User association in 5G networks: A survey and an outlook

D Liu, L Wang, Y Chen, M Elkashlan… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) mobile networks are envisioned to support the deluge of data traffic
with reduced energy consumption and improved quality of service (QoS) provision. To this …

Fundamental green tradeoffs: Progresses, challenges, and impacts on 5G networks

S Zhang, Q Wu, S Xu, GY Li - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With years of tremendous traffic and energy consumption growth, green radio has been
valued not only for theoretical research interests but also for the operational expenditure …

Cognitive radio for smart grids: Survey of architectures, spectrum sensing mechanisms, and networking protocols

AA Khan, MH Rehmani… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional power grids are currently being transformed into smart grids (SGs). SGs feature
multi-way communication among energy generation, transmission, distribution, and usage …

On the classification of fog computing applications: A machine learning perspective

JC Guevara, RS Torres, NLS Da Fonseca - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, Internet applications running on mobile devices generate a massive amount of
data that can be transmitted to a Cloud for processing. However, one fundamental limitation …

Energy-and spectrum-efficient user association in millimeter-wave backhaul small-cell networks

A Mesodiakaki, F Adelantado, L Alonso… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Macrocells are expected to be densely overlaid by small cells (SCs) to meet increasing
capacity demands. Due to their dense deployment, some SCs will not be connected directly …

Optimal downlink and uplink user association in backhaul-limited HetNets

N Sapountzis, T Spyropoulos… - IEEE INFOCOM 2016 …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Operators, struggling to continuously add capacity and upgrade their architecture to keep up
with data traffic increase, are turning their attention to denser deployments that improve …

VLC in future heterogeneous networks: Energy–and spectral–efficiency optimization

S Aboagye, A Ibrahim, TMN Ngatched… - ICC 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy efficiency (EE) and spectral efficiency (SE) have been identified as key performance
indicators in the design of future cellular networks. However, the available radio frequency …

Fundamentals of the downlink green coverage and energy efficiency in heterogeneous networks

CH Liu, KL Fong - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the proposed green (energy-efficient) coverage probability, link and
network energy efficiencies in the downlink of a heterogeneous cellular network (HetNet) …

On minimizing energy consumption in FiWi enhanced LTE-A HetNets

H Guo, J Liu, ZM Fadlullah… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As an integration of optical fiber networks and LTE-A heterogeneous networks (HetNets),
fiber-wireless (FiWi) enhanced LTE-A HetNets will play a key role in supporting large-scale …

Modeling and analysis of two-tier HetNets with cognitive small cells

Z Yan, W Zhou, S Chen, H Liu - IEEE Access, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous networks (HetNets), which consist of traditional macro-cells overlaid with
newly envisioned small cells (eg, femtocells, picocells, microcells, and nanocells), are …