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31 Citations
4,710 Views
17 Pages

Sixth-Generation (6G) Networks for Improved Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication in Industry 4.0

  • Izabela Rojek,
  • Piotr Kotlarz,
  • Janusz Dorożyński and
  • Dariusz Mikołajewski

The sixth generation of mobile networks (6G) has the potential to revolutionize the way we communicate, interact, and use information for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication in Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, while also improving coverage in places...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,565 Views
12 Pages

22 November 2019

To discuss the invariance properties of a sixth-order generalized time-fractional Sawada-Kotera equation, on the basis of the Riemann-Liouville derivative, the Lie point symmetry and symmetry reductions are derived. Then the power series theory is us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,365 Views
16 Pages

Minkowski’s Loop Fractal Antenna Dedicated to Sixth Generation (6G) Communication

  • Maria-Alexandra Paun,
  • Mihai-Virgil Nichita,
  • Vladimir-Alexandru Paun and
  • Viorel-Puiu Paun

In this study, we will discuss the engineering construction of a special sixth generation (6G) antenna, based on the fractal called Minkowski’s loop. The antenna has the shape of this known fractal, set at four iterations, to obtain maximum per...

  • Review
  • Open Access
322 Citations
27,318 Views
21 Pages

Sixth Generation (6G) Wireless Networks: Vision, Research Activities, Challenges and Potential Solutions

  • Mohammed H. Alsharif,
  • Anabi Hilary Kelechi,
  • Mahmoud A. Albreem,
  • Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry,
  • M. Sultan Zia and
  • Sunghwan Kim

24 April 2020

The standardization activities of the fifth generation communications are clearly over and deployment has commenced globally. To sustain the competitive edge of wireless networks, industrial and academia synergy have begun to conceptualize the next g...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,305 Views
44 Pages

21 January 2025

The fifth generation (5G) of wireless communication is in its finalization stage and has received favorable reception in many nations. However, research is now geared towards the anticipated sixth-generation (6G) wireless network. The new 6G promises...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,667 Views
9 Pages

27 September 2019

The main aim of this paper is to use the properties of the trigonometric sums and character sums, and the number of the solutions of several symmetry congruence equations to research the computational problem of a certain sixth power mean of the gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,074 Views
17 Pages

Composite Ensemble Learning Framework for Passive Drone Radio Frequency Fingerprinting in Sixth-Generation Networks

  • Muhammad Usama Zahid,
  • Muhammad Danish Nisar,
  • Adnan Fazil,
  • Jihyoung Ryu and
  • Maqsood Hussain Shah

29 August 2024

The rapid evolution of drone technology has introduced unprecedented challenges in security, particularly concerning the threat of unconventional drone and swarm attacks. In order to deal with threats, drones need to be classified by intercepting the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,638 Views
18 Pages

7 March 2025

The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks is expected to revolutionize communication systems, transforming them into intelligent platforms that provide seamless connectivity and intelligent services....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,767 Views
20 Pages

3D Modelling with C2 Continuous PDE Surface Patches

  • Haibin Fu,
  • Shaojun Bian,
  • Ouwen Li,
  • Jon Macey,
  • Andres Iglesias,
  • Ehtzaz Chaudhry,
  • Lihua You and
  • Jian Jun Zhang

20 January 2022

In this paper, we present a new modelling method to create 3D models. First, characteristic cross section curves are generated and approximated by generalized elliptic curves. Then, a vector-valued sixth-order partial differential equation is propose...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,965 Views
25 Pages

14 July 2022

Wireless networks have gained significant attention and importance in healthcare as various medical devices such as mobile devices, sensors, and remote monitoring equipment must be connected to communication networks. In order to provide advanced med...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,878 Views
19 Pages

The intensive deployment of sixth-generation (6G) base stations is expected to greatly enhance network service capabilities, offering significantly higher throughput and lower latency compared to previous generations. However, this advancement is acc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,716 Views
31 Pages

A Comprehensive Survey of 6G Simulators: Comparison, Integration, and Future Directions

  • Evgeniya Evgenieva,
  • Atanas Vlahov,
  • Antoni Ivanov,
  • Vladimir Poulkov and
  • Agata Manolova

20 August 2025

Modern wireless networks are rapidly advancing through research into novel applications that push the boundaries of information and communication systems to satisfy the increasing user demand. To facilitate this process, the development of communicat...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,243 Views
17 Pages

14 January 2021

To meet the performance goals of fifth generation (5G) and future sixth generation (6G) optical wireless communication (OWC) and sensing systems, we seek to develop low-cost, reliable, compact lasers capable of sourcing 5–20 Gb/s (ideally up to 100 G...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,183 Views
30 Pages

