Noël Crespi - Böcker

Shaping Future 6G Networks Discover the societal and technology drivers contributing to build the next generation of wireless telecommunication networks Shaping Future 6G Networks: Needs, Impacts, and Technologies is a holistic snapshot on the evolution of 5G technologies towards 6G. With contributions from international key players in industry and academia, the book presents the hype versus the realistic capabilities of 6G technologies, and delivers cutting-edge business and technological insights into the future wireless telecommunications landscape. You’ll learn about: Forthcoming demand for post 5G networks, including new requirements coming from small and large businesses, manufacturing, logistics, and automotive industrySocietal implications of 6G, including digital sustainability, strategies for increasing energy efficiency, as well as future open networking ecosystemsImpacts of integrating non-terrestrial networks to build the 6G architectureOpportunities for emerging THz radio access technologies in future integrated communications, positioning, and sensing capabilities in 6GDesign of highly modular and distributed 6G core networks driven by the ongoing RAN-Core integration and the benefits of AI/ML-based control and managementDisruptive architectural considerations influenced by the Post-Shannon TheoryThe insights in Shaping Future 6G Networks will greatly benefit IT engineers and managers focused on the future of networking, as well as undergraduate and graduate engineering students focusing on the design, implementation, and management of mobile networks and applications.

Enables readers to understand the concept of digital twins from an engineering perspective The Foundation for Digital Twins describes the technical characterizations of digital twins and explores the specifics of software and algorithms that facilitate a wide range of digital twin applications. The book discusses gaps between the current and future software solutions that must be put in place in order to fully exploit the digital twin capabilities, shows the relationship between digital twins and AI, provides an overall systematic approach to the construction and operation of digital twins, and delves into state-of-the-art applications of digital twins in smart cities and those focused on networking and cultural heritage. This book includes information on: Descriptive, predictive, and behavior models in the context of digital twinsHow to design a digital twin, covering distributed, interactive, top-down, and bottom-up approachesCentralized, edge-cloud, and totally distributed digital twin deploymentDigital twins as an integral part of the metaverse and the most promising future applications of digital twinsThe Foundation for Digital Twins is a timely, essential reference on the subject for professionals and researchers in software development and those involved in the implementation and management of digital twin platforms, frameworks, and related applications.

Communication services are evolving at an unprecedented rate. No longer limited to interpersonal vocal communication, they now integrate functions such as address books, content sharing and messaging. The emergence of social networks – which may also include these features – is an important element of this transformation. Content services are becoming flagship services themselves, and are sometimes paired up with conversation services. The boundaries between different services are becoming less and less distinct. This book meets the need for a better understanding of communication services, and for a general framework of their description. A detailed overview on service architecture in the Telco, Web and IT worlds is presented, offering a roadmap with explanations on how to improve the architecture and governance of communication service architectures by exploiting the syntax and semantics that are common to different services is clearly outlined. This book also responds to recurring questions about service design, such as the functional scope of enablers or SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) services, the relevance of service composition to the user and collaboration between different services in a converged environment. Many concrete examples from telecoms service providers’ operations illustrate these concepts.

The Digital Twin book is about harnessing the power of technology, business practices, and the digital infrastructure to make revolutionary improvements for the benefit of society.

The Digital Twin book is about harnessing the power of technology, business practices, and the digital infrastructure to make revolutionary improvements for the benefit of society.

This two-part volume LNCS 16305 and 16306 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2025, which was held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 14-16, 2025.The 76 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, parallel and distributed applications and algorithms, parallel and distributed architectures and systems, and parallel and distributed software environments and tools.

This two-part volume LNCS 16305 and 16306 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2025, which was held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 14-16, 2025.The 76 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, parallel and distributed applications and algorithms, parallel and distributed architectures and systems, and parallel and distributed software environments and tools.

This book shines a spotlight on software-centric networks and their emerging service environments. The authors examine the road ahead for connectivity, for both humans and 'things', considering the rapid changes that have shaken the industry. The book analyses major catalytic shifts that are shaping the communications world: softwarization, virtualization, and cloud computing. It guides the reader through a maze of possible architectural choices, driven by discriminating and sometimes conflicting business considerations. The new ICT capabilities lead us toward smarter environments and to an ecosystem where applications are backed up by shared networking facilities, instead of networks that support their own applications. Growing user awareness is a key driver towards the softwarization process.Softwarization disrupts the current status quo for equipment, development, networks, operations and business. It changes radically the value chain and the involved stakeholders.The dilemma is between a 'slow burn' traditional step-by-step approach and a bold transformation of the whole infrastructure and business models. This book is essential reading for those seeking to build user-centric communication networks that support independent agile and smart applications.“The book gives an insightful account of modern telecom networks, pinpointing the radical transformations of the last 20 years. This is the perfect read for those who are interested in the grand challenges of networks and in the socio-economic reasons why the telecom industry to embrace the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems.”Prof. Antonio Liotta, Eindhoven University of Technology“This book fulfills an urgent need to thoroughly analyze the entanglement of network and software architectures by taking into account the increasing softwarization. It highlights important issues behind today’s business models and opens the road for sustainable future approaches to provide user appreciated valuable services.” Dr. Eng. Hendrik Berndt, former CTO of NTT DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe

This book is essential reading for those seeking to build user-centric communication networks that support independent agile and smart applications.“The book gives an insightful account of modern telecom networks, pinpointing the radical transformations of the last 20 years.