The Open Radio Access Network (RAN) and its embodiment through the O-RAN Alliance
specifications are poised to revolutionize the telecom ecosystem. O-RAN promotes …

The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

Intelligent surfaces (ISs) have emerged as a key technology to empower a wide range of
appealing applications for wireless networks, due to their low cost, high energy efficiency …

In this tutorial paper, we look into the evolution and prospect of network architecture and
propose a novel conceptual architecture for the 6th generation (6G) networks. The proposed …

In the world, the technological and industrial revolution is accelerating by the widespread
application of new generation information and communication technologies, such as AI, IoT …

While the fifth-generation systems are being rolled out across the globe, researchers have
turned their attention to the exploration of radical next-generation solutions. At this early …

What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? In this tutorial article, we address
such a compelling yet difficult question by embarking on a journey from 5G to 6G and …

An introduction of intelligent interconnectivity for people and things has posed higher
demands and more challenges for sixth-generation (6G) networks, such as high spectral …

The sixth generation (6G) wireless systems are envisioned to enable the paradigm shift from
“connected things” to “connected intelligence”, featured by ultra high density, large-scale …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), also known as intelligent reflecting surfaces
(IRSs), or large intelligent surfaces (LISs), 1 have received significant attention for their …