Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) Communication was primarily introduced to achieve the
fundamental goal of high data rates, ubiquitous coverage with low latency, energy efficiency …

To offload and alleviate the heavy base station (BS) traffic load caused by the rapidly
growing video services, device-to-device (D2D) communication, as one of the most …

Due to the increasing demand for pervasive video and broadcast-like applications, multicast
and broadcast communications are expected to assume an important role in upcoming 5G …

The ever-increasing demand for videos on mobile devices poses a significant challenge to
existing cellular network infrastructures. To cope with the challenge, we propose a user …

Device-to-device (D2D) content sharing has become a promising solution to support the
growing popularity of multimedia contents for local services. Considering the randomness of …

As the traffic of local content sharing grows rapidly, device-to-device multicast (D2MD) is
introduced into 5G cellular networks, enabling traffic offloading from base stations to device …

The ability to perform device-to-device (D2D) communication in Long Term Evolution (LTE)-
based cellular networks became possible with the introduction of Proximity Services (ProSe) …

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 …

In Smart Grids the flow of electricity and information is strictly interrelated with the
management and control of the electricity supply system. ICT is not only an extension or a …

This paper focuses on a heterogeneous scenario in which cellular and wireless local area
technologies coexist and mobile devices are enabled with device-to-device (D2D) …