Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A comprehensive insight into the theory, models and techniques of ultra-dense networks and applications in 5G and other emerging wireless networks -Ultra-dense networks and communications systems are emerging topics, having many applications that have potential to solve varieties of real-life problems -Presents recent advances in ultra-dense networks for 5G networks and beyond, i.e., cognitive radio networks, massive MIMO, device-to-device communications, mm-wave communications, and energy harvesting communications -One of the first books to focus solely on ultra-dense networks for 5G in a complete presentation Market description: Primary: postgraduate students, researchers and engineers in the field of wireless communications who will find it an ideal reference to further explore the potential of ultra-dense networks with a view to designing high speed communications in advanced networks of the future Secondary: researchers in academia, industry, as well as practitioners in governmental agencies"-- Provided by publisher.

Intro; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I: Fundamentals of Ultra-dense Networks; 1 Fundamental Limits of Ultra-dense Networks; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 System Model; 1.3 The Quest for Exact Analytical Expressions; 1.4 The Quest for Scaling Laws; 1.5 Conclusions and Future Challenges; Bibliography; 2 Performance Analysis of Dense Small Cell Networks with Line of Sight and Non-Line of Sight Transmissions under Rician Fading; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 System Model; 2.3 Coverage Probability Analysis Based on the Piecewise Path Loss Model; 2.4 Study of a 3GPP Special Case

2.5 Simulation and Discussion2.6 Conclusion; Appendix A: Proof of Theorem 1.1; Appendix B: Proof of Lemma 2.2; Appendix C: Proof of Lemma 2.3; Appendix D: Proof of Lemma 2.4; Bibliography; 3 Mean Field Games for 5G Ultra-dense Networks: A Resource Management Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Literature Review; 3.3 Basics of Mean field game; 3.4 MFGs for D2D Communications in 5G; 3.5 MFGs for Radio Access Network in 5G; 3.6 MFGs in 5G Edge Computing; 3.7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II: Ultra-dense Networks with Emerging 5G Technologies

4 Inband Full-duplex Self-backhauling in Ultra-dense Networks4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Self-backhauling in Existing Literature; 4.3 Self-backhauling Strategies; 4.4 Transmit Power Optimization under QoS Requirements; 4.5 Performance Analysis; 4.6 Summary; Bibliography; 5 The Role of Massive MIMO and Small Cells in Ultra-dense Networks; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 System Model; 5.3 Average Downlink Rate; 5.4 Numerical Results; 5.5 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; 6 Security for Cell-free Massive MIMO Networks; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cell-free Massive MIMO System Model

6.3 Cell-free System Model in the presence of an active eavesdropper6.4 On Dealing with Eavesdropper; 6.5 Numerical Results; 6.6 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; 7 Massive MIMO for High-performance Ultra-dense Networks in the Unlicensed Spectrum; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 System Model; 7.3 Fundamentals of Massive MIMO Unlicensed (mMIMO-U); 7.4 Performance Evaluation; 7.5 Challenges; 7.6 Conclusion; Bibliography; 8 Energy Efficiency Optimization for Dense Networks; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Energy Efficiency Optimization Tools; 8.3 Energy Efficiency Optimization for Dense Networks: Case Studies

8.4 ConclusionBibliography; Part III: Applications of Ultra-dense Networks; 9 Big Data Methods for Ultra-dense Network Deployment; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Structured Data Analytics for Traffic Hotspot Characterization; 9.3 Unstructured Data Analytics for Quality-of-Experience Mapping; 9.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; 10 Physical Layer Security for Ultra-dense Networks under Unreliable Backhaul Connection; 10.1 Backhaul Reliability Level and Performance Limitation; 10.2 Unreliable Backhaul Impacts with Physical Layer Security; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography

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