Soaring capacity and coverage demands dictate that future cellular networks need to
migrate soon toward ultra-dense networks. However, network densification comes with a …

A relaying can significantly improve performance of contemporary mobile networks in terms
of capacity and/or energy consumption. Nevertheless, an incorporation of conventional relay …

As the standardization of network-assisted device-to-device (D2D) communications by the
Third Generation Partnership Project progresses, the research community has started to …

The evolution of conventional wireless communication networks to 5G is driven by an
explosive increase in the number of wireless mobile devices and services, as well as their …

The evolving fifth generation (5G) cellular wireless networks are envisioned to overcome the
fundamental challenges of existing cellular networks, for example, higher data rates …

Offers comprehensive insight into the theory, models, and techniques of ultra-dense
networks and applications in 5G and other emerging wireless networks The need for speed …

As the mobile operators strive to accommodate the increasing load and capacity
requirements, direct communication among users' devices, namely, device-to-device (D2D) …

With emerging demands for local area and popular content sharing services, multihop
device-to-device communication is conceived as a vital component of next-generation …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has emerged as a promising technology for
optimizing spectral efficiency in future cellular networks. D2D takes advantage of the …

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 …