al board of several international journals including IEEE Communications Magazine and IET Wireless Sensor Systems. He has received several prizes and scholarships including the Best Student Prize (Loughborough University), Commonwealth Scholarship, and Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) conferred by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) in the UK. Contributors R. Abozariba School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK A. V. Alejos Campus Universitario, Escola de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain Editor and Contributors M. Alfaqawi Altran Labs, Velizy-Villacoublay, France A. T. Asyhari School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK L. Azpilicueta School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, NL., Mexico V. Bhatia Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India M. Celaya-Echarri School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monter- rey, Monterrey, NL, Mexico S. Davai Altran ACS, Saint-Herblain, France F. Falcone EEC Department, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Edificio Los Tejos, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain M. Gateau Altran ACS, Saint-Herblain, France S. K. Goudos ELEDIA@AUTH, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece P. Huard Altran ACS, Saint-Herblain, France M. S. Islam School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK M.-C. Le Mercier Altran ACS, Saint-Herblain, France P. Lopez-Iturri Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain M. B. Mabrouk Altran Labs, Velizy-Villacoublay, France M. A. Matin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh M. D. Migliore DIEI, University of Cassino and Souther Lazio, Cassino, Italy M. Patwary