WSN6263: ADVANCED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSN) DESIGN IN 5G

Big hope had been placed in the 4G family of wireless communications systems. It was expected that they would significantly address the crisis of spectrum and data rates that the world faces. This was at least before the explosion of mobile devices, cloud technologies, artificial intelligence and networked sensors. Though many countries around the world have now deployed fourth generation wireless infrastructures, the shortage in spectrum and bandwidth has not decreased. With the announced rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) 5G is expected to address the problems mentioned above. Compared to the 4G networks, 5G systems will achieve 1,000 times the system capacity, 10 times the data rate, and 25 times the cell throughput. The aim of 5G is to provide seamless coverage, connectivity, and high quality of service between heterogeneous devices and under diverse scenarios such as high mobility. This module covers various promising technologies for 5G wireless communication systems, such as massive MIMO, energy-efficient communications, millimeter wave (mmWave) communications, cognitive radio networks, and device-to-device communications. Through mmWave band for example, 5G would support Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) which is a good use and business case for the mobile operators and is well supported by ITU-R standards unlike LoRA and related platforms.