1. Special Issue on “Adaptive Global Net: Vision Towards a Modern Communication Infrastructure”

   • Ramjee Prasad
   • Marina Ruggieri

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 3

2. Radio Access in a System Beyond 3G

   • Walter Weigel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 20

3. Adaptive Communication Services Key to Global Interoperability

   • Uma S. Jha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 33

4. Constellation Rearrangement: Enhancement for Multilevel Modulation Formats and Transmit Diversity

   • Christian Wengerter
   • Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart
   • Eiko Seidel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 45

5. Flexible Universal Networks—A New Approach to Telecommunication Services?

   • Stephan Rupp
   • Franz-Josef Banet
   • Gerd Siegmund

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 61

6. Self-Organization of Complex Networks Applied to Wireless World Systems

   • Sudhir Dixit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

7. Improving the MAC Layer of Multi-Hop Networks

   • Marceau Coupechoux
   • Bruno Baynat
   • Christian Bonnet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 100

8. Foolproof Security Measures and Challenges Within

   • Juha Saarnio
   • Neeli R. Prasad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 3

9. Digital Rights Management for the Mobile Internet

   • Yin-Ling Liong
   • Sudhir Dixit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 119

10. The Role of UWB in 4G

    • Ian Oppermann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 133

11. A Generic Framework for Cross-Layer Optimisation in Wireless Personal Area Networks

    • Carl Wijting
    • Ramjee Prasad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 149