Load balancing is an effective approach to address the spatial-temporal fluctuation problem
of mobile data traffic for cellular networks. The existing schemes that focus on channel …

Small-cell architecture is widely adopted by cellular network operators to increase spectral
spatial efficiency. However, this approach suffers from low spectrum temporal efficiency …

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 …

With the emergence of demands for local area services, device-to-device (D2D)
communication is proposed as a vital technology component for the next generation cellular …

Cellular network performance can significantly benefit from direct device-to-device (D2D)
communication, but interference from cochannel D2D communication limits the performance …

This paper investigates how to enhance the energy and spectral efficiency (ESE)
performance of large-scale cellular networks by offloading mobile traffic with the aid of …

To support the increasing data traffic demand in wireless communications networks, a multi-
tier architecture that consists of multiple small cells is adopted in traditional (macro) cellular …

In this letter, we study the resource allocation in cellular networks with device-to-device
(D2D) communication enhancement, where multiple D2D pairs can share subchannels with …

Abstract Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying macro-small cell networks, as
one of the promising technologies in the era of 5G, is able to improve spectral efficiency and …

In next-generation LTE-advanced cellular networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication
has emerged as an effective way to offload cellular traffic and improve system performance …