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Reports on the impact of 5G mobile communications in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ericsson expects the global number of 5G subscriptions to exceed 190 million by the end of 2020 and 2.8 billion by the end of 2025. The forecast is included in the June 2020 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report [1], along with projections for data traffic growth and regional 5G subscriptions. The report also

Reports on recent trends and development with rail transportation.

Reports on the retirement of Harey Glickenstein as editor of the “Land Transportation” column for IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine.

The articles in this special section focus on the evolution of automotive engineering that deploy 6G networks. The continuous evolution of network technology and the digitization of the economy are key drivers for defining the expected 6G networks. Academia and industry have made tremendous strides during the past few years to shift the networking paradigm from human-centric communication to machine-type

In this article, we present our vision of the application scenarios, performance metrics, and potential key technologies of 6G wireless communication networks. We then comprehensively survey 6G wireless channel measurements, characteristics, and models for all frequency bands and all scenarios, focusing on millimeter-wave (mm-wave), terahertz, and optical wireless communication channels under all spectra;

Terahertz (THz)-band communications are currently being celebrated as a key technology that could fulfill the increasing demands for wireless data traffic in 6G wireless communications. Many challenges, such as high propagation losses and power limitations, which result in short communication distances, have yet to be addressed for this technology to be realized. Ultramassive multiple-input, multiple-output

Employing massively distributed antennas brings radio access points (RAPs) closer to users, enabling aggressive spectrum reuse that can bridge gaps between the scarce spectrum resource and extremely high connection densities in future wireless systems. Examples include the cloud radio access network (C-RAN), ultradense network (UDN), and cell-free massive multiple-input, multiple-output (CF-mMIMO)

5G radio for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) and beyond5G concepts at 0.1-1 THz can exploit angle and delay measurements for localization through an increased bandwidth and large antenna arrays, but they are limited in terms of blockage caused by obstacles. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are seen as a transformative technology that can control the physical propagation environment in which they

Recent advances in programmable metasurfaces, known as software-defined metasurfaces (SDMs), offer a paradigm shift from uncontrollable to fully tunable and customizable wireless propagation environments, enabling a plethora of new applications and technological trends. To explore this cutting-edge technological concept, we review the architecture and electromagnetic (EM) wave manipulation functionalities

In this article, we introduce Wireless 2.0, the future generation of wireless communication networks, in which the radio environment becomes controllable and intelligent by leveraging the emerging technologies of reconfigurable metasurfaces (RMSs) and artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, we emphasize AI-based computational methods and commence with an overview of the concept of intelligent

The classical approach of avoiding or ignoring interference in wireless networks cannot accommodate the ambitious quality-of-service (QoS) demands of ultradense cellular networks (CNs). However, recent ground-breaking information-theoretic advances have changed our perception of interference from that of a foe to a friend. This article aims to shed light on harnessing the benefits of integrating modern

6G networks are expected to provide extremely high capacity and satisfy emerging applications, but current frequency bands may not be sufficient. Moreover, 6G will provide superior coverage by integrating space/air/underwater networks with terrestrial networks, given that traditional wireless communications are not able to provide high-speed data rates for nonterrestrial networks. Visible light communication

Airborne base stations (BSs) (carried by drones) have a great potential to enhance the coverage and capacity of 6G cellular networks. However, one of the main challenges facing the deployment of airborne BSs is the limited available energy at the drone, which curtails the flight time. In fact, most current unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can only operate for a maximum of 1 h. The need to frequently

Mass autonomy promises to revolutionize a wide range of engineering, service, and mobility industries. Coordinating complex communication among hyperdense autonomous agents requires new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled orchestration of wireless communication services beyond 5G and 6G mobile networks. In particular, safety and mission-critical tasks will legally require both transparent AI decision

To satisfy the expected plethora of demanding services, the future generation of wireless networks (6G) has been mandated as a revolutionary paradigm to carry forward the capacities of enhanced broadband, massive access, and ultrareliable and lowlatency service in 5G wireless networks to a more powerful and intelligent level. Recently, the structure of 6G networks has tended to be extremely heterogeneous

Reports on trends and future market developments predicted for connected and autonomous vehicles.

