4 papers
Time Synchronization in 5G Wireless Edge: Requirements and Solutions for Critical-MTC
Aamir Mahmood, Muhammad Ikram Ashraf, Mikael Gidlund +2
Wireless edge is about distributing intelligence to the wireless devices wherein the distribution of accurate time reference is essential for time-critical machine-type communicati…
Over-the-Air Time Synchronization for URLLC: Requirements, Challenges and Possible Enablers
Aamir Mahmood, Muhammad Ikram Ashraf, Mikael Gidlund +1
Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) is an emerging feature in 5G and beyond wireless systems, which is introduced to support stringent latency and reliability req…
Beamwidth Optimization in Millimeter Wave Small Cell Networks with Relay Nodes: A Swarm Intelligence Approach
Cristina Perfecto, Javier Del Ser, Muhammad Ikram Ashraf +2
Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications have been postulated as one of the most disruptive technologies for future 5G systems. Among mmWave bands the 60-GHz radio technology is spe…
Exploring Social Networks for Optimized User Association in Wireless Small Cell Networks with Device-to-Device Communications
Muhammad Ikram Ashraf, Mehdi Bennis, Walid Saad +1
In this paper, we propose a novel social network aware approach for user association in wireless small cell networks. The proposed approach exploits social relationships between us…