Abstract Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) is mostly used for core
services in the fifth generation (5G) and beyond cellular networks. Due to the conflicting …

Opportunistic beamforming (OBF) is a promising multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO)
downlink precoding technique, where multiuser diversity gain is achieved to deal with the …

Abstract Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is an emerging technology for beyond fifth-
generation (B5G) networks to support significant features, such as spectrum efficiency, high …

To address the challenges of device diversity and service heterogeneity in human and
machine-type communications, a predominant approach in future networks is to serve users …

This work addresses the wireless backhauling bottleneck issue in emerging and future
densified heterogeneous networks by employing an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) …

Frequency shifting-reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (FS-RISs) can be built by a new
generation of meta-materials and circuits, which can perform an operation that changes the …

Although resource sharing and mixed numerology among slices are promising for improving
wireless resource utilization, these techniques can compromise isolation performance and …

The joint uplink/downlink (JUD) design of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting
reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) is conceived in support of both uplink (UL) …

Mixed-numerology transmission is a flexible physical layer waveform technology to support
different service. The coexistence of different numerologies causes inter-numerology …

Radio access network (RAN) slicing is a promising technology for meeting various service
demands by establishing multiple logical networks on a shared physical infrastructure …