Reports on trends in automotive sales and electronics.

Reports on IEEE Standards development in the gaming industry. To address these issues while guaranteeing interoperability and compatibility for global gaming services, two recently established IEEE standard projects, IEEE P2861 and IEEE P2861.1, involve different stakeholders including game developers, game publishers, network vendors, and device vendors in the online gaming ecosystem. IEEE P2861,

This article emphasizes the great potential of big data processing for advanced user- and situationoriented, context-aware resource utilization in future wireless networks. In particular, we consider the application of dedicated, detailed, and rich-in-content maps and records called radio-service maps (RSMs) for unlocking the spectrum opportunities in 6G networks. Due to the characteristics of 5G,

This article highlights the potential contribution of physical-layer security in making vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) networks more secure against eavesdropping. We showcase a set of experiments using a mobile testbed for both types of networks and demonst rate that finite block-length physical-layer security coding increases the security while maintaining reliable communications

The nondedicated sensing capabilities of smart mobile devices contribute to Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems with integral building blocks called mobile crowdsensing (MCS) systems. The distributed and nontrusted nature of MCS systems leads to various threats for devices and MCS platforms as well as for end users. Out of the many threats, fake tasks may lead to drained resources at the participating

With the rapid development of the Internet, the nextgeneration network (5G) has emerged. 5G can support a variety of new applications, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality (VR), and the Internet of Vehicles. Most of these new applications depend on deep learning algorithms, which have made great advances in many areas of artificial intelligence (AI). However, researchers have found

The increase in the world's population has led to a massive rise in human consumption of the planet's natural resources, well beyond their replacement rate. Traditional recycling concepts and methods are not enough to counter such effects. In this context, a circular economy (CE), that is, a restorative and regenerative by-design economy, can reform today's "take-make-dispose" economic model. On the

With every generation, vehicles are becoming smarter and more oriented toward information and communications technology (ICT). However, computerization is posing unforeseen challenges in a sector for which the first goal must be safety: car hacking has been shown to be a real threat. This article presents a novel mechanism to provide improved security for applications executed in the vehicle based

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Reports on the market opportunities for 5G mobile communications. On 11 October 2019, Ericsson [1] published a report, “5G for Business: A 2030 Market Compass,” estimating that the addressable industry-digitalization market for service providers could grow to roughly US$700 billion through the next decade. The report identifies new revenue opportunities for service providers and offers a guide for

Reports on various land and rail transportation projects being built in various parts of the work, incliding the United States.

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Wireless vehicular communications and sensing technologies are key to enabling more advanced intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) with improved safety and efficiency. Within the realm of wireless communication, millimeter-wave (mmwave) technology has recently received much attention, providing rich spectrum resources to support the timely transmission of large amounts of data. This is especially

Collision avoidance, one of the most promising applications for vehicular networks, dramatically improves the safety of vehicles that support it. In this article, we investigate how it can be extended to benefit vulnerable users, such as pedestrians and bicyclists, equipped with a smartphone. Owing to the reduced capabilities of smartphones compared to vehicular onboard units (OBUs), traditional distributed

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which integrates the key technologies of industrial communication, computing, and control, can implement flexible management and dynamic scheduling for manufacturing resources. To improve the edge intelligence of the IIoT, this article proposes a novel IIoT architecture with a hierarchical control structure in the mobile edge cloud (MEC). Massive remote radio

Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) small cells have been considered an effective technique for significantly improving the data rates of future networks. More particularly, this article investigates the potential benefits of mm-wave small-cell networks from the perspective of nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and wireless caching. We highlight a range of innovative resource management solutions conceived

Conditional handover (CHO) is one of several promising mobility enhancements in 5G networks. By making preparation decisions earlier than in LTE HO, CHO can provide an improved HO success rate. This article, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of CHO by comparing CHO to 5G baseline HO. Since millimeter-wave communications are vulnerable to blockages, sudden changes in signal reception power can mislead

