From Beacon Fires to Fibre Broadband
Modern broadband networks carry vast amounts of data around the world. They have transformed human society, from local to global, and they are an essential ingredient of economic growth. But all of this has only become possible over the last two hundred years; for thousands of years before that, our ancestors could only send the simplest of messages by lighting beacon fires.This book describes the repeated waves of disruptive innovation which have taken us from beacon fires to fibre broadband. It looks at how entrepreneurs have exploited each new innovation, and at how governments have responded by regulating them. It compares how this process played out in four countries which adopted different approaches to harnessing innovation: France, Germany, the UK and the US.Stephen Unger has extensive experience of telecommunications. He has worked for companies that built networks, as well as the public bodies that regulate them. Whilst at Ofcom, the UK regulator, he led the creation of a new regulatory framework designed to drive investment in advanced broadband networks.
Physical-Layer Security, Quantum Key Distribution, and Post-Quantum Cryptography
This book introduces the reader to the most advanced topics of physical-layer security (PLS), cryptography, covert/stealth communications, and quantum key distribution (QKD), also known as the quantum cryptography, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC). So far, these topics have been considered as separate disciplines, even though they are targeting the same security problems we are facing today. The book integrates modern cryptography, physical-layer security, QKD, covert communication, PQC, and cyber security technologies. The book is intended for a very diverse group of readers in communications engineering, optical engineering, wireless communications, free-space optical communications, optical wireless communications, mathematics, physics, communication theory, information theory, photonics, as well as computer science.
Advanced Wireless Communications and Mobile Networks - Current Status and Future Directions
Proceedings of International Conference on Next-Generation Communication and Computing
Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications
Maritime Cybersecurity
This book highlights the importance of cybersecurity in the maritime domain, including the human and societal aspects of both cyber-crime and cyber-defense. The authors present mechanisms for early detection and prevention of cyber-attacks, as well as security protocols based on testbed nautical simulator experiments, machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence applications. This collection of research articles addresses the ethical, societal and technical aspects of maritime cybersecurity and offers solutions to mitigate the threat of cyber-attacks. The book is designed to help both researchers and stakeholders across the maritime ecosystem, including shipping and port logistics. Research findings are presented in the following areas: human factors in maritime cyber security, cyber security awareness and skills of seafarers, vulnerabilities in electronic maritime navigation on manned and unmanned vessels, internal and external attack vectors on bridge and propulsion systems, cyber security threats and countermeasures in seaports. The book serves as a handbook for those professionally involved in or interested in cybersecurity of IT and OT systems. This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications
Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications
Key Technologies of High Frequency Wireless Communications
Applications of Computational Intelligence Techniques in Communications
The book titled "Applications of Computational Intelligence Techniques in Communications" is a one-stop platform for the researchers, academicians, and people from industry to get a thorough understanding of the latest research in the field of communication engineering. Over the past decade, a manyfold increase in the use of computational intelligence techniques has been identified for obtaining the most optimal and timely solution to a problem. The various aspects covering the significant contribution of numerous computational intelligence techniques have been discussed in detail in this book.Today's era of machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT) is demanding as high as possible data rate which has resulted into tremendous increased speed of communication. To match-up the pace, the computational intelligence is posing to be the most efficient and favourite tool. The book aims to cover the current technological advancements in the field of communication engineering and give a detailed prospect of computational intelligence to its readers.This book will be a great support to the people working in the field of IoT, machine learning, healthcare, optimization, filter design, 5G and beyond, signal processing etc. The chapters included here will expose its audience to various newly introduced and advanced computational intelligence techniques applicable in communication domain. The readers will be exposed multiple interdisciplinary areas of research in communication and will get the motivation to work in collaboration with other professionals from both the academia and industry.
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks
New insights into trends, deployments, applications, and associated benefits of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in emerging wireless communication systems Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks analyzes the design and applications of RIS in 6G and beyond, such as aiding efficient wireless signal transmission from the transmitter to the receiver while considering several practical constraints. In addition, the book offers advanced signal-processing algorithms to enable RIS applications in realistic environments and leverages advanced mathematical tools and machine learning algorithms to analyze RIS dynamics in evolving wireless networks. Written in an easy-to-understand format, this book addresses the need to design energy- and spectral-efficient RIS models to address several network issues, including interference, pathloss, delay, traffic outage, etc.. It also discusses critical security and privacy issues affecting all stakeholders in the wireless ecosystem, providing practical deep learning-based solutions to address these problems appropriately. This book also addresses critical concepts, design principles, applications, and issues with RIS, shedding light on the recent progress and advancement in RIS-assisted wireless networks for 6G and beyond. With contributions from experts and researchers from across the globe, this invaluable resource includes information on: Emerging applications and potential use cases of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in advanced wireless communication systems Channel modeling and propagation measurements in RIS-based wireless communication systems Energy and spectral efficiency and rate fairness for RIS-aided multiuser massive MIMO systems Performance optimization of multiple RIS-assisted multiuser MIMO communication systems Analytical phase-shift and amplitude element optimization for energy-efficient active RIS-aided massive MIMO systems Physical layer security architecture and frameworks for RIS-aided wireless communication systems RIS deployment in terrestrial and non-terrestrial wireless communication systems Application of AI and ML techniques for intelligent power control in RIS-empowered wireless communication systems Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks is an essential up-to-date reference on the subject for industry and academic researchers, scientists, and engineers in the fields of wireless communications, ICTs, MIMO, antennas, sensing, channel measurements, and modeling technologies, as well as engineers and professionals involved in RIS-assisted wireless networks.
