A comprehensive overview of the current state of 5G. Written by leading experts in 5G research, it covers technology options, most likely use cases and potential system architectures. An essential reference for academics and professionals in wireless communications.

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Afif Osseiran, Jose F. Monserrat, Patrick Marsch and Olav Queseth; 2. 5G use cases and system concept Hugo Tullberg, Mikael Fallgren, Katsutoshi Kusume and Andreas Höglund; 3. The 5G architecture Heinz Droste, Icaro Leonardo Da Silva, Peter Rost and Mauro Boldi; 4. Machine-type communications Joachim Sachs, Petar Popovski, Andreas Höglund, David Gozalvez-Serrano and Peter Fertl; 5. D2D communications Zexian Li, Fernando Sanchez Moya, Gabor Fodor, Jose Mairton B. Da Silva, Jr and Konstantinos Koufos; 6. mmW communications Robert Baldemair, Kumar Balachandran, Lars Sundström and Dennis Hui; 7. The 5G radio access technologies Malte Schellmann, Petra Weitkemper, Eeva Lähetkangas, Erik Ström, Carsten Bockelmann and Slimane Ben Slimane; 8. Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems Nandana Rajatheva, Satoshi Suyama, Wolfgang Zirwas, Lars Thiele, Gabor Fodor, Antti Tölli, Elisabeth De Carvalho and Jesper Hemming Sorensen; 9. Coordinated multi-point transmission in 5G Roberto Fantini, Wolfgang Zirwas, Lars Thiele, Danish Aziz and Paolo Baracca; 10. Relaying and wireless network coding Elisabeth De Carvalho, Mats Bengtsson, Florian Lenkeit, Carsten Bockelmann and Petar Popovski; 11. Interference management, mobility management and dynamic reconfiguration Michä Maternia, Ömer Bulakci, Emmanuel Ternon, Andreas Klein, Tommy Svensson; 12. Spectrum Mikko A. Uusitalo, Olav Tirkkonen, Luis Campoy, Ki Won Sung, Hans Schotten and Kumar Balachandran; 13. The 5G wireless propagation channel models Tommi Jämsä, Jonas Medbo, Pekka Kyösti, Katsuyuki Haneda and Leszek Raschkowski; 14. Simulation methodology Jose F. Monserrat, Mikael Fallgren, David Martin-Sacristan, Ji Lianghai; 15. Summary and outlook Patrick Marsch, Afif Osseiran and Jose F. Monserrat; Index.