Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications

* List of contributors* Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials*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