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5G Wireless Backhaul Networks: Challenges and Research Advance
Xiaohu Ge, H. Cheng, M. Guizani +1
5G networks are expected to achieve gigabit-level throughput in future cellular networks. However, it is a great challenge to treat 5G wireless backhaul traffic in an effective way…
Spectrum and Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Two-Tier Femtocell networks With Partially Open Channels
Xiaohu Ge, Tao Han, Yan Zhang +5
Two-tier femtocell networks is an efficient communication architecture that significantly improves throughput in indoor environments with low power consumption. Traditionally, a fe…
Provisioning Green Energy for Base Stations in Heterogeneous Networks
Tao Han, Nirwan Ansari
Cellular networks are among the major energy hoggers of communication networks, and their contributions to the global energy consumption increase rapidly due to the surges of data…
Network Utility Aware Traffic Loading Balancing in Backhaul-constrained Cache-enabled Small Cell Networks with Hybrid Power Supplies
Tao Han, Nirwan Ansari
Explosive data traffic growth leads to a continuous surge in capacity demands across mobile networks. In order to provision high network capacity, small cell base stations (SCBSs)…
A Traffic Load Balancing Framework for Software-defined Radio Access Networks Powered by Hybrid Energy Sources
Tao Han, Nirwan Ansari
Dramatic mobile data traffic growth has spurred a dense deployment of small cell base stations (SCBSs). Small cells enhance the spectrum efficiency and thus enlarge the capacity of…
On Green Energy Powered Cognitive Radio Networks
Xueqing Huang, Tao Han, Nirwan Ansari
Green energy powered cognitive radio (CR) network is capable of liberating the wireless access networks from spectral and energy constraints. The limitation of the spectrum is alle…