Next-Generation Wireless Network Protocol Design
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (4 March 2022) | Viewed by 6515
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Throughout the evolution of wireless networks, one of the major goals for designing the next-generation system was to push the peak data rate up. However, the increasing gap between peak data rate and user-experienced speed has led to a consideration for efficient spectrum usage. For example, DCF (distributed coordinated function), which is a medium access control protocol for Wi-Fi systems, is not targeted for a scenario with a high density of users. Therefore, its performance degrades quickly as the number of users in the area increases. The peak data rate can be increased using a wider spectrum in the high frequency band, but we also need better wireless protocols to increase the efficiency of spectrum usage and thereby improve user experience with the system. The new protocols must consider usage scenarios such as the high density of users and traffic, different service requirements of heterogeneous devices, and characteristics of new radio in the high frequency bands. Additionally, the new protocols should incorporate state-of-the-art technologies such as traffic prediction based on machine learning to intelligently allocate resource to users and achieve high efficiency.
This Special Issue on “Next-Generation Wireless Network Protocol Design” aims to collect new and interesting ways of designing protocols for future wireless networks, including broadband cellular networks, Wi-Fi, and other wireless network systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- 5G and 6G systems;
- IEEE 802.11ax, 802.11be and other wireless LAN standards;
- Vehicular networks;
- Machine-to-machine communications;
- Energy-efficient communications;
- Software-defined networks and network virtualization (SDN/NFV);
- Protocols that utilize full duplex communications and non-orthogonal multiple access;
- Efficient resource management and allocation algorithms;
- Machine learning-based protocols;
- Theoretical analysis of wireless network performance;
- Performance comparison of state-of-the-art network technologies;
- Wireless network simulators, simulation modules, and simulation methodologies;
- Experience with testbed implementations.
Prof. Dr. Jungmin So
Guest Editor
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