Due to the rapid development of wireless access technologies and smart terminals, mobile
data traffic is continuously increasing, which is expected to lead to an explosive growth of …

Mobile data offloading is a highly promising approach in mobile networks that tackles
network congestion at Base Stations (BSs) and greatly improves both the Quality of Service …

As the growth of mobile data traffic places significant strain on cellular networks, plans for
exploiting under-utilized network resources become increasingly attractive. In this paper, we …

To deliver an enhanced mobility experience, wireless networks must provide seamless
handoff to mobile clients. Moreover, the handoff process should preserve quality-of-service …

On the road towards 5G, a proliferation of Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) is expected.
Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) cooperation is needed in order to …

The necessity to deploy wireless mesh network is determined by the real world application
requirements. WMN does not fit some application well due to latency issues and capacity …

Undoubtedly, SDN has the potential to fundamentally change the way end-to-end networks
are provisioned and designed. By introducing programmability into networking, the handling …

The demands for multimedia content are experiencing explosive growth, and the cellular
network infrastructure is under pressure to cope with this unprecedented data overload. The …

Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) relaying in a store-carry-forward manner can efficiently
expand the transmission range of D2D traffic offloading in cellular systems, which needs …

Following the continuous increase of the mobile data traffic, the 5G technology has been
introduced to offer additional capacity and higher data rate. WiFi APs integration with mobile …