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5G mobile networks are expected to provide pervasive high speed wireless connectivity, to support increasingly resource intensive user applications. Network hyper-densification therefore becomes necessary, though connecting to the Internet…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Rui Li , Paul Patras

In this paper, to address backhaul capacity bottleneck and concurrently optimize energy consumption and delay, we formulate a novel weighted-sum multi-objective optimization problem where popular content caching placement and integrated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-21 Wen Shang , Vasilis Friderikos

Among many envisaged drivers for the sixth generation, one is from the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals 2030 to eliminate digital inequality. Remote coverage in sparsely populated areas, difficult terrains, or emergency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-05 Sidrah Javed , Yunfei Chen , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Cheng-Xiang Wang

We introduce the concept of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as drone base stations for in-band Integrated Access and Backhaul (IB-IAB) scenarios for 5G networks. We first present a system model for forward link transmissions in an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-20 Abdurrahman Fouda , Ahmed S. Ibrahim , Ismail Guvenc , Monisha Ghosh

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a promising solution to provide wireless data access for ground users in various applications (e.g., in emergence situations). This paper considers a UAV-enabled wireless network, in which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-21 Peiming Li , Jie Xu

Wireless backhauling at millimeter-wave frequencies (mmWave) in static scenarios is a well-established practice in cellular networks. However, highly directional and adaptive beamforming in today's mmWave systems have opened new…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Amir Ashtari Gargari , Andrea Ortiz , Matteo Pagin , Anja Klein , Matthias Hollick , Michele Zorzi , Arash Asadi

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB) is envisioned as a possible solution to address the need for network densification in situations where fiber connection is not viable. In Release 18, 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) will take…

Fifth Generation (5G) mobile networks considers an expansive set of heterogeneous services with stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, and traffic demand with inherent spatial-temporal distribution, which places the backhaul…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-17 António J. Morgado , Firooz B. Saghezchi , Pablo Fondo-Ferreiro , Felipe Gil-Castiñeira , Jonathan Rodriguez

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB) frameworks for 5G new radio (NR) as a cost-effective alternative to the wired backhaul have been investigated by 3GPP. A promising solution for this framework is the integration of full duplex (FD)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-02 Gee Yong Suk , Soo-Min Kim , Jongwoo Kwak , Seop Hur , Eunyong Kim , Chan-Byoung Chae

The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based communication in millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies to provide on-demand radio access is a promising approach to improve capacity and coverage in beyond-5G (B5G) systems. There are several…

Deploying fiber optics as a last-mile solution in rural areas is not economically viable due to low population density. Nevertheless, providing high-speed internet access in these regions is essential to promote digital inclusion. 5G Fixed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Anselme Ndikumana , Kim Khoa Nguyen , Adel Larabi , Mohamed Cheriet

Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) is critical for dense 5G and beyond deployments, especially in mmWave bands where fiber backhaul is infeasible. We propose a novel Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) framework for joint link scheduling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Maryam Abbasalizadeh , Sashank Narain

With the introduction of new technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), Millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequencies, Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO), and beamforming, wireless backhaul…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Berke Tezergil , Ertan Onur

In milimeter wave heterogenous networks with integrated access and backhaul (mABHetNets), a considerable part of spectrum resources are occupied by the backhaul link, which limits the performance of the access link. In order to overcome…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Chenwu Zhang , Hancheng Lu , Zhuojia Gu

We consider a dynamic millimeter-wave network with integrated access and backhaul, where mobile relay nodes move to auto-reconfigure the wireless backhaul. Specifically, we focus on in-band relaying networks, which conduct access and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-02-16 Mohamed Sana , Benoit Miscopein

The wireless backhaul network provides an attractive solution for the urban deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless networks that enables future ultra dense small cell networks to meet the ever-increasing user demands. Optimal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Xiaohu Ge , Song Tu , Guoqiang Mao , Vincent K. N. Lau , Linghui Pan

Designing optimal strategies to deploy small cell stations is crucial to meet the quality-of-service requirements in next-generation cellular networks with constrained deployment costs. In this paper, a general deployment framework is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Xiangxiang Xu , Walid Saad , Xiujun Zhang , Limin Xiao , Shidong Zhou

The unlicensed spectrum is recently considered one of the defining solutions to meet the steadily growing traffic demand. This, in turn, has led to the enhancement for LTE in Release-13 to enable Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) operations.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Biswa P. S. Sahoo , Styabrata Swain , Hung-Yu Wei , Mahasweta Sarkar

One of the key technologies for the future cellular networks is full duplex (FD)-enabled integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks operating in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies. The main challenge in realizing FD-IAB networks is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Junkai Zhang , Navneet Garg , Mark Holm , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

The introduction of the mm-Wave spectrum into 5G NR promises to bring about unprecedented data throughput to future mobile wireless networks but comes with several challenges. Network densification has been proposed as a viable solution to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Paolo Fiore , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Antonio Capone , Danilo De Donno