5g Mobile Communications

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging technologies for next-generation 5G mobile communications, with insights into the long-term future of 5G. Written by international leading experts on the subject, this contributed volume covers a wide range of technologies, research results, and networking methods. Key enabling technologies for 5G systems include, but are not limited to, millimeter-wave communications, massive MIMO technology and non-orthogonal multiple access.

5G will herald an even greater rise in the prominence of mobile access based upon both human-centric and machine-centric networks. Compared with existing 4G communications systems, unprecedented numbers of smart and heterogeneous wireless devices will be accessing future 5G mobile systems. As a result, a new paradigm shift is required to deal with challenges on explosively growing requirements in mobile data traffic volume (1000x), number of connected devices (10–100x), typical end-user data rate (10–100x), and device/network lifetime (10x). Achieving these ambitious goals calls for revolutionary candidate technologies in future 5G mobile systems. 

Designed for researchers and professionals involved with networks and communication systems, 5G Mobile Communications is a straightforward, easy-to-read analysis of the possibilities of 5G systems.

Professor Wei Xiang is the Foundation Professor and Program Director of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic Systems and Internet of Things Engineering, which is the first of its kind in Australia. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the IET.

Professor Kan Zheng is currently a visiting professor in University of Waterloo, Canada. He received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 1996, 2000 and 2005, respectively, where he is also a professor. His current research interests lie in the field of wireless communications, with an emphasis on performance analysis and optimization of heterogeneous networks towards 5G.