Next-Generation Antennas: Advances and Challenges

The first book in this exciting new series, written and edited by a group of international experts in the field, this exciting new volume covers the latest advances and challenges in the next generation of antennas.

Antenna design and wireless communication has recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history, and these trends are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Due to recent advances in industrial applications as well as antenna, wireless communication, and 5G technology, we are witnessing a variety of developing and expanding new technologies. Compact and low-cost antennas are increasing the demand for ultra-wide bandwidth in next-generation (5G) wireless communication systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). Enabling the next generation of high-frequency communication, various methods have been introduced to achieve reliable high data rate communication links and enhance the directivity of planar antennas. 5G technology can be used in many applications, such as in smart city applications and in smartphones. This technology can satisfy the fast rise in user and traffic capacity in mobile broadband communications.

Therefore, different planar antennas with intelligent beamforming capability play an important role in these areas. The purpose of this book is to present the advanced technology, developments, and challenges in antennas for next-generation antenna communication systems. This book covers advances in next-generation antenna design and application domain in all related areas. It is a detailed overview of cutting-edge developments and other emerging topics and their applications in all areas of engineering that have achieved great accuracy and performance with the help of the advancement and challenges in next-generation antennas.

This outstanding new volume:

• Covers all the latest developments and future aspects of antenna communication
• Is concisely written, lucid, and comprehensive, practical application-based, with many informative graphics and schematics
• Will help students, researchers, as well as systems designers to understand fundamental antenna design and wireless communication
• Compares different approaches in antenna design

Prashant Ranjan, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Engineering and Management Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He earned his masters and doctorate from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than four years of teaching experience and has published numerous research papers in international journals and conferences. He has also served as a reviewer for a number of technical journals and conferences.

Dharmendra Kumar Jhariya, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication, National Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He earned his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has more than five years of teaching experience and has published numerous research papers in international scientific journals and conferences.

Manoj Gupta, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JECRC University, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India. He has over fifteen years of teaching experience and has published many research papers in scientific journals and conferences. He has contributed numerous book chapters to edited volumes and has four patents to his credit. He is the Editor in Chief of the book series “Advances in Antenna, Microwave and Communication Engineering,” from Scrivener Publishing, and he is editor in chief of a book series by another publisher. He is an editor, associate editor, and reviewer for many international technical journals and has received numerous awards.

Er. Krishna Kumar is a research and development engineer at UJVN Limited and is pursuing his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has more than eleven years of experience in this field and has published numerous research papers in international journals and conferences from well-respected publishers.

Pradeep Kumar, PhD, has over fourteen years of teaching experience and is working with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is the co-editor in chief of the book series “Advances in Antenna, Microwave, and Communication Engineering,” from Scrivener Publishing and has received numerous awards and fellowships. He is also the author of more than 90 research papers published in various peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences and a reviewer for many journals and conferences.