This book offers a comprehensive overview of 5G and beyond wireless network along with emerging technologies that support in design and development of network. It also includes discussions on Materials used for practical Antenna design in 5G applications, and Cell free massive MIMO systems.

Dr. Indrasen Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade-2) in the Department of Embedded Technology under School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his B. Tech. and M. Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India in 2006, and 2010, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India in 2019. He has more than 15 years of teaching/research experience in various reputed technical institutes/ universities. He is supervising B. Tech, M. Tech, and Ph.D. students. He is the reviewer of many SCI/SCOPUS indexed international journals and served as TPC member and reviewer in different conferences. He has published more than 20 research papers in national/international journals/conferences of repute and many are under review. His research interests are in the area of cooperative communication, stochastic geometry, modeling of wireless networks, heterogeneous networks, millimeter wave communications, device-to-device communication, and 5G/6Gcommunication.

Dr. Shubham Tayal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at SR University, Warangal, India. He has more than six years of academic/research experience of teaching at UG and PG level. He has received his Ph.D. in Microelectronics & VLSI Design from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, M.Tech (VLSI Design) from YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad and B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from MDU, Rohtak. He has qualified GATE (2011, 2013, 2014) and UGC-NET (2017). He has published more than 45 research papers in various international journals and conferences of repute and many papers are under review. He is on the editorial and reviewer panel of many SCI/SCOPUS indexed international journals and conferences. Currently, he is editor/co-editor of eight books. He acted as keynote speaker and delivered professional talks on various forums. He is a member of various professional bodies like IEEE, IRED, etc. He is on the advisory panel of many international conferences. He is a recipient of Green ThinkerZ International Distinguished Young Researcher Award 2020. His research interests include simulation and modeling of multi-gate semiconductor devices, device-circuit co-design in digital/analog domain, machine learning, and IoT.

Dr. Niraj Pratap Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India. He received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India. His current research interests are in the area of wireless communications including stochastic geometry, device-to-device communication, radio resource management, cognitive radio, and 5G communications.

Prof. Vijay Shanker Tripathi has received his B.Tech. degree from J.K. Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, University of Allahabad in 1988. He did his M.Tech and Ph.D. from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad in 1999 and 2007, respectively. At present he is a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at MNNIT Allahabad. He has published more than 70 research papers in reputed refereed international journals as well as in international conferences. He has guided seven Ph.D. scholars and more than 15 M.Tech scholars. His area of specialization includes antenna, SDR, and noninvasive RF sensors.

Prof. Ghanshyam Singh received a Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in 2000. He was associated with the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, and Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, where he was a research scientist. He was a visiting researcher at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. At present, he is a full professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, APK Campus, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an author/co-author of more than 250 scientific papers of refereed journals and international conferences. His research and teaching interests include RF/microwave engineering, millimeter/THz wave antennas and their applications in communication and imaging. He has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience in the area of electromagnetic/microwave engineering, and wireless communication. He has supervised 14 Ph.D. and 45 M.Tech. theses. He is the author of four books and he has worked as a reviewer for several reputed journals and conferences.