The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and their integration in smart
cities have changed the way we work and live, and enriched our society. However, IoT …

The exponential growth and availability of data in all forms is the main booster to the
continuing evolution in the communications industry. The popularization of traffic-intensive …

Deploying small cell base stations (SBS) under the coverage area of a macro base station
(MBS), and caching popular contents at the SBSs in advance, are effective means to provide …

Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging concept, which aims to connect billions of devices
with each other. The IoT devices sense, collect, and transmit important information from their …

The demand for rich multimedia services over mobile networks has been soaring at a
tremendous pace over recent years. However, due to the centralized architecture of current …

A key challenge of future mobile communication research is to strike an attractive
compromise between wireless network's area spectral efficiency and energy efficiency. This …

Smart grids are the backbone of existing energy production and supply scenario in today's
society. Gradual increasing demand of energy has certainly emphasized the significance …

Technologies to support the Internet of Things are becoming more important as the need to
better understand our environments and make them smart increases. As a result it is …

Due to global climate change as well as economic concern of network operators, energy
consumption of the infrastructure of cellular networks, or “Green Cellular Networking,” has …

This paper presents a comprehensive survey of existing authentication and privacy-
preserving schemes for 4G and 5G cellular networks. We start by providing an overview of …