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In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of D2D communication functionality for LTE. To our knowledge, this is the first such implementation that is compliant with the LTE Release 12 standard. In this paper, we design and…

We aim to secure a large-scale device-to-device (D2D) network against adversaries. The D2D network underlays a downlink cellular network to reuse the cellular spectrum and is enabled for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer…

This paper considers the joint power control and resource allocation for a device-to-device (D2D) underlay cellular system with a multi-antenna BS employing ADCs with different resolutions. We propose a four-step algorithm that optimizes…

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication was initially proposed in cellular networks as a new paradigm to enhance network performance. The emergence of new applications such as content distribution and location-aware advertisement introduced…

This paper investigates the spectral efficiency achieved through uplink joint transmission, where a serving user and the network users (UEs) collaborate by jointly transmitting to the base station (BS). The analysis incorporates the…

The explosive growth in data traffic is resulting in a spectrum crunch forcing many wireless network operators to look towards refarming their 2G spectrum and deploy more spectrally efficient Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. However,…

In the future, with the advent of Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensors, and multiple 5G killer applications, an indoor room might be filled with $1000$s of devices demanding low data rates. Such high-level densification and mobility…

The mounting content sharing among users has resulted in a considerable rise in wireless data traffic, pressurizing the cellular networks to undergo a suitable upheaval. A competent technology of the fifth-generation networks (5G) for…

In this paper, spectrum-sharing technology is integrated into cellular systems to improve spectrum efficiency. Macrocell users are primary users (PUs) while those within local cells, e.g., femtocell users, or desiring cost-effective…

This paper studies a wireless powered mobile edge computing (MEC) system with device-to-device (D2D)-enabled task offloading. In this system, a set of distributed multi-antenna energy transmitters (ETs) use collaborative energy beamforming…

To keep pace with the rapid growth of mobile traffic demands, dense deployment of small cells in millimeter wave (mmWave) bands has become a promising candidate for next generation wireless communication systems. With a greatly increased…

The susceptibility of millimeter waveform propagation to blockages limits the coverage of millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals. To overcome blockages, we propose to leverage two-hop device-to-device (D2D) relaying. Using stochastic geometry, we…

This paper investigates the physical layer security issue of a device-to-device (D2D) underlaid cellular system with a multi-antenna base station (BS) and a multi-antenna eavesdropper. To investigate the potential of D2D communication in…

Device to Device (D2D) Communication is expected to be a core part of the forthcoming 5G Mobile Communication Networks as it promises improvements in energy efficiency, spectral efficiency, overall system capacity, and higher data rates…

This dissertation studies different aspects of D2D communications and its impact on the key performance indicators of the network. We design an architecture for the collaboration of cellular users by means of timely exploited D2D…

Network-assisted device-to-device communication is a promising technology for improving the performance of proximity-based services. This paper demonstrates how the integration of device-to-device communications and dynamic time-division…

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication as a promising technology in 5G cellular networks provides the communication of the users in the vicinity and thereby decreases end-to-end delay and power consumption. In addition to the aforementioned…

Multicasting, where a base station (BS) wishes to convey the same message to several user equipments (UEs), represents a common yet highly challenging wireless scenario. In fact, guaranteeing decodability by the whole UE population proves…

In a device-to-device (D2D) underlaid massive MIMO system, D2D transmitters reuse the uplink spectrum of cellular users (CUs), leading to cochannel interference. To decrease pilot overhead, we assume pilot reuse (PR) among D2D pairs. We…

Device-to-device (D2D) communications is seen as a major technology to overcome the imminent wireless capacity crunch and to enable novel application services. In this paper, we propose a novel, social-aware approach for optimizing D2D…