The next-generation mobile communication system [fifth-generation (5G)] needs to address
the challenges stemming from the performance requirements in diverse technical scenarios …

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 …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communications enable user equipments (UEs) in proximity to each
other to exchange information by taking advantage of high data-rate and low energy …

Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) communication supports direct communications between
nearby devices, which has potential to improve network capacity, spectrum efficiency and …

The explosive growth of the mobile user population and multimedia services are causing a
severe traffic overload problem in the cellular network. The Third-Generation Partnership …

The demand for high-data-rate transmission has triggered the design and development of
advanced cellular networks, such as fourth-generation (4G) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication has been proposed as a promising technology for
future cellular communication systems due to its advantages of high spectrum efficiency, low …

This paper focuses on a heterogeneous scenario in which cellular and wireless local area
technologies coexist and mobile devices are enabled with device-to-device (D2D) …

In a device to device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular network, total system sum
rate can be improved if cellular user equipments (UEs) and D2D pairs share resource blocks …

In this paper, a downlink device-to-device (D2D)-assisted cellular networks with mobile
edge caching, where most popular video files are independently cached in D2D users and …