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 …

In this paper, the efficient deployment and mobility of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), used as aerial base stations to collect data from ground Internet of Things (IoT) …

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications refer to the autonomous interaction between
connected devices without the human intervention. Recently, the Third-Generation …

We consider a sporadic ultra-reliable and low latency communications in the uplink 5G
cellular systems. Reliable low latency access for randomly emerging packet transmission …

Commercial long-term evolution (LTE) systems adopt an access class barring (ACB)
mechanism in the initial random access procedure with multiple preambles in order to …

Over the coming years, it is expected that the number of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices
that communicate through long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) networks will rise …

Using cellular networks for providing machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity offers
numerous advantages regarding coverage, deployment costs, security and management …

The machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, which achieve the implementation of
Internet of Things (IoT), can be carried over wireless cellular networks. The massive random …

Rapid growth of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications necessitates the reevaluation
of the Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) performance, since the current standard is …

In the modern world, the connectivity-as-we-go model is gaining popularity. Internet-of-
Things (IoT) envisions a future in which human beings communicate with each other and …