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Spark Spectrum Allocation for D2D Communication in Cellular Networks

Tanveer Ahmad¹, Imran Khan², Azeem Irshad³, Shafiq Ahmad⁴, Ahmed T. Soliman⁴, Akber Abid Gardezi⁵, Muhammad Shafiq^6,*, Jin-Ghoo Choi⁶

1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan
3 Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
4 Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
6 Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Korea

* Corresponding Author: Muhammad Shafiq. Email: