Heterogeneous wireless networks (HetNets), where networks are deployed with ultra-dense
small cells (SCs), is one of the main enabling technologies for future wireless networks. In …

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has recently emerged as an enabling technology to
enhance reliability and overcome blockage in future heterogeneous wireless networks …

Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) have been widely used in the development of 5G
because a large number of small base stations (SBSs) can be deployed in hot spots to …

The energy efficiency (EE) of femtocells is always limited by the surrounding radio
environments in heterogeneous networks (HetNets), such as walls and obstacles. In this …

One of the main bottlenecks of the cell-free network practical deployment is the need for
significant numerous access points (APs) with high hardware cost and power consumption …

This article considers the problem of cost-aware downlink sum-rate maximization via joint
optimal radio access technologies (RATs) assignment and power allocation in next …

Intelligent wireless networks have long been expected to have self-configuration and self-
optimization capabilities to adapt to various environments and demands. In this paper, we …

Multi-radio access technologies (RATs) networks, where various heterogeneous networks
(HetNets) coexist, are in service nowadays and considered a main enabling technology for …

We consider a heterogeneous network (HetNet), where multiple access points (APs) of
potentially different transmission capacities serve users simultaneously via beamforming in …

With the rise of data-hungry applications and the rapid development of the Internet-of-Things
(IoT), 5G and device-to-device (D2D) communications come into being. While such …