Guest Editorial

Abstract

This Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques’ Mini-Special Issue includes ten papers from the 2017 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week (RWW 2017) held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, January 15–18, 2017. The Radio and Wireless Week consists of five related conferences that focus on the intersection between wireless communication theory, systems, circuits, and device technologies: the Radio and Wireless Symposium, the Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications, the Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, the Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, and the Topical Workshop on The Internet of Space. Radio and Wireless Week is thus a multidisciplinary event bringing together innovations that are happening across the broad wireless spectrum. A total of 214 papers were submitted to the RWW 2017 Technical Program Committee, of which 168 papers were accepted for presentation and publication online on the IEEE Xplore website. Together with the technical sessions, four workshops, one special talk on the Internet of Things powered by wireless, a plenary session on 5G hardware and system solutions, a panel session on linearization of power amplifiers for 5G, and a demo track session to show the latest innovative wireless experimental achievements were successfully held.