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In this paper, multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled mobile edge computing (MEC), i.e., UAVE is studied, where several UAVs are deployed as flying MEC platform to provide computing resource to ground user equipments (UEs). Compared to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Liang Wang , Peiqiu Huang , Kezhi Wang , Guopeng Zhang , Lei Zhang , Nauman Aslam , Kun Yang

As sixth-generation (6G) networks continue to evolve, AI-driven solutions are playing a crucial role in enabling more efficient and adaptive resource management in wireless communication. One of the key innovations in 6G is user-centric…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Selina Cheggour , Valeria Loscri

As autonomous agentic AI systems see increasing adoption across organisations, persistent challenges in alignment, governance, and risk management threaten to impede deployment at scale. We present AURA (Agent aUtonomy Risk Assessment), a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Lorenzo Satta Chiris , Ayush Mishra

In this paper, facilitated via the flexible software defined structure of the radio access units in 5G, we propose a novel dynamic multiple access technology selection among orthogonal multiple access (OMA) and non-orthogonal multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-28 Mina Baghani , Saeedeh Parsaeefard , Mahsa Derakhshani , Walid Saad

The 5G cellular wireless systems will have a multi-tier architecture consisting of macrocells, different types of licensed small cells and D2D networks to serve users with different quality-of-service (QoS) requirements in a spectrum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-09 Monowar Hasan , Ekram Hossain

The cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) systems are crucial for 6G development due to their high spectral efficiency and uniform user-experienced data rates. A key aspect of CF-mMIMO is user association (UA) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-28 Ahmed Naeem , El Mehdi Amhoud , Hüseyin Arslan

In this paper we examine the use of matching theory for user association in millimeter wave (mmWave)-enabled cellular heterogeneous networks (HetNets). In a mmWave system, the channel variations can be fast and unpredictable, rendering…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Alireza Alizadeh , Mai Vu

Next generation cellular networks will have to leverage large cell densifications to accomplish the ambitious goals for aggregate multi-user sum rates, for which CRAN architecture is a favored network design. This shifts the attention back…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-31 Sahar Imtiaz , Hadi Ghauch , Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman , George Koudouridis , James Gross

While fifth generation (5G) networks are ready for deployment, discussions over sixth generation (6G) networks are down the road. Since high frequencies like terahertz (THz) will be central to 6G, in this paper, we propose two user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Noha Hassan , Md Tanvir Hossan , Hina Tabassum

We study distributed user association in 5G and beyond millimeter-wave enabled heterogeneous networks using matching theory. We propose a novel and efficient distributed matching game, called early acceptance (EA), which allows users to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-04 Alireza Alizadeh , Mai Vu

We propose novel resource allocation algorithms that have the objective of finding a good tradeoff between resource reuse and interference avoidance in wireless networks. To this end, we first study properties of functions that relate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-19 Qi Liao , R. L. G. Cavalcante

Deep learning (DL) based resource allocation (RA) has recently gained significant attention due to its performance efficiency. However, most related studies assume an ideal case where the number of users and their utility demands, e.g.,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Pourya Behmandpoor , Mark Eisen , Panagiotis Patrinos , Marc Moonen

Effective management and operational decision-making for complex mobile network systems present significant challenges, particularly when addressing conflicting requirements such as efficiency, user satisfaction, and energy-efficient…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Rodrigo Moreira , Larissa Ferreira Rodrigues Moreira , Maycon Peixoto , Flavio De Oliveira Silva

Affordable housing shortages affect billions, while land scarcity and regulations make site selection slow. We present AURA (Autonomous Urban Resource Allocator), a hierarchical multi-agent reinforcement learning system for real-time…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Olaf Yunus Laitinen Imanov , Duygu Erisken , Derya Umut Kulali , Taner Yilmaz , Rana Irem Turhan

This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on applications of economic and pricing theory for resource management in the evolving fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. The 5G wireless networks are envisioned to overcome…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-16 Nguyen Cong Luong , Ping Wang , Dusit Niyato , Ying-Chang Liang , Fen Hou , Zhu Han

Traffic load balancing and radio resource management is key to harness the dense and increasingly heterogeneous deployment of next generation "$5$G" wireless infrastructure. Strategies for aggregating user traffic from across multiple radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Sarabjot Singh , Shu-ping Yeh , Nageen Himayat , Shilpa Talwar

With the evolution of artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC) techniques and the development of space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN), there will be a growing opportunity to enhance more users' mobile experience with…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Liangxin Qian , Peiyuan Si , Jun Zhao , Kwok-Yan Lam

Growing attentions have been paid to renewable energy or hybrid energy powered heterogeneous networks (HetNets). In this paper, focusing on backhaul-aware joint user association and resource allocation for this type of HetNets, we formulate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-03-09 Qiaoni Han , Bo Yang , Guowang Miao , Cailian Chen , Xiaocheng Wang , Xinping Guan

We consider a resource management problem in a multi-cell downlink OFDMA network, whereby the goal is to find the optimal per base station resource allocation and user-base station assignment. The users are assumed to be strategic/selfish…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-11-27 Mingyi Hong , Alfredo Garcia

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has attracted much recent attention owing to its capability for improving the system spectral efficiency in wireless communications. Deploying NOMA in heterogeneous network can satisfy users' explosive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-16 Haijun Zhang , Fang Fang , Julian Cheng , Keping Long , Wei Wang , Victor C. M. Leung