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We examine the performance of an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node as a range extender for beyond-5G networks, focusing on the significant challenges of effective power allocation and beamforming strategies, which are vital for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Giovanni Interdonato , Silvia Mura , Marouan Mizmizi , Stefano Buzzi , Umberto Spagnolini

The next generations of mobile networks will be deployed as ultra-dense networks, to match the demand for increased capacity and the challenges that communications in the higher portion of the spectrum (i.e., the mmWave band) introduce.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Matteo Pagin , Tommaso Zugno , Michele Polese , Michele Zorzi

In this paper, we study the problem of topology optimization and routing in integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks, as one of the promising techniques for evolving 5G networks. We study the problem from different perspectives. We…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-23 Charitha Madapatha , Behrooz Makki , Ajmal Muhammad , Erik Dahlman , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Tommy Svensson

Network slicing is a well assessed approach enabling virtualization of the mobile core and radio access network (RAN) in the emerging 5th Generation New Radio. Slicing is of paramount importance when dealing with the emerging and diverse…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Lorenzo Bellone , Boris Galkin , Emiliano Traversi , Enrico Natalizio

Network slicing is a key technology in 5G communications system. Its purpose is to dynamically and efficiently allocate resources for diversified services with distinct requirements over a common underlying physical infrastructure. Therein,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Yuxiu Hua , Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Xianfu Chen , Honggang Zhang

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network is a novel radio access network (RAN) solution, enabling network densification for 5G and beyond. In this paper, we use power control combined with resource allocation algorithms to develop…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-10-18 Olalekan Peter Adare , Haitham Babbili , Charitha Madapatha , Behrooz Makki , Tommy Svensson

In the current era, the next-generation networks like 5th generation (5G) and 6th generation (6G) networks require high security, low latency with a high reliable standards and capacity. In these networks, reconfigurable wireless network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Sulaiman Khan , Suleman Khan , Yasir Ali , Muhammad Khalid , Zahid Ullah , Shahid Mumtaz

Benefiting from the usage of the high-frequency band, utilizing part of the large available bandwidth for wireless backhauling is feasible without considerable performance sacrifice. In this context, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) was…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Yongqiang Zhang , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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

The interconnection of vehicles in the future fifth generation (5G) wireless ecosystem forms the so-called Internet of vehicles (IoV). IoV offers new kinds of applications requiring delay-sensitive, compute-intensive and bandwidth-hungry…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-28 Zoubeir Mlika , Soumaya Cherkaoui

Efficient network slicing is vital to deal with the highly variable and dynamic characteristics of network traffic generated by a varied range of applications. The problem is made more challenging with the advent of new technologies such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-12 Jaehoon Koo , Veena B. Mendiratta , Muntasir Raihan Rahman , Anwar Walid

In this paper, we develop a knowledge-assisted deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm to design wireless schedulers in the fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks with time-sensitive traffic. Since the scheduling policy is a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-04 Zhouyou Gu , Changyang She , Wibowo Hardjawana , Simon Lumb , David McKechnie , Todd Essery , Branka Vucetic

Millimeter Wave (MmWave) communication is one of the key technology of the fifth generation (5G) wireless systems to achieve the expected 1000x data rate. With large bandwidth at mmWave band, the link capacity between users and base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-19 Mingjie Feng , Shiwen Mao

Network slicing is a key enabler for providing a differentiated service support to heterogeneous use cases and applications in 5G and beyond networks through creating multiple logical slices. Resource allocation for satisfying diverse…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Onur Sever , Onur Salan , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin

The diverse requirements of beyond 5G services increase design complexity and demand dynamic adjustments to the network parameters. This can be achieved with slicing and programmable network architectures such as the open radio access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-06 Suvidha Mhatre , Ferran Adelantado , Kostas Ramantas , Christos Verikoukis

Integrated Access and Backhauling (IAB) is a viable approach for meeting the unprecedented need for higher data rates of future generations, acting as a cost-effective alternative to dense fiber-wired links. The design of such networks with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-04 Lakshya Jagadish , Banashree Sarma , R. Manivasakan

The fifth-generation (5G) networks are expected to be able to satisfy users' different quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. Network slicing is a promising technology for 5G networks to provide services tailored for users' specific QoS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-25 H. Zhang , N. Liu , X. Chu , K. Long , A. Aghvami , V. C. M. Leung

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

5G and beyond is expected to enable various emerging use cases with diverse performance requirements from vertical industries. To serve these use cases cost-effectively, network slicing plays a key role in dynamically creating virtual…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-01 Qiang Liu , Nakjung Choi , Tao Han

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB) is one of the promising techniques for 5G networks and beyond (6G), in which the same node/hardware is used to provide both backhaul and cellular services in a multi-hop architecture. Due to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Charitha Madapatha , Piotr Lechowicz , Carlos Natalino , Paolo Monti , Tommy Svensson