The expected growth in mobile video demand over broadband cellular networks is one of
the key factors driving the wireless industry to develop the fifth generation of network …

The dramatic growth of smart devices catering content-centric data traffic has fueled the
need for group communication services in cellular networks, among which multicasting is of …

For the upcoming 5G-Advanced, the multicast/broadcast services (5G-MBS) capability is one
of the most appealing use cases. The effective integration of point-to-multipoint …

An exponential increase in mobile video delivery will continue with the demand for higher
resolution, multi-view and large-scale multicast video services. Novel fifth generation (5G) …

Despite of the undisputed benefits of the long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) networks,
offering support for group-oriented services challenges the evolved multimedia broadcast …

Wireless resource virtualization is a potential solution for meeting the increasing demand for
mobile data services. Virtualization allows for more efficient utilization of the spectrum …

Resource management in emerging dense heterogeneous network environments
(DenseNets) is a challenging issue. The employment of multicast transmissions in this …

Driven by the advent of sophisticated and ubiquitous applications, and the ever-growing
need for information, wireless networks are without a doubt steadily evolving into profoundly …

Forthcoming 5G New Radio (NR) systems will be asked to handle a huge number of devices
accessing or delivering “resource-hungry” and high-quality services. In view of this, the new …

Massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) is unquestionably a key enabler of the fifth-
generation (5G) technology for mobile systems, enabling to meet the high requirements of …