We are on the threshold of the explosive growth in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market.
Comparing with the legacy human-centric applications, machine type communication …

Low power and long range machine-to-machine (M2M) communication techniques are
expected to provide ubiquitous connections for the wireless devices. In this paper, three …

The low power wide area network (LPWAN) technologies, which is now embracing a
booming era with the development in the Internet of Things (IoT), may offer a brand new …

The current expansion of the Internet of things (IoT) demands improved communication
platforms that support a wide area with low energy consumption. The 3rd Generation …

Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a new cellular technology introduced by the third
generation partnership (3GPP) providing low-power and wide-area coverage for IoT. In this …

In this chapter, we present various opportunities of using optical wireless communication
(OWC) technologies in each sector of optical communication networks. Moreover …

We derive the uplink system model for In-band and Guard-band narrowband Internet of
Things (NB-IoT). The results reveal that the actual channel frequency response (CFR) is not …

Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT), recently introduced by 3GPP, is a relevant Radio
Access Technology (RAT) solution for deployment within smart grids, the electricity grids of …

In this paper, a simple energy-efficient physical layer modulation scheme termed as random
number modulation (RNM) is proposed. It is a class of new systems that harness the …

Network slicing has been identified as one of the most important features for 5G and beyond
to enable operators to utilize networks on an as-a-service basis and meet the wide range of …