6G Key Technologies An accessible and integrated roadmap to the technologies enabling 6G development In 6G Key Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide, two internationally well-recognized experts deliver a thoroughly original and comprehensive exploration of the technologies enabling and contributing to the development of 6G. The book presents the vision of 6G by reviewing the evolution of communications technologies toward 6G and examining the factors driving that development, as well as their requirements, use cases, key performance indicators, and more. Readers will discover: * Thorough introductions to the standardization and technology evolution toward 6G, as well as the vision behind the development of 6G in terms of architectures, algorithms, protocols, and applications. * Indepth explorations of fullspectrum wireless technologies in 6G, including enhanced millimeter wave technologies, terahertzbased communications and networking, visiblelight and optical wireless communications. * Fulsome discussions of smart radio networks and new air interface technologies for 6G including intelligent reflecting surface, cellular massive MIMO, cell-free massive MIMO, adaptive and non-orthogonal multiple access technologies. Perfect for professional engineers, researchers, manufacturers, network operators, and software developers, 6G Key Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students studying in wireless communications, artificial intelligence, signal processing, microwave technology, information theory, antenna and propagation, system-on-chip implementation, and computer networks.

Wei Jiang, Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He has served as the leader of many EU or German research projects on 5G, 6G, AI, and Industry 4.0, and has extensive experiences in developing new technology and international standards related to wireless communications and networking by co-authoring 3 books, 90 articles and holding 30 patents. FaLong Luo, Ph.D., is a Full Professor (Affiliate) of the ECE Department at the University of Washington, USA. He has over 39 years of research and leadership experience with holding 86 patents and having published 7 wellreceived books and 110 articles on wireless and signal processing.

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