Machine-to-machine (M2M) Communications

Architecture, Performance and Applications

1st Edition - December 23, 2014

Editors: Carles Anton-Haro, Mischa Dohler

Hardback ISBN:

9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 2 4 2 - 1 0 2 - 3

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9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 2 4 2 - 1 1 0 - 8

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Part one of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications covers machine-to-machine systems, architecture and components. Part two assesses performance management techniques for M2M communications. Part three looks at M2M applications, services, and standardization.

Machine-to-machine communications refers to autonomous communication between devices or machines. This book serves as a key resource in M2M, which is set to grow significantly and is expected to generate a huge amount of additional data traffic and new revenue streams, underpinning key areas of the economy such as the smart grid, networked homes, healthcare and transportation.

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1: Introduction to machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1.1 Introducing machine-to-machine
- 1.2 The machine-to-machine market opportunity
- 1.3 Examples of commercial and experimental M2M network rollouts
- 1.4 Machine-to-machine standards and initiatives
- 1.5 Book rationale and overview
Part One: Architectures and standards
- 2: Overview of ETSI machine-to-machine and oneM2M architectures
  - Abstract
  - 2.1 Introduction
  - 2.2 Need and rationale for M2M standards
  - 2.3 Standardized M2M architecture
  - 2.4 Using M2M standards for “vertical” domains, the example of the smart home
  - 2.5 Conclusions and future trends for M2M standardization
- 3: Overview of 3GPP machine-type communication standardization
  - Abstract
  - 3.1 Introduction
  - 3.2 Pros and cons of M2M over cellular
  - 3.3 MTC standardization in 3GPP
  - 3.4 Concluding remarks
- 4: Lower-power wireless mesh networks for machine-to-machine communications using the IEEE802.15.4 standard
  - Abstract
  - Acknowledgments
  - 4.1 Introduction
  - 4.2 The origins
  - 4.3 Challenges of low-power mesh networking
  - 4.4 The past
  - 4.5 The present
  - 4.6 The future
  - 4.7 Conclusion
- 5: M2M interworking technologies and underlying market considerations
  - Abstract
  - 5.1 Interworking technologies for M2M communication networks: introduction
  - 5.2 A panorama of heterogeneous technologies
  - 5.3 From capillary to IP networks
  - 5.4 Going up to the M2M cloud
  - 5.5 M2M market as internetworking enabler
  - 5.6 Future trends
- 6: Weightless machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless technology using TV white space: developing a standard
  - Abstract
  - 6.1 Why a new standard is needed
  - 6.2 The need for spectrum
  - 6.3 TV white space as a solution
  - 6.4 Designing a new technology to fit M2M and white space
  - 6.5 Weightless: the standard designed for M2M in shared spectrum
  - 6.6 Establishing a standards body
  - 6.7 Conclusions
- 7: Supporting machine-to-machine communications in long-term evolution networks
  - Abstract
  - Acknowledgments
  - 7.1 Introduction to M2M in LTE
  - 7.2 Main technical challenges and existing solutions
  - 7.3 Integrating MTC traffic into a human-centric system: a techno-economic perspective
  - 7.4 Business implications for MTC in LTE
  - 7.5 Conclusions
Part Two: Access, scheduling, mobility and security protocols
- 8: Traffic models for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications: types and applications
  - Abstract
  - 8.1 Introduction
  - 8.2 Generic methodology for traffic modeling
  - 8.3 M2M traffic modeling
  - 8.4 Model fitting from recorded traffic
  - 8.5 Conclusions
- 9: Random access procedures and radio access network (RAN) overload control in standard and advanced long-term evolution (LTE and LTE-A) networks
  - Abstract
  - Acknowledgments
  - 9.1 Introduction
  - 9.2 E-UTRAN access reservation protocol
  - 9.3 Extended access barring protocol
  - 9.4 Alternative E-UTRAN load control principles
  - 9.5 Overview of core network challenges and solutions for load control
  - 9.6 Ongoing 3GPP work on load control
  - 9.7 Resilience to overload through protocol re-engineering
