Pervasive mobile and ambient wireless communications reports the findings of COST 2100, a project of the European intergovernmental COST framework addressing various topics currently emerging in mobile and wireless communications. Drawing on experience developed in this and earlier COST projects, the text represents the final outcome of collaborative work involving more than 500 researchers in 140 institutions and 30 countries (including outside Europe). The book’s subject matter includes : transmission techniques, signal processing, radio channel modelling and measurement, radio network issues, and recent paradigms including ultra-wideband, cooperative, vehicle-to-vehicle and body communications.