Network densification: the dominant theme for wireless evolution into 5G

By Naga Bhushan, Junyi Li, D. Malladi, R. Gilmore, D. Brenner, A. Damnjanovic, R. Sukhavasi, C. Patel, Stefan Geirhofer. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2014

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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5G roadmap: 10 key enabling technologies (2016, methodology): “Although inelligent power management research and ICIC solutions are availble for deployment in current LTE network, more advanced and omprehensive solutions are necessary for network with new proosed 5G techniques such as massive MIMO and high frequency ystems [120,122,123] .”
5G wireless backhaul networks: challenges and research advances (2014, background): “Corresponding author: Dr. Tao Han, Email: hantao@mail.hust edu.cn The authors would like to acknowledge the support from the Int rnational Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (Grant No. 2014DFA11640 and 0903), the Nation l Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No.…”
A Vision and Framework for the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Networks of the Future (2020, background): “Currently, the concept of network densiﬁcation through small cell deployments has been widely acknowledged in 4G, Long-Term Evolution (LTE), and 5G standards to address the requirements of coverage and capacity in terrestrial networks [29].”
5G: A Tutorial Overview of Standards, Trials, Challenges, Deployment, and Practice (2017, background): “Furthermore, the complex nature of 5G networks makes interference avoidance critical increasing the role for smart receivers in 5G [88], [90], [106], [108].”
Safeguarding 5G wireless communication networks using physical layer security (2015, background): “Apart from direct D2D connections, another interesting paradigm in D2D communications is D2D relaying [10] where a device having better geometry to the transmitter device may act as a relay for the receiver device.”
A Survey on Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks: Challenges and Design Requirements (2017, methodology): “Bhushan et al. [113] discuss two methods of densiﬁcation expected to be dominant in the composition of 5G networks: Densiﬁcation of space and frequency.”
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Machine Learning for 5G/B5G Mobile and Wireless Communications: Potential, Limitations, and Future Directions (2019, background): “To handle this area traffic capacity demand, cell densification has been proposed with pleasant results under 5G scenarios [125], [126].”
Next Generation 5G Wireless Networks: A Comprehensive Survey (2016, methodology): “Robustness in such deployment is possible by using SON techniques [126].”
OpenAirInterface: A Flexible Platform for 5G Research (2014, neutral): “So, while 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks are being rolled out worldwide, research for the next generation mobile networks has already begun with the examination and evaluation of candidate technologies and architectures [1, 2, 3, 4].”
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A Tutorial on UAVs for Wireless Networks: Applications, Challenges, and Open Problems (2018, background): “However, wired connections can be expensive and infeasible due to geographical constraints, especially when dealing with ultra dense cellular networks [94]–[96].”