Magnetic Communications

Professor Erwu Liu is an IET Fellow and the founding Editor-in-Chief of IET/Wiley Blockchain. His team developed the first magnetic communication system in China and has won various awards including the Special Award in the China International Industry Fair (2014) and the First Place in the Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition (2016). Zhi Sun received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2011). He is a tenured Associate Professor at Tsinghua University. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor at University at Buffalo. Zhi Sun is a recipient of the US NSF CAREER Award and a senior member of IEEE. Rui Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at Tongji University. Prior to that, he was with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate between 2013 and 2014. Hongzhi Guo received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from The State University of New York, University at Buffalo (2017). He is an Assistant Professor at Norfolk State University. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at University of Southern Maine. Hongzhi Guo is a recipient of the US NSF CAREER Award and a senior member of IEEE.

Preface; 1. introduction; 2. fundamentals of magnetic communications; 3. magnetic induction antennas and channel characteristics; 4. metamaterial-enhanced magnetic communications; 5. mi network connectivity; 6. mi network performance; 7. magnetic communication networking protocol stacks; 8. applications of magnetic communications systems.