The control and user plane separation (CUPS) architecture becomes more appealing for
higher mobility profiles with the densification of networks. Compared with the conventional …

The user-centric base station cooperation is a new approach that allows a mobile user to be
connected to a set (cluster) of base stations instead of being associated with a single one …

Millimeter wave (mmW) communication is a promising solution for providing high-capacity
wireless network access. However, the benefits of mmW are limited by the fact that the …

Millimeter wave (mmW) systems typically use beamforming techniques to compensate for
the high pathloss. However, directional communications in the presence of uncertainty in …

Mobile users in an ultra-dense millimeter-wave cellular network experience handover
events more frequently than in conventional networks, which results in increased service …

Millimeter wave (mmWave) has been widely considered as a promising technology in the
next generation wireless communication systems. Various beam-based directional …

One of the most promising approaches to overcome the uncertainty and dynamic channel
variations of millimeter wave (mmW) communications is to deploy dual-mode base stations …

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications have attracted substantial attention due to their
potential to provide very large bandwidths. Unfortunately, the propagation of millimeter …

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication enables high rate transmission, but its network
performance may be degraded significantly due to blockages between the transmitter and …

In millimeter wave (mmWave) networks, base stations (BSs) are expected to be densely
deployed in order to meet the demands of mobile users. A major challenge in dense …