Masood Ur Rehman - Böcker

A comprehensive resource to the latest developments of system enhancement techniques of Femtocells, power management, interference mitigation and antenna designLTE Communications and Networks fills a gap in the literature to offer a comprehensive review of the most current developments of LTE Femtocells and antennas and explores their future growth. With contributions from a group of experts that represent the fields of wireless communications and mobile communications, signal processing and antenna design, this text identifies technical challenges and presents recent results related to the development, integration and enhancement of LTE systems in portable devices.The authors examine topics such as application of cognitive radio with efficient sensing mechanisms, interference mitigation and power management schemes for the LTE systems. They also provide a comprehensive account of design challenges and approaches, performance enhancement techniques and effects of user’s presence on the LTE antennas. LTE Communications and Networks also highlights the promising technologies of multiband, multimode and reconfigurable antennas for efficient design of portable LTE devices. Designed to be a practical resource, this text: Explores the interference mitigation, power control and spectrum management in LTE Femtocells and related issuesContains information on the design challenges, different approaches, performance enhancement and application case scenarios for the LTE antennas Covers the most recent developments of system enhancement techniques in terms of Femtocells, power management, interference mitigation and antenna designIncludes contributions from leading experts in the field Written for industry professionals and researchers, LTE Communications and Networks is a groundbreaking book that presents a comprehensive treatment to the LTE systems in the context of Femtocells and antenna design and covers the wide range of issues related to the topic.

Explore this insightful foundational resource for academics and industry professionals dealing with the move toward intelligent devices and networks Interference Mitigation in Device-to-Device Communications delivers a thorough discussion of device-to-device (D2D) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications as solutions to the proliferation of ever more data hungry devices being attached to wireless networks. The book explores the use of D2D and M2M technologies as a key enabling component of 5G networks. It brings together a multidisciplinary team of contributors in fields like wireless communications, signal processing, and antenna design. The distinguished editors have compiled a collection of resources that practically and accessibly address issues in the development, integration, and enhancement of D2D systems to create an interference-free network. This book explores the complications posed by the restriction of device form-factors and the co-location of several electronic components in a small space, as well as the proximity of legacy systems operating in similar frequency bands. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: A thorough introduction to device-to-device communication, including its history and development over the last decade, network architecture, standardization issues, and regulatory and licensing hurdlesAn exploration of interference mitigation in device-to-device communication underlaying LTE-A networksA rethinking of device-to-device interference mitigation, including discussions of the challenges posed by the proliferation of devicesAn analysis of user pairing for energy efficient device-to-device content disseminationPerfect for researchers, academics, and industry professionals working on 5G networks, Interference Mitigation in Device-to-Device Communications will also earn a place in the libraries of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students conducting research into wireless communications and applications, as well as policy makers and communications industry regulators.

LOW ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE WIRELESS DEVICESComprehensive resource covering methods of designing energy efficient and low EMF wireless device techniquesSupported with real case studies and recent advancements and laying the foundation for future advancements in the field, Low Electromagnetic Field Exposure Wireless Devices: Fundamentals and Recent Advances describes both ways, i.e. hardware and software, in which the user-centric wireless communication devices can be designed to reduce the levels of EMF to limit the potential long-term effects of EMF on human health.The text covers state-of-the-art and advanced topics such as EMF exposure standards and rationale, EMF evaluation tools, radio resource allocation, energy conservation, energy harvesting, EMF-aware antenna designs, and MIMO, and highlights advancements in this exciting field to date. To aid reader comprehension, the text contains numerous tables, illustrations, and photographs.In Low Electromagnetic Field Exposure Wireless Devices: Fundamentals and Recent Advances, readers can expect to find information on: Fundamentals and key practices, and mechanisms and assessment methods, of exposure to electromagnetic fieldsThe role of the smartphone on the assessment of exposure from 5G and antenna design considerations and techniques for low SAR mobile handsetsNumerical exposure assessments of communication systems at higher frequencies and age-dependent exposure estimation using numerical methodsReinforcement learning and device-to-device communication in minimizing EMF exposure and emission-aware uplink resource allocation scheme for non-orthogonal multiple access systemsFor wireless user equipment designers and hardware engineers, teachers in wireless communications, and postgraduate students in antennas for communication systems, Low Electromagnetic Field Exposure Wireless Devices: Fundamentals and Recent Advances is a must-have resource, covering an important topic that is expected to only grow in significance as future technological developments are made.

