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Multiple access techniques are vital for 5G and beyond. While Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is standard, its high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduces energy efficiency in uplink transmissions. This paper…
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Adaptivity, reconfigurability and intelligence are key features of the next-generation wireless networks to meet the increasingly diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements of the future applications. Conventional protocol designs,…
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Despite exhibiting very high theoretical data rates, in practice, the performance of LTE-U/LAA and WiFi networks is severely limited under cross-technology coexistence scenarios in the unlicensed 5GHz band. As a remedy, recent research…
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The challenge of designing an efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol and analyzing it has been an important research topic for over 30 years. This paper focuses on the performance analysis (through simulation) and modification of a…
Energy-efficient medium access control (MAC) protocols remain critical in resource-constrained Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and IoT deployments, especially under mixed traffic patterns that combine event-driven and continuous monitoring…
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