Low-Power Wide Area Network for Large Scale Internet of Things: Architectures, Communication Protocols and Recent Trends
暫譯: 大規模物聯網的低功耗廣域網路：架構、通信協議與最新趨勢

這本書全面探討了低功耗廣域網路（LPWAN），深入其基本概念、底層技術以及所面臨的多重挑戰。本書認識到，LPWAN並非孤立運作；它們與人工智慧和機器學習（AI/ML）技術密切相關，這些技術在優化LPWAN的性能和能力方面扮演著關鍵角色。本書匯集了關於空中介面、傳輸技術和新穎網路架構（如網路切片、雲端/霧端/邊緣計算、臨時網路和軟體定義網路）的原創貢獻。此外，本書還為物聯網應用的研究人員提供了選擇合適LPWAN技術的指南，並描述設計方面、網路架構、安全問題和挑戰。

特色：
- 解釋機器學習演算法在低功耗廣域網路感測器上的應用，以實現壓縮通信。
- 使用低功耗廣域網路技術說明基於無線的物聯網網路，以確保空氣品質。
- 提出使用無線通信和低功耗廣域網路技術的認知物聯網網路，適用於臨時網路。
- 討論低功耗廣域網路在飛行臨時網路中的綜合研究。
- 展示低功耗廣域網路技術輔助的能源效率技術在物聯網網路中的研究。

本書的目標讀者為電機工程、電子與通信工程、計算機工程及資訊科技領域的高年級本科生、研究生及學術研究人員。

Dr. Mariyam Ouaissa is currently an Assistant Professor in Networks and Systems at ENSA, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco. She received her Ph.D. degree in 2019 from National Graduate School of Arts and Crafts, Meknes, Morocco and her Engineering Degree in 2013 from the National School of Applied Sciences, Khouribga, Morocco. She is a communication and networking researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. Dr Ouaissa's research is multidisciplinary that focuses on Internet of Things, M2M, WSN, vehicular communications and cellular networks, security networks, congestion overload problem and the resource allocation management and access control. She is serving as a reviewer for international journals and conferences including as IEEE Access, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Since 2020, she is a member of "International Association of Engineers IAENG" and "International Association of Online Engineering", and since 2021, she is an "ACM Professional Member". She has published more than 30 research papers (this includes book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and peer-reviewed conference manuscripts), 10 edited books, and 6 special issue as guest editor. She has served on Program Committees and Organizing Committees of several conferences and events and has organized many Symposiums / Workshops / Conferences as a General Chair.

Dr. Mariya Ouaissa Dr. Mariya Ouaissa is currently a Professor in Cybersecurity and Networks at Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. She is a Ph.D. graduated in 2019 in Computer Science and Networks, at the Laboratory of Modelisation of Mathematics and Computer Science from ENSAM-Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. She is a Networks and Telecoms Engineer, graduated in 2013 from National School of Applied Sciences Khouribga, Morocco. She is a Co-Founder and IT Consultant at IT Support and Consulting Center. She was working for School of Technology of Meknes Morocco as a Visiting Professor from 2013 to 2021. She is member of the International Association of Engineers and International Association of Online Engineering, and since 2021, she is an "ACM Professional Member". She is Expert Reviewer with Academic Exchange Information Centre (AEIC) and Brand Ambassador with Bentham Science. She has served and continues to serve on technical program and organizer committees of several conferences and events and has organized many Symposiums/Workshops/Conferences as a General Chair also as a reviewer of numerous international journals. Dr. Ouaissa has made contributions in the fields of information security and privacy, Internet of Things security, and wireless and constrained networks security. Her main research topics are IoT, M2M, D2D, WSN, Cellular Networks, and Vehicular Networks. She has published over 40 papers (book chapters, international journals, and conferences/workshops), 12 edited books, and 8 special issue as guest editor.

Inam Ullah Khan is the Founder of Internet of Flying Vehicles-Lab at AI-EYS. Recently, he is working as Global Mentor/ Guest Lecturer at Impact Xcelerator, IE School of Science and Technology, Madrid, Spain. Previously, he was working as visiting researcher at King's College London, United Kingdom. Also, he was faculty member at different universities in Pakistan which include Center for Emerging Sciences Engineering & Technology (CESET), Islamabad, Abdul Wali Khan University, Garden Campus, Timergara Campus, University of Swat & Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad Campus. He completed his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Department of Electronic Engineering, Isra University, Islamabad Campus, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS). Also, he did his M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering at Department of Electronic Engineering, Isra University, Islamabad Campus, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS). He had done undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Computer Science from Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan. He authored/coauthored more than 50 research articles in reputable journals, conferences and book chapters. His research interest includes Network System Security, Intrusion Detection, Intrusion Prevention, cryptography, Optimization techniques, WSN, IoT, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETS), Flying Ad Hoc Networks, and Machine Learning. He served in many international conferences as Session Chair/ Technical program committee member. Also, he served as Guest Editor with many prestigious international journals. Apart from that he is General Chair at International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Smart Technologies (ICTIST'22), virtually from London, United Kingdom. In addition, he also served as editor of several books. More interestingly, he was invited as technology expert many times on Pakistan National Television and other media outlets.

