The strict boundary of the five layers in the TCP/IP network model provides the information
encapsulation that enables the standardizing of network communications and makes the …

Third-generation (3G) and beyond 3G mobile communication systems must provide
interoperability with the Internet, increase throughput for mobile devices, and optimize their …

One key advantage of 4G OFDM system is the relatively simple receiver implementation due
to the orthogonal resource allocation. However, from sum-capacity and spectral efficiency …

Of late, there has been an avalanche of cross-layer design proposals for wireless networks.
A number of researchers have looked at specific aspects of network performance and …

Aerial surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provides an on-demand and
cost-effective solution to smart-city monitoring needs, owing to their three-dimensional …

Assuming there are always sufficient data waiting to be transmitted, adaptive modulation
and coding (AMC) schemes at the physical layer have been traditionally designed …

In cognitive radio (CR) networks, the end-to-end transmission-control protocol (TCP)
performance experienced by secondary users is a very important factor that evaluates the …

Satellites and civil aircrafts (CAs) with computing ability are valuable access platforms,
making it possible for Internet of Things (IoT) devices to offload their computation-intensive …

Scheduling plays an important role in providing quality of service (QoS) support to
multimedia communications in various kinds of wireless networks, including cellular …

In this treatise, we first review some basic routing protocols conceived for ad hoc networks,
followed by some design examples of cross-layer operation aided routing protocols …