Device-to-Device Communications in Unlicensed Spectrum: Mode Selection and Resource Allocation

In this paper, a novel technology, namely, device-to-device communications in the unlicensed spectrum (D2D-U) is proposed, which can allow D2D users to transmit on the unlicensed spectrum and coexist with the incumbent Wi-Fi networks. In D2D-U networks, D2D users can share the licensed spectrum with...

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Main Authors: Rui Liu, Guanding Yu, Fengzhong Qu, Zihan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7553560/