Resource Allocation in Next-generation Broadband Wireless Access Networks

This volume contains 12 articles by engineers and technology specialists from Asia, the US, Europe, and Sudan, who discuss the features, constraints, architectures, and solutions related to the next generation wireless networks, including 5G and beyond technologies. It addresses schemes for heterogeneous broadband wireless access networks that increase network capacity, improved spectrum efficiency, and enhanced network coverage; implementation details, issues associated with heterogeneous broadband wireless access networks, resource allocation schemes, and energy-efficient green information and communication technology solutions; and key broadband wireless access networks that meet quality of service requirements of multimedia applications in an energy-efficient manner using 5G and beyond network features. Articles cover various multimedia services in the next-generation wireless networks, quality measures, and application-aware different cross-layer solutions; resource constraints from the physical bandwidth perspectives; a multicarrier resource application in a multiuser scenario; the simulation and measurement results for direct and single hop device-to-device communication protocols; green cognitive relay communications with hardware impairments for future wireless networks; link level resource allocation strategies for green communications in LTE-advanced; user-oriented intercell interference coordination in heterogeneous networks; an energy-efficient resource allocation scheme via auction-based offloading; device-to-device and delay tolerant network-based efficient data offloading techniques for 5G networks; resource allocation in multi-tier femtocell and visible-light heterogeneous wireless networks; a fault tracking framework for software-defined networking; and software-defined networking-based evolved packet core architecture for efficient user mobility support. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)