Existing cellular technologies are rapidly coming to their performance limits. This is due not
only to the growth in data traffic and in the number of connected terminals, but also because …

The IEEE 802 standards rely on the distributed coordination function (DCF) as the
fundamental medium access control method. DCF uses the binary exponential backoff …

The introduction of a high number of small cells in cellular networks and the complementary
adoption of WLAN technologies in unlicensed spectrum are interesting options to attend the …

In this paper, the joint access point (AP) association and transmission time allocation
problem in densely deployed multirate WLANs based on time sharing medium access …

Abstract Wi-Fi Direct has become vastly popular in the last few years. Due to its fast network
setup and the provision of high transmission rates, it is expected to be the piggyback …

Blockchain technology has attracted the attention of many researchers in several different
application fields. The use of blockchain in Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensors …

This paper aims to improve energy efficiency of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks
(WLANs) by effectively dealing with idle listening (IL), which is required for channel sensing …

Current mobile phones and tablets are equipped with two technologies for accessing the
Internet: WiFi and Cellular. Deciding which of these two interfaces provides faster data …

Unlicensed spectrum is increasingly being used by mobile operators to meet the mobile
traffic demand, and Wi-Fi is foreseen as one of the technologies for implementing mobile …

The popularity of the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standard has resulted in a plethora of hotspot
deployments. While home hotspots offer high and consistent performance, at large-scale …