New Horizons in Mobile and Wireless Communications

Volume 1: Radio Interfaces: Introduction.; Spectrum-Efficient Radio Interface Technologies.; Modulation and Coding.; Multiple Access Schemes.; Smart Antennas and Related Technologies.; Coverage Enhancement Through Relay-Based System.; Interference Management.; Efficient Management of Radio Resources.; Conclusions.; Volume 2: Networks, Services and Applications: Introduction.; Hybrid Wireless Networks.; End-to-End Quality of Service.; Satellite Communications Networks.; Service Infrastructures.; Applications.; Advanced Services and Applications.; Conclusions.; Volume 3: Reconfigurability:Introduction.; Enabling Technologies.; Autonomic Communications.; System Capabilities.; Protocols, Architectures, and Traffic Modeling for Reconfigurable/Adaptive Networks.; Reconfigurable Radio Equipment Management.; Radio Resource and Spectrum Management.; Reconfiguration Threats and Security Objectives.; Prototyping and Requirements of the Developed Platform.; Conclusions.; Volume 4: Ad Hoc Networks and PANs: Ad Hoc Networks.; Wireless Sensor Networks.; Quality of Service, Security, and Energy Management in Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks.; The Concept of PAN, P-PAN and PN.; Standards and Emerging Technologies for Ad Hoc Networks.; Conclusions.