A survey of device-to-device communications: Research issues and challenges

F Jameel, Z Hamid, F Jabeen… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has emerged as a promising technology for
optimizing spectral efficiency in future cellular networks. D2D takes advantage of the …

Optimal power allocation for NOMA-enabled D2D communication with imperfect SIC decoding

S Yu, WU Khan, X Zhang, J Liu - Physical Communication, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination of device-to-device (D2D) communication with non-orthogonal multiple
access (NOMA) is an efficient solution to enhance the spectral efficiency and connection …

Contract mechanism and performance analysis for data transaction in mobile social networks

J Du, C Jiang, Z Han, H Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel mobile data offloading method is proposed based on an external-
infrastructure-free approach. Specifically, through the hotspot function of smartphones, data …

A social-aware group formation framework for information diffusion in narrowband Internet of Things

Z Ning, X Wang, X Kong, W Hou - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the heterogeneous and resource-constrained characters of Internet of Things (IoT),
how to guarantee ubiquitous network connectivity is challenging. Although LTE cellular …

Decentralized beam pair selection in multi-beam millimeter-wave networks

Y Liu, X Fang, M Xiao, S Mumtaz - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-beam concurrent transmission is one of promising solutions for a millimeter-wave
(mmWave) network to provide seamless handover, robustness to blockage, and continuous …

An end-to-end load balancer based on deep learning for vehicular network traffic control

J Li, G Luo, N Cheng, Q Yuan, Z Wu… - IEEE Internet of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The infrastructure to vehicle (I2V) communication boosts a large number of prevailing
vehicular services, which can provide vehicles with external information, storage, and …

Load balancing for 5G ultra-dense networks using device-to-device communications

H Zhang, L Song, YJ Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Load balancing is an effective approach to address the spatial-temporal fluctuation problem
of mobile data traffic for cellular networks. The existing schemes that focus on channel …

Data aggregation in massive machine type communication: Challenges and solutions

T Salam, WU Rehman, X Tao - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine type communication (MTC) is a fundamental technology to realize the concept of
fully connected world in fifth generation (5G) Internet of Things (IoT). The massive roll out of …

NOMA-based D2D-enabled traffic offloading for 5G and beyond networks employing licensed and unlicensed access

M Sun, X Xu, X Tao, P Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the versatile applications emerge, traffic offloading is an urgent issue to improve the
performance for the fifth generation (5G) and beyond networks. We focus on the scenario …

Federated learning with NOMA assisted by multiple intelligent reflecting surfaces: Latency minimizing optimization and auction

THT Le, L Cantos, SR Pandey, H Shin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework to exploit massive data
generated by edge devices in developing a common learning model while preserving the …