Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) communication improves spectrum efficiency (SE) and
increases system capacity. Heterogeneous networks comprise macrocell and several small …

Cellular network with energy harvesting (EH) powered Device-to-Device (D2D)
communication can increase cellular network capacity and meanwhile keep a high …

In device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying cellular systems based on the cloud
radio access network, including distributed remote radio heads (RRHs) and centralized …

In this paper, a social-aware virtual medium access control (SV-MAC) is devised to integrate
virtualization and social awareness to D2D communications underlying heterogeneous …

It has been well-established that Device-to-device (D2D) communication underlying cellular
networks can improve network radio resource efficiency and provide higher transmission …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is a promising technology to improve energy
efficiency and spectrum efficiency of the next-generation mobile networks. In this paper, we …

Now a days The Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE Advanced) networks are being
developed to provide mobile broadband services for the fourth generation (4G) cellular …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks efficiently enhances
the network throughput and spectrum efficiency when sharing cellular resources. However …

Recently, there is a growing emphasis on device-to-device (D2D) communication, which is
the key component of the Internet-of-Things ecosystem. D2D communication can operate on …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications allows user equipment (UE) that are in close
proximity to communicate with each other directly without using a base station. Relay …