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Current Gigabit-class passive optical networks (PONs) evolve into next-generation PONs, whereby high-speed 10+ Gb/s time division multiplexing (TDM) and long-reach wavelength-broadcasting/routing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) PONs…
The ability to operate virtually anywhere and carry payload makes Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) perfect platforms to carry communications nodes, including Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) and cellular Base Stations (BSs). This is paving the way…
In this paper, the potential benefits of applying non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique in $K$-tier hybrid heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is explored. A promising new transmission framework is proposed, in which NOMA is adopted…
More than 40% of the world's population is not connected to the internet, majorly due to the lack of adequate infrastructure. Our work aims to bridge this digital divide by proposing solutions for network deployment in remote areas.…
5G cellular networks are now a reality and promise to improve key performance indicators (KPIs), such as Gbps data rates and latencies in the order of milliseconds. While some of these KPIs are achievable in urban scenarios, rural areas…
In this correspondence, we propose hierarchical high-altitude platform (HAP)-low-altitude platform (LAP) networks with the aim of maximizing the sum-rate of ground user equipments (UEs). The multiple aerial radio units (RUs) mounted on HAPs…
Free space optical (FSO) communication refers to the information transmission technology based on the propagation of optical signals in space. FSO communication requires that the transmitter and receiver directly see each other.…
To meet the ever-growing demands of data throughput for forthcoming and deployed wireless networks, new wireless technologies like Long-Term Evolution License-Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) operate in shared and unlicensed bands. However, the…
Our vision of the future world is one wherein everything, anywhere and at any time, can reliably communicate in real time. 5G, the fifth generation of cellular networks, is anticipated to use heterogeneity to deliver ultra-high data rates…
We consider single-source single-sink (ss-ss) multi-hop networks, with slow-fading links and single-antenna half-duplex relays. We identify two families of networks that are multi-hop generalizations of the well-studied two-hop network:…
The noticeably increased deployment of wireless networks for battery-limited industrial applications in recent years highlights the need for tractable performance analysis methodologies as well as efficient QoS-aware transmit power…
This paper analyzes a broadcasting technique for wireless multi-hop sensor networks that uses a form of cooperative diversity called opportunistic large arrays (OLAs). We propose a method for autonomous scheduling of the nodes, which limits…
Direct-to-Satellite IoT (DtS-IoT) has the potential to support multiple verticals, including agriculture, industry, smart cities, and environmental disaster prevention. This work introduces two novel DtS-IoT schemes using power domain…
Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission has been widely recognized as a spectrally efficient technique in future cellular systems. To exploit the abundant patial resources provided by the cooperating base stations, however, considerable…
This paper presents a tutorial for network multiple-input and multiple-output (netMIMO) in wireless local area networks (WLAN). Wireless traffic demand is growing exponentially. NetMIMO allows access points (APs) in a WLAN to cooperate in…
The abundance of unlicensed spectrum in the 60 GHz band makes it an attractive alternative for future wireless communication systems. Such systems are expected to provide data transmission rates in the order of multi-gigabits per second in…
In this work, multi-step traffic predictions are leveraged to enable multi-period planning in reconfigurable optical networks. The proposed framework aims to achieve spectrum savings by adapting the network to predicted time-varying…
This paper devises a general modeling and analyzing framework for a heterogeneous wireless network (HetNet) in which several wireless subnetworks coexist and use multiple radio access technologies (multi-RATs). The coexisting coverage and…
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been considered as a promising solution for improving the spectrum efficiency of next-generation wireless networks. In this paper, the performance of a p-persistent slotted ALOHA system in support…
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) are promising technologies in 5G/6G wireless communications, while there are several challenges about UAV power allocation and scheduling to enhance the…