Springer Advances in Communication Systems and Networks: Select Proceedings of ComNet 2019: 656 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 656)

This book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (ComNet) 2019. Highlighting the latest findings, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of advanced communication systems and networking, it covers a variety of topics, including next-generation wireless technologies such as 5G, new hardware platforms, antenna design, applications of artificial intelligence (AI), signal processing and optimization techniques. Given its scope, this book can be useful for beginners, researchers and professionals working in wireless communication and networks, and other allied fields.  From the Back Cover This book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (ComNet) 2019. Highlighting the latest findings, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of advanced communication systems and networking, it covers a variety of topics, including next-generation wireless technologies such as 5G, new hardware platforms, antenna design, applications of artificial intelligence (AI), signal processing and optimization techniques. Given its scope, this book can be useful for beginners, researchers and professionals working in wireless communication and networks, and other allied fields.  About the Author Dr. Jayakumari J. is presently working as Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She obtained her B.E. (ECE) from M.S. University, Tirunelveli in 1994, M. Tech. (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation) in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2009 from Kerala University. Her major areas of research interests include wireless communication, coding techniques, signal and image processing. She has published more than 75 papers in international journals and conferences. She is a senior member of IEEE, Fellow of IETE, IE (I) and CET (I), Chartered Engineer of IE (I) and member of The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC). She is also an Academic Council member of the Council of Engineering and Technology (India). Dr. George K. Karagiannidis received his university degree in 1987 and his Ph.D. degree in 1998, both in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece. From 2001 to 2004, he was researcher at the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. In June 2004, he joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he is currently Professor. His research interests include wireless communications, wireless power transfer and applications, optical wireless communications, communications for biomedical engineering, wireless security. He has published and presented more than 500 technical papers in scientific journals and international conferences. He is co-recipient of the Best Paper Award of the Wireless Communications Symposium (WCS) in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’07), Glasgow, UK, June 2007, and the Best Paper Award of the IEEE VTC 2018 (Spring), Porto, June 2018. He is a Fellow IEEE, Class 2014. From January 2012 to December 2015, he was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. Dr. Maode Ma, a Fellow of IET, received his Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology in Tsinghua University in 1982, his Master’s degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology in Tianjin University in 1991, and his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1999. Presently, Dr. Ma is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has extensive research interests including network security and wireless networ