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    • 6G-life

      • 1st Edition
      • January 13, 2026
      • Frank H. P. Fitzek + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      6G-life: Unveiling the Future of Technological Sovereignty, Sustainability, and Trustworthiness takes the reader on a journey into the multifaceted landscape of 6G technologies. The book transcends the conventional boundaries of wireless communication as it dives into groundbreaking areas such as joint sensing and communication, terahertz frequencies, and optical links, while also delving into quantum communication and molecular communication, revealing the captivating potential of these emerging fields. The book's comprehensive approach ensures that readers are equipped to navigate the complexities of 6G not just theoretically, but with a clear roadmap for practical implementation. With insights drawn from the collaborative efforts of over 200 esteemed researchers in the groundbreaking 6G-life project, the book presents an unparalleled depth of knowledge, seamlessly bridging the gap between theoretical exploration and practical application, making it an indispensable resource for researchers, industry engineers, and students eager to explore the cutting-edge realm of 6G.

    • Humans, Robots and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Frank H. P. Fitzek + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Humans, Robots and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet is a groundbreaking, comprehensive guide to this innovative communication platform that merges the physical and digital worlds, transforming how we experience the Metaverse and interact with robots and other cyber-physical systems. From exploring real-world applications in healthcare, industry, education, and beyond, to delving into the cutting-edge components, sensors, and communication systems that underpin this transformation, this book offers a multidisciplinary view of the Tactile Internet revolution.This is an essential read for academic researchers, students, industry professionals, and R&D engineers seeking a comprehensive, up-to-date, and forward looking approach to understanding the Tactile Internet’s intersection with the Metaverse, together with its far reaching implications.

    • Understanding Satellite Navigation

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Rajat Acharya
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Understanding Satellite Navigation, Second Edition presents the foundational principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without resorting to complex equations. By emphasizing first principles, the book guides readers through each concept using practical demonstrations and fully worked examples, allowing theory to emerge organically. Acomprehensive suite of MATLAB simulations illuminates how signals and systems respond to different configurations, transforming abstract ideas into visible, interactive models. Implementation strategies and real-world applications are woven throughout, alongside in-depth treatments of special topics such as Space Weather, the Kalman Filter, and ionospheric dynamics.

    • Quantum Communication, Quantum Networks, and Quantum Sensing

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Ivan B. Djordjevic
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Quantum Communication, Quantum Networks and Quantum Sensing: An Applied Approach, Second Edition, is a self-contained and up-to date introduction to quantum communication, quantum error-correction, quantum networks, and quantum sensing. It provides everything an engineer or computer scientist needs in one tutorial-based introduction to understand and implement quantum-level circuits and modules for quantum communication and networking, quantum sensing, and quantum error correction. This text is suitable for engineers, computer scientists, optical engineers, physicists and mathematicians who want a non-theoretical and practical introduction to quantum communications, quantum networks and quantum sensing.

    • Design and Analysis of Green and Sustainable IoT Technologies for Future Wireless Communications

      • 1st Edition
      • October 27, 2025
      • Muhammad Ali Jamshed + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Design and Analysis of Green and Sustainable IoT Technologies for Future Wireless Communications explores innovative approaches to developing eco-friendly Internet of Things solutions, focusing on energy efficiency and minimizing environmental impact. The book gathers insights from experts in wireless communications, signal processing, and antenna design, offering a comprehensive overview of advanced techniques for creating sustainable IoT devices. By examining the intersection of technology and sustainability, this resource lays a vital foundation for future progress, addressing the growing demand for connected devices while emphasizing the importance of reducing carbon emissions in alignment with global climate goals.The book also examines the challenges and solutions for integrating IoT into smart cities, factories, homes, and healthcare systems. It discusses the need to efficiently manage multiple wireless spectrum bands, such as Sub-6 GHz, millimeter-wave, and Terahertz technologies, for seamless multi-access environments. Furthermore, the book underscores the significance of maintaining net zero carbon emissions as IoT expands, aligning technological advancements with the objectives set by COP26.

