Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has emerged as a promising technology for
optimizing spectral efficiency in future cellular networks. D2D takes advantage of the …

Device-to-device (D2D) communications was initially proposed in cellular networks as a
new paradigm for enhancing network performance. The emergence of new applications …

With the evolution of high-performance multi-radio smartphones, Device-to-Device (D2D)
communications became an attractive solution for enhancing the performance of cellular …

Compared to the previous generations of mobile networks, 5G will provide a significant
paradigm shift by including beyond state of the art technical solutions, like very high carrier …

In long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) networks, the mobile devices can concurrently
participate in cooperative outband device-to-device (D2D) data exchange by virtue of user …

Opportunistic scheduling was initially proposed to exploit user channel diversity for network
capacity enhancement. However, the achievable gain of opportunistic schedulers is …

The Device-to-device (D2D) networks bear a close resemblance to future Internet of Things
(IoT) networks. Resource management is an important aspect for realization of D2D …

In recent years, radical changes have taken place in society in all social spheres. In
particular, the healthcare system has gone through a series of evolutionary stages that have …

In 5G networks, device-to-device (D2D) communications have played an important role in
enlarging the coverage, relaxing the workload of backhaul links of both macro base stations …

Advancements in sensor and hardware technology have surged the growth of smart devices
(SDs), including smartphones, and wearable devices. The data generated by the built-in …