This book is a collection of papers from international experts presented at International Conference on NextGen Electronic Technologies (ICNETS2-2016). ICNETS2 encompassed six symposia covering all aspects of electronics and communications domains, including relevant nano/micro materials and devices. Presenting recent research on wireless communication networks and Internet of Things, the book will prove useful to researchers, professionals and students working in the core areas of electronics and their applications, especially in signal processing, embedded systems and networking.
Dr. Murtala Adamu Zungeru is a senior lecturer in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, and a researcher at the College of Engineering & Technology at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). He obtained a Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK and was a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, where he also obtained a postgraduate teaching certificate in 2014. Before joining BIUST in 2015, he was a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. He is a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA, and a professional member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S) and The Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE). Dr. Zungeru is the Inventor of Termite Hill Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, and has filed 2 international patent applications with the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) for his innovative work. He has authored 3 books and over 40 international research articles and has over 10 years of university teaching and administrative experience. He has also served as an international reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Sensors, JNCA, Wireless Networks, IET Networks, Sensors MDPI, Simulation-SAGE, IJCS, the Journal of Sensors-Hindawi and numerous others.
S. Subashini is an associate professor at the School of Electronics at VIT University, where she has been working since 2012. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University. She received her Master’s in Engineering from Anna University and her Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from the same university in 2013. From 2004 to 2009, she worked at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai. Her research interests center on high-performance networks, cloud computing, security and privacy. She has made significant contributions in the field of networking protocol design and analysis.
Dr. P. Vetrivelan received his B.E. degree from Madras University, and his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Anna University, Chennai. He is currently working at the School of Electronics Engineering at VIT University, Chennai. His research interests include seamless mobility in heterogeneous 4G–5G wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, VANETS, cloud computing, IoT and embedded systems.
