LTE/LTE-A Random Access for Massive Machine-Type Communications in Smart Cities
LTE/LTE-A Random Access for Massive Machine-Type Communications in Smart Cities
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 applications. However, due to the diverse characteristics of payload size, transmission periodicity, power efficiency, and QoS requirement, MTC poses huge challenges to …