The introduction of relay station (RS) nodes is a key feature in next generation wireless
networks such as 3GPP's long term evolution advanced (LTE-Advanced), or the forthcoming …

This paper investigates the problem of the formation of an uplink tree structure among the
IEEE 802.16 J network's relay stations (RSs) and their serving base station (MR-BS). We …

In this paper, we propose a game theoretical approach to tackle the problem of the
distributed formation of the uplink tree structure among the relay stations (RSs) and their …

Multimedia applications over wireless mobile networks become more popular with the
increasing deployment of wireless infrastructures. IEEE 802.16 standard has become an …

Abstract The IEEE 802.16 mobile multi-hop relay (MMR) task group'j'(TGj) has recently
introduced the multi-hop relaying concept in the IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN, wherein a …

Abstract The IEEE 802.16 mobile multi-hop relay (MMR) task group'j'(TGj) has introduced
the multi-hop relaying concept in the IEEE 802.16 Wireless MAN, wherein a relay station …

Multihop wireless systems outperform single‐hop ones in terms of coverage and capacity.
The IEEE 802.16 standard, also known as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access …

The focus of this thesis is on end-to-end (e2e) queueing performance evaluation and
resource allocation in order to improve the performance of the relay-enhanced cellular …

The rapid proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and bandwidth-intensive wireless
applications such as multimedia services has strained the resources of current wireless …

Relaying technology is likely to bring real progress to the next generation cellular networks
due to its capability of boosting the system capacity and coverage. However, despite recent …