Short-Range Wireless Communications: Emerging Technologies and Applications summarizes the outcomes of WWRF Working Group 5, highlighting the latest research results and emerging trends on short-range communications. It contains contributions from leading research groups in academia and industry on future short-range wireless communication systems, in particular 60 GHz communications, ultra-wide band (UWB) communications, UWB radio over optical fiber, and cooperative short-range communications systems. Starting from a brief description of state-of-the-art, the perspectives and limits of the technologies are highlighted, identifying where future research work is going to be focused.

• An overview and in-depth coverage of wireless technologies that are about to start an evolution from international standards to mass products, and that will influence the future of short-range communications
• Provides a unique and invaluable visionary overview from both industry and academia for the research community (managers and researchers in both academia and industry)
• Identifies open research problems, technological challenges, emerging technologies, and fundamental limits
• Covers Ultra-high speed short-range communication in the 60 GHz band, UWB Communication, Limits and Challenges, Cooperative aspects in short-range communication and Visible Light Communications and UWB radio over optical fibre