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Soaring capacity and coverage demands dictate that future cellular networks need to soon migrate towards ultra-dense networks. However, network densification comes with a host of challenges that include compromised energy efficiency,…
We focus on the commonly used synchronous Gradient Descent paradigm for large-scale distributed learning, for which there has been a growing interest to develop efficient and robust gradient aggregation strategies that overcome two key…
Given the proven benefits cell densification brings in terms of capacity and coverage, it is certain that 5G networks will be even more heterogeneous and dense. However, as smaller cells are introduced in the network, interference will…
This paper proposes a novel joint non-binary network-channel code for the Time-Division Decode-and-Forward Multiple Access Relay Channel (TD-DF-MARC), where the relay linearly combines -- over a non-binary finite field -- the coded…
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to deliver the higher spectral and energy requirements in fifth-generation (5G) and beyond wireless networks while shaping the propagation environment. Such a design can be…
As an enhanced version of massive machine-type communication in 5G, massive communication has emerged as one of the six usage scenarios anticipated for 6G, owing to its potential in industrial internet-of-things and smart metering. Driven…
In this paper, we investigate a multi-cell six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) network for enhancing downlink communication performance under inter-cell interference (ICI). Each base station (BS) is equipped with multiple 6DMA surfaces,…
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) recently started standardizing the "Licensed-Assisted Access using LTE" for small cells, referred to as Dual Band Femtocell (DBF) in this paper, which uses LTE air interface in both licensed and…
This paper proposes a generalized model and methods for fast-convolution (FC)-based waveform generation and processing with specific applications to fifth generation new radio (5G-NR). Following the progress of 5G-NR standardization in 3rd…
In this paper, we present a comparative study of half-duplex (HD) access points (APs) with dynamic time-division duplex (DTDD) and full-duplex (FD) APs in cell-free (CF) systems. Although both DTDD and FD CF systems support concurrent…
In this paper, a dynamic channel assigning along with dynamic cell sectoring model has been proposed that focuses on the Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) not only for interference mitigation but also for enhancement of overall system…
With the evolution of the 5G, 6G and beyond, device-to-device (D2D) communication has been developed as an energy-, and spectrum-efficient solution. In cellular network, D2D links need to share the same spectrum resources with the cellular…
Next-generation wireless networks are poised to benefit significantly from the integration of three key technologies (KTs): Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA), cell-free architectures, and federated learning. Each of these technologies…
Overlapped time domain multiplexing (OvTDM) is a novel technique for utilizing inter-symbol interference (ISI) to benefit a communication system. We implement the OvTDM technique based on turbo structure and associate a turbo product code…
Improving the reliability and spectral efficiency of wireless systems is a key goal in wireless systems. However, most efforts have been devoted to improving data channel capacity, whereas control-plane capacity bottlenecks are often…
This study presents a framework designed to mitigate direct-link interference (DLI) and inter-backscatter device interference (IBDI) in multi-backscatter orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based symbiotic radio (SR) systems.…
In this paper, we propose an opportunistic network coding (ONC) scheme in cellular relay networks, which operates depending on whether the relay decodes source messages successfully or not. A fully distributed method is presented to…
In order to cope with the ever increasing traffic load that networks will need to support, a new approach for planning cellular networks deployments should be followed. Traditionally, cell association and resource allocation has been based…
Resource allocation is investigated to enhance the performance of device-to-device (D2D) cooperation in a fog radio access network (F-RAN) architecture. Our envisioned framework enables two D2D links to share certain orthogonal radio…
Device-to-device (D2D) communication is a promising approach to optimize the utilization of air interface resources in 5G networks, since it allows decentralized opportunistic short-range communication. For D2D to be useful, mobile nodes…