A survey of MAC layer issues and protocols for machine-to-machine communications

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-186

  Rajandekar, Ajinkya ^a   Sikdar, Biplab ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Internet of Things (IoT); machine to machine (M2M) communications; medium access control (MAC) protocol

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AUTOMATION; HOME HEALTH CARE; HOME NETWORKS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK LAYERS; SURVEYS;

AUTONOMOUS COMPUTING; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; SENSING AND ACTUATING; SERVICE REQUIREMENTS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84959566962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2015.2394438     Document Type: Article

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