Device-to-device communications and small cells: enabling spectrum reuse for dense networks

A Laya, K Wang, AA Widaa… - IEEE Wireless …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the evolution of communication networks, there has always been a need to increase the
capacity to cope with the continuous growing demand for data transmission. However, with …

[PDF][PDF] Green, cost-effective, flexible, small cell networks

J Hoydis, M Debbah - IEEE Communications Society …, 2010 - centralesupelec.hal.science
During the last century, the amount of information that can be exchanged within a given area
over a slice of the useful radio spectrum has doubled every 30 months [1]. Without doubt …

Towards 1 Gbps/UE in cellular systems: Understanding ultra-dense small cell deployments

D López-Pérez, M Ding, H Claussen… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's heterogeneous networks comprised of mostly macrocells and indoor small cells will
not be able to meet the upcoming traffic demands. Indeed, it is forecasted that at least a 100 …

Expanding cellular coverage via cell-edge deployment in heterogeneous networks: Spectral efficiency and backhaul power consumption perspectives

YA Sambo, MZ Shakir, KA Qaraqe… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous small-cell networks (HetNets) are considered to be a standard part of future
mobile networks where operator/consumer deployed small-cells, such as femto-cells, relays …

Low-rate machine-type communication via wireless device-to-device (D2D) links

NK Pratas, P Popovski - arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.6783, 2013 - arxiv.org
Wireless cellular networks feature two emerging technological trends. The first is the direct
Device-to-Device (D2D) communications, which enables direct links between the wireless …

Spectral and energy efficiency of ultra-dense networks under different deployment strategies

SF Yunas, M Valkama, J Niemelä - IEEE Communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To tackle the 1000× mobile data challenge, the research towards the 5th generation of
mobile cellular networks is currently ongoing. One clear enabler toward substantially …

Cooperation for spectral and energy efficiency in ultra-dense small cell networks

C Yang, J Li, M Guizani - IEEE wireless communications, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extensive deployment of small cells in heterogenous cellular networks introduces both
challenges and opportunities. Challenges come with reuse of limited frequency resources …

Device-to-device communication scenario

T Peng, Q Lu, H Wang, T Chen - US Patent 9,491,766, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Integration of new network topologies into a cellular radio network gains
more and more attraction and interest in both industry and academic instances. Some …

On the fundamental characteristics of ultra-dense small cell networks

M Ding, D Lopez-Perez, H Claussen… - IEEE Network, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to cope with the forecasted 1000× increase in wireless capacity demands by 2030,
network operators will aggressively densify their network infrastructure to reuse the spectrum …

Planning of ultra-dense wireless networks

A Al-Dulaimi, S Al-Rubaye, J Cosmas… - IEEE Network, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks adopt the deployment of ultra-dense small cells for
efficient slicing of radio resources. This conceptual change in network structure aims to meet …