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Springer Mobile Network & Applications

(MONET)
Special ss!e on
Networking in 5G Mobile Communications Systems: Key
Technologies and Challenges
http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11036
O"er"iew
With the challenge of 1000 times wireless traffic volume increasing in 2020 as compared to the 2010 level,
fundamental research on the next generation mobile communication networks, or in a general term as 5G networks,
is highly demanded in next 5 to 10 years 5G networks are not the simple upgrade of its predecessor, by adding
additional spectrum and thus boosting the capacity, or replaced with advanced radio technology !t needs
fundamental rethinking from system and architecture level down to the physical layer, and to answer the "uestion of
how to provision data#intensive services in very dense area with guaranteed "uality of service $%o&' and affordable
energy consumption by sustainable systems
!n 5G networks, one prominent feature is the prevalence of small cell for high capacity and energy efficient way of
service provision (he old cell concept is disrupted and replaced by multiple#layer heterogeneous cell concept,
evolving from with border to borderless (he new system architecture, control plane, interference coordination
techni"ues, multi#branch and multi#site antenna transmission are heavily re"uired (o deal with the ever#increasing
complexity in radio access as well as mobile core networks, self#organi)ing networks and cognitive radio networks
will find their key roles in 5G networks
(o meet the above challenges, 5G networks re"uire a mix of new technologies to boost the designs on networking,
eg, small cell deployment, dense network, massive *!*+, heterogeneous wireless networks, and etc We expect to
explore these key technologies along with the prospects and challenges of future 5G networking (his &pecial !ssue
solicits both original research and tutorial articles that discuss about the networking aspect of 5G mobile
communications systems, and propose new network architectures and protocols to improve the network throughput
and energy efficiency, as well as guarantee the "uality of experience $%+,' of subscribers
Topics
(opics of interest include, but are not limited to-
- .etworking architectures and protocols used for 5G
networks
- Wide scale small cell deployment
- /apacity and scaling laws for dense networks
- Wireless backhaul solutions and control plane for
small dense networks
- 5G dynamic radio interface design for small and
dynamic cells
- &oftware defined network $&0.' approaches for
mobile core networks
- &elf#organi)ing networks for heterogeneous cell
networks
- &pectrum sharing and cognitive radio techni"ues for
5G networks
- *assive *!*+ power control for dense small cell
networks
- 0ense spatial reuse technology for millimeter wave
transmission
- ,nergy and spectral efficiency for 5G networks
- /ooperative communication schemes for 5G
networks, eg coordination multi#point transmission
$/+*1'
- *ultiple access technologies for 5G networks
#portant $ates
*anuscript &ubmission- *ay 20, 2013
4cceptance .otification- &eptember 20, 2013
5inal *anuscript 0ue- .ovember 20, 2013
1ublication 0ate- 5ebruary 2015
S!b#ission Proce%!re
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&!est E%itors
;iaohu Ge $<eading Guest ,ditor, =ua)hong >niversity of &cience and (echnology, /hina, gexiaohu@gmail.com'
6oel 6os? 1 / @odrigues $>niversity of Aeira !nterior, 1ortugal, 7oel7rBieeeorg'
Ao @ong $/ommunications @esearch /entre $/@/', /anada, borongBieeeorg'
S'ort (ios
)iao'! &e (M*+,-SM*..) is currently a 1rofessor with the 0epartment of ,lectronics and !nformation ,ngineering
at =ua)hong >niversity of &cience and (echnology $=>&(', /hina =e received his 1h0 degree in /ommunication
and !nformation ,ngineering from =>&( in 2002 =e has worked at =>&( since .ov 2005 1rior to that, he worked
as an assistant researcher at 47ou>niversity $Corean' and 1olitecnico 0i (orino $!taly' from 6an 2003 to +ct 2005
=e was a visiting researcher at =eriot#Watt>niversity, ,dinburgh, >C from 6une to 4ugust 2010 =is research
interests are in the area of mobile communications, traffic modeling in wireless networks, green communications,
and interference modeling in wireless communications =e has published about D0 papers in refereed 7ournals and
