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Autonomous Airborne Wireless Networks
Edited by
Muhammad Ali Imran, Oluwakayode Onireti, Shuja Ansari, and Qammer H. Abbasi
University of Glasgow, UK
This edition first published 2021
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Editor Biographies
Muhammad Ali Imran is Dean at the University of Glasgow, UESTC, Professor of Communication Systems, and Head of Communications Sensing and Imaging group in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Oluwakayode Onireti is a lecturer at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK.
Shuja Ansari is currently a research associate at Communications Sensing and Imaging group in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, UK, and Wave‐1 Urban 5G use case implementation lead at Glasgow 5G Testbed funded by the Scotland 5G Center.
Qammer H. Abbasi is a senior lecturer (Associate Professor), Program Director for Dual PhD degree, and Deputy Head of Communications Sensing and Imaging group in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, UK.
List of Contributors
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