Hybrid interference mitigation for cognitive small cells in 5G cellular networks /

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I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my Ph.D. supervisor, Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Ansari, Associate Professor, Head ECE Department, CUI Lahore and co supervisor, Dr. Saleem Akhtar, Principal Engineer, CUI Lahore for the opportunity to do research and providing invaluable guidance throughout this research. Their dynamism, vision, sincerity, and motivation have deeply inspired me. It was a great privilege and honour to work and study under their guidance. I am extremely grateful for what they have offered me. I would also like to thank them for their friendship and empathy. I am extremely grateful to my parents for their love, prayers, caring, and sacrifices to educate and prepare me for my future. I am very much thankful to my wife and my children for their love, understanding, prayers and continuing support to complete this research work. I would like to say thanks to my graduate supervisory committee members, Dr. Sobia Baig, Associate Professor, Head Energy Research Center (ERC), CUI Lahore and Dr. Ali Nawaz Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, CUI Lahore, for their constant encouragement. I express my thanks to Ms. Mayyda Mukhtar, secretary to the graduate committee for her genuine support in documentation throughout Ph.D. I also express my thanks to my cousin, Muhammad Owais Tahir, Research Associate, NCRA Agriculture Robotics Lab, LUMS Lahore, for his support in research work and valuable prayers. Finally, my thanks go to all the people who have supported me to complete the research work directly or indirectly