Dr. Zakaria Boulouard is currently a Professor at Department of Computer Sciences at the "Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Mohammedia, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco". In 2018, he joined the "Advanced Smart Systems" Research Team at the "Computer Sciences Laboratory of Mohammedia". He received his PhD degree in 2018 from "Ibn Zohr University, Morocco" and his Engineering Degree in 2013 from the "National School of Applied Sciences, Khouribga, Morocco". His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Visualization and Analytics, Optimization and Competitive Intelligence. Since 2017, he is a member of "Draa-Tafilalet Foundation of Experts and Researchers", and since 2020, he is an "ACM Professional Member". He has served on Program Committees and Organizing Committees of several conferences and events and has organized many Symposiums/Workshops/Conferences as a General Chair. He has served and continues to serve as a reviewer of numerous international conferences and journals. He has published several research papers. This includes book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, peer-reviewed conference manuscripts, edited books and special issue journals.

Dr. Junaid Rashid is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kongju National University, South Korea, from August 2021. He worked as Honorary Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for AI and Data Science, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK, since November 2020 and awarded the Fellowship in March 2022. He received his Ph.D. Degree from the Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, in 2020 and respectively his M.S and B.S degrees in Computer Science from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus, Pakistan in 2016 and 2014. He worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at AIR University Islamabad, Kamra Campus, Pakistan, from January 2020 to July 2021. He served as Research Associate and Lecturer from March 2017 to January 2020 at the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan. He has served as Lecturer (Visiting) from September 2019 to February 2020, September 2016 to January 2017 and September 2015 to January 2016 in COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah, Pakistan. He received a fully funded scholarship for his Ph.D. degree. He has been working as an Academic Editor in PLOS One. He is a program committee member at the International Conference on Advances in Communication Technology and Computer Engineering (ICACTCE'22), Morocco. He has served/been serving as a reviewer of various reputed journals and conferences. He has published many research papers in prestigious journals and conferences. His research interest includes Machine Learning, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Topic Modeling, Text Mining, Information Retrieval, Pattern Recognition, Fuzzy Systems, Medical Informatics, Computer Networks, and Software Engineering.

瑪莉亞姆·奧艾薩博士目前是摩洛哥埃爾賈迪達的喬艾布·杜卡利大學（Chouaib Doukkali University）網路與系統助理教授。她於2019年在摩洛哥梅克內斯的國立工藝研究生院獲得博士學位，並於2013年在摩洛哥庫里卜加的國立應用科學學校獲得工程學位。奧艾薩博士是一位通訊與網路的研究者和實務者，擁有產業和學術經驗。她的研究跨學科，專注於物聯網（Internet of Things）、機器對機器（M2M）、無線感測網路（WSN）、車輛通訊和行動網路、安全網路、擁塞過載問題以及資源分配管理和存取控制。她擔任多個國際期刊和會議的審稿人，包括IEEE Access、Wireless Communications和Mobile Computing。自2020年以來，她是「國際工程師協會（IAENG）」和「國際在線工程協會」的成員，自2021年起，她是「ACM專業會員」。她已發表超過30篇研究論文（包括書籍章節、同行評審的期刊文章和會議手稿）、10本編輯書籍，以及6期特刊作為客座編輯。她曾在多個會議和活動的程序委員會和組織委員會中任職，並作為總主席組織了許多研討會/工作坊/會議。

瑪莉亞·奧艾薩博士目前是摩洛哥馬拉喀什的卡迪·阿亞德大學（Cadi Ayyad University）科學學院的網路與網路安全教授。她於2019年在摩洛哥梅克內斯的穆萊·伊斯梅爾大學（ENSAM-Moulay Ismail University）數學與計算機科學建模實驗室獲得計算機科學與網路的博士學位。她是一名網路與電信工程師，於2013年從摩洛哥庫里卜加的國立應用科學學校畢業。她是IT支持與諮詢中心的共同創辦人和IT顧問。她曾於2013年至2021年在摩洛哥梅克內斯技術學院擔任訪問教授。她是國際工程師協會和國際在線工程協會的成員，自2021年起，她是「ACM專業會員」。她是學術交流資訊中心（AEIC）的專家審稿人，並擔任Bentham Science的品牌大使。她曾在多個會議和活動的技術程序和組織委員會中任職，並作為總主席組織了許多研討會/工作坊/會議，同時也是多個國際期刊的審稿人。奧艾薩博士在資訊安全與隱私、物聯網安全以及無線和受限網路安全領域做出了貢獻。她的主要研究主題包括物聯網（IoT）、機器對機器（M2M）、設備對設備（D2D）、無線感測網路（WSN）、行動網路和車輛網路。她已發表超過40篇論文（書籍章節、國際期刊和會議/工作坊），12本編輯書籍，以及8期特刊作為客座編輯。

