Mobile Wireless Networks

This book is the worlds first book on Mobile Wireless Networks that aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of key drivers, use cases, research requirements, challenges and open issues that are expected to drive research. In this book, we have invited world-renowned experts from industry and academia to share their thoughts on different aspects of research. Specifically, this book covers the following topics: Use Cases, Requirements, Metrics and Enabling Technologies, PHY Technologies for Wireless, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Wireless Networks, Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Spectrum for Wireless, Challenges in Transport Layer for Tbit/s Communications, High-capacity Backhaul Connectivity for Wireless, Cloud Native Approach for Wireless Networks, Machine Type Communications in 6G, Edge Intelligence and Pervasive AI in 6G, Blockchain: Foundations and Role in 6G, Role of Open-source Platforms in 6G, and Quantum Computing and Wireless. The overarching aim of this book is to explore the evolution from current 5G networks towards the future networks from a service, air interface and network perspective, thereby laying out a vision for networks. This book not only discusses the potential use cases, requirements, metrics and enabling technologies, but also discusses the emerging technologies and topics such as PHY technologies, reconfigurable intelligent surface, millimeter-wave and THz communications, visible light communications, transport layer for Tbit/s communications, high-capacity backhaul connectivity, cloud native approach, machine-type communications, edge intelligence and pervasive AI, network security and blockchain, and the role of open-source platform in 6G. This book provides a systematic treatment of the state-of-the-art in these emerging topics and their role in supporting a wide variety of verticals in the future. As such, it provides a comprehensive overview of the expected applications of with a detailed discussion of their requirements and possible enabling technologies. This book also outlines the possible challenges and research directions to facilitate the future research and development of mobile wireless networks.