Relaying is one of the key techniques adopted by third‐generation partnership project long‐
term evolution (LTE) advanced as part of 4G cellular technologies, aiming to increase …

Long term evolution (LTE) is a standard widely used in cellular networks today. Both
resource scheduling and pricing are two critical issues. However, existing studies address …

For M2M (Machine-to-Machine) machines in cellular networks, employing high transmission
rates or transmitting in large power actually cost them much energy. This is harmful to the …

Small cells are widely used to offer flexible deployment and improve signal quality. To serve
an increasing number of users with large traffic demands, they are densely deployed in …

The concept of 4G health will be one of the key focus areas of future m-health research and
enterprise activities in the coming years. WiMAX technology is one of the constituent 4G …

This paper analyzes the performance of clustered decode-and-forward multi-hop relaying
(CDFMR) wireless Rayleigh fading networks, and sheds light on their design principles for …

Relay nodes-enhanced architectures are deemed a viable solution to enhance coverage
and capacity of nowadays cellular networks. Besides a number of desirable features, these …

This paper presents an architecture along with an implementation approach to build efficient
e-learning applications. In this architecture, e-learning infrastructure uses the Grid …

The concept of relay has been introduced in LTE-Advanced as a promising approach to
enhance network performance. Because of the diversity introduced by deploying relays to a …

Internet protocol television (IPTV) service depends on the network quality of service (QoS)
and bandwidth of the broadband service provider. IEEE 802.16 j mobile multihop relay …