Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Next-Generation Wireless Networks

A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Big Data and Augmented Intelligence".

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Dear Colleagues,

Due to technological breakthroughs and advancements, next-generation wireless networks will be unlike today's, diverse and complex, and able to adapt to the changing needs of the consumers. The systematic analysis and mining of big data helps in making such complex systems intelligent, and it facilitates their efficient as well as cost-effective operation and optimization. The objective of this Special Issue is to define the framework of the big data analytics and artificial intelligence in next-generation wireless networks, its services, and breakthrough technologies.

We are soliciting original contributions that have not been published and are not currently under consideration by other journals. Particular emphasis is placed on new concepts and ideas. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Machine learning;
  • Artificial intelligence;
  • Deep learning;
  • Reinforcement learning;
  • Cloud computing;
  • Next-generation wireless networks.

Prof. Dr. Matjaz Perc
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Joint Random Forest and Particle Swarm Optimization for Predictive Pathloss Modeling of Wireless Signals from Cellular Networks
by Okiemute Roberts Omasheye, Samuel Azi, Joseph Isabona, Agbotiname Lucky Imoize, Chun-Ta Li and Cheng-Chi Lee
Future Internet 2022, 14(12), 373; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14120373 - 12 Dec 2022
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The accurate and reliable predictive estimation of signal attenuation loss is of prime importance in radio resource management. During wireless network design and planning, a reliable path loss model is required for optimal predictive estimation of the received signal strength, coverage, quality, and [...] Read more.
The accurate and reliable predictive estimation of signal attenuation loss is of prime importance in radio resource management. During wireless network design and planning, a reliable path loss model is required for optimal predictive estimation of the received signal strength, coverage, quality, and signal interference-to-noise ratio. A set of trees (100) on the target measured data was employed to determine the most informative and important subset of features, which were in turn employed as input data to the Particle Swarm (PS) model for predictive path loss analysis. The proposed Random Forest (RF-PS) based model exhibited optimal precision performance in the real-time prognostic analysis of measured path loss over operational 4G LTE networks in Nigeria. The relative performance of the proposed RF-PS model was compared to the standard PS and hybrid radial basis function-particle swarm optimization (RBF-PS) algorithm for benchmarking. Generally, results indicate that the proposed RF-PS model gave better prediction accuracy than the standard PS and RBF-PS models across the investigated environments. The projected hybrid model would find useful applications in path loss modeling in related wireless propagation environments. Full article
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