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Within the framework of a Device-to-Device (D2D) data offloading system for cellular networks, we propose a Content Delivery Management System (CDMS) in which the instant for transmitting a content to a requesting node, through a D2D…
We propose a cellular architecture that combines multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) downlink with opportunistic use of unlicensed ISM bands to establish device-to-device (D2D) cooperation. The architecture consists of a physical-layer cooperation…
In cellular-D2D networks, users can select the communication mode either direct and form D2D links or indirect and communicate with BS. In former case, users should perform pairing selection and choose their pairs. The main focus in this…
We consider a D2D-enabled cellular network where user equipments (UEs) owned by rational users are incentivized to form D2D pairs using tokens. They exchange tokens electronically to "buy" and "sell" D2D services. Meanwhile the devices have…
Device-to-device (D2D) communications is expected to be a critical enabler of distributed computing in edge networks at scale. A key challenge in providing this capability is the requirement for judicious management of the heterogeneous…
Device-to-Device (D2D) communications can increase the throughput of cellular networks significantly, where the interference among D2D links should be properly managed. In this paper, we propose an opportunistic cooperative D2D transmission…
We propose a decentralized access control scheme for interference management in D2D (device-to-device) underlaid cellular networks. Our method combines SIR-aware link activation with cellular exclusion regions in a case where D2D links…
In this paper, we study the resource allocation problem for a cooperative device-to-device (D2D)-enabled wireless caching network, where each user randomly caches popular contents to its memory and shares the contents with nearby users…
The rapid development of mobile networks proliferates the demands of high data rate, low latency, and high-reliability applications for the fifth-generation (5G) and beyond (B5G) mobile networks. Concurrently, the massive…
Enabling technologies for 5G and future wireless communication have attracted the interest of industry and research communities. One of such technologies is Device-to-Device (D2D) communication which exploits user proximity to offer…
In this work we propose a roadmap towards the analytical understanding of Device-to-Device (D2D) communications in LTE-A networks. Various D2D solutions have been proposed, which include inband and outband D2D transmission modes, each of…
Device-to-device (D2D) communications over licensed wireless spectrum has been recently proposed as a promising technology to meet the capacity crunch of next generation cellular networks. However, due to the high mobility of cellular…
Despite the numerous benefits brought by Device-to-Device (D2D) communications, the introduction of D2D into cellular networks poses many new challenges in the resource allocation design due to the co-channel interference caused by spectrum…
Heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) with millimeter wave (mm-wave) communications are considered as a promising technology for the fifth generation mobile networks. Mm-wave has the potential to provide multiple gigabit data rate due to…
To devise D2D resource allocation algorithms in underlay D2D communications the channel state information (CSI) between the D2D transmitters and the BS and the D2D receiver CSI (DCSI-R) needs to be transmitted to the BS. However, this…
With the increase in mobile traffic and the bandwidth demand, Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks has gained tremendous interest by the researchers, cellular operators and equipment…
In this paper, we consider device-to-device (D2D) communications as an underlay to the cellular networks over both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, where Long Term Evolution (LTE) users utilize the spectrum orthogonally while D2D users…
This paper presents a device-to-device (D2D) user selection protocol wherein multiple D2D pairs coexist with a cellular network. In the developed framework, certain D2D users harvest energy and share the spectrum of the cellular users by…
The rapid advancement of communication technologies has established cellular networks as the backbone for diverse applications, each with distinct quality of service requirements. Meeting these varying demands within a unified…
Millimeter wave (mmWave) device to device (D2D) communication is highly susceptible to obstacles due to severe penetration losses and requires almost a line of sight (LOS) communication path. D2D channel condition is local to devices/user…