QoE-Driven Channel Allocation and Handoff Management for Seamless Multimedia in Cognitive 5G Cellular Networks.

Cognitive radio (CR) is among the promising solutions for overcoming the spectrum scarcity problem in the forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks, whereas mobile stations are expected to support multimode operations to maintain connectivity to various radio access points. However, particularly for multimedia services, because of the time-varying channel capacity, the random arrivals of...