By aggregating multiple channels, Carrier Aggregation (CA) is an important technology for boosting cellular network bandwidth. Given diverse radio bands made available in 5G networks, CA plays a particularly critical role in achieving the goal of multi-...

The continuous rise of multimedia entertainment has led to an increased demand for delivering outstanding user experience of multimedia content. However, modelling user-perceived Quality of Experience (QoE) is a challenging task, resulting in efforts for ...

5G New Radio (5G NR), has now been deployed in all available bands: low (<1 GHz), mid (1–6 GHz), and high (>24 GHz), each with a trade-off between coverage and throughput/latency performance. The preceding 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) networks ...

In this paper we study the use of deep reinforcement learning that is supported by a ray tracer, on top of a detailed 3D model of the geospatial environment, for optimization of antenna tilts in cellular networks. We propose two novel mechanisms---...

The growth in the popularity of reconfigurable antennas has been observed recently. Because of the fast progress of wireless communication technology in current wireless applications with large data rates, multimode and cognitive radio operations ...

One of the primary challenges of the telecommunications industry is to address the broadband connectivity divide. Policy makers, regulators, and network operators are in need to understand the amount of capital required to address this gap and ...

• The purpose this research is to develop a tool to estimate the required capital to tackle the broadband connectivity targets. To date, most studies aimed at estimating the investment associated with broadband deployment have consisted in ...

The last decade has been characterized by a rapid increase in the usage of mobile communications. One of the main aspects of mobile communications is mobility. This means that mobile phones have to switch between base station cells in order to ...

• Data analytics can improve universal broadband assessment.
• This assessment ...

Goal 9 of the Sustainable Development Goals aims to provide universal affordable broadband globally. However, a lack of data, combined with few independent and scientifically reproducible assessments, makes it challenging for ...

Mobile networks are essential for modern societies. High bandwidth and low latency communications for massive numbers of subscribers have enabled various applications with much impact on life quality. However, the widespread of mobile network ...

Mobile networks are vital for modern societies. Recent generations of mobile communication systems have introduced increased security and privacy features to enhance their trust and reliability capabilities. Several well-known vulnerabilities, ...

This paper presents various perspectives on designing and implementing a communication platform for a teleoperated mobile robot. The deployment of a communication network for a mobile robot and the integration of robot components in the developed ...

Globally, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) incur considerable capital investments towards the acquisition of spectrum, deployment of mobile networks, and marketing and advertising of their mobile services to potential mobile subscribers. The extant ...

Multimedia streaming over the Internet (live and on demand) is the cornerstone of modern Internet carrying more than 60% of all traffic. With such high demand, delivering outstanding user experience is a crucial and challenging task. To evaluate user ...

One's core values, personality, and social status may be reflected in the watch history of online video streaming services such as YouTube. Unfortunately, several prior research work demonstrates that man-in-the-middle or malware-assisted attackers can ...

The paper focuses on developing an automated black-box testing approach called DIKEUE that checks 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) control-plane protocol implementations in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) cellular devices (also, User Equipments or UEs) for ...

Cellular operators have begun deploying 5G New Radio (NR) in all available bands: low (< 1 GHz), mid (1-6 GHz), and high (> 24 GHz) to exploit the different capabilities of each. At the same time, traditional 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) deployments are ...

In this study, a 9-elements hybrid MIMO (multiple input multiple output) antennas system is developed for 5G Smartphone communication.The designed MIMO system is composed of two different antenna parts i.e. the multi-band antenna element, and the ...

Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are proposed to replace conventional algorithms in the area of wireless networking. Many of the suggested algorithms are often based on simulators or smallscale test-beds. We provide a study based on a dataset collected ...

A secure and flexible communication infrastructure for the use of broadband and IP‐based services is becoming more and more important in the context of Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR). Government agencies and emergency responders need ...

With the advent of 4G LTE networks, the demand for bandwidth has rapidly increased among users of mobile devices, especially handheld smartphones. Consequently, the 4G data plans offered by mobile network operators have become expensive in many ...