Industry 4.0 is a new paradigm of digitalization and automation that demands high data rates
and real-time ultra-reliable agile communication. Industrial communication at sub-6 GHz …

Network function virtualization (NFV) allows service provides to implement network
processing functionality in software using standard computing servers. As such, this …

Fog-radio access networks (F-RANs) alleviate fronthaul delays for cellular networks as
compared to their cloud counterparts. This allows them to be suitable solutions for networks …

In this work, the concept of high-order space harmonics (HSHs) applied to a hybrid form of
nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide and substrate-integrated square waveguide (SIW) …

Directional transmission in standalone millimeter wave networks provides aggregated gains
that compensates for channel impairments and path losses. However, this saliency results in …

In recent years, significant investigations were conducted to satisfy the high demand of the
fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication standards. In this regard, tremendous efforts …