A Novel DRL-Transformer Framework for Maximizing the Sum Rate in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted THz Communication Systems

  • Pardis Sadatian Moghaddam,
  • Sarvenaz Sadat Khatami,
  • Francisco Hernando-Gallego and
  • Diego Martín

28 August 2025

Terahertz (THz) communication is a key technology for sixth-generation (6G) networks, offering ultra-high data rates, low latency, and massive connectivity. However, the THz band faces significant propagation challenges, including high path loss, mol...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,801 Views
30 Pages

23 July 2023

With the dramatic increase in the number of mobile users and wireless devices accessing the network, the performance of fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems has been severely challenged. Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,408 Views
23 Pages

Handover Decisions for Ultra-Dense Networks in Smart Cities: A Survey

  • Akzhibek Amirova,
  • Ibraheem Shayea,
  • Didar Yedilkhan,
  • Laura Aldasheva and
  • Alma Zakirova

Handover (HO) management plays a key role in ensuring uninterrupted connectivity across evolving wireless networks. While previous generations such as 4G and 5G have introduced several HO strategies, these techniques are insufficient to meet the rigo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,640 Views
40 Pages

14 June 2024

Rapid advancements in the development of smart terminals and infrastructure, coupled with a wide range of applications with complex requirements, are creating traffic demands that current networks may not be able to fully handle. Accordingly, the stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,002 Views
18 Pages

8 September 2023

The blockchain-based searchable symmetric encryption (SSE) scheme allows the retrieval and verification of outsourced data on cloud servers in sixth generation (6G) networks while ensuring the privacy of data. However, existing schemes are challengin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
12,493 Views
40 Pages

Emerging Technologies for 6G Communication Networks: Machine Learning Approaches

  • Annisa Anggun Puspitasari,
  • To Truong An,
  • Mohammed H. Alsharif and
  • Byung Moo Lee

6 September 2023

The fifth generation achieved tremendous success, which brings high hopes for the next generation, as evidenced by the sixth generation (6G) key performance indicators, which include ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC), extremely high da...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,775 Views
23 Pages

Maritime communication networks are critical for supporting the increasing demands of oceanic and coastal activities, including shipping, fishing, and offshore operations. However, traditional systems face significant challenges in providing reliable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
941 Views
16 Pages

4 October 2025

To mitigate the degradation of positioning accuracy in sixth-generation mobile communication systems under dynamic line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions, this paper proposes an improved adaptive Kalman filter positioning method...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,827 Views
26 Pages

24 February 2023

The sixth generation (6G) wireless technology aims to achieve global connectivity with environmentally sustainable networks to improve the overall quality of life. The driving force behind these networks is the rapid evolution of the Internet of Thin...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,437 Views
17 Pages

A Distributed Trustable Framework for AI-Aided Anomaly Detection

  • Nikolaos Nomikos,
  • George Xylouris,
  • Gerasimos Patsourakis,
  • Vasileios Nikolakakis,
  • Anastasios Giannopoulos,
  • Charilaos Mandilaris,
  • Panagiotis Gkonis,
  • Charalabos Skianis and
  • Panagiotis Trakadas

The evolution towards sixth-generation (6G) networks requires new architecture enhancements to support the broad device ecosystem, comprising users, machines, autonomous vehicles, and Internet-of-things devices. Moreover, high heterogeneity in the de...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
11,632 Views
36 Pages

Handover Management for Drones in Future Mobile Networks—A Survey

  • Ibraheem Shayea,
  • Pabiola Dushi,
  • Mohammed Banafaa,
  • Rozeha A. Rashid,
  • Sawsan Ali,
  • Mohd Adib Sarijari,
  • Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh and
  • Hafizal Mohamad

25 August 2022

Drones have attracted extensive attention for their environmental, civil, and military applications. Because of their low cost and flexibility in deployment, drones with communication capabilities are expected to play key important roles in Fifth Gen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,925 Views
23 Pages

14 May 2021

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) are regarded as promising technologies to improve the computation capability and offloading efficiency of mobile devices in the sixth-generation (6G) mobile system. This pape...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,627 Views
29 Pages

A Novel Energy-Efficient Reservation System for Edge Computing in 6G Vehicular Ad Hoc Network

  • Farhan Javed,
  • Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan,
  • Shahzad Rizwan,
  • Sonia Shahzadi,
  • Nauman Riaz Chaudhry and
  • Muddesar Iqbal

22 June 2023

The roadside unit (RSU) is one of the fundamental components in a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), where a vehicle communicates in infrastructure mode. The RSU has multiple functions, including the sharing of emergency messages and the updating of v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,064 Views
18 Pages

RIS-Assisted Fixed NOMA: Outage Probability Analysis and Transmit Power Optimization

  • Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu,
  • Agbotiname Lucky Imoize,
  • Francisco R. Castillo Soria,
  • Periyakarupan Gurusamy Sivabalan Velmurugan,
  • Sundarrajan Jayaraman Thiruvengadam,
  • Dinh-Thuan Do and
  • Arthi Murugadass

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has the ability to overcome the challenges of the wireless environment like random fluctuations, shadowing, and mobility in an energy efficient way when compared...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,931 Views
14 Pages

Simulation Framework for Detection and Localization in Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems

  • Andrea Ramos,
  • Saúl Inca,
  • Mireia Ferrer,
  • Daniel Calabuig,
  • Sandra Roger and
  • Jose F. Monserrat

8 January 2025

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems have emerged as a key component for Sixth Generation (6G) networks, enhancing resource efficiency and enabling diverse applications. Currently, ISAC systems have been recognized as a leading trend f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
816 Views
24 Pages

29 August 2025

Sixth-generation (6G) communication systems, with ultra-wide bands, energy-autonomous end nodes, and dense connectivity, challenge existing network designs. Optimizing time resources with energy harvesting, backscatter communication, and relays is es...

  • Review
  • Open Access
344 Views
41 Pages

Towards 6G C-V2X Networks: A Comprehensive Survey on Mobility Management, Multi-RAT Coexistence, and Machine Learning (3M) Framework for C-ITS

  • Malghalara Abdul Ali,
  • Sajjad Ahmad Khan,
  • Sultan Aldirmaz Colak,
  • Selahattin Kosunalp and
  • Teodor Iliev

The Cooperative-Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) require emerging Vehicular-to-Everything (V2X) applications, such as Advanced Driving Systems (ADS) and Connected Autonomous Driving (CAD), to support efficient road safety measures. These applica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,556 Views
16 Pages

Channel Characteristics and Link Adaption for Visible Light Communication in an Industrial Scenario

  • Yu Tong,
  • Pan Tang,
  • Jianhua Zhang,
  • Shuo Liu,
  • Yue Yin,
  • Baoling Liu and
  • Liang Xia

24 March 2023

Visible light communication (VLC) is one of the key technologies for the sixth generation (6G) to support the connection and throughput of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Furthermore, VLC channel modeling is the foundation for designing eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,003 Views
15 Pages

30 December 2024

This study introduces a numerically efficient iterative solver for computing the Drazin generalized inverse, addressing a critical need for high-performance methods in matrix computations. The proposed two-step scheme achieves sixth-order convergence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,839 Views
19 Pages

The investigation into potential hazards linked with millimeter-wave (mmWave) radiation is crucial, given the widespread adoption of body-centric wireless sensor nodes operating within this frequency band. This is particularly pertinent in light of i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,305 Views
20 Pages

26 July 2024

In this paper, we propose a novel system integrating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) with cognitive radio (CR) technology, presenting a forward-looking solution aligned with the evolving standards of 6G and beyond networks. The proposed RI...

  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,793 Views
36 Pages

Enabling Underwater Wireless Power Transfer towards Sixth Generation (6G) Wireless Networks: Opportunities, Recent Advances, and Technical Challenges

  • Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan,
  • Muhammad Asghar Khan,
  • Alireza Mazinani,
  • Mohammed H. Alsharif and
  • Ho-Shin Cho

11 September 2022

In recent decades, wireless power transfer (WPT) has gained significant interest from both academic and industrial experts. It possesses natural electrical isolation between transmitter and receiver components, ensuring a secure charging mechanism in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,472 Views
35 Pages

This paper examines the quantitative and qualitative situation of the current fixed and mobile Internet and its expected future. It provides a detailed insight into the past, present, and future of the Internet along with the development of technolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,548 Views
19 Pages

Mobility-Aware Offloading Decision for Multi-Access Edge Computing in 5G Networks

  • Saeid Jahandar,
  • Lida Kouhalvandi,
  • Ibraheem Shayea,
  • Mustafa Ergen,
  • Marwan Hadri Azmi and
  • Hafizal Mohamad

31 March 2022

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a key technology in the fifth generation (5G) of mobile networks. MEC optimizes communication and computation resources by hosting the application process close to the user equipment (UE) in network edges. The key...

