Abstract— Mobile radio networks of the IMT-Advanced systems family promise ubiquitous broadband access and high area coverage, with rates of several 100 MBit/s. They claim to gua...
—The provision of very high data rates in a ubiquitous manner throughout the service area is a great challenge for 4G and beyond-4G wireless networks. Towards that end, the deplo...
Abstract—Cognitive Radio Networks aim at enhancing spectrum utilization by allowing cognitive devices to opportunistically access vast portions of the spectrum. To reach such amb...
The rapidly increasing traffic demand from mobile users forces network operators and service providers to extend and optimize existing networks as well as to plan entirely new mo...
Recent advances in user access technology enables the delivery of Network multicast to residential users. In order for such a service to be successful, efficient management must b...