This book addresses the fundamentals and practical implementations of antennas for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) In this book, the authors discuss the various aspects of GNSS antennas, including fundamentals of GNSS, design approaches for the GNSS terminal and satellite antennas, performance enhancement techniques and effects of user’s presence and surrounding environment on these antennas.  In addition, the book will provide the reader with an insight into the most important aspects of the GNSS antenna technology and lay the foundations for future advancements.  It also includes a number of real case studies describing the ways in which antenna design can be adapted to conform to the design constraints of practical user devices, and also the management of potential adverse interactions between the antenna and its platform.Key Features: Covers the fundamentals and practical implementations of antennas for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)Describes technological advancements for GPS, Glonass, Galileo and CompassAims to address future issues such as multipath interference, in building operation, RF interference in mobileIncludes a number of real case studies to illustrate practical implementation of GNSSThis book will be an invaluable guide for antenna designers, system engineers, researchers for GNSS systems and postgraduate students (antennas, satellite communication technology). R&D engineers in mobile handset manufacturers, spectrum engineers will also find this book of interest.

Discover the design, implementation, and analytical techniques for multi-modal intelligent sensing in this cutting-edge text The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming ever more comprehensively integrated into everyday life. The intelligent systems that power smart technologies rely on increasingly sophisticated sensors in order to monitor inputs and respond dynamically. Multi-modal sensing offers enormous benefits for these technologies, but also comes with greater challenges; it has never been more essential to offer energy-efficient, reliable, interference-free sensing systems for use with the modern Internet of Things. Multimodal Intelligent Sensing in Modern Applications provides an introduction to systems which incorporate multiple sensors to produce situational awareness and process inputs. It is divided into three parts—physical design aspects, data acquisition and analysis techniques, and security and energy challenges—which together cover all the major topics in multi-modal sensing. The result is an indispensable volume for engineers and other professionals looking to design the smart devices of the future. Multimodal Intelligent Sensing in Modern Applications readers will also find: Contributions from multidisciplinary contributors in wireless communications, signal processing, and sensor designCoverage of both software and hardware solutions to sensing challengesDetailed treatment of advanced topics such as efficient deployment, data fusion, machine learning, and moreMultimodal Intelligent Sensing in Modern Applications is ideal for experienced engineers and designers who need to apply their skills to Internet of Things and 5G/6G networks. It can also act as an introductory text for graduate researchers into understanding the background, design, and implementation of various sensor types and data analytics tools.

Body centric wireless networking and communications is an emerging 4G technology for short (1-5 m) and very short (below 1 m) range communications systems, used to connect devices worn on (or in) the body, or between two people in close proximity. It has great potential for applications in healthcare delivery, entertainment, surveillance, and emergency services. This book brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary team of researchers in the field of wireless and mobile communications, signal processing and medical measurements to present the underlying theory, implementation challenges and applications of this exciting new technology.Topics covered include: diversity and cooperative communications in body area networks; ultra wideband radio channel characterisation for body-centric wireless communication; sparse characterisation of body-centric radio channels; antenna / human body interactions in the 60 GHz band; antennas for ingestible capsule telemetry; in vivo wireless channel modelling; diversity and MIMO for efficient front-end design of body-centric wireless communications devices; on-body antennas and radio channels for GPS applications; textile substrate integrated waveguide technology for the next-generation wearable microwave systems; ultra wideband body-centric networks for localisation and motion capture application; down scaling to the nano-scale in body-centric nano-networks; and the road ahead for body-centric wireless communication and networks.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Body Area Networks, BodyNets 2021, held in October 2021.