License-assisted access (LAA) to unlicensed spectrum is a potential solution to improve the
resource availability and system scalability of 5G/B5G networks. Challenges arise from …

Small cell deployment in heterogeneous networks, whereby small cell base stations (SBS)
are deployed alongside traditional macro-cell base stations, is a proven solution for …

License-assisted access (LAA) is a promising technology to offload dramatically increasing
cellular traffic to unlicensed bands. Challenges arise from the provision of quality-of-service …

Long-Term Evolution in the Unlicensed Spectrum (LTE-U) is considered as an
indispensable technology to mitigate the spectrum scarcity in wireless networks. Typical LTE …

The exploitation of unlicensed bands by the LTE-advanced (LTE-A) system has become a
reality through the proposal of licensed assisted access (LAA) that relies on the carrier …

Acquiring more spectral resources is a key enabler for the envisioned high data rates of next
generation mobile networks. Licensed-assisted access (LAA) to the vast and free-of-charge …

The dynamic exploitation of unlicensed spectrum by mobile operators is becoming a trend of
future 5G networks, with several efficient solutions being standardized for enabling spectrum …

Licensed-assisted-access (LAA) has recently emerged as a heterogeneous network
technology to help mitigate the scarcity of licensed spectrum by extending the long-term …

To relieve the shortage problem of licensed spectrum, the aggregation of licensed and
unlicensed carriers has emerged as an attractive solution for opportunistically increasing the …

Future mobile networks will exploit unlicensed spectrum to boost capacity and meet growing
user demands cost-effectively. The 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has recently …