Towards Green and Soft: 5G Design Considerations

Use Cases, Requirements, and Design Considerations for 5G V2X

Ultimate goal of next generation Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication systems is enabling accident-free cooperative automated driving that uses the available roadway efficiently. To achieve this goal, the communication system will need to enable a diverse set of use cases, each with a specific set of requirements. We discuss the main use case categories, analyze their requirements, and com...

Preliminary Views and Initial Considerations on 5G RAN Architecture and Functional Design

A Green Supply Chain Design with Product Life Cycle Considerations

Emergence of green supply chain management could be attributed to the rising public awareness of environmental problems. Consumers say they increasingly prefer to purchase products that are produced with a minimum of pollution and with minimal environmental impact. Therefore, companies that successfully adopt a green policy can generate profits, reduce environmental impact, and provide positive...

Massive MIMO Technologies and Challenges towards 5G

Massive MIMO is widely recognized as an essential technology for 5G. Together with newly allocated spectrum (bandwidth) and network densification (small cells), it is expected to play a key role in coping with the ongoing explosion in data-traffic demand and services. Compared to 4G MIMO technologies, massive MIMO can offer large gains in cell spectral efficiency, which, in combination with sma...

Towards Per-user Flexible Management in 5G

Flexible management is one of the key components of next-generation 5G networks. Currently, many approaches focus on network functionality (services) and translate it afterward into end-user requirements, which slightly constrains the flexibility for both management and end users. Furthermore, moving the intelligence of the network towards the edge (i.e. the users) has already proven its benefi...