Bridging the digital divide

M Matracia, AU Rahman, R Wang, MA Kishk… - Fundamentals of 6G …, 2023 - Springer
Digital divide refers to the gap between populations at different socioeconomic levels with
respect to their access to the Internet and communication technologies in general. In this …

Communications over Unlicensed sub-8 GHz Spectrum: Opportunities and Challenges

K Saifullin, H Al-Shatri, MS Alouini - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.11002, 2024 - arxiv.org
The utilization of unlicensed spectrum presents a promising solution to the issue of spectrum
scarcity in densely populated areas, while also offering a cost-effective means to connect …

Evolved spectrum usage rights: A catalyst for liberal spectrum management reform

W Webb, A Medeisis, LF Minervini - Telecommunications Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Radio spectrum is critically important to the functioning of modern society but is a scarce
resource in great demand. Ideally, it should be allocated to the most valuable uses in a …

Balancing Performance and Cost for Two-Hop Cooperative Communications: Stackelberg Game and Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Y Geng, E Liu, W Ni, R Wang, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to balance performance and cost in a two-hop wireless cooperative
communication network where the source and relays have contradictory optimization goals …

Coexistence of Terrestrial and Satellite Networks in the 28 GHz band

AU Rahman, MA Kishk… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a practical framework for maximizing the average data rates of terrestrial
networks operating in the 28-GHz band while considering their coexistence with satellite …

Indoor and Outdoor Measurement Campaign for Unlicensed 6 GHz Operation with Wi-Fi 6E

S Dogan-Tusha, A Tusha, H Nasiri… - 2023 26th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current Wi-Fi frequency bands (2.4 and 5 GHz bands) are severely congested due to the
exponential growth of Wi-Fi-enabled devices with the increasing demands of higher capacity …

A Dual-Polarized Wide-Beam Antenna Array with Stable High Gain for WiFi-6E (U-NII 6-GHz) Communications

X Ding, L Rao, B Feng - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a dual-polarized wide-beam antenna array with stable high gain, designed for
WiFi-6E communications is proposed. Each antenna element features a horizontal electric …

Channel Selection Game for IEEE 802.11 ax

S Park, I Kim, W Lee, JB Seo - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of channel selection in Wi-Fi 6E networks by modeling it
as a congestion game, where access points (APs) aim to minimize their own co-channel …

Improving spectral efficiency of wireless networks through democratic spectrum sharing

AU Rahman, MA Kishk, MS Alouini - arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.10570, 2021 - arxiv.org
Wireless devices need spectrum to communicate. With the increase in the number of
devices competing for the same spectrum, it has become nearly impossible to support the …

A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Improve WiFi Network Performance Coexisting with LTE

G Mishra, HK Rath, S Nadaf… - 2024 IEEE 13th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The demand for high traffic in the Fifth Generation (5G) and beyond mobile communication
networks has resulted in intense competition for the limited licensed bands, prompting …