Licensed spectrum remains 3GPP operators’ top priority to deliver
advanced services and user experience
Opportunistic use of unlicensed spectrum is becoming an important
complement for operators to meet the growing traffic demand
Moving forward 3GPP operators will have two options to offload
traffi ...
Communication between various devices makes it possible to pro-
vide unique and innovative services. Although this interdevice com-
munication is a very powerful mechanism, it is also a complex and
clumsy mechanism, leading to a lot of complexity in present day
systems. This not only makes networkin ...
Relaying techniques, in which a source node communicates to a destination node
with the help of a relay, have been proposed as a cost-effective solution to address
the increasing demand for high data rates and reliable services over the air. As
such, it is crucial to design relay systems that are ab ...
Mobile communication devices like smart phones or tablet PCs enable us to
consume information at every location and at every time. The rapid development
of new applications and new services and the demand to access data in real time
create an increasing throughput demand. The data have to be transmi ...
The current methods of communications are becoming less relevant under
today’s growing demand for and reliance on constant connectivity. Of
decreasing relevance are the models of a single radio to perform a single
task. The expansion of wireless access points among coffee shops, airports,
malls, an ...
The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities
and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the
concept of next-generation networks (NGNs). The competitions among operators for support-
ing various services, ...
Since the telephone was invented in the late nineteenth century, there has been a
steady development of telephone services, and the number of subscribers has con-
tinuously increased. One of the most revolutionary developments in telephone serv-
ice in the late twentieth century was the introduction ...
Today’s wireless services have come a long way since the roll out of the
conventional voice-centric cellular systems. The demand for wireless access
in voice and high rate data multi-media applications has been increasing.
New generation wireless communication systems are aimed at accommodating
thi ...
Cognitive radio has emerged as a promising technology for maximizing the utiliza-
tion of the limited radio bandwidth while accommodating the increasing amount of
services and applications in wireless networks. A cognitive radio (CR) transceiver
is able to adapt to the dynamic radio environment and ...
Over the past few decades, wireless communications and networking have witnessed an
unprecedented growth, and have become pervasive much sooner than anyone could have
predicted. For example, cellular wireless networks are expected to become the dominant
and ubiquitous telecommunication means in the ...