conference proceedings and has been granted about 15 patents in /hina =e is leading several pro7ects funded by
.&5/, /hina *+&(, and industries =e is taking part in several international 7oint pro7ects, such as the @/>C
funded >C#/hina &cience Aridges- @E0 on $A'3G Wireless *obile /ommunications and the ,> 51F funded
pro7ect- &ecurity, &ervices, .etworking and 1erformance of .ext Generation !1#based *ultimedia Wireless
.etworks
0r Ge is currently serving as an ,ditor for Wireless /ommunications and *obile /omputing 6ournal $6ohn Wiley E
&ons', !nternational 6ournal of /ommunication &ystems $6ohn Wiley E &ons', !,( .etworks and C&!! (ransactions
on !nternet and !nformation &ystems, the guest editor of !,,, /ommunications *aga)ine on 5G &! &ince 2005, he
has been actively involved in the organisation of more than 10 international conferences, such as ,xecutive /hair of
!,,, Green/om 2012 and /o#/hair of workshop of Green /ommunication of /ellular .etworks at !,,,
Green/om 2010 =e is a &enior *ember of the !,,,, a &enior member of the /hinese !nstitue of ,lectronics, a
&enior member of the /hina !nstitute of /ommunications, and a member of the .&5/ and /hina *+&( 1eer
@eview /ollege
/oel /os0 P1 C1 Ro%rig!es (S*+.2 M*+32 SM*+3) is a professor in the 0epartment of !nformatics of the >niversity of
Aeira !nterior, /ovilhG, 1ortugal, and researcher at the !nstituto de (elecomunicaHIes, 1ortugal =e received a 1h0
degree in informatics engineering, an *&c degree from the >niversity of Aeira !nterior, and a five#year A&c degree
$licentiate' in informatics engineering from the >niversity of /oimbra, 1ortugal =is main research interests include
sensor networks, e#health, e#learning, vehicular delay#tolerant networks, and mobile and ubi"uitous computing =e is
the leader of .etG.4 @esearch Group $http-88netgnaitubipt', the Jice#chair of the !,,, /om&oc (echnical
/ommittee on /ommunications &oftware, the Jice#/hair of the !,,, /om&oc (echnical /ommittee on e=ealth,
and *ember @epresentative of the !,,, /ommunications &ociety on the !,,, Aiometrics /ouncil =e is the editor#
in#chief of the !nternational 6ournal on ,#=ealth and *edical /ommunications, the editor#in#chief of the @ecent
4dvances on /ommunications and .etworking (echnology, and editorial board member of several 7ournals =e has
been general chair and (1/ /hair of many international conferences =e is a member of many international (1/s
and participated in several international conferences organi)ation =e has authored or coauthored over 200 papers in
refereed international 7ournals and conferences, a book, and 2 patents =e had been awarded the +utstanding
<eadership 4ward of !,,, G<+A,/+* 2010 as /&&*4 &ymposium /o#/hair and several best papers awards
1rof @odrigues is a licensed professional engineer $as senior member', member of the !nternet &ociety, an !4@!4
fellow, and a senior member of 4/* and !,,,
(o Rong received the A& degree from &handong >niversity in 1KK2, the *& degree from Aei7ing >niversity of
4eronautics and 4stronautics in 1KKF, and the 1h0 degree from Aei7ing >niversity of 1osts and
(elecommunications in 2001 =e is currently a @esearch &cientist with /ommunications @esearch /entre /anada,
+ttawa, +. =e is also an 4d7unct 1rofessor at ,cole de technologie superieure $,(&', >niversite du %uebec,
/anada 0r @ong has authored or coauthored over F0 technical papers in ma7or 7ournals and conferences, as well as
two book chapters in the areas of wireless networking E communications *any of these publications have
theoretical and practical significance to the research community and industry 5or example, his work L/all
4dmission /ontrol +ptimi)ation in Wi*4; .etworksM, was ranked N1 most accessed paper in 4ugust 200D among
all papers published in !,,, (ransactions on Jehicular (echnology, and N9K among all !,,, papers 0r @ongOs
research interests include modeling, simulation, and performance analysis of next#generation wireless networks =e
is a member of !,,, /ommunications &ociety and !,,, Aroadcasting &ociety =e serves as an 4ssociate ,ditor for
!,,, /+**>.!/4(!+.& <,((,@& as well as the Guest ,ditor of special issues for !,,,
/+**>.!/4(!+.& *4G4P!., and !,,, W!@,<,&& /+**>.!/4(!+.& *4G4P!.,
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