  - 9.8 Conclusion
- 10: Packet scheduling strategies for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications over long-term evolution (LTE) cellular networks
  - Abstract
  - 10.1 State of the art in M2M multiple access in legacy cellular systems
  - 10.2 Signaling and scheduling limitations for M2M over LTE
  - 10.3 Existing approaches for M2M scheduling over LTE
  - 10.4 Novel approaches for M2M scheduling over LTE
  - 10.5 Technology innovations and challenges for M2M scheduling over wireless networks beyond 2020
  - 10.6 Conclusions
- 11: Mobility management for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
  - Abstract
  - Acknowledgments
  - 11.1 Introduction
  - 11.2 Use cases for M2M mobility
  - 11.3 Challenges of M2M mobility
  - 11.4 Infrastructure considerations for mobility in M2M
  - 11.5 State-of-the-art solutions
  - 11.6 Summary and conclusions
- 12: Advanced security taxonomy for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications in 5G capillary networks
  - Abstract
  - 12.1 Introduction
  - 12.2 System architecture
  - 12.3 System assets
  - 12.4 Security threats
  - 12.5 Types of attacks
  - 12.6 Layers under attack
  - 12.7 Security services
  - 12.8 Security protocols and algorithms
  - 12.9 Concluding remarks
- 13: Establishing security in machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices and services
  - Abstract
  - 13.1 Introduction
  - 13.2 Requirements and constraints for establishing security in M2M communications
  - 13.3 Trust models in M2M ecosystems
  - 13.4 Protecting credentials through their lifetime in M2M systems
  - 13.5 Security bootstrap in the M2M system
  - 13.6 Bridging M2M security to the last mile: from WAN to LAN
  - 13.7 Conclusion
Part Three: Network optimization for M2M communications
- 14: Group-based optimization of large groups of devices in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications networks
  - Abstract
  - 14.1 Introduction
  - 14.2 Mobile network optimizations for groups of M2M devices
  - 14.3 Managing large groups of M2M subscriptions
  - 14.4 Group-based messaging
  - 14.5 Policy control for groups of M2M devices
  - 14.6 Groups and group identifiers
  - 14.7 Conclusions
- 15: Optimizing power saving in cellular networks for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
  - Abstract
  - 15.1 Introduction
  - 15.2 Extended idle mode for M2M devices
  - 15.3 Paging idle-mode M2M device in a power-efficient manner
  - 15.4 Power saving for uplink data transmission
  - 15.5 Conclusions
- 16: Increasing power efficiency in long-term evolution (LTE) networks for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
  - Abstract
  - 16.1 Introduction
  - 16.2 M2M scenarios
  - 16.3 3GPP status and work
  - 16.4 Introduction to basic LTE procedures
  - 16.5 UE power consumption in LTE
  - 16.6 Discussion and conclusion
- 17: Energy and delay performance of machine-type communications (MTC) in long-term evolution-advanced (LTE-A)
  - Abstract
  - 17.1 Introduction
  - 17.2 Technology background
  - 17.3 Analytic performance assessment
  - 17.4 Performance assessment via simulation
  - 17.5 Numerical results
  - 17.6 Conclusion and further research directions
  - Appendix
Part Four: Business models and applications
- 18: Business models for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
  - Abstract
  - 18.1 Introduction
  - 18.2 An overview of M2M from a commercial perspective
  - 18.3 A brief history of M2M
  - 18.4 The potential for M2M
  - 18.5 The benefits of M2M
  - 18.6 Business models for M2M
  - 18.7 The return on investment
- 19: Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications for smart cities
  - Abstract
  - 19.1 Introduction
  - 19.2 Smart city technologies
  - 19.3 M2M smart city platform
  - 19.4 Financing M2M deployments in smart cities
  - 19.5 The ten smart city challenges
  - 19.6 Conclusions
- 20: Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications for e-health applications
  - Abstract
  - Acknowledgments
  - 20.1 Introduction
  - 20.2 M2M network architecture
  - 20.3 Enabling wireless technologies: standards and proprietary solutions
  - 20.4 End-to-end solutions for M2M communication: connectivity and security
  - 20.5 Existing projects
  - 20.6 Concluding remarks
Index