly deployed in a …

Device-to-Device communication underlaying a cellular network enables local services with
limited interference to the cellular network. In this paper we study the optimal selection of …

Mobile Internet applications run on devices such as smartphones and tablets, and have
dramatically changed the landscape of applicationgenerated network traffic. The potent …