This comprehensive book is intended to be both a tutorial on flexible and cognitive radio access technologies for 5G and beyond and an advanced overview for technical professionals and managers in the communications industry, as well as researchers in academia and industry.

• Part I: Waveform design: an overview
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to waveform design
  
  
  • Chapter 2: OFDM and alternative waveforms
  
  
  • Chapter 3: Mixed numerology OFDM and interference issues
  
  
  
  
  
• Part II: Flexible waveform and modulation options for beyond 5G
  
  
  • Chapter 4: Flexibility through hybrid waveforms
  
  
  • Chapter 5: Generalized and flexible modulation options
  
  
  • Chapter 6: Index modulation-based flexible waveform design
  
  
  
  
  
• Part III: Multiple antenna systems for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 7: Massive MIMO for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 8: Beamforming and beam management in 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 9: Spatial modulation techniques for beyond 5G
  
  
  • Chapter 10: Beyond massive MIMO: reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted wireless communications
  
  
  
  
  
• Part IV: Channel modeling and new frequency bands
  
  
  • Chapter 11: Channel modeling for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 12: On the advances of terahertz communication for 5G and beyond wireless networks
  
  
  • Chapter 13: Visible light communication for 5G and beyond
  
  
  
  
  
• Part V: Coexistence, interference and radio resource management
  
  
  • Chapter 14: Coordinated networks: past, present and future
  
  
  • Chapter 15: Non-orthogonal radio access technologies
  
  
  • Chapter 16: Cognitive radio spectrum sensing: from conventional approaches to machine-learning-based predictive techniques
  
  
  • Chapter 17: Deep learning and federate learning toward 6G mobile communications
  
  
  
  
  
• Part VI: Securing wireless communication
  
  
  • Chapter 18: Physical layer security designs for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 19: Physical layer security for NOMA systems