Chiara Buratti – författare

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Radio communications are a cornerstone of modern life, reshaping how we connect, work, and interact. In the years ahead, they will drive even greater efficiency in industries, safety in transportation, and sustainability in societies. INTERACT, a COST Action, envisions intelligent radio networks—aware, adaptive, and resource-efficient—to enable seamless, inclusive interactions between people and machines. These networks will serve as the nervous system of smart environments, unlocking new possibilities in transportation, manufacturing, and urban systems.This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research in intelligent wireless networks, from broadband to low-power connected devices. It covers essential aspects of next-generation radio design, including propagation, signal processing, localisation, sensing, and network orchestration. Special focus is given to breakthrough technologies such as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), AI, Terahertz (THz) communications, and ultra-massive MIMO (umMIMO). Written by leading European and international experts, it explores key challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.Aimed at researchers, PhD students, and professionals in academia and industry, this book will also appeal to engineers and network operators deploying advanced private networks—5G, 6G, and beyond.

This book presents a simple, yet complete, approach to the design and performance analysis of distributed processing algorithms and techniques suitable for IEEE 802.15.4 networks. In particular, the book focuses on the bottom two layers of the ISO/OSI stack (Physical and Medium Access Control), discussing also a few issue related to routing.The book is a the synergistic combination of signal processing aspects on the one hand and MAC and connectivity issues on the other hand. The goal of the book is to clearly link physical layer aspects with medium access and topology aspects, in order to provide the reader with a clear understanding of how to approach the design of proper distributed signal processing and medium access algorithms in this context.

This book presents a simple, yet complete, approach to the design and performance analysis of distributed processing algorithms and techniques suitable for IEEE 802.15.4 networks. In particular, the book focuses on the bottom two layers of the ISO/OSI stack (Physical and Medium Access Control), discussing also a few issue related to routing.The book is a the synergistic combination of signal processing aspects on the one hand and MAC and connectivity issues on the other hand. The goal of the book is to clearly link physical layer aspects with medium access and topology aspects, in order to provide the reader with a clear understanding of how to approach the design of proper distributed signal processing and medium access algorithms in this context.