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With the rapid growth of time-critical applications in smart grid, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and industrial automation, demand for high reliability, low latency and strictly bounded jitter is sharply increasing. High-precision time…
Dual Connectivity (DC) is one of the key techniques to harness the potential of heterogeneous cellular networks. However, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has introduced disparate mechanisms for DC support in different Radio Access…
This paper studies joint uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) resource allocation in user-centric orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) cloud radio access network (CRAN), where the users select the distributed remote radio heads…
One of the key challenges in realizing ultra-reliable low-latency communications (uRLLC) for factories-of-the-future (FoF) applications is to enhance the cellular random access channel (RACH) procedure. The state-of-the-art LTE RACH…
Ultra-low latency, the hallmark of fifth-generation mobile communications (5G), imposes exacting timing demands on identification as well. Current cryptographic solutions introduce additional computational overhead, which results in…
The focus of this paper is to demonstrate an over-the-air (OTA) 5G new radio (NR) sidelink communication prototype. 5G NR sidelink communications allow NR UEs to transfer data independently without the assistance of a base station (gNB),…
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous sensing applications, which are expected to add billions of dollars to the world economy in the next decade. To further improve the Quality-of-Service (QoS) in such…
Short-packet communication is a key technology to support two emerging application scenarios in 5G and beyond 5G, massive machine type communication (mMTC) and ultra-reliable low latency communication (uRLLC), which are introduced to…
We present a Software Defined Radio (SDR)-based IEEE 802.11p testbed for distributed Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication. The platform bridges the gap between network simulation and deployment by providing a modular codebase configured…
5G and Beyond networks promise low-latency support for applications that need to deliver mission-critical data with strict deadlines. However, innovations on the physical and medium access layers are not sufficient. Additional…
Next-generation communication networks are expected to integrate newly-used technologies in a smart way to ensure continuous connectivity in rural areas and to alleviate the traffic load in dense regions. The prospective access network in…
The exponential growth in mobile broadband usage [1] has catalyzed the need for high data rate communication systems. In this regard, activities for standardizing the next generation mobile broadband system, known as the Fifth…
5G New Radio (NR) is a key enabler of accurate positioning in smart cities and smart factories. This paper presents the experimental results from three 5G positioning testbeds running open-source OpenAirInterface (OAI) gNB and Core Network…
This paper addresses the challenges of mobile user requirements in shadowing and multi-fading environments, focusing on the Downlink (DL) radio node selection based on Uplink (UL) channel estimation. One of the key issues tackled in this…
The fifth generation (5G) of the wireless communication networks supports wide diversity of service classes, leading to a highly dynamic uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) traffic asymmetry. Thus, dynamic time division duplexing (TDD) technology…
Goal-oriented communications prioritize application-driven objectives over data accuracy, enabling intelligent next-generation wireless systems. Efficient scheduling in multi-device, multi-channel systems poses significant challenges due to…
In this paper, we investigate the average achievable data rate (AADR) of the control information delivery from the ground control station (GCS) to unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) under a 3-D channel, which requires ultra-reliable and…
One of the main novelties in 5G is the flexible Time Division Duplex (TDD) frame, which allows adaptation to the latency requirements. However, this flexibility is not sufficient to support heterogeneous latency requirements, in which…
Autonomous driving is usually recognized as a promising technology to replace human drivers in the near future. To guarantee the safety performance in the daily life scenario, multiple-car intelligence with high quality inter-vehicle…
Short-packet communication (SPC) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to play crucial roles in the development of 5G-and-beyond wireless networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we propose a secure SPC…