Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is an emerging technology to provide ubiquitous
connectivity among devices without human intervention. The cellular networks are …

This paper presents a comprehensive overview on the area of energy-aware common
content distribution over wireless networks with mobile-to-mobile cooperation. It is assumed …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications help improve the performance of wireless multicast
services in cellular networks via cooperative retransmissions among multicast recipients …

Despite of the undisputed benefits of the long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) networks,
offering support for group-oriented services challenges the evolved multimedia broadcast …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communications has been proposed to cellular networks in order to
optimize spectrum efficiency and resources utilization. In D2D-assisted networks, the …

How to achieve efficient reliable multicast with 100 percent reliability is an important issue of
emerging 5G network. In the 5G network, besides the macro BSs, ultra-dense low-power …

This chapter deals with a comprehensive analysis of the challenges behind the introduction
of Device-to-Device (D2D) communications in the context of 5th Generation (5G) …

For real-time video broadcast where multiple users are interested in the same content,
mobile-to-mobile cooperation can be utilized to improve delivery efficiency and reduce …

In this paper, the joint operation of cooperative device-to-device (D2D) communications and
green cellular communications is investigated. An efficient approach for grouping mobile …

According to the International Telecommunication Union, information and communication
technology (ICT) was emitting 0.83 GtCO2e (gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent) …