Springer Enabling 6G Mobile Networks

This book tackles the 6G odyssey, providing a concerted technology roadmap towards the 6G vision focused on the interoperability between the wireless and optical domain, including the benefits that are introduced through virtualization and software defined radio. The authors aim to be at the forefront of beyond 5G technologies by reflecting the integrated works of several major European collaborative projects (H2020-ETN-SECRET, 5GSTEPFWD, and SPOTLIGHT). The book is structured so as to provide insights towards the 6G horizon, reporting on the most recent developments on the international 6G research effort. The authors address a variety of telecom stakeholders, which includes practicing engineers on the field developing commercial solutions for 5G and beyond products; postgraduate researchers that require a basis on which to build their research by highlighting the current challenges on radio, optical and cloud-based networking for ultra-dense networks, including novel approaches; and project managers that could use the principles and applications for shaping new research proposals on this highly dynamic field. From the Back Cover This book tackles the 6G odyssey, providing a concerted technology roadmap towards the 6G vision focused on the interoperability between the wireless and optical domain, including the benefits that are introduced through virtualization and software defined radio. The authors aim to be at the forefront of beyond 5G technologies by reflecting the integrated works of several major European collaborative projects (H2020-ETN-SECRET, 5GSTEPFWD, and SPOTLIGHT). The book is structured so as to provide insights towards the 6G horizon, reporting on the most recent developments on the international 6G research effort.The authors address a variety of telecom stakeholders, which includes practicing engineers on the field developing commercial solutions for 5G and beyond products; postgraduate researchers that require a basis on which to build their research by highlighting the current challenges on radio, optical and cloud-based networking for ultra-dense networks, including novel approaches; and project managers that could use the principles and applications for shaping new research proposals on this highly dynamic field. Provides a concerted technology roadmap towards the 6G vision focused on the interoperability between the wireless and optical domain; Discusses the benefits of 6G, introduced through virtualization and software defined radio; Includes concepts as well as applications to provide a base for the reader to acquire new knowledge on optical, wireless, and cloud computing. About the Author Jonathan Rodriguez received his Masters degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. from the University of Surrey (UK), in 1998 and 2004 respectively. In 2005, he became a researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações – Portugal, and Senior Researcher in 2008 where he established the Mobile Systems Research group. He has served as project coordinator for major international research initiatives (Eureka LOOP, FP7-ICT-C2POWER, H2020-ITN-SECRET, NATO PHYSEC), whilst serving as technical manager for FP7-ICT-COGEU and FP7-SEC-SALUS. His project portfolio includes participation as Principle Investigator in over 45 international competitive research grants. In 2017, he became a full professor at the University of South Wales (UK). He has trained over 15 doctoral students, and 24 post-doctoral researchers. His professional affiliations include: Senior Member of the IEEE (2013), Chartered Engineer (CEng) (2013), Fellow of the IET (2015), and Senior Fellow of the HEA (2020). He has authored over 600 publications, that include 170 journals and 10 book editorials. His research interests include: B5G mobile networking architectures, Radio Resource Management, and Security.  Christos Verikoukis received the Ph.D. degree from the Technical University of Catal