With highly heterogeneous application requirements, 6G and beyond cellular networks are
expected to be demand-driven, elastic, user-centric, and capable of supporting multiple …

5G is becoming more agile and inevitably more complicated for supporting various
deployment scenarios and diversified applications. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming …

In this article, we develop a statistical framework to quantify the area spectral efficiency
(ASE) and the energy efficiency (EE) performance of a user-centric cloud based radio …

Ambitious targets for aggregate throughput, energy efficiency and ubiquitous user
experience are propelling the advent of ultra-dense networks. Intercell interference and high …

To enable an intelligent, programmable and multi-vendor radio access network (RAN) for 6G
networks, considerable efforts have been made in standardization and development of open …

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless network landscape is evolving toward enhanced
programmability, virtualization, and intelligence to support heterogeneous use cases. The O …

Ultra-dense networks (UDNs) constitute one of the most promising techniques for supporting
the 5G mobile system. By deploying more small cells in a fixed area, the average distance …

The surging traffic volumes and dynamic user mobility patterns pose great challenges for
cellular network operators to reduce operational costs and ensure service quality. Cloud …

As telecommunication networks evolve towards 5G, emerging technologies such as Massive
Internet of Thing (mIoT) and massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) are predicted …

Traffic steering (TS) is a promising approach to support various service requirements and
enhance transmission reliability by distributing network traffic loads to appropriate base …