伊南·烏拉·汗是AI-EYS的飛行車輛實驗室創始人。最近，他在西班牙馬德里的IE科學與技術學院的Impact Xcelerator擔任全球導師/客座講師。此前，他曾在英國倫敦的國王學院擔任訪問研究員。他還曾在巴基斯坦的多所大學任教，包括伊斯蘭堡的新興科學工程與技術中心（CESET）、阿卜杜勒·瓦利·汗大學的花園校區、蒂梅爾加拉校區、斯瓦特大學及伊斯蘭堡的沙希德·祖爾菲卡爾·阿里·布托科學與技術學院（SZABIST）。他在伊斯蘭堡的以色拉大學電子工程系獲得電子工程博士學位，並在同一所大學的電子工程系獲得電子工程碩士學位。他在巴基斯坦阿卜杜勒·瓦利·汗大學馬爾丹校區獲得計算機科學學士學位。他在知名期刊、會議和書籍章節中撰寫/合著了超過50篇研究文章。他的研究興趣包括網路系統安全、入侵檢測、入侵預防、密碼學、優化技術、無線感測網路（WSN）、物聯網（IoT）、行動自組網（MANETS）、飛行自組網和機器學習。他在許多國際會議中擔任會議主席/技術程序委員會成員。此外，他還擔任多本知名國際期刊的客座編輯。除此之外，他還是國際智能技術趨勢與創新會議（ICTIST'22）的總主席，會議以虛擬方式在英國倫敦舉行。此外，他還擔任多本書籍的編輯。更有趣的是，他多次受邀作為技術專家在巴基斯坦國家電視台和其他媒體上發言。

扎卡里亞·布盧阿德博士目前是摩洛哥卡薩布蘭卡哈桑二世大學（Hassan II University）科學與技術學院計算機科學系的教授。2018年，他加入了摩洛哥莫哈梅迪亞計算機科學實驗室的「先進智能系統」研究團隊。他於2018年在摩洛哥伊本·祖赫爾大學獲得博士學位，並於2013年在摩洛哥庫里卜加的國立應用科學學校獲得工程學位。他的研究興趣包括人工智慧、大數據可視化與分析、優化和競爭情報。自2017年以來，他是「德拉-塔菲拉萊特專家與研究者基金會」的成員，自2020年起，他是「ACM專業會員」。他曾在多個會議和活動的程序委員會和組織委員會中任職，並作為總主席組織了許多研討會/工作坊/會議。他曾擔任並繼續擔任多個國際會議和期刊的審稿人。他已發表多篇研究論文，包括書籍章節、同行評審的期刊文章、同行評審的會議手稿、編輯書籍和特刊期刊。

朱奈德·拉希德博士自2021年8月起擔任南韓公州國立大學計算機科學與工程系的博士後研究員。他自2020年11月以來在英國蘇格蘭的愛丁堡納皮爾大學AI與數據科學中心擔任榮譽高級博士後研究員，並於2022年3月獲得獎學金。他於2020年在巴基斯坦塔克西拉的工程與技術大學計算機科學系獲得博士學位，並於2016年和2014年分別在巴基斯坦COMSATS資訊技術學院瓦哈校區獲得計算機科學碩士和學士學位。他曾於2020年1月至2021年7月在巴基斯坦伊斯蘭堡的AIR大學計算機科學系擔任講師。他於2017年3月至2020年1月在巴基斯坦塔克西拉的工程與技術大學擔任研究助理和講師。他曾於2019年9月至2020年2月、2016年9月至2017年1月及2015年9月至2016年1月在COMSATS大學伊斯蘭堡瓦哈校區擔任訪問講師。他獲得全額獎學金攻讀博士學位。他曾在PLOS One擔任學術編輯。他是摩洛哥國際通信技術與計算機工程會議（ICACTCE'22）的程序委員會成員。他曾擔任並繼續擔任多個知名期刊和會議的審稿人。他在知名期刊和會議上發表了許多研究論文。他的研究興趣包括機器學習、數據科學、自然語言處理、主題建模、文本挖掘、資訊檢索、模式識別、模糊系統、醫療資訊學、計算機網路和軟體工程。