A survey of millimeter wave communications (mmWave) for 5G: opportunities and challenges

Y Niu, Y Li, D Jin, L Su, AV Vasilakos - Wireless networks, 2015 - Springer
With the explosive growth of mobile data demand, the fifth generation (5G) mobile network
would exploit the enormous amount of spectrum in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands to …

A survey on handoffs—Lessons for 60 GHz based wireless systems

B Van Quang, RV Prasad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communication is playing an important role in our daily life since it offers flexibility
and mobility. New multimedia services demand data-rates of up to hundreds of Mbps and …

Mobility management in emerging ultra-dense cellular networks: A survey, outlook, and future research directions

SMA Zaidi, M Manalastas, H Farooq, A Imran - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential rise in mobile traffic originating from mobile devices highlights the need for
making mobility management in future networks even more efficient and seamless than ever …

Design of true time delay millimeter wave beamformers for 5G multibeam phased arrays

DI Lialios, N Ntetsikas, KD Paschaloudis, CL Zekios… - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Millimeter wave (mm-Wave) technology is likely the key enabler of 5G and early 6G wireless
systems. The high throughput, high capacity, and low latency that can be achieved, when …

A 60 GHz radio-over-fiber network architecture for seamless communication with high mobility

N Pleros, K Vyrsokinos, K Tsagkaris… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a 60 GHz broadband picocellular Radio-over-Fiber network architecture
that enables seamless connectivity for highly mobile end-users. Its seamless communication …

An agile and medium-transparent MAC protocol for 60 GHz radio-over-fiber local access networks

G Kalfas, N Pleros - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We present an agile and medium-transparent Medium Access Control (MT-MAC) protocol
for seamless and dynamic capacity allocation over both optical and wireless transmission …

User-centric mobility management based on virtual cell in ultra-dense networks

N Meng, H Zhang, B Lin - 2016 IEEE/CIC International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the trend of network densification for providing high data rate, many problems including
frequent measurement, intolerable handover failure (HOF) rate must be reckoned with in …

Saturation throughput performance analysis of a medium transparent MAC protocol for 60 GHz radio-over-fiber networks

G Kalfas, N Pleros, K Tsagkaris… - Journal of lightwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate an analytical model for calculating the saturation throughput performance
of a medium transparent medium access control (MAC) protocol in 60 GHz radio-over-fiber …

Analytical modeling for mobility signalling in ultradense hetnets

A Taufique, A Mohamed, H Farooq… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiband and multitier network densification is being considered the most promising
solution to overcome the capacity-crunch problem of cellular networks. In this direction …

Seamless mobility under a dedicated distributed antenna system for high-speed rail networks

W Ali, J Wang, H Zhu, J Wang - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-speed railway (HSR) has demonstrated tremendous growth worldwide, and is currently
attaining a maximum velocity of 575 km/h. Such a high speed makes mobile wireless …