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To meet the surging demand for throughput, 5G cellular networks need to be more heterogeneous and much denser, by deploying more and more small cells. In particular, the number of users in each small cell can change dramatically due to…
In this paper, we study a multi-user multi-relay interference-channel network, where energy-constrained relays harvest energy from sources' radio frequency (RF) signals and use the harvested energy to forward the information to…
Physical-layer security for wireless networks has become an effective approach and recently drawn significant attention in the literature. In particular, the deployment and allocation of resources such as relays to assist the transmission…
New radio technologies for the fifth generation of wireless system have been extensively studied globally. Specifically, air interface protocols for 5G radio access network will be standardized in coming years by 3GPP. Due to its crucial…
The fifth generation new radio (5G NR) technology is expected to fulfill reliable and accurate positioning requirements of industry use cases, such as autonomous robots, connected vehicles, and future factories. Starting from Third…
Modern wireless systems such as the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G New Radio (5G NR) use pilot-aided SINR estimates to adapt the transmission mode and the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of data transmissions, maximizing the utility of…
One key requirement for the fifth-Generation (5G) mobile system is the enhancement of cell edge user performance to ensure that every user is supported with consistent experience anywhere in the network. An active interference design to…
We study the problem of interference management in large-scale small cell networks, where each user equipment (UE) needs to determine in a distributed manner when and at what power level it should transmit to its serving small cell base…
Frequency range 2 (FR2) has become an integral part of 5G networks to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for data hungry-applications. However, radio signals in FR2 experience high path and diffraction loss, which also pronounces the…
3GPP LTE-Advanced has started a new study item to investigate Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) deployments as a cost effective way to deal with the unrelenting traffic demand. HetNets consist of a mix of macrocells, remote radio heads, and…
The optimization of Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMIs) is crucial for enhancing the performance of 5G networks, particularly in dense deployments where inter-cell interference is a significant challenge. Some approaches have leveraged AI/ML…
In random-access communication systems, the number of active users varies with time, and has considerable bearing on receiver's performance. Thus, techniques aimed at identifying not only the information transmitted, but also that number,…
Given the proven benefits cell densification brings in terms of capacity and coverage, it is certain that 5G networks will be even more heterogeneous and dense. However, as smaller cells are introduced in the network, interference will…
The vulnerability of 5G networks to jamming attacks has emerged as a significant concern. This paper contributes in two primary aspects. Firstly, it investigates the effect of a multi-jammer on 5G cell metrics, specifically throughput and…
Mobile radar networks, such as autonomous driving systems, are subject to the severe challenge of mutual interference. Despite the inborn interference-proof capability in frequency modulation continuous waveform (FMCW) radar, interference…
To cope with the growing demand for wireless data and to extend service coverage, future 5G networks will increasingly rely on the use of low powered nodes to support massive connectivity in diverse set of applications and services [1]. To…
The evolving fifth generation (5G) cellular wireless networks are envisioned to provide higher data rates, enhanced end-user quality-of-experience (QoE), reduced end-to-end latency, and lower energy consumption. This article presents…
Artificial intelligence advances have recently influenced wireless communications, including beam management in fifth-generation (5G) new radio systems. AI-driven models and algorithms are being applied to enhance tasks such as beam…
Private 5G networks will soon be ubiquitous across the future-generation smart wireless access infrastructures hosting a wide range of performance-critical applications. A high-performing User Plane Function (UPF) in the data plane is…
The evolving Fifth Generation New Radio (5G-NR) cellular standardization efforts at the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) brings into focus a number of questions on relevant research problems in physical-layer communications for…