Classification of LTE Uplink Scheduling Techniques: An M2M Perspective

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1310-1335

  Mehaseb, M A ^a   Gadallah, Y ^b   Elhamy, A ^c   Elhennawy, H ^c  

^a MISR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Internet of Things; LTE; M2M Communications; Multi hop Communications; Network Scalability; Power Efficiency; QoS; Uplink Scheduling

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCALABILITY; SCHEDULING; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

M2M COMMUNICATIONS; MULTI HOP COMMUNICATION; NETWORK SCALABILITY; POWER EFFICIENCY; UPLINK SCHEDULING;

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE);

EID: 84971529613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2015.2504182     Document Type: Article

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