DRX with Quick Sleeping: A Novel Mechanism for Energy-Efficient IoT Using LTE/LTE-A

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 398-407

  Balasubramanya, Naveen Mysore ^a   Lampe, Lutz ^a   Vos, Gustav ^b   Bennett, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Sierra Wireless Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Reception (DRX); Internet of Things (IoT); Long Term Evolution (LTE); LTE Advanced (LTE A); Machine Type Communications (MTC); Paging; Quick Sleeping Indication (QSI)

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SLEEP RESEARCH; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTIONS; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); LTE-ADVANCED (LTE-A); MACHINETYPE COMMUNICATION (MTC); PAGING; QUICK SLEEPING INDICATION (QSI);

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE);

EID: 84969769957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2016.2527022     Document Type: Article

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