Machine-to-machine (M2M) Communications

Mischa Dohler, Professor in Wireless Communications at King's College London, UK

• List of contributorsWoodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials1: Introduction to machine-to-machine (M2M) communicationsAbstractAcknowledgment1.1 Introducing machine-to-machine1.2 The machine-to-machine market opportunity1.3 Examples of commercial and experimental M2M network rollouts1.4 Machine-to-machine standards and initiatives1.5 Book rationale and overviewPart One: Architectures and standards2: Overview of ETSI machine-to-machine and oneM2M architecturesAbstract2.1 Introduction2.2 Need and rationale for M2M standards2.3 Standardized M2M architecture2.4 Using M2M standards for “vertical” domains, the example of the smart home2.5 Conclusions and future trends for M2M standardization3: Overview of 3GPP machine-type communication standardizationAbstract3.1 Introduction3.2 Pros and cons of M2M over cellular3.3 MTC standardization in 3GPP3.4 Concluding remarks4: Lower-power wireless mesh networks for machine-to-machine communications using the IEEE802.15.4 standardAbstractAcknowledgments4.1 Introduction4.2 The origins4.3 Challenges of low-power mesh networking4.4 The past4.5 The present4.6 The future4.7 Conclusion5: M2M interworking technologies and underlying market considerationsAbstract5.1 Interworking technologies for M2M communication networks: introduction5.2 A panorama of heterogeneous technologies5.3 From capillary to IP networks5.4 Going up to the M2M cloud5.5 M2M market as internetworking enabler5.6 Future trends6: Weightless machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless technology using TV white space: developing a standardAbstract6.1 Why a new standard is needed6.2 The need for spectrum6.3 TV white space as a solution6.4 Designing a new technology to fit M2M and white space6.5 Weightless: the standard designed for M2M in shared spectrum6.6 Establishing a standards body6.7 Conclusions7: Supporting machine-to-machine communications in long-term evolution networksAbstractAcknowledgments7.1 Introduction to M2M in LTE7.2 Main technical challenges and existing solutions7.3 Integrating MTC traffic into a human-centric system: a techno-economic perspective7.4 Business implications for MTC in LTE7.5 ConclusionsPart Two: Access, scheduling, mobility and security protocols8: Traffic models for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications: types and applicationsAbstract8.1 Introduction8.2 Generic methodology for traffic modeling8.3 M2M traffic modeling8.4 Model fitting from recorded traffic8.5 Conclusions9: Random access procedures and radio access network (RAN) overload control in standard and advanced long-term evolution (LTE and LTE-A) networksAbstractAcknowledgments9.1 Introduction9.2 E-UTRAN access reservation protocol9.3 Extended access barring protocol9.4 Alternative E-UTRAN load control principles9.5 Overview of core network challenges and solutions for load control9.6 Ongoing 3GPP work on load control9.7 Resilience to overload through protocol re-engineering9.8 Conclusion10: Packet scheduling strategies for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications over long-term evolution (LTE) cellular networksAbstract10.1 State of the art in M2M multiple access in legacy cellular systems10.2 Signaling and scheduling limitations for M2M over LTE10.3 Existing approaches for M2M scheduling over LTE10.4 Novel approaches for M2M scheduling over LTE10.5 Technology innovations and challenges for M2M scheduling over wireless networks beyond 202010.6 Conclusions11: Mobility management for machine-to-machine (M2M) communicationsAbstractAcknowledgments11.1 Introduction11.2 Use cases for M2M mobility11.3 Challenges of M2M mobility11.4 Infrastructure considerations for mobility in M2M11.5 State-of-the-art solutions11.6 Summary and conclusions12: Advanced security taxonomy for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications in 5G capillary networksAbstract12.1 Introduction12.2 System architecture12.3 System assets12.4 Security threats12.5 Types of attacks12.6 Layers under attack12.7 Security services12.8 Security protocols and algorithms12.9 Concluding remarks13: Establishing security in machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices and servicesAbstract13.1 Introduction13.2 Requirements and constraints for establishing security in M2M communications13.3 Trust models in M2M ecosystems13.4 Protecting credentials through their lifetime in M2M systems13.5 Security bootstrap in the M2M system13.6 Bridging M2M security to the last mile: from WAN to LAN13.7 ConclusionPart Three: Network optimization for M2M communications14: Group-based optimization of large groups of devices in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications networksAbstract14.1 Introduction14.2 Mobile network optimizations for groups of M2M devices14.3 Managing large groups of M2M subscriptions14.4 Group-based messaging14.5 Policy control for groups of M2M devices14.6 Groups and group identifiers14.7 Conclusions15: Optimizing power saving in cellular networks for machine-to-machine (M2M) communicationsAbstract15.1 Introduction15.2 Extended idle mode for M2M devices15.3 Paging idle-mode M2M device in a power-efficient manner15.4 Power saving for uplink data transmission15.5 Conclusions16: Increasing power efficiency in long-term evolution (LTE) networks for machine-to-machine (M2M) communicationsAbstract16.1 Introduction16.2 M2M scenarios16.3 3GPP status and work16.4 Introduction to basic LTE procedures16.5 UE power consumption in LTE16.6 Discussion and conclusion17: Energy and delay performance of machine-type communications (MTC) in long-term evolution-advanced (LTE-A)Abstract17.1 Introduction17.2 Technology background17.3 Analytic performance assessment17.4 Performance assessment via simulation17.5 Numerical results17.6 Conclusion and further research directionsAppendixPart Four: Business models and applications18: Business models for machine-to-machine (M2M) communicationsAbstract18.1 Introduction18.2 An overview of M2M from a commercial perspective18.3 A brief history of M2M18.4 The potential for M2M18.5 The benefits of M2M18.6 Business models for M2M18.7 The return on investment19: Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications for smart citiesAbstract19.1 Introduction19.2 Smart city technologies19.3 M2M smart city platform19.4 Financing M2M deployments in smart cities19.5 The ten smart city challenges19.6 Conclusions20: Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications for e-health applicationsAbstractAcknowledgments20.1 Introduction20.2 M2M network architecture20.3 Enabling wireless technologies: standards and proprietary solutions20.4 End-to-end solutions for M2M communication: connectivity and security20.5 Existing projects20.6 Concluding remarksIndex