Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to its
potential of interconnecting a large number of heterogeneous wireless devices. However, it …

Massive Machine-type Communications (mMTC) is one of the principal features of the 5th
Generation and beyond (5G+) mobile network services. Due to sparse but synchronous …

Machine-type communications (MTC) is an emerging technology that boosts the
development of the Internet of Things by providing ubiquitous connectivity and services …

One of the most difficult challenges in radio access network slicing occurs in the connection
establishment phase where multiple devices use a common random access channel in …

These rising adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in various applications have placed
significant demands on cellular networks, including LTE/5G because they have to provide …

Massively dense deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has put a stringent
requirement on cellular networks to provide convenient service for not only human type …

In this paper, we discuss the random access procedures in legacy networks, long‐term
evolution, LTE‐Advanced, and 5G networks. Random access is the first and incumbent step …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a key enabler of the digital mutation of our society. Driven by
various services and applications, Machine Type Communications (MTC) will become an …

This paper focuses on proposing a new access barring scheme for internet of things (IoT)
devices in long term evolution advanced (LTE/LTE-A) and 5G networks. Massive number of …

Since long term evolved release 14 (LTE R14), the device to device (D2D) communications
have become a promising technology for in-band or outband mobile communication …