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Modeling And Optimization Of Next-Generation Wireless Access Networks, Maysam Mirahmadi

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The ultimate goal of the next generation access networks is to provide all network users, whether they are fixed or mobile, indoor or outdoor, with high data rate connectivity, while ensuring a high quality of service. In order to realize this ambitious goal, delay, jitter, error rate and packet loss should be minimized: a goal that can only be achieved through integrating different technologies, including passive optical networks, 4th generation wireless networks, and femtocells, among others.

This thesis focuses on medium access control and physical layers of future networks. In this regard, the first part of this thesis discusses techniques …