In 3GPP Rel-13, a narrowband system based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) is being
introduced to provide wide-area cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things. This system …

Next Generation 5G networks are of prime importance to meet the increasing demands of
emerging IoT applications and industry verticals for high throughputs and ultra-reliable low …

Communication technologies are developing very rapidly and achieving many breakthrough
results. The advent of 5th generation mobile communication networks, the so‐called 5G, has …

The internet of things (IoT) has emerged as a trending technology that is continually being
implemented into various practices within the field of engineering and science due to its …

The deployment cost of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), one of the key elements for
smart grid, often arises from three sub-systems, respectively referred to as data management …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of a huge number of heterogeneous devices,
which can communicate, collect, and share data through the prevailing web. In the current …

One of the most important challenges of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the next years will be
the smooth incorporation of millions of smart devices into its communications paradigm. The …

The Internet of Things (IoT) incorporates multiple long-range, short-range, and personal
area wireless networks and technologies into the designs of IoT applications. This enables …

The Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) has been introduced in the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) Rel-13 with the aim to provide low-cost, low-power, wide-area …

Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is gaining momentum as a promising technology for
massive machine type communication. Given that its deployment is rapidly progressing …