To supporting a wider and diverse range of applications, device-to-device (D2D)
communication is a key enabler in heterogeneous cellular networks (HetCNets). It plays an …

Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) communications in cellular networks enable user
equipments (UEs) to directly communicate with each other without the relay of base stations …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is becoming more popular research topic among
the network researchers and engineers across the globe. This popularity is due to various …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications have been proposed as a promising technology to
improve network capacity and user experiences in the future mobile networks such as …

Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) communication has emerged as a promising concept to
improve resource utilization in fifth generation cellular networks. D2D network's architectural …

To support the increasing data traffic demand in wireless communications networks, a multi-
tier architecture that consists of multiple small cells is adopted in traditional (macro) cellular …

Underlaying device-to-device (D2D) communications to a cellular network is considered as
a key technique to improve spectral efficiency in 5G networks. For such D2D systems, mode …

Integrating device-to-device (D2D) communication into cellular networks is considered as a
promising technology to support high data rate and improve spectrum utilization. However …

The homogeneous spatial Poisson point process (SPPP) is widely used for spatial modeling
of mobile terminals (MTs). This process is characterized by a homogeneous distribution …

In D2D-enabled cellular networks, data communications between user equipments (UEs)
can be completed by two modes: the cellular mode and the D2D mode where UEs bypass …