"Advanced Trends in Wireless Communications" ed. by Mutamed Khatib (Repost)

This book aims to provide highlights of the current research in the field of wireless communications. The subjects discussed are very valuable to communication researchers rather than researchers in the wireless related areas. The book chapters cover a wide range of wireless communication topics.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Channel Characterization and Applications
1 An Overview of the Physical Insight and the Various Performance Metrics of Fading Channels in Wireless Communication Systems
2 Indoor Channel Characterization and Performance Analysis of a 60 GHz near Gigabit System for WPAN Applications
3 Performance Analysis of Maximal Ratio Diversity Receivers over Generalized Fading Channels
4 Humidity Measurements using Commercial Microwave Links
Part 2 Antenna Design and Performance
5 Assessment of Indoor Propagation and Antenna Performance for Bluetooth Wireless Communication Links
6 Adaptive Antenna Arrays for Ad-Hoc Millimetre-Wave Wireless Communications
Part 3 Network Coding and Design
7 Flexible Network Codes Design for Cooperative Diversity
8 Diversity and Decoding in Non-Ideal Conditions
9 Block Transmission Systems in Wireless Communications
10 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum: An Effective Way to Improve Wireless Communication Performance
Part 4 Multi-Input Multi-Output Models
11 Wireless Communication: Trend and Technical Issues for MIMO-OFDM System
12 Time Reversal Technique for Ultra Wide-band and MIMO Communication Systems
Part 5 Vehicular Systems
13 Connectivity Prediction in Mobile Vehicular Environments Backed By Digital Maps
14 Indoors Localization Using Mobile Communications Radio Signal Strength
15 Intermittent Connectivity Wireless Communication Networks
Part 6 Optical Communications
16 Trends of the Optical Wireless Communications
17 Visible Light Communication
18 Non-mechanical Compact Optical Transceiver for Optical Wireless Communications
Part 7 Communication Protocols and Strategies
19 Efficient Medium Access Control Protocols for Broadband Wireless Communications
20 Wireless Communication-based Safety Alarm Equipment forTrackside Worker
21 Wireless Communication Protocols for Distributed Computing Environments
22 Resume and Starting-Over-Again Retransmission Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks
Part 8 System Fabrication
23 Fabrication and Characterizations of Multi-Layer Thin Film Internal Antenna for Wireless Communication
24 Design of CMOS Integrated Q-enhanced RF Filters for Multi-Band/Mode Wireless Applications
25 High-frequency Millimeter Wave Absorber Composed of a New Series of Iron Oxide Nanomagnets
26 Trends and Challenges in CMOS Design for Emerging 60 GHz WPAN Applications