The demand for mobile connectivity is continuously increasing, and by 2020 Mobile and Wireless Communications will serve not only very dense populations of mobile phones and nomadic computers, but also the expected multiplicity of devices and sensors located in machines, vehicles, health systems and city infrastructures. Future Mobile Networks are then faced with many new scenarios and use cases, which will load the networks with different data traffic patterns, in new or shared spectrum bands, creating new specific requirements. This book addresses both the techniques to model, analyse and optimise the radio links and transmission systems in such scenarios, together with the most advanced radio access, resource management and mobile networking technologies.

This text summarises the work performed by more than 500 researchers from more than 120 institutions in Europe, America and Asia, from both academia and industries, within the framework of the COST IC1004 Action on "Cooperative Radio Communications for Green and Smart Environments". The book will have appeal to graduates and researchers in the Radio Communications area, and also to engineers working in the Wireless industry.

Topics discussed in this book include:

• Radio waves propagation phenomena in diverse urban, indoor, vehicular and body environments
• Measurements, characterization, and modelling of radio channels beyond 4G networks
• Key issues in Vehicle (V2X) communication
• Wireless Body Area Networks, including specific Radio Channel Models for WBANs
• Energy efficiency and resource management enhancements in Radio Access Networks
• Definitions and models for the virtualised and cloud RAN architectures
• Advances on feasible indoor localization and tracking techniques
• Recent findings and innovations in antenna systems for communications
• Physical Layer Network Coding for next generation wireless systems
• Methods and techniques for MIMO Over the Air (OTA) testing

Chapter 1

Introduction
by Narcis Cardona, Luis Correia and Roberto Verdone
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Chapter 2

Urban Radio Access Networks
by Sana Salous, ThomasWerthmann, Ghassan Dahman, Jose Flordelis, Michael Peter, Sooyoung Hur, Jeongho. Jh. Park, Denis Rose and Andrés Navarro
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Chapter 3

Indoor Wireless Communications and Applications
by K. Haneda, Section Editors:W. Joseph, E. Tanghe, A. Bamba, U.-T. Virk, E.-M. Vitucci, C. Gustafson, J.-M. Molina-Garcia-Pardo, K.Witrisal, P. Kulakowski, P. Meissner and E. Leitinger
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Chapter 4

Vehicular Communication Environments
by Erik G. Ström and Levent Ekiz, Section Editors: Taimoor Abbas, Ruisi He, Sławomir J. Ambroziak, Veronika Shivaldova and Jörg Nuckelt
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Chapter 5

Wireless Body Area Communications
by R. D’Errico and K. Yekeh Yazdandoost, Section Editors: R. Rosini, K. Sayrafian, T. Kumpuniemi, S. Cotton and M. Mackowiak
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Chapter 6

Green and Efficient RAN Architectures
by S. Ruiz, Section Editors: M. Garcia-Lozano, D. Gonzalez, M. Lema, J. Papaj,W. Joseph, M. Deruyck, N. Cardona, C. Garcia, F. J. Velez, L. Correia, L. Studer, P. Grazioso and S. Chatzinotas
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Chapter 7

Cooperative Strategies and Networks
by J. Sykora, V. Bota, Y. Zhang and S. Ruiz
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Chapter 8

Evolved Physical Layer
by A. Burr, L. Clavier, G. Dimic, T. Javornik,W. Teich, M. Mostafa and J. Olmos
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Chapter 9

Radio Channel Measurement and Modelling Techniques
by C. Oestges, Section Editors: C. Brennan, F. Fuschini, M. L. Jakobsen, S. Salous, C. Schneider and F. Tufvesson
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Chapter 10

Innovations in Antenna Systems for Communications
by B. K. Lau, Z. Miers, A. Tatomirescu, S. Caporal Del Barrio, P. Bahramzy, P. Gentner, H. Li and G. Lasser
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Chapter 11

MIMO OTATesting
by Wim Kotterman and Gert F. Pederesen, Section Editors: Istvan Szini,Wei Fan, Moray Rumney, Christoph Gagern,Werner L. Schroeder and Per H. Lehne
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Chapter 12

Future Trends and Recommendations
by A. Sibille, B. K. Lau, C. Oestges, A. Burr, S. Ruiz and T. Jamsa
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4G/5G Mobile Communications, Radio Access Networks, Wireless Communications Systems, Vehicular Communications, Wireless Body Area Communications, Green Communications, Radio Access Networks Architectures, Cooperative Strategies, Cooperative Networks, Evolved Physical Layer, Radio Channel Measurement, Radio Channel Modelling, Antenna Systems for Communications, Over the Air Testing, MIMO Systems, Green ICT, Smart Environments