HALO: Hybrid Adaptive Load Offloading of Grant-Based Traffic to Grant-Free Bandwidth for Spectrum Efficiency in Next Generation Networks
Efficient spectrum utilization is critical for next-generation cellular networks such as 5G-Advanced and 6G, which must support diverse services with heterogeneous quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. Grant-free (GF) communication in 5G new radio enables low-latency unscheduled transmissions but often suffers from un...