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 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 …

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

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 …

The next generation of communication systems, which is commonly referred to as 5G, is
expected to support, besides the traditional voice and data services, new communication …

The parameters of physical layer radio frame for 5th generation (5G) mobile cellular systems
are expected to be flexibly configured to cope with diverse requirements of different …

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 …

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 …

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 …