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Cooperative ad-hoc UAV networks have been turning into the primary solution set for situations where establishing a communication infrastructure is not feasible. Search-and-rescue after a disaster and intelligence, surveillance, and…
A mixture of streaming and short-lived traffic presents a common yet challenging scenario for Backpressure routing in wireless multi-hop networks. Although state-of-the-art shortest-path biased backpressure (SP-BP) can significantly improve…
This paper introduces a novel hybrid optimisation algorithm that combines elements of both metaheuristic search and integer programming. This new matheuristic combines elements of Benders decomposition and the Bees Algorithm, to create the…
Redundant transfer of resources is a critical issue for compromising the performance of mobile Web applications (a.k.a., apps) in terms of data traffic, load time, and even energy consumption. Evidence shows that the current cache…
Full-duplex wireless communication has the potential to double the capacity of wireless networks by reducing the band occupancy of transmissions. However, a full-duplex capability cannot always reduce the band occupancy because the real…
High energy efficiency and low latency have always been the significant goals pursued by the designer of wireless networks. One efficient way to achieve these goals is cross-layer scheduling based on the system states in different layers,…
We consider a family of discrete time multihop switched queueing networks where each packet moves along a fixed route. In this setting, BackPressure is the canonical choice of scheduling policy; this policy has the virtues of possessing a…
Now a day's Heterogeneous wireless network is a promising field of research interest. Various challenges exist in this hybrid combination like load balancing, resource management and so on. In this paper we introduce a reliable load…
With the rise of critical machine-to-machine applications, next generation wireless communication systems must be designed with strict constraints on the latency and reliability. A key question in this context relates to channel state…
Load Balancing is a fundamental technology for scaling cloud infrastructure. It enables systems to distribute incoming traffic across backend servers using predefined algorithms such as round robin, weighted round robin, least connections,…
We analyze the problem of scheduling in wireless networks to meet end-to-end service guarantees, defined by instantaneous throughput and hard packet deadlines. Using a network slicing model to decouple the queueing dynamics between flows,…
In traffic signal control, flow-based (optimizing the overall flow) and pressure-based methods (equalizing and alleviating congestion) are commonly used but often considered separately. This study introduces a unified framework using…
Future wireless networks need to offer orders of magnitude more capacity to address the predicted growth in mobile traffic demand. Operators to enhance the capacity of cellular networks are increasingly using WiFi to offload traffic from…
Wireless networks are becoming extremely pervasive while traffic demand is ever increasing. In order to cope with the forecast increase in traffic volume for the upcoming years, as well as the number of connected devices, new technologies,…
The optimal scheduling of interfering links in a dense wireless network with full frequency reuse is a challenging task. The traditional method involves first estimating all the interfering channel strengths then optimizing the scheduling…
The capability of mobile devices to use multiple interfaces to support a single session is becoming more prevalent. Prime examples include the desire to implement WiFi offloading and the introduction of 5G. Furthermore, an increasing…
Resource reservation is an essential step to enable wireless data networks to support a wide range of user demands. In this paper, we consider the problem of joint resource reservation in the backhaul and Radio Access Network (RAN) based on…
Ambient backscatter (AB) communication is an emerging wireless communication technology that enables wireless devices (WDs) to communicate without requiring active radio transmission. In an AB communication system, a WD switches between…
This paper proposes a new class of online policies for scheduling in input-buffered crossbar switches. Our policies are throughput optimal for a large class of arrival processes which satisfy strong-law of large numbers. Given an initial…
With the rapid proliferation of broadband wireless services, it is of paramount importance to understand how fast data can be sent through a wireless local area network (WLAN). Thanks to a large body of research following the seminal work…