A survey of MAC layer issues and protocols for machine-to-machine communications

A Rajandekar, B Sikdar - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing interest in the use of autonomous computing, sensing and actuating
devices for various applications such as smart grids, home networking, smart environments …

Next generation IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks: Current status, future directions and open challenges

B Bellalta, L Bononi, R Bruno, A Kassler - Computer Communications, 2016 - Elsevier
A new generation of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) will make its appearance in the
market in the forthcoming years based on the amendments to the IEEE 802.11 standards …

A survey on IEEE 802.11 ah: An enabling networking technology for smart cities

E Khorov, A Lyakhov, A Krotov, A Guschin - Computer communications, 2015 - Elsevier
Smart technologies play a key role in sustainable economic growth. They transform houses,
offices, factories, and even cities into autonomic, self-controlled systems acting often without …

IEEE 802.11 AH: the WiFi approach for M2M communications

T Adame, A Bel, B Bellalta, J Barcelo… - IEEE Wireless …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
M2M communications are positioned to be one of the fastest growing technology segments
in the next decade. Sensor and actuator networks connect communication machines and …

Emerging wireless technologies in the internet of things: a comparative study

M Elkhodr, S Shahrestani, H Cheung - arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.00861, 2016 - arxiv.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) incorporates multiple long-range, short-range, and personal
area wireless networks and technologies into the designs of IoT applications. This enables …

Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11 ah and its restricted access window mechanism

O Raeesi, J Pirskanen, A Hazmi… - 2014 IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we provide an analytical model to compute the throughput and energy
consumption of IEEE 802.11 ah, the new Sub-1 GHz WiFi standard. The analytical model …

MU-MIMO MAC protocols for wireless local area networks: A survey

R Liao, B Bellalta, M Oliver, Z Niu - … Communications Surveys & …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As wireless devices boom and bandwidth-hungry applications (eg, video and cloud
uploading) get popular, today's wireless local area networks (WLANs) become not only …

A comprehensive review on energy harvesting integration in IoT systems from MAC layer perspective: Challenges and opportunities

G Famitafreshi, MS Afaqui, J Melià-Seguí - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing technology in a wide variety of areas, from
smart healthcare to smart transportation. Due to the increasing trend in the number of IoT …

Reliable and efficient access for alarm-initiated and regular M2M traffic in IEEE 802.11 ah systems

GC Madueno, Č Stefanović… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE 802.11 ah is a novel WiFi-based protocol, aiming to provide an access solution for the
machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. In this paper, we propose an adaptive access …

On the diversity of hybrid narrowband-PLC/wireless communications for smart grids

M Sayed, TA Tsiftsis, N Al-Dhahir - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) and unlicensed wireless communications
are two leading communications technologies for the emerging smart grid applications. The …