For the current generation of cellular communication systems, long‐term evolution (LTE) has
been the major protocol to support high‐speed data transmission. It is critical to allocate …

In emerging Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the demand for higher communication
performance and enhanced wireless connectivity is increasing fast. To address the issue, in …

Many operators offer long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) service for broadband wireless
access, where they deploy diverse base stations to form a heterogeneous network (HetNet) …

Recently, there has been a growing trend toward applying game theory (GT) to various
engineering fields in order to solve optimization problems with different competing …

Small cells are widely used to offer flexible deployment and improve signal quality. To serve
an increasing number of users with large traffic demands, they are densely deployed in …

The evolution of LTE to LTE-Advanced (LTE-A)(version 10) is motivated by the need to
provide faster data rates, improved radio resource utilization, reduced distribution costs …

The past few years have brought new possibilities that changed the mobile users'
expectations regarding connectivity. New social applications, high-definition multimedia …

Cellular mobile communication has witnessed tremendous growth during the past couple of
decades. It plays an inevitable role in day-to-day life and revolutionizing the human society …