Existing cellular technologies are rapidly coming to their performance limits. This is due not
only to the growth in data traffic and in the number of connected terminals, but also because …

Mobile and wireless communications are moving toward a new era that will be characterized
by the seamless collaboration of heterogeneous systems, the need for high speed …

Since the development of 4G cellular networks is considered to have ended in 2011, the
attention of the research community is now focused on innovations in wireless …

In the last year or so, significant momentum has started to build around the idea of a fifth
generation (5G) for wireless communications technology. New research projects have …

As the commercial implementations of 5G networks have been initiated in different regions
of the world, the focus of the researchers is bending towards the next generation of wireless …

As the rollout of 4G mobile communication networks takes place, representatives of industry
and academia have started to look into the technological developments toward the next …

Roughly every 10 years, a new generation of mobile networks appears. The first generation
(1G) network, which appeared in the 1980s, was analog in nature and supported only voice …

As the take-up of Long Term Evolution (LTE)/4G cellular accelerates, there is increasing
interest in technologies that will define the next generation (5G) telecommunication …

All new 5G mobile technology is expected to be operational by 2020. This time, it is therefore
crucial to know the direction of research and developments enabling 5G technology. This …

True, the scientific community still has a lot to investigate on how to get 5G to have a
satisfactory journey in the development of standards. However, it is now that we must begin …