Green communications have always been a target for the information industry to alleviate
energy overhead and reduce fossil fuel usage. In the current 5G and future 6G eras, there is …

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has emerged as a promising technology for
optimizing spectral efficiency in future cellular networks. D2D takes advantage of the …

In order to meet the intense user demands, the 5G networks are evolving, and will be
available by 2020. The unfolding cellular technology has raised the energy consumption in …

With the growing cognizance about environmental concern and global warming-related to
communication technologies, the researchers have been seeking some solutions to …

A constant need to increase the network capacity for meeting the growing demands of the
subscribers has led to the evolution of cellular communication networks from the first …

The number of devices is expected to radically increase in near future, with an estimate of
above 50 billion connected devices by 2020. The subscribers demand improved data rates …

To support the rising number of user equipments (UEs), LTE-A allows some UEs directly
talking with each other to facilitate spectrum reuse, which is known as device-to-device …

Energy harvesting (EH) from ambient energy sources can potentially reduce the
dependence on the supply of grid or battery energy, providing many benefits to green …

With the tremendous demand for connectivity anywhere and anytime, existing network
architectures should be modified. To cope with the challenges that arise due to the …

Device-to-device (D2D) technology, which allows direct communications between proximal
devices, is widely acknowledged as a promising candidate to alleviate the mobile traffic …