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1. Drivers for 5G: The "Pervasive Connected World"
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Historical Trend of Wireless Communications
1.3 Evolution of LTE Technology to Beyond 4G
1.4 5G Roadmap
1.5 Ten Pillars of 5G
1.6 5G in Europe
1.7 5G in North America
1.8 5G in Asia
1.9 5G Architecture
1.10 Conclusion
2. The 5G Internet
2.1 Introduction to the 5G Internet
2.2 Internet of Things and Context-Awareness
2.3 Networking Reconfiguration and Virtualisation Support
2.4 Mobility
2.5 Quality of Service Control
2.6 Emerging Approach for Resource Over-Provisioning
2.7 Summary
3. Small Cells for 5G Mobile Networks
3.1 Introduction to Small Cells
3.2 What are Small Cells?
3.3 Capacity Limits and Achievable Gains with Densification
3.4 Mobile Data Demand
3.5 Demand vs Capacity
3.6 Small-Cell Challenges
3.7 Conclusions and Future Directions
4. Cooperation for Next Generation Wireless Networks
4.1 Introduction to Next Generation Wireless Networks
4.2 Cooperative Diversity and Relaying Strategies
4.3 PHY Layer Impact on MAC Protocol Analysis
4.4 Case Study: NCCARQ
4.5 Performance Evaluation
4.6 Conclusion
5. Mobile Clouds: Technology and Services for Future Communication Platforms
5.1 Introduction to Furture Communication Platforms
5.2 The Mobile Cloud
5.3 Mobile Cloud Enablers
5.4 Network Coding
5.5 Summary
6. Cognitive Radio for 5G Wireless Networks
6.1 Introduction to 5G Radio
6.2 Overview of Cognitive Radio Technology in 5G Wireless
6.3 Spectrum Optimisation using Cognitive Radio
6.4 Relevant Spectrum Optimisation Literature in 5G
6.5 Cognitive Radio and Carrier Aggregation
6.6 Energy-Efficient Cognitive Radio Technology
6.7 Key Requirements and Challenges for 5G Cognitive Terminals
6.8 Summary
7. The Wireless Spectrum Crunch: White Spaces for 5G
7.1 Introduction to White Spaces
7.2 Background information
7.3 TV White Space Technology
7.4 White Space Spectrum Opportunities and Challenges
7.5 TV White Space Applications
7.6 International Efforts
7.7 Role of White Spaces in 5G
7.8 Conclusion
8. Towards a Unified 5G Broadcast-Broadband Architecture
8.1 Introduction to Unified 5G Broadcast-Broadband Architecture
8.2 Background information
8.3 Challenges to Be Addressed
8.4 Candidate Network Architectures for a BC-BB Convergent Solution
8.5 The BC-BB Study: What Needs to Be Done
8.6 Conclusion
9. Security for 5G Communications
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Overview of a Potential 5G Communications System Architecture
9.3 Security Issues and Challenges in 5G Communications Systems
9.4 Summary
10. SON Evolution for 5G Mobile Networks
10.1 Introduction to SON for 5G
10.2 SON in UMTS and LTE
10.3 The Need for SON in 5G
10.4 Evolution towards Small-Cell Dominant HetNets
10.5 Conclusion
11. Green Flexible RF for 5G
11.1 Introduction Green Flexible RF
11.2 Radio System Design
11.3 Nonlinear Crosstalk in MIMO Systems
11.4 Summary
12 Conclusion and Future Outlook
12.1 Design Drivers for Next-Generation Networks
12.2 5G: A Green Inter-networking Experience
12.3 A Vision for 5G Mobile
12.4 Final Remarks
13. SDN for 5G
13.1 5G SDN Network Programmability
13.2 5G SDN Multiple Hierarchies
13.3 5G SDN Advantages
14. 5G NFV and Distributed Cloud
14.1 5G NFV and Network Slicing
14.2 Distributed Cloud applications for 5G
14.3 5G NFV Controls Virtualization
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