Guest Editorial Advanced Signal Processing for Local and Private 5G Networks

The papers in this special section focus on advanced signal procesing for local and private 5G mobile communication netwworks. The papers describe the latest advances in emerging private 5G networks from the perspective of signal processing to advance its theoretical underpinnings and practical applications. Some enterprises, factories and other potential users have ultra-stringent communications performance requirements in terms of throughput, latency, reliability, availability, and device density, which cannot be met by 4G long term evolution (LTE) radio features. Instead, 5G new radio (NR) has the potential to deliver on such requirements, and shape both the industrial world as well as our daily lives, by providing spectrum exibility, multi-Gbps peak data rates, ultra-low latencies, high reliability, and massive connectivity. By building dedicated networks with complete control over every aspect of the network.

This IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (J-STSP) special issue (SI) aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art advances and a view of emerging research challenges and opportunities for Advanced Signal Processing for Local and Private 5G Networks. This SI describes the latest advances in emerging private 5G networks from the perspective of signal processing to advance its theoretical underpinnings and practical applications.