Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a smart, internet-connected, and omnipresent
network. Healthcare is one of the most critical sectors that could benefit from IoT technology …

Due to global climate change as well as economic concern of network operators, energy
consumption of the infrastructure of cellular networks, or “Green Cellular Networking,” has …

In this paper, we review the background and state-of-the-art of the narrow-band Internet of
Things (NB-IoT). We first introduce NB-IoT general background, development history, and …

Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) is a recent cellular radio access technology based
on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) introduced by Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is an essential part of the future fifth generation (5G)
system that can be seen as a “network of networks,” consisting of multiple seamlessly …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is continuously evolving and engulfing a wide
diversity of proximate services and applications, which is considered as one of the key …

Due to the rapidly increasing number of base stations (BSs) in the operational cellular
networks, their energy consumption is escalating. In this paper, we propose an intelligent …

The Discontinuous Reception (DRX) is the most effective timer-based mechanism for User
Equipment (UE) power saving. In Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, the development of …

Energy consumption is a major concern in today's wireless communications due to the
consensus for a greener world. LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) has been standardized for the fourth …

Dual Connectivity in LTE network can significantly improve per-user throughput and mobility
robustness by allowing users to be connected simultaneously to master cell group (MCG) …