WD2DC 2016 - International Workshop on Device-to-Device Communication for 5G System

One of the key enabling technologies at the heart of the next generation 5G systems is expected to be Device-to-Device (D2D)
communications. Devices being close to each other can activate direct links and bypass the base station (BS) or access point (AP) by
either using cellular communications resources (i.e., inband D2D) or using alternative radio technologies such as Wi-Fi (i.e., outband
D2D). The D2D communications paradigm holds, indeed, the promise of to overcome the limitations of conventional cellular systems
with very high bit rates, low delay, and low power consumption. There are a number of applications where D2D communications can
provide significant improvements. For example, it can be useful to provide mobile data offloading for proximity based applications, to
extend the network coverage, or supporting content sharing among users and group oriented services. However, there are many issues
still waiting for a solution before a widespread use of D2D communications in next 5G systems is granted. These include network and
device discovery, radio resource allocation and resource management, non-network-assisted direct links formation, capacity
evaluation. Moreover, some research aspects, such as mobility management, multicast and broadcast communications and radio
access procedures for D2D received little attention so far. Objective of this workshop is to bring together academic and industrial
researchers and discuss recent results and future research issues for design and modeling of D2D communications as enabling
technology for future 5G systems.