Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) is one of the main three focus areas in the
5th generation (5G) of wireless communications technologies to enable connectivity of a …

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

The 3GPP has raised the need to revisit the design of next generations of cellular networks
in order to make them capable and efficient to provide M2M services. One of the key …

Machine-to-machine communication, a promising technology for the smart city concept,
enables ubiquitous connectivity between one or more autonomous devices without or with …

Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) is a recent cellular radio access technology based
on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) introduced by Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) …

The integration of the IoT and cloud technology is very important to have a better solution for
an uninterrupted, secured, seamless, and ubiquitous framework. The complementary nature …

When incorporating machine-to-machine (M2M) communications into the Third-Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks, one of the challenges is …

Massive MTC over cellular networks is expected to be an integral part of wireless smart city
applications. The LTE/LTE-A technology is a major candidate for provisioning of MTC …

In futuristic wireless communications, a massive number of devices need to access networks
with diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements. It is estimated that the number of …

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, also referred to as Internet of Things (IoT), is a
global network of devices such as sensors, actuators, and smart appliances which collect …