September 2018

The authors of [1], which was published in the November 2017 issue of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, wish to add an acknowledgment to their article. The acknowledgment is as follows: This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (number 2016R1A2B2014525) and by a grant from the National Science Foundation (IIS-1116656) awarded to Alan C. Bovik.

The Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee (SPCOM-TC) is one of the 12 technical committees (TCs) in the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS). Our mandate covers all technical areas in communication engineering and network science, including:

The knowledge of spatial distributions of physical quantities, such as radio-frequency (RF) interference, pollution, geomagnetic field magnitude, temperature, humidity, audio, and light intensity, will foster the development of new context-aware applications. For example, knowing the distribution of RF interference might significantly improve cognitive radio systems [1], [2].

Backscatter presents an emerging ultralow-power wireless communication paradigm. The ability to offer submilliwatt power consumption makes it a competitive core technology for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In this article, we provide a tutorial of backscatter communication from the signal processing perspective as well as a survey of the recent research activities in this domain, primarily focusing on bistatic backscatter systems.

Advances in engineering and health science have brought a significant improvement in health care and increased life expectancy. As a result, there has been a substantial growth in the number of older adults around the globe, and that number is rising. According to a United Nations report, between 2015 and 2030, the number of adults over the age of 60 is projected to grow by 56%, with the total reaching nearly 2.1 billion by the year 2050 [1].