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Wireless 5G systems will not only be "4G, but faster". One of the novel features discussed in relation to 5G is Ultra-Reliable Communication (URC), an operation mode not present in today's wireless systems. URC refers to provision of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-17 Petar Popovski

Densification of network base stations is indispensable to achieve the stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of future mobile networks. However, with a dense deployment of transmitters, interference management becomes an arduous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Hussein A. Ammar , Raviraj Adve , Shahram Shahbazpanahi , Gary Boudreau , Kothapalli Venkata Srinivas

The heterogeneous cloud radio access network (Cloud-RAN) provides a revolutionary way to densify radio access networks. It enables centralized coordination and signal processing for efficient interference management and flexible network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Yuanming Shi , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief , Bo Bai , Wei Chen

Traditional ultra-dense wireless networks are recommended as a complement for cellular networks and are deployed in partial areas, such as hotspot and indoor scenarios. Based on the massive multiple-input multi-output (MIMO) antennas and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-12-11 Xiaohu Ge , Song Tu , Guoqiang Mao , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Tao Han

Ultra-dense fifth generation (5G) and beyond networks leverage spectrum sharing and frequency reuse to enhance throughput, but face unpredictable in-band uplink (UL) interference challenges that significantly degrade Signal to Interference…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Neagin Neasamoni Santhi , Davide Villa , Michele Polese , Tommaso Melodia

This paper investigates a cellular edge caching design under an extremely large number of small base stations (SBSs) and users. In this ultra-dense edge caching network (UDCN), SBS-user distances shrink, and each user can request a cached…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Hyesung Kim , Jihong Park , Mehdi Bennis , Seong-Lyun Kim , Mérouane Debbah

By means of network densification, ultra dense networks (UDNs) can efficiently broaden the network coverage and enhance the system throughput. In parallel, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) communications and networking have attracted…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Haichao Wang , Guoru Ding , Feifei Gao , Jin Chen , Jinlong Wang , Le Wang

Coexistence of Human-Type Communications (HTCs) and Machine-Type Communications (MTCs) is inevitable. Ultra-Dense Networks (UDNs) will be efficacious in supporting both types of communications. In a UDN, a massive number of low-power and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Mohammed Elbayoumi , Walaa Hamouda , Amr Youssef

Within 3GPP, the campus network architecture has evolved as a deployment option for industries and can be provisioned using network slicing over already installed 5G public network infrastructure. In campus networks, the ultra-reliable low…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Iulisloi Zacarias , Francisco Carpio , André Costa Drummond , Admela Jukan

The transmitted signals in the fifth generation (5G) wireless networks suffer from significant path loss due to the use of higher frequencies in Sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands. Inter-user interference in an ultra-dense network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Md Imrul Hasan , Mohammad Saquib

This article investigates the mobility management of an ultra dense cellular network (UDN) from an energy-efficiency (EE) point of view. Many dormant base stations (BSs) in a UDN do not transmit signals, and thus a received power based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-15 Jihong Park , Sang Yeob Jung , Seong-Lyun Kim , Mehdi Bennis , Mérouane Debbah

Radio Access Network faces challenges from privacy and flexible wide area and local area network access. RAN is limited from providing local service directly due to centralized design of cellular network and concerns of user privacy and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Hao Xu , Xun Liu , Qinghai Zeng , Qiang Li , Shibin Ge , Guohua Zhou , Raymond Forbes

Ultra dense cloud small cell network (UDCSNet), which combines cloud computing and massive deployment of small cells, is a promising technology for the fifth-generation (5G) LTE-U mobile communications because it can accommodate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-26 Haijun Zhang , Yanjie Dong , Julian Cheng , Md. Jahangir Hossain , Victor C. M. Leung

Network slicing is a well assessed approach enabling virtualization of the mobile core and radio access network (RAN) in the emerging 5th Generation New Radio. Slicing is of paramount importance when dealing with the emerging and diverse…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Lorenzo Bellone , Boris Galkin , Emiliano Traversi , Enrico Natalizio

Featured by centralized processing and cloud based infrastructure, Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a promising solution to achieve an unprecedented system capacity in future wireless cellular networks. The huge capacity gain mainly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Congmin Fan , Ying Jun Zhang , Xiaojun Yuan

Compared with the fourth generation (4G) cellular systems, the fifth generation wireless communication systems (5G) are anticipated to provide spectral and energy efficiency growth by a factor of at least 10, and the area throughput growth…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Mugen Peng , Yong Li , Zhongyuan Zhao , Chonggang Wang

Full-duplex (FD) communication is an emerging technology that can potentially double the throughput of cellular networks. Preliminary studies in single-cell or small FD network deployments have revealed promising rate gains using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-21 Italo Atzeni , Marios Kountouris , George C. Alexandropoulos

Internet of things is in progress to build a smart society, and wireless networks are critical enablers for many of its use cases. In this paper, we present a multi-coordinated transmission scheme to achieve ultra-reliability for critical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-18 Binod Kharel , Onel L. Alcaraz López , Hirley Alves , Matti Latva-aho

This paper presents a comprehensive communication theoretic model for the physical layer of a cell-free user-centric network, formed by user equipments (UEs), radio units (RUs), and decentralized units (DUs), uniformly spatially distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Fabian Göttsch , Giuseppe Caire , Wen Xu , Martin Schubert

Visible light communication (VLC) has been widely applied as a promising solution for modern short range communication. When it comes to the deployment of LED arrays in VLC networks, the emerging ultra-dense network (UDN) technology can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-10 Xiao Tang , Sicong Liu