Advances in Wireless Communications and Applications

This book features selected papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applications (ICWCA 2021), held at Hainan University, China. The book will focus on the presentation of the newest trends and achievements in the development of intelligent algorithms and network technologies in smart communications, with application in underwater communications, IoT-based marine surface communications as well as state-of-the-art real-time precise location technologies, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth locationing, array signal processing, and many others.

Author Biography

Lakhmi C. Jain, Ph.D., Dr H.C., ME, BE(Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia), is with the Liverpool Hope University. He was formerly with the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Canberra, and Bournemouth University UK. He founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation, and teaming. Involving around 5,000 researchers drawn from universities and companies world-wide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of KES.

Roumen Kountchev is with the Faculty of Telecommunications, Dept. of Radio Communications and Video Technologies – Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has 434 papers published in magazines and conference proceedings, and 22 patents. He is Member of Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences; President of Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition; Editorial Board Member of IJBST Journal Group; Editorial Board Member of: Intern. J. of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems and Intern. J. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience; Editor of books for Springer SIST series.

Kun Zhang, Ph.D., is Professor and Master’s Supervisor. He is Professor of Information and Communication Engineering at Hainan Tropical Ocean University. He is Visiting Professor of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Resources Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University; Visiting Master’s Tutor of Tianjin University of Science and Technology; Hainan Province High-level Talent, Hainan Province “Top-notch Talent,” “South China Sea Master” Youth Project Talent; Hainan Province “515” Project No. 3 Hierarchical Candidates; Senior Member of China Computer Federation (CCF) and Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE); Member of ACM and IEEE; Scientific and Technological Expert of Hainan Province and Guangdong Province; and has published more than 170 papers on EI\CPCI.

Roumiana Kountcheva is Vice President of TK Engineering. She got her Ph.D. at the Technical University of Sofia and became Senior Researcher in 1993. She has 187 publications and 5 patents and presented 21 plenary speeches at international conferences. She is Member of IRIEM, IDSAI, IJBST Journal Group, and Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition. She is a reviewer of WSEAS conferences and journals, and Editor of books for Springer SIST series.