This paper provides an overview of the use of small cells (eg, femtocells) in the Internet of
Things (IoT) environments. As a result of rapid increase in the number of mobile connected …

The ongoing densification of small cells yields an unprecedented paradigm shift in user
experience and network design. The most notable change comes from cellular rates being …

Cellular Internet of Things: Technologies, Standards and Performance gives insight into the
recent work performed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to develop systems …

Femtocells are viewed as a promising option for mobile operators to improve coverage and
provide high-data-rate services in a cost-effective manner. The idea is to overlay low-power …

Cellular Internet of Things: From Massive Deployments to Critical 5G Applications, Second
Edition, gives insights into the recent and rapid work performed by the 3rd Generation …

Meeting citizens' requirements economically and efficiently is the most important objective of
Smart Cities. As a matter of fact, they are considered a key concept both for future Internet …

The next wave of wireless technologies is proliferating in connecting things among
themselves as well as to humans. In the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), billions of …

Cellular Internet of Things (IoT) is considered as de facto paradigm to improve the
communication and computation systems. Cellular IoT connects massive number of physical …

Femtocells are low-power base stations operating in licensed spectrum, which are typically
installed indoors in a house, small office, or home office by end users to provide exclusive or …

Femtocells, despite their name, pose a potentially large disruption to the carefully planned
cellular networks that now connect a majority of the planet's citizens to the Internet and with …