M2M Communications in 3GPP LTE/LTE-A Networks: Architectures, Service Requirements, Challenges, and Applications

• Published in: IEEE Communications surveys and tutorials Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 525 - 549
• Main Authors: Ghavimi, Fayezeh, Chen, Hsiao-Hwa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2015
• Subjects: 3GPP; architecture; Logic gates; LTE; LTEAdvanced; M2M communication; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Protocols; random access; Security; Servers; Tutorials; random access; 3GPP; LTE; M2M communication; LTE-Advanced; architecture

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is an emerging technology to provide ubiquitous connectivity among devices without human intervention. The cellular networks are considered a ready-to-use infrastructure to implement M2M communications. However, M2M communications over cellular pose significant...