The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imran, Muhammad Ali.

Contributor:

Ṭāhā, Aḥmad.

Ansari, Shuja.

ʻUs̲mān, Muḥammad.

Abbasi, Qammer H.

Series:

Telecommunications Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

6G mobile communication systems.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stevenage : Institution of Engineering & Technology, 2023.

Summary:

This book focuses on the potential of 6G to further expedite the achievement of net-zero. The authors cover the latest research efforts made in utilising 6G technology to solve real societal problems and to thought provoke researchers and scientists in proposing innovative ideas on how 6G can help with the fight against climate change.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

About the editors

Preface

1 The role of mobile communication in achieving net zero: the current status

1.1 Efforts from the industry

1.2 Main sectors, use cases

1.2.1 Transportation

1.2.2 Energy

1.2.3 Industry/manufacturing

1.2.4 Agritech/farming

1.3 ICT and mobile networks as actors of power consumption

1.4 Challenges and possible solutions in reaching Net Zero Emissions in Telco infrastructures

1.5 Conclusions

References

2 6G radio hardware-contributing to the net‒zero target

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Cell-free massive MIMO

2.2.1 Energy efficiency in CF mMIMO

2.3 Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

2.4 Reconfigurable intelligent edges

2.5 Wireless power harvesting

2.6 Manufacturing sustainable hardware for 6G and beyond

2.7 Conclusion

3 The role of 6G and beyond for urban air mobility and utilising space systems for road to net-zero carbon

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 Smart mobility in mobile networks

3.1.2 Airborne network evolution

3.2 Role of ISTN in the future 6G-based urban air mobility: vision and architecture

3.2.1 Airspace division and radio network planning

3.2.2 Envisaged 6G technologies for UAM

3.2.3 Uncharted frequency bands

3.2.4 Intelligent reflecting surfaces

3.2.5 Massive intelligence

3.2.6 Low Earth orbit satellite backhaul

3.2.7 Quantum computing

3.3 KPIs for enabling 6G AWN mobility

3.3.1 Retainability

3.3.2 Mobility

3.4 Challenges, threats, and opportunities

3.5 The role of UAVs in the future mobile networks and their unique characteristics

3.5.1 UAV characteristics

3.5.2 Applications and use cases of UAVs

3.6 Solutions for space systems utilising for reaching global net-zero target

3.7 Conclusions

References.

4 Sustainable RF wireless power transfer and energy harvesting and their applications

4.1 RF power harvesting and conversion methods

4.1.1 Device-level considerations: rectifiers

4.1.2 Antenna topologies and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer

4.2 Sustainable wearable and biomedical applications and approaches

4.2.1 Materials and fabrication process

4.2.2 Safety consideration and practical deployment

4.3 Emerging systems and applications

4.4 Summary and conclusions

5 Long distance power transmission

5.1 Introduction

5.2 UAV-assisted wireless networking

5.2.1 Brief state-of-the-art

5.3 Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)

5.3.1 Brief state-of-the-art

5.4 RIS and UAV cooperation in wireless networking

5.4.1 Brief state-of-the-art

5.5 Satellite communications

5.5.1 Brief state-of-the-art

5.6 Role of machine learning as an enabler

5.7 Summary

6 Energy-efficient architectures for 6G networks

6.1 Overview of 6G networks

6.1.1 6G and technical requirements

6.1.2 Candidate technologies

6.2 Artificial intelligence and edge computing for energy savings in 6G

6.3 Zero-energy devices and 6G networks

6.4 Climate change and societal transformations

6.5 6G and future smart power systems

6.5.1 Microgrids and distribution networks

6.5.2 Renewable energy integration

6.5.3 Improved grid resilience

6.6 Case study 1: 6G and demand response

6.7 Case study 2: power system frequency control with EV networks

6.8 Conclusions

7 Energy-efficient UAV communication and deployment

7.1 Introduction

7.1.1 UAV deployment

7.1.2 UAV energy efficiency

7.1.3 UAV-assisted index modulation

7.1.4 Contributions

7.2 IM-UAV communication system

7.2.1 Review of the concept of IM.

7.2.2 Proposed IM-UAV system model

7.2.3 Channel model

7.2.4 UAV deployment for the IM-UAV communication system

7.2.5 Low-complexity detection

7.3 Simulation results

7.4 Conclusion

8 Cooperative intelligent transport systems for net-zero

8.1 Overview of ITS worldwide

8.2 Construction and design of VANETs

8.2.1 V2I communications

8.2.2 V2V communications

8.2.3 An overview of VANET protocol stacks

8.3 Security and privacy objectives

8.3.1 Privacy requirements

8.3.2 Security requirements

8.4 Challenges and security concerns

8.5 Towards 6G-based V2X communication

8.5.1 Revolutionary technologies for 6G-V2X

8.5.2 Evolutionary technologies for 6G-V2X

8.6 Conclusions

9 Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) for green networks

9.1 Smart radio environment and IRS

9.2 Overview of IRS technology, its properties, and how it works

9.2.1 IRS structure and control mechanism

9.2.2 IRS passive beamforming

9.3 IRS applications

9.3.1 IRS-assisted B5G and 6G networks

9.3.2 IRS-enabled smart cities and IoT networks

9.3.3 IRS for wireless power transfer

9.3.4 IRS-assisted UAV networks

9.4 IRS vs. active solutions: an environmental point of view

9.4.1 Power efficiency

9.4.2 Sustainable infrastructure

9.5 Conclusion and future research directions

10 Energy efficient optical receivers for next generation non-terrestrial communication networks

10.1 Introduction

10.1.1 Motivation behind using a detector array receiver in free-space optical communications

10.1.2 Detector arrays in free-space optics: a background literature review

10.1.3 Energy savings with a detector array receiver

10.1.4 Model assumptions

10.1.5 Organization of the chapter

10.2 Symbol detection performance of an array of detectors.

10.2.1 Combining schemes with an array of detectors

10.3 Angle-of-arrival tracking with an array of detectors

10.4 Joint symbol detection and tracking with a detector array receiver

10.5 A brief complexity analysis

10.6 Experimental results and comments

10.7 Conclusion

11 The role of 6G in green energy generation

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Advantages of 6G technology for green energy generation

11.3 Edge computing and energy systems

11.4 6G edge computing and SGs

11.4.1 Self-healing in SGs

11.4.2 Forecasting in SGs

11.4.3 Wireless charging in SGs

11.5 6G supporting edge AI

11.6 6G and SGs challenges

11.7 6G supporting P2P trading

11.7.1 6G P2P in VPPs

11.8 6G and energy Internet

11.9 Conclusion

Conclusion

Paving the way to a net-zero carbon future with 6G

Index.

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ISBN:

1-83724-445-6

1-5231-6310-0

1-83953-737-X

OCLC:

1410591565