This paper surveys the literature related to the evolution of cellular communications as a key
enabling technology for fundamental operations of smart grid neighborhood area networks …

The envisioned capability of machine devices to autonomously communicate in the future
Internet of Things (IoT) has brought considerable attention to machine-to-machine (M2M) …

The recent boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) will turn Smart Cities and Smart Homes (SH)
from hype to reality. SH is the major building block for Smart Cities and have long been a …

This article addresses the market-changing phenomenon of the Internet of Things (IoT),
which relies on the underlying paradigm of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications to …

Research efforts in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) are providing solutions in building new
types of “network of networks,” going beyond the technological barriers due to intrinsic …

Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to change the everyday life of its users by enabling data
exchanges among pervasive things through the Internet. Such a broad aim, however, puts …

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a new revolutionary era of computing technology that
enables a wide variety of devices to interoperate through the existing Internet infrastructure …

Precise time synchronization becomes a vital constituent due to the rigorous needs of
several time-sensitive applications. The clock synchronization protocol is one of the …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is evolving towards the deployment of
integrated environments, wherein heterogeneous devices pool their capacities together to …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate from a real perspective the performance of
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a technology that enables fast and reliable discovery of a …