Optimal network planning is crucial to ensure viable investments. However, engineering
analysis and cost assessment frequently occur independently of each other. Whereas …

Geographical Information System (GIS), as an Information System (IS), helps public/private
organizations represent changes in natural/human context and discover …

Waste collection is one of the targets of smart cities. It is a daily task in urban areas and it
entails the planning of waste truck routes, taking into account environmental, economic and …

Optical metro networks evolution driven by 5G requirements face enormous challenges.
Network functions virtualized in the data centers spread to the metro nodes, IP, and optical …

The emerging 5G applications and the connectivity of billions of devices have driven the
investigation of multi-domain heterogeneous converged optical networks. To support …

With the escalating load on the current 4G network, the requirement for moving up to 5G has
shown up. The deployment of a 5G network would deliver the end-users a wide spectrum of …

This work presents a case study for the network planning of a 5G backhaul in a dense urban
area. The study is fed by estimated population density data and real geographical layout …

In recent years, the concept of smarts cities emerged to cope with the growth that cities
around the world are facing. There are lots of problem areas in smart cities such as smart …

One of the enabling technologies in the development process of 5th Generation (5G) cellular
communications systems is small cell transmission points. Electricity poles are at the …

[ENG] Since the beginning of Industry 4.0 (I4. 0), many new emerging technologies have
been proposed to be exploited in the industry, the so-called Key Enabling Technologies …