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and distributed caching, to enable the realization of 5G technologies and systems’ full
potential.
Dense coexistence of various neighboring and/or overlapping radio access nodes,
dynamic network topologies, complicated co-channel interference scenarios, backhaul
provisioning, energy consumption, QoS provisioning, and security issues bring new
challenges for ultra-dense network deployment. ese technical challenges need to
be addressed in order to exploit the true potential of ultra-dense networks. Although
some research attempts have been made toward understanding the theoretical and
practical performance limits, a comprehensive mathematical methodology to capture
the dynamic topologies, large-scale heterogeneous interference, and the high level
of randomness in ultra-dense networks essential to the system-level analysis and
design of 5G networks is missing in the existing literature. In light of the ongoing
densification of radio access nodes and wireless connected devices toward 5G wireless
networks, there is an urgent need for the research community, industry, and even end
users to better understand the fundamental technical details as well as the achievable
performance gains of ultra-dense networks.
Ultra-dense Networks for 5G and Beyond: Modelling, Analysis, and Applic ations pro-
vides a comprehensive and systematic exposition on the state-of-the-art of ultra-dense
networks and their applications in 5G cellular and other wireless networks, with a
delicate balance between mathematical modeling, theoretical analysis, and practical
design. It contains cutting-edge tutorials on the theoretical and technical foundations
that underpin ultra-dense networks, as well as insightful surveys of ultra-dense
network-related emerging technological trends that will be interesting and informative
to readers of all backgrounds. e book is written by researchers currently leading
the research and development of ultra-dense networks, covering a wide spectrum of
topics, ranging from system modeling and performance analysis, network performance
optimization, radio resource management, wireless self-backhauling, massive MIMO
to unlicensed spectrum, energy efficiency, big data analytics, physical layer security,
SWIPT, distributed caching, and cooperative video streaming, etc.
e book is organized into 12 chapters, which are grouped into three parts. In the
following, we provide a brief tour through the book’s parts and chapters to show how
this book addresses the challenges faced by ultra-dense networks from various aspects.
Part I, including Chapters 1 to 3, presents the background information and funda-
mental knowledge necessary for understanding the theoretical and technical founda-
tions of ultra-dense networks from three main disparate aspects.
Chapter 1 explores the fundamental performance limits of ultra-dense networks due
to physical limits of radio wave propagation. Focusing on the impact of network node
density on the network performance, the authors model the spatial distribution of net-
work nodes using Poisson point processes (PPP). As a result of the close proximity
of base stations and mobile devices in ultra-dense networks, the elevated base station
height and dual-slope line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) propagations
are considered in the modeling of small-scale and large-scale fading. Under this sys-
tem model, analytical expressions are derived for ultra-dense network downlink per-
formance in terms of coverage probability, throughput, and average transmission rate.
en, under general multi-slope pathloss and channel power distribution models, an
analytical framework is presented to enable the analysis of asymptotic performance lim-
its (i.e. scaling laws) of network densification.