The 5G network technologies are intended to accommodate innovative services with a large
influx of data traffic with lower energy consumption and increased quality of service and user …

Use of aerial base stations (ABSs) is a promising approach to enhance the agility and
flexibility of future wireless networks. ABSs can improve the coverage and/or capacity of a …

To improve resource utilization flexibility and enhance resource cooperation, a novel fully-
decoupled radio access network (FD-RAN) architecture was conceived, allowing separate …

The virtualized fiber wireless broadband access networks (V-FiWi) paradigm, effectively
embedding heterogeneous virtual networks (VNs) originated from the service provider (SP) …

5G Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) allows User Equipment (UEs) massive connections
and various applications, which results in an exponential increase in the data traffic. This …

In the upcoming 5G heterogeneous networks, leveraging multiple radio access technologies
(RATs) shows to be a crucial issue in achieving RAT multiplexing gain to meet the explosive …

Due to the battery-limited nature of mobile devices, improving energy efficiency (EE) of
individual users and ensuring EE fairness among those users are one of the key design …

The proliferation of wireless-enabled applications with divergent quality of service (QoS)
requirements necessitates tailored QoS provisioning. With the growing complexity of …

Ensuring ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) is necessary for enabling
delay critical applications in 5G HetNets. We propose a joint user to BS association and …

In heterogeneous wireless networks, service providers typically employ multiple radio
access technologies to satisfy the requirements of quality of service (QoS) and improve the …