In LTE-Advanced networks, besides the overall coverage provided by traditional macrocells,
various classes of low-power nodes (eg, pico eNBs, femto eNBs, and relays) can be …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications as an underlaying LTE-Advanced network has
proven to be efficient in improving the network performance and releasing the traffic load of …

The Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTEAdvanced) networks are being developed to
provide mobile broadband services for the fourth generation (4G) cellular wireless systems …

Energy efficiency and bandwidth efficiency are two paramount important performance
metrics for device-to-device communications. In this work, we investigate how mobility …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks allows closely located
user equipments (UEs) to communicate directly by sharing the radio resources assigned to …

3GPP has been developing LTE-A standard to significantly enhance the performance of
cellular networks by utilizing various radio access techniques to provide ubiquitous and …

Dual Connectivity in LTE network can significantly improve per-user throughput and mobility
robustness by allowing users to be connected simultaneously to master cell group (MCG) …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying cellular networks have recently been
considered as a promising means to improve the resource utilization of the cellular network …

Discontinuous reception (DRX) saves battery power of user equipment (UE) usually at the
expense of potential increase in latency in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks …

In next-generation LTE-advanced cellular networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication
has emerged as an effective way to offload cellular traffic and improve system performance …