  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
10,504 Views
22 Pages

Handover Parameters Optimisation Techniques in 5G Networks

  • Wasan Kadhim Saad,
  • Ibraheem Shayea,
  • Bashar J. Hamza,
  • Hafizal Mohamad,
  • Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh and
  • Waheb A. Jabbar

31 July 2021

The massive growth of mobile users will spread to significant numbers of small cells for the Fifth Generation (5G) mobile network, which will overlap the fourth generation (4G) network. A tremendous increase in handover (HO) scenarios and HO rates wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,784 Views
32 Pages

6 September 2021

A large number of stone blocks, stacked up in diminishing size to form pagodas, was discovered in northern China, primarily eastern Gansu and southeastern Shanxi. Their stylistic traits and inscriptions indicate the popularity of the practice of maki...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,608 Views
22 Pages

4 September 2025

Next-generation wireless communication networks are developing across the world day by day; this requires high data rate transportation over the systems. Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) spectrum with terahertz (THz) bands is a promising solution for next-g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,225 Views
24 Pages

17 December 2023

Enhancing energy efficiency, content distribution, latency, and transmission speeds are vital components of communication systems. Multiple access methods hold great promise for boosting these performance indicators. This manuscript evaluates the eff...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,114 Views
10 Pages

Differential Evolution Optimized Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Sum Rate Maximization

  • Dipinkrishnan Rayaroth,
  • Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu,
  • Helen Sheeba John Kennedy,
  • Kalapraveen Bagadi and
  • Francisco R. Castillo Soria

21 December 2023

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a potential technology to support high network density, while satisfying the quality of service (QoS) demands. To maximize the attainable sum rate of individual users and minimize outage, the power allocation...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,461 Views
42 Pages

Routing Challenges and Enabling Technologies for 6G–Satellite Network Integration: Toward Seamless Global Connectivity

  • Fatma Aktas,
  • Ibraheem Shayea,
  • Mustafa Ergen,
  • Laura Aldasheva,
  • Bilal Saoud,
  • Akhmet Tussupov,
  • Didar Yedilkhan and
  • Saule Amanzholova

The capabilities of 6G networks surpass those of existing networks, aiming to enable seamless connectivity between all entities and users at any given time. A critical aspect of achieving enhanced and ubiquitous mobile broadband, as promised by 6G ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,651 Views
24 Pages

Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO System Under 3GPP 5G Channels

  • Vishnu Vardhan Gudla,
  • Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu,
  • Agbotiname Lucky Imoize,
  • Francisco R. Castillo Soria,
  • Anjana Babu Sujatha,
  • Helen Sheeba John Kennedy,
  • Hindavi Kishor Jadhav,
  • Arthi Murugadass and
  • Samarendra Nath Sur

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and massive multiple input and multiple output (M-MIMO) are the two major enabling technologies for next-generation networks, capable of providing spectral efficiency (SE), energy efficiency (EE), array gain,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
3,612 Views
20 Pages

This paper is concerned with establishing novel expressions that express the derivative of any order of the orthogonal polynomials, namely, Chebyshev polynomials of the sixth kind in terms of Chebyshev polynomials themselves. We will prove that these...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,322 Views
21 Pages

Outage Probability Analysis and Transmit Power Optimization for Blind-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Uplink

  • Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu,
  • Agbotiname Lucky Imoize,
  • Francisco R. Castillo Soria,
  • Periyakarupan Gurusamy Sivabalan Velmurugan,
  • Sundarrajan Jayaraman Thiruvengadam,
  • Arthi Murugadass and
  • Vishnu Vardhan Gudla

14 October 2022

Fifth-generation (5G) advancements improve transmitter and receiver functionalities, but the propagation environment remains uncontrolled. By changing the phase of impinging waves, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have the potential to regul...

  • Review
  • Open Access
88 Citations
13,929 Views
30 Pages

1 August 2022

The recent upsurge of smart cities’ applications and their building blocks in terms of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), federated and distributed learning, big data analytics, blockchain, and edge-cloud computing has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,777 Views
16 Pages

Zero-Padding and Spatial Augmentation-Based Gas Sensor Node Optimization Approach in Resource-Constrained 6G-IoT Paradigm

  • Shiv Nath Chaudhri,
  • Navin Singh Rajput,
  • Saeed Hamood Alsamhi,
  • Alexey V. Shvetsov and
  • Faris A. Almalki

15 April 2022

Ultra-low-power is a key performance indicator in 6G-IoT ecosystems. Sensor nodes in this eco-system are also capable of running light-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models. In this work, we have achieved high performance in a gas sensor system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
703 Views
23 Pages

22 January 2026

This study analyzes the observed patterns of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) use by students in higher education through the lens of the sociotechnical systems (STS) theory, focusing on the academic subsystem. The empirical basis i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,348 Views
12 Pages

The Effect of the Treatment of Severe Early Childhood Caries on Growth-Development and Quality of Life

  • Ecenur Eyisoy Bagis,
  • Sera Simsek Derelioglu,
  • Fatih Sengül and
  • Sinan Yılmaz

20 February 2023

Purpose: Untreated early childhood caries (ECC) adversely affect children’s quality of life. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of ECC on growth, development, and quality of life. Design and Methods: A total of 95 children were divided into th...

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