Transferring a huge amount of data between different network locations over the network
links depends on the network's traffic capacity and data rate. Traditionally, a mobile device …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) requires seamless mobility and services with low power
consumption, low packet loss ratio, ultra-low latency, and high reliability. Ultra-dense …

The state of art pertaining to vertical handover decisions in next-generation wireless
networks provides a detailed overview of vertical handover studies. This paper classifies the …

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is transforming the networking ecosystem. SDN allows
network operators to easily and quickly introduce new services and flexibly adapt to their …

The next-generation Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks, using the Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) as the core technology based on the IEEE …

6G is envisioned to empower wireless communication and computation through the
digitalization and connectivity of everything, by establishing a digital representation of the …

While network densification is considered an important solution to cater the ever-increasing
capacity demand, its effect on the handover (HO) rate is overlooked. In dense 5G networks …

Handover (HO) is one of the key aspects of next-generation (NG) cellular communication
networks that need to be properly managed since it poses multiple threats to quality-of …

Ultra‐dense small cell (SC) deployment in the future 5G network makes the architecture of
the network as heterogeneous networks (HetNets). This is a good solution to boost the …

The massive growth of mobile users will spread to significant numbers of small cells for the
Fifth Generation (5G) mobile network, which will overlap the fourth generation (4G) network …