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

Tactile Internet (TI) is envisioned to create a paradigm shift from the content-oriented
communications to steer/control-based communications by enabling real-time transmission …

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

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is an emerging technology to provide ubiquitous
connectivity among devices without human intervention. The cellular networks are …

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

Inspired by swarm intelligence observed in social species, the artificial self-organized
networking (SON) systems are expected to exhibit some intelligent features (eg, flexibility …

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) paradigm enables machines (sensors, actuators, robots, and
smart meter readers) to communicate with each other with little or no human intervention …

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 …

The choice of OFDM-based multi-carrier access techniques for LTE marked a fundamental
and farsighted parting from preceding 3GPP networks. With OFDMA in the downlink and SC …

Due to the huge amount of machine-type communications (MTC) devices, radio access
network (RAN) overload is a critical issue in cellular-based MTC. The prioritized random …