This book provides current R&D trends and novel approaches in design and analysis of broadband, multiband, and smart antennas for 5G and B5G mobile and wireless applications, as well as the identification of integration techniques of these antennas in a diverse range of devices. The book presents theoretical and experimental approaches to help the reader in understanding the unique design issues and more advanced research. Moreover, the book includes chapters on the fundamentals of antenna theory. The book is pertinent to professionals and researchers working in the field of antenna engineering; it is written for graduate students, researchers, academics, and industry practitioners who want to improve their understanding in the current research trends in design analysis of broadband, multiband, and smart antennas for wireless applications.
Introduction.- Low-Profile Antennas in Wireless Communications.-
Antennas for cognitive radio.- Base station antennas.- MIMO antennas.-
Broadband antennas.- UWB antennas.- Smart antennas.- Reconfigurable
antennas.- Metamaterial antenna.- Active and integrated array antennas.-
Antenna systems and architectures.- Wearable antennas.- Conclusion.
Dr. Mohammad A Matin is a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North South University (NSU), where he has been since 2008. He was first appointed as Assistant Professor and then promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and later on Professor at North South University. While in that post, he was also the coordinator of EEE program. During 2012-2017, he was an Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB), Brunei Darussalam. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from BUET (Bangladesh), M.Sc. degree in Digital Communication from Loughborough University, UK and PhD in Wireless Communication from Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Matin has been a visiting academic staff at the National University of Malaysia (UKM), University of Malaya (UM), etc. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He is the author/editor of 16 (sixteen) academic books and 17 (seventeen) book chapters. Dr. Matin servesas a referee or member of the editorial board for several international journals including IEEE Communications Magazine. He has received a number of Prizes and Scholarships including the Best Student Prize (Loughborough University), Commonwealth Scholarship, and Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) conferred by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) in the UK.
