The last few decades have witnessed an explosive growth of the Internet-of-Things (IoT)
systems, which provide ubiquitous sensing and computing services. When adopted in …

The ever-increasing number of resource-constrained machine-type communication (MTC)
devices is leading to the critical challenge of fulfilling diverse communication requirements …

Low-power wide area networks (LPWANs) constitute a type of networks which is used to
connect things to the Internet from a wide variety of sectors. These types of technologies …

Abstract The Internet of Things needs for computing power and storage are expected to
remain on the rise in the next decade. Consequently, the amount of data generated by …

Edge intelligence is a key enabler for IIoT as it offers smart cloud services in close proximity
to the production environment with low latency and less cost. The need for ubiquitous …

As an innovated and revolutionized technology, blockchain has been applied in many fields,
such as cryptocurrency, food traceability, identity management, or even market prediction …

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data technologies have
emerged as a critical data analytics tool to bring the knowledge within IoT infrastructures to …

While the intersection of blockchain and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has received
considerable research interest lately, the conflict between the high resource requirements of …

Driven by the emerging use cases in massive access future networks, technological
advancements and evolutions are needed for wireless communications beyond the fifth …

Smart manufacturing has received increased attention from academia and industry in recent
years, as it provides competitive advantage for manufacturing companies making industry …