Wireless local area networks (WLANs) empowered by IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) hold a dominant
position in providing Internet access thanks to their freedom of deployment and configuration …

The world is witnessing the rapid development of commercial fifth-generation (5G) networks
that enable diverse applications and services with enhanced mobile broadband, ultra …

To meet the high demand for mobile data, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
established a set of standards known as 5G New Radio (5G NR). The architecture of 5G NR …

Providing ubiquitous connectivity for people and equipment with a wide range of service
conditions is regarded as the major design goal of 6G networks. Moreover, the future 6G …

New Radio Unlicensed (NR-U) enables 5G networks to operate in unlicensed channels,
including the sub-7 GHz bands where transmitters are required to adhere to a set of …

Sidelink is a 3GPP-standardized technology that enables direct UE-to-UE communication.
Initially designed for licensed 4G spectrum (Release 15), it expanded to 5G NR (Release 16 …

To improve the capacity of cellular systems without additional expenses on licensed
frequency bands, the 3GPP consortium has designed cellular technologies that use the …

Wireless connectivity is essential for industrial production processes and workflow
management. Moreover, the connectivity requirements of industrial devices, which are …

Wireless networks operating in unlicensed bands generally use one of two channel access
paradigms: random access (eg, Wi-Fi) or scheduled access (eg, LTE License Assisted …

In this paper, a dual-hop underlay cognitive relay network (CRN) with a best-relay selection
(BRS) scheme under spectrum-sharing constraints from the primary user (PU) is …