Application of Q-learning for RACH Access to support M2M traffic over a cellular network

20th European Wireless Conference, EW 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 645-650

  Bello, Lawal Mohammed ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Grace, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular network; Machine to Machine; Medium access control; Q learning

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CELLULAR NETWORK; MACHINE TO MACHINES; MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M); NETWORK STANDARDS; Q-LEARNING; RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL; SLOT ASSIGNMENT; TRAFFIC SHARING;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84916928600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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