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This book addresses current technology trends and requirements leading towards the next era in mobile communication handsets; and beyond that the book proposes innovative solutions that could be candidate solutions for 5G phones. It adopts a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary stance towards handset design, a necessary ingredient if 5th Generation handset and services are to really take-off. Therefore the scope of the book targets a broad range of subjects, including energy efficiency, RF design, cooperation, context-aware systems, roaming, and short-range networking, all of which working in synergy to provide seamless mobility and high speed connectivity within a HetNet environment. Specifically, the authors investigate how we can exploit the cooperation paradigm and context-aware mechanism working in synergy to provide energy compliant phones that can introduce power savings of up to 50% on state-of-the-art. Going beyond this, a chapter on business modeling approaches is also included, based on incentive mechanisms for cooperation that will provide the necessary leverage to promote the up-take of the proposed technology.

Engineering. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. --- Software engineering. --- Microwaves. --- Telecommunication. --- Ingénierie --- Génie logiciel --- Micro-ondes --- Télécommunications --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Electrical Engineering --- Smartphones --- Programming. --- Energy consumption. --- Smart cell phones --- Smart phones --- Special purpose computers. --- Optical engineering. --- Electrical engineering. --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Hertzian waves --- Electric waves --- Electromagnetic waves --- Geomagnetic micropulsations --- Radio waves --- Shortwave radio --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Cell phones --- Pocket computers --- Computer software engineering --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting

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This brief provides a review of the evolution of optical fiber sensing solutions and related applications. Unique production methods are presented and discussed, highlighting their evolution and analyzing their complexity. Under this scope, this brief presents the existing silica optical fiber sensors and polymer optical fiber sensors solutions, comparing its field of action (sensitivity, accuracy), complexity of manufacture and economic cost. Special attention is given to low-cost production methods. This brief evaluates the different existing techniques, assessing the accuracy and suitability of these sensors for possible Internet of Things (IoT) integration in different considered scenarios. Critical analytical techniques, also covered in this brief, are expected to play a key role in the world of IoT and the smart city of tomorrow.

Engineering. --- Computer communication systems. --- Electrical engineering. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Wireless communication systems --- Automatic control. --- Communication systems, Wireless --- Wireless data communication systems --- Wireless information networks --- Wireless telecommunication systems --- Telecommunication systems --- Telecommunication. --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Application software. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Distributed processing

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The demographic shift of the population towards an increase in the number of elderly citizens, together with the sedentary lifestyle we are adopting, is reflected in the increasingly debilitated physical health of the population. The resulting physical impairments require rehabilitation therapies which may be assisted by the use of wearable sensors or body area network sensors (BANs). The use of novel technology for medical therapies can also contribute to reducing the costs in healthcare systems and decrease patient overflow in medical centers. Sensors are the primary enablers of any wearable medical device, with a central role in eHealth architectures. The accuracy of the acquired data depends on the sensors; hence, when considering wearable and BAN sensing integration, they must be proven to be accurate and reliable solutions. This book is a collection of works focusing on the current state-of-the-art of BANs and wearable sensing devices for physical rehabilitation of impaired or debilitated citizens. The manuscripts that compose this book report on the advances in the research related to different sensing technologies (optical or electronic) and body area network sensors (BANs), their design and implementation, advanced signal processing techniques, and the application of these technologies in areas such as physical rehabilitation, robotics, medical diagnostics, and therapy.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- fog computing --- cloud computing --- e-health --- healthcare --- Internet of Things --- paddle stroke analysis --- motion reconstruction --- inertial sensor --- data fusion --- body sensor network --- gait analysis --- gyroscope --- information fusion --- hidden Markov model --- human activity recognition --- out of distribution --- anomaly detection --- open set classification --- physiotherapy --- inertial sensors --- smart watch --- rehabilitation --- machine learning --- COPD --- wearable sensors --- SenseWear Armband --- physical activity --- weekday-to-weekend --- energy expenditure --- stress --- wearable device --- heart rate variability --- electrocardiogram --- scapula neuromuscular activity and control --- rotator cuff related pain syndrome --- anterior shoulder instability --- scapular dyskinesis --- electromyographic biofeedback --- cardio-respiratory monitoring --- wearable system --- smart textile --- IMU --- respiratory rate --- heart rate --- accelerometers --- Bland–Altman plots --- gait speed --- interclass correlation coefficient --- low frequency extension filter --- Stepwatch --- smart walker --- obstacle detection --- aging --- n/a --- Bland-Altman plots

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The demographic shift of the population towards an increase in the number of elderly citizens, together with the sedentary lifestyle we are adopting, is reflected in the increasingly debilitated physical health of the population. The resulting physical impairments require rehabilitation therapies which may be assisted by the use of wearable sensors or body area network sensors (BANs). The use of novel technology for medical therapies can also contribute to reducing the costs in healthcare systems and decrease patient overflow in medical centers. Sensors are the primary enablers of any wearable medical device, with a central role in eHealth architectures. The accuracy of the acquired data depends on the sensors; hence, when considering wearable and BAN sensing integration, they must be proven to be accurate and reliable solutions. This book is a collection of works focusing on the current state-of-the-art of BANs and wearable sensing devices for physical rehabilitation of impaired or debilitated citizens. The manuscripts that compose this book report on the advances in the research related to different sensing technologies (optical or electronic) and body area network sensors (BANs), their design and implementation, advanced signal processing techniques, and the application of these technologies in areas such as physical rehabilitation, robotics, medical diagnostics, and therapy.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- fog computing --- cloud computing --- e-health --- healthcare --- Internet of Things --- paddle stroke analysis --- motion reconstruction --- inertial sensor --- data fusion --- body sensor network --- gait analysis --- gyroscope --- information fusion --- hidden Markov model --- human activity recognition --- out of distribution --- anomaly detection --- open set classification --- physiotherapy --- inertial sensors --- smart watch --- rehabilitation --- machine learning --- COPD --- wearable sensors --- SenseWear Armband --- physical activity --- weekday-to-weekend --- energy expenditure --- stress --- wearable device --- heart rate variability --- electrocardiogram --- scapula neuromuscular activity and control --- rotator cuff related pain syndrome --- anterior shoulder instability --- scapular dyskinesis --- electromyographic biofeedback --- cardio-respiratory monitoring --- wearable system --- smart textile --- IMU --- respiratory rate --- heart rate --- accelerometers --- Bland-Altman plots --- gait speed --- interclass correlation coefficient --- low frequency extension filter --- Stepwatch --- smart walker --- obstacle detection --- aging

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks, CROWNCOM 2017, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2017. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions and cover the evolution of cognitive radio technology pertaining to 5G networks. The papers are clustered to topics on spectrum management; network management; trials, test beds, and tools; PHY and sensing; spectrum management.

Ergodic theory. Information theory --- Computer architecture. Operating systems --- Information systems --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- coderen --- draadloze computernetwerken --- informatiesystemen --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- computernetwerken --- informatietheorie --- AI (artificiële intelligentie)