Antennas and Propagation for 5G and Beyond

Qammer H. Abbasi is a senior lecturer and deputy head of the Communications Sensing and Imaging research group at the James Watt School of Engineering in the University of Glasgow, UK. His research interests cover the fields of 5G and beyond antenna and propagation, nano communication, wearable and implantable communication and sensors. He is one of the Investigator for Glasgow's project under Scotland 5G Centre. He is a college member of EPSRC UK and FWO Belgium, a senior member of the IEEE and endorsed as UK Exceptional talent by Royal Academy of Engineering.Syeda F. Jilani is a research scientist at the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies of the University of Maine, USA. Her research interests cover the areas of 5G, millimetre-wave antennas, adaptable antennas, wearable antenna technology, conformal meta-textiles, harsh-environment sensors, microfabrication and RF devices.Akram Alomainy is a reader in antennas and applied electromagnetics, and a member of the Antennas and Electromagnetics Research Group at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He is the URSI Commission B UK Representative and Associate member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). He is a chartered engineer, a college member of EPSRC UK and FWO Belgium, a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the IET.Muhammad A. Imran is Dean of the University of Glasgow UESTC, a professor of communication systems at the James Watt School of Engineering and a head of the Communications Sensing and Imaging research group. He is an affiliate professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA, and a visiting professor at the 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, UK. He is the Principal Investigator for Glasgow's project under Scotland 5G Centre. He is a chartered engineer, a college member of EPSRC UK and FWO Belgium, an IET fellow, a senior member of the IEEE and a senior fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to antennas and propagation for 5G and beyondChapter 2: Antennas for 5G: state-of-the-art and open challengesChapter 3: Metamaterial antennas for 5G and beyondChapter 4: 3D-printed millimetre-wave antennas with spray-coated metalizationChapter 5: Multiband millimetre-wave antennas for 5G and beyondChapter 6: On-chip antenna: challenges and design considerationsChapter 7: Reflectarray antennas: potentials for 5G and beyondChapter 8: Performance modelling of wireless Xhaul and associate impact on network provisioning for 5G and beyondChapter 9: OTA test methods and candidates for 5G and beyondChapter 10: Beamformer development challenges for 5G and beyondChapter 11: Massive MIMO channelsChapter 12: Novel aspects in terahertz wireless communicationsChapter 13: Conclusion and future perspectives