A Survey on 5G Network Technologies from Social Perspective

ABSTRACT

The rapid advancement in communication technological innovations results in proliferation of heterogeneous smart devices in the network. The inter-communication of these devices is usually related to their social behaviour and relationships. Furthermore, upcoming 5G network promises to bind all the network technologies like Internet of Vehicles (IoV), Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC), Smart Grids (SG), Big Data, and Device-to-Device (D2D) communications in a common network. To achieve this unified goal, one promising possibility is to exploit social properties of various smart devices used by these technologies. Exploitation of social aspect can dispense optimized networking while avoiding problems like, network congestion, resource allocations, and the like. It also leads to convergence of upcoming 5G network technologies and human society giving rise to a new paradigm known as “socio-5G network technologies”. The state-of-the-art research on socio-5G network technologies is reviewed with the focus on six important technologies that 5G promises to support in one integrated network: IoV, IoT, MCC, SG, Big Data, and D2D communications. We also discuss the open issues related to combining social aspect with above-mentioned technologies.

KEYWORDS:

• 5G
• Big data
• D2D communications
• IoT
• IoV
• Mobile cloud computing
• Smart grids
• Socio-5G network technologies

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the ministry of Education [grant number S-2015-0849-000].

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Sukhdeep Singh

Sukhdeep Singh completed his degree in Bachelors of Technology and Masters of Technology from GyanVihar University, Jaipur, India. Currently, he is a PhD research scholar in ECE Department of the College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. His research interests are mobile video streaming in social networks, cloud computing, and green networking. He has five international conferences and two journal publications.

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Navrati Saxena

Navrati Saxena is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. She worked as an assistant professor in Amity University, India, and as a visiting researcher in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Arlington. She completed her PhD degree from the Department of Information and Telecommunication, University of Trento, Italy. Her prime research interests involve 3G/4G/5G wireless and ubiquitous/smart environments. She is serving as the guest editor of Springer EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking and in the technical program committee of many international conferences. She has co-authored one book (published by Taylor and Francis, USA) and published more than 20 international journals and more than 20 international conferences.

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Abhishek Roy

Abhishek Roy is currently working in the System Design Lab of Networks Systems Division, Samsung Electronics in South Korea. He received his PhD degree in 2010 from Sungkyunkwan University in the College of Information and Communication Engineering, MS degree in 2002 from the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and BE degree in 2000 from Jadavpur University, India. His research interests include different mobility and resource management aspects of 4G wireless systems. He served as the lead guest editor of Springer EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking and in the technical program committee of many international conferences. He has co-authored one book (published by Taylor and Francis, USA) and published more than 20 international journals and more than 20 international conferences.

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HanSeok Kim

HanSeok Kim received his BS and MS degrees in electronics engineering at Seoul National University, Korea, in 1990 and 1992, respectively, and received his PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, USA, in 2003. He worked for LG Electronics developing office automation products from 1992 to 1997. In 2003, he joined Samsung Electronics, HQ and has been developing cellular network systems. Currently, he is the vice president at Samsung Electronics, HQ, Suwon, South Korea. His research interests include traffic modelling, flow control, resource management, and performance analysis in wireless networks.

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