We have witnessed an exponential growth in commercial data services, which has led to the so-called big data era. Machine learning, one of the most promising artificial intelligence (AI) tools for analyzing this deluge of data, has been called upon in many industry and academic research areas. In this article, we briefly review big data analysis and machine learning, along with their potential applications

This article offers a survey of recent solutions involving electric drives and power chargers for fully electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid EVs (HEVs). Based on our research and experimental activities regarding electric drives, we also show experimental data from prototypes. After reviewing the opportunities and challenges of vehicle electrification, the article analyzes electric machines and power

The integration of driver assistance and autonomous driving capabilities has increased the complexity of automotive software, making the verification of software updates more challenging. The utility of simulators in software verification is limited in terms of their level of fidelity to real-world hardware and driving conditions. The use of physical test vehicles on a test track is both costly and

In this article, we analyze mixed electrified areas where there is a combination of ac/dc electrification. The grounding strategy is completely different, as dc electrification aims to have the rail isolated from the ground, and ac usually has the rail and other metallic parts, such as structures and overhead catenary system (OCS) poles, connected to the ground. At certain locations, it is practically

The rail transportation industry has seen a growing interest in the use of radio-access technology (RAT) for critical and noncritical services to improve safety/reliability, performance, and passenger experience. There is a practical incentive to investigate how to improve wayside-onboard wireless channel throughput and transmission reliability to address the different requirements of data transmission

Reports on new product and technological development in the automotive engineering industry worldwide.

Reports on wireless local area network sensing which is about the use of IEEE 802.11 technologies to provide sensing capability for fixed, portable, and moving stations within a local area, for example, to measure and determine the presence, range, angle, and speed of a passive object. WLAN sensing aims to enable unconventional uses for Wi-Fi communications, such as motion detection and gesture recognition

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Aerial surveillance systems are a cost-effective and on-demand solution for smart city monitoring. However, the deployment of a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for continuous video capture of mobile ground target (MGT) activities poses new research issues in terms of energy management, scenario coverage, and multidevice task coordination. In this article, we address these challenges by proposing

Due to safety concerns, a reliable radio communication link is a key component in the future application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as it will enable beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations. In terms of cost and deployment time, radio communication for aerial vehicles will greatly benefit from the ready-to-market infrastructure and ubiquitous coverage of cellular networks. However,

In this article, we propose to apply massive multipleinput, multiple-output (MIMO) to mobile edge computing (MEC). This application is expected to greatly facilitate the offloading in MEC by exploiting the huge gains in spectral and energy efficiencies brought by massive MIMO. Moreover, massive MIMO can support a larger number of users for simultaneous offloading, which reduces the delay for queuing

In the coming years, low aerial space will be crowded with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) providing various services. In this context, an emerging problem is to detect and track unauthorized or malicious mini/microUAVs. In contrast to current solutions mainly based on fixed terrestrial radars, this tutorial puts forth the idea of a dynamic radar network (DRN) composed of UAVs able to smartly adapt

The 5G mobile communications systems merge traditionally separate communications and networking systems and services to effectively support a myriad of heterogeneous applications. Researchers and industry working groups are investigating the integration of aerial nodes, shared spectrum techniques, and new network architectures, which are gradually being introduced into standards. This article discusses

Small drones are becoming a part of our everyday life. They are used in a wide variety of commercial applications, and the number of drones in the air is steadily growing. To ensure the safe operation of drones, traffic management rules must be designed and implemented by avionics and telecommunication experts. In this article, we propose to establish a common terminology for these two communities

Large antenna systems at millimeter-wave (mmwave) can concentrate the transmit power and the receive region over narrow beams, as well as enable spatial multiplexing. Thanks to these benefits, large antenna systems at mm-wave are the core technologies for future wireless local area network (WLAN) and 5G/ beyond 5G (B5G) cellular standards. Energy efficiency is a crucial design objective for new technologies

This article considers a radio-over-cable (RoC)based analog link on a local area network (LAN) cable [e.g., category (CAT) 5] as the last hop of the fronthaul for indoor mobile service coverage. We first present state-of-the-art mobile systems with RoC-based fronthauls and then discuss a number of critical issues regarding real implementation. These issues include the function module, called the radio-cable