With the growing demand for openness, scalability, and granularity, mobile network function
virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a key enabler for the most of mobile network operators …

During the last decade, wireless data services have had an incredible impact on people's
lives in ways we could never have imagined. The number of mobile devices has increased …

Nowadays, the Internet has spread to practically every country around the world and is
having unprecedented effects on people's lives. The Internet of Things (IoT) is getting more …

Numerous municipalities employ the smart city model in large cities to improve the quality of
life of their residents, utilize local resources efficiently, and save operating expenses. This …

Fifth-generation (5G) technology will play a vital role in future wireless networks. The
breakthrough 5G technology will unleash a massive Internet of Everything (IoE), where …

The increasing popularity of the Internet of Everything and small-cell devices has
enormously accelerated traffic loads. Consequently, increased bandwidth and high data rate …

Multicasting is a key feature of cellular systems, which provides an efficient way to
simultaneously disseminate a large amount of traffic to multiple subscribers. However, the …

Satellites enable the provision of global 5G coverage utilizing a customized protocol stack
for direct access of 5G devices. This paper reports the results of a field trial based on an …

Digital Health is a new way for medicine to work together with computer engineering and
ICT to carry out tests and obtain reliable information about the health status of citizens in the …

Effective sharing of the communication channel among many users, or multiple access (MA)
techniques, can play a vital role in meeting the diverse demands of low latency, high …