Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Being infrastructure-less and without central administration control, wireless ad-hoc networking is playing a more and more important role in extending the coverage of traditional wireless infrastructure (cellular networks, wireless LAN, etc). This book includes state-of the-art techniques and solutions for wireless ad-hoc networks. It focuses on the following topics in ad-hoc networks: vehicular ad-hoc networks, security and caching, TCP in ad-hoc networks and emerging applications. It is targeted to provide network engineers and researchers with design guidelines for large scale wireless ad hoc networks

Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments

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) testin

Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments

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) testin

Regime confluence in socio-technical transitions: a study of connected, autonomous, shared and electric vehicles

This PhD research aims to investigate sustainable future automobility by using socio-technical transitions theory (STT). Automobility plays multi-functional roles in society not only as commuting tool but also serving tool for serving higher quality of life, freedom of movement, and increasingly is associated with environmentally friendly concepts. This emergent form of automobility integrates many aspects ranging from connectivity (C) between vehicles and to everything else, to vehicle automation (A), car sharing (S), and electronic powertrain (E), which ultimately may combine to provide automobility as an on-demand service. Therefore, these so-called ‘CASE’ (connected, autonomous, shared, electric) vehicles bridge automobility freedom of movement in physical ‘limited’ spaces with ‘unlimited’ virtual spaces into one seamless experience, fundamentally transforming the meaning of automobility. Hence, this research has the following issues to address: is it possible for the four features (CASE) to combine? If this becomes a prevalent trend, could they redefine automobility, and with what consequences? To answer the relevant research questions, mixed data collective methods have been conducted. In which, secondary data extracted mainly from governmental documents, companies’ official webpages, professional online websites, and the grey literature. Meanwhile, primary data via interviews are used to further verify the cases’ validity. Hence, 340 instances of CASE developments identified during the research have been collected to construct an empirical storyline supplemented with 33 in-depth interviews. Additionally, we have highlighted 7 corporate cases in the traditional automotive industry and 4 outsiders to illustrate the CASE transformation process. The main findings are: 1) network theory could supplement STT to provide insights into the relationships between ‘niche’ areas and the ‘regime’; 2) regime boundary dissolution and network reintegration help new niches emerge at regime level; 3) CASE concepts have allowed ‘outsiders’ to challenge automotive OEM incumbents; and 4) the automobility transformation pathway is following ‘dealignment - realignment’ pattern. The thesis concludes many individual initiatives have failed but some remain, finding a development path for a multiplicity of reasons (political, market-driven, corporate strategy or environmental requirements). These half-mature niches and networks will finally challenge existing rules and regulations and thus push society and technology forward to reach to another ‘balance’. However, to reach a new ‘balance’ is a huge challenge that requires to leverage different stake holders such as environment sustainability, policymakers, customers and of course car manufacturers