Predictive resource allocation (PRA) techniques that exploit knowledge of the future signal
strength along roads have recently been recognized as promising approaches to save base …

The rapid growth in the energy consumption of mobile networks has become a major
concern for mobile operators. Today's mobile networks' usage is dominated by over-the-top …

Multi-stream carrier aggregation (MSCA) has been recently proposed as a mechanism to
increase the amount of bandwidth available to users for heterogeneous networks (HetNets) …

In this paper, a new and efficient methodology is proposed to quickly and precisely evaluate
the power consumption and performance of wireless communication base-band systems …

The fifth generation cellular network performance is measured by its spectral and energy
efficiency (EE). Densifying the network might provide a solution. However, this will lead to …

Abstract Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture which
can address a number of challenges that mobile operators face while trying to support ever …

We propose an optical-wireless 5G infrastructure offering converged fronthauling/
backhauling functions to support both operational and end-user cloud services. A layered …

When developing future wireless access networks, it is important to focus not only on
optimizing the power consumption, but also the electromagnetic field exposure for human …

Densifying the communications network and integrating innovative technologies leads to
increased power consumption (PC), along with increased signalling and degraded …

Recently, commutating resource is playing an increasingly more important role in the user
experience and future generation wireless networks, as exemplified by the recent progress …