Mobile data traffic has been experiencing a phenomenal rise in the past decade. This ever-
increasing data traffic puts significant pressure on the infrastructure of state-of-the-art cellular …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication can realize the direct communication between
mobile users with short distance. It is an enabling technology for realizing Internet of Things …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications provide a substantial increase in spectrum usage
and efficiency by allowing nearby users to communicate directly without passing their …

To improve the system capacity, spectral performance, and energy efficiency, stringent
requirements for increasing reliability, and decreasing delays have been intended for next …

As telecom operators are struggling to accommodate the existing demands of mobile users,
new data consuming applications are emerging in the daily routines of mobile users (eg …

According to advanced wireless network standards, Device-to-device based communication
underlaid conventional cellular network is considered a promising technology to improve the …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying cellular networks enhance system
capacity and bandwidth utilization. In this approach, secondary users (D2D devices) share …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, which enables direct communication between
nearby mobile devices, is an attractive technique to improve spectrum efficiency by reusing …

Considering that the future cellular networks are more content-centric, and content sharing
among user equipments (UEs) is more universal, device-to-device (D2D) communication …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication technology for fifth generation (5G) mobile networks
enables user equipment (UE) to communicate directly with other UEs without or with partial …