As mobile communication system evolve from LTE to 5G, a wider range of services are
being provided leading to a rapid increase of mobile data usage. The increase of traffic …

IEEE Wireless Communications• June 2004 7 handoff criteria, react to user inputs, or fulfill
contextaware services requirements or changing network availabilities. Aimed at facing this …

In 5G and beyond (5GB) networks, the notion of cell tends to blur, as a set of points-of-
access (PoAs) using different technologies often cover overlapping areas. In this context …

Densiflcation, energy efficiency and self optimizing network (SON) are key features to meet
the forecast requirements of fifth generation (5G) networks. Frequently, the major …

With the emergence of services that require a high level of data usage, wireless networks
are required to support higher data rates and greater capacity. To satisfy these requests, 5G …

Reaching a flat network is the main target of future evolved packet core for the 5G mobile
networks. The current 4th generation core network is centralized architecture, including …

The different types of services to be supported by 5G networks have vastly heterogeneous
traffic characteristics, quality of service requirements and even energy consumption …

O-RAN is currently emerging as the way to build a virtualized 5G and beyond Radio Access
Network (RAN) that is based on open interfaces and off-the-shelf hardware. O-RAN …

The 4G/5G networks deploy conventional Tracking Area Update and multi-step paging
procedures for mobility management. The paging procedure consumes significant amount of …

With the high increase in the number of connected devices, the 6G network optimizations
cannot rely only on protocols and architecture customizations as in 5G. Instead, a better …