Road Ahead for Low EMF User Proximity Devices

Wireless communication technologies have transformed the way civilizations communicate information. To handle the ever‐increasing number of wireless users, the capacity of wireless communication networks is expected to increase 1,000 times. A portion of this capacity expansion will be made feasible by increasing the number of access points (APs), which will increase the number and kind of electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure sources in the environment. This chapter includes a thorough examination of the potential health risks associated with EMF exposure as well as the impact of this sort of exposure on the general public. This chapter also examines the potential effects of new wireless technologies on EMF exposure and suggests some unique research approaches for mitigating these effects in future wireless communication systems. The influence of mmWave or massive MIMO/beamforming on EMF exposure, for example, has yet to be thoroughly explored and included into the exposure evaluation framework.