    • Non-Terrestrial Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • September 29, 2025
      • Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Non-Terrestrial Networks: Paving the Way Towards Global Connectivity presents technologies that are important for NTNs - from LEO satellite communication, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/flying platforms assisted wireless networking, the use of machine learning, edge computing, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, multiple access, wireless backhaul/fronthaul, integrated access and backhaul, integrated sensing and communications, and high frequency channel modeling such as terahertz, sub-terahertz, and millimeter wave. These technologies are essential in providing a paradigm shift from current wireless standards and will usher in the development of exciting new vertical frameworks.This book gives students and researchers in academia an understanding of the fundamentals, technologies, systems and techniques for the next generation NTNS. In addition, it gives industry engineers insights into interdisciplinary findings on many open issues and trends in NTN standardization.

    • Cellular IoT

      • 1st Edition
      • June 7, 2025
      • Olof Liberg + 6 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Cellular IoT: From 5G to 5G Advanced gives an accessible and insightful explanation of 5G IoT technologies and standards. After an introduction to 5G and 5G Advanced, this book in detail goes through the 5G features that are vital for the support of IoT use cases. It describes how the 5G New Radio (NR) access technology has been adapted to provide cost- and energy-efficient connectivity for massive IoT and broadband IoT, as well as providing high data rates, ultra-reliability, and low latency to support immersive experience and time-critical communications. This book also discusses adaptations to support satellite communication, the future of massive IoT and how 3GPP is about to extend its support to near zero-energy and low-complexity devices and use cases. These forward-looking features will help evolve 5G and 5G Advanced toward realizing 6G visions such as a connected, sustainable, digitalized, and programmable physical world.

    • Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Systems Architecture and Design

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 15, 2025
      • Wim Rouwet
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Systems Architecture and Design, 2nd edition, gives a jump start to engineers developing O-RAN hardware and software systems, providing a top-down approach to O-RAN systems design from an author with a silicon, software, and system background. It gives an introduction into why wireless systems look the way they do today before introducing relevant O-RAN and 3GPP standards. The remainder of the book discusses hardware and software aspects of O-RAN system design, including dimensioning and performance targets, and some practical use case examples that include 5G advanced topics. This edition includes comprehensive updates in key areas such as postquantum security and radio unit design. Additionally, it addresses emerging 5G advanced topics, including Industrial & URLLC, nonterrestrial networking, the role of artificial intelligence, 5G reduced capabilities for IoT, and self-organizing networks.

    • Resource Optimization in Wireless Communications

      • 1st Edition
      • January 15, 2025
      • Lie-Liang Yang + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Resource Optimization in Wireless Communications: Fundamentals, Algorithms, and Applications provides an easy-to-understand overview of the fundamentals of resource optimization, along with the latest algorithms and applications for emerging 5G, and beyond, wireless systems offering a variety of services. Additionally, it covers the principles and resource optimization of some systems expected in 6G.This book is suitable for courses in wireless communications that cover the principles of multicarrier and OFDM, the theory of resource allocation, power allocation, and subcarrier allocation, as well as the principles and optimization of OTFS, ISAC, reflective intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted mmWave, and user-centric cell-free wireless systems. It is also an ideal self-study reference text for researchers and industry engineers who wish to deepen their knowledge while researching and developing wireless systems for 6G.

    • Integrated Sensing and Communications for Future Wireless Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • November 9, 2024
      • Aryan Kaushik
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Integrated Sensing and Communications for Future Wireless Networks: Principles, Advances and Key Enabling Technologies presents the principles, methods, and algorithms of ISAC, an overview of the essential enabling technologies, as well as the latest research and future directions. Suitable for academic researchers and post graduate students as well as industry R&D engineers, this book is the definitive reference in this interdisciplinary field that is being seen as a technology to enable emerging applications such as vehicular networks, environmental monitoring, remote sensing, IoT, smart cities.Importantly, ISAC has been identified as an enabling technology for B5G/6G, and the next-generation Wi-Fi system. ISAC brings together a range of technologies: radar sensing, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, holographic surfaces through to high frequency terahertz, PHY security, channel signaling, multiple access, and machine learning.