Since the early 1990s, the wireless communications field has witnessed
explosive growth. The wide range of applications and existing new
technologies nowadays stimulated this enormous growth and encouraged
wireless applications. The new wireless networks will support
heterogeneous traffic, consisting of voice, video, and data
(multimedia). This necessitated looking at new wireless generation
technologies and enhance its capabilities. This includes new standards,
new levels of Quality of Service (QoS), new sets of protocols and
architectures, noise reduction, power control, performance enhancement,
link and mobility management, nomadic and wireless networks security,
and ad-hoc architectures. Many of these topics are covered in this
textbook. The aim of this book is research and development in the area
of broadband wireless communications and sensor networks. It is intended
for researchers that need to learn more and do research on these topics.
But, it is assumed that the reader has some background about wireless
communications and networking. In addition to background in each of the
chapters, an in-depth analysis is presented to help our readers gain
more R&D insights in any of these areas. The book is comprised of 22
chapters, written by a group of well-known experts in their respective
fields. Many of them have great industrial experience mixed with proper
academic background.