Smart manufacturing based on artificial intelligence and information communication
technology will become the main contributor to the digital economy of the upcoming …

Is it worth and feasible to push mobile core network functions to low-earth-orbit (LEO)
satellite mega-constellations? While this paradigm is being tested in space and promises …

Cellular network control procedures (eg, mobility, idle-active transition to conserve energy)
directly influence data plane behavior, impacting user-experienced delay. Recognizing this …

5G networks aim to provide ultra-low latency and higher reliability to support emerging and
near real-time applications such as augmented and virtual reality, remote surgery, self …

This survey explores the architectural changes in the cellular network architecture over the
past few years and highlights the advantages and additional challenges associated with …

Multi-tenant Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites emerge as a cost-effective win-win solution for
direct 4G/5G access to our regular phones/IoTs anywhere on Earth. However, the current …

The introduction of the Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for the 5G Core Networks has
drastically changed the way these networks are designed and operated. Aiming for higher …

State-of-the-art distributed in-memory datastores (FaRM, FaSST, DrTM) provide strongly-
consistent distributed transactions with high performance and availability. Transactions in …

In cellular networks, there is a growing adoption of virtualized radio access networks
(vRANs), where operators are replacing the traditional specialized hardware for RAN …

In this paper we introduce CoLTE, a solution for LTE-based community networks. CoLTE is a
lightweight, Internet-only LTE core network (EPC) designed to facilitate the deployment and …