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When Social Networks Meet D2D Communications: A Survey.
Michele Nitti1, George Alex Stelea2, Vlad Popescu3
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari CA, National Telecommunication Inter University Consortium, Research Unit of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy. michele.nitti@diee.unica.it.
Social IoT (SIoT) enhances Device-to-Device (D2D) communications by leveraging social relationships. This approach addresses challenges like throughput and latency in peer-to-peer networks.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Networking
- Internet of Things
Background:
- Increasing demand for data exchange among diverse devices.
- Potential of direct Device-to-Device (D2D) communications for location-based services and network offloading.
- Existing D2D challenges include throughput, spectral efficiency, latency, and fairness.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate the state-of-the-art in socially-driven D2D communications.
- Analyze how social ties can improve D2D communication performance.
- Identify open research topics in this domain.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and analysis of existing research on socially-driven D2D communication.
- Exploration of the Social Internet of Things (SIoT) paradigm.
- Examination of how social relationships influence D2D network dynamics.
Main Results:
- Social ties offer a promising approach to overcome key D2D communication hurdles.
- The SIoT paradigm provides a framework for socially-aware D2D networking.
- Specific strategies for integrating social relationships into D2D are explored.
Conclusions:
- Socially-driven D2D communication, particularly within the SIoT framework, shows significant potential.
- Further research is needed to fully realize the benefits of social ties in D2D networks.
- Key areas for future work include optimizing social-aware resource allocation and security.
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