A survey on 5G networks for the Internet of Things : communication technologies and challenges

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dc.contributor.author Akpakwu, Godfrey Anuga
dc.contributor.author Silva, Bruno
dc.contributor.author Hancke, Gerhard P.
dc.contributor.author Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-06T04:57:10Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-06T04:57:10Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.description.abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising technology which tends to revolutionize and connect the global world via heterogeneous smart devices through seamless connectivity. The current demand for machine-type communications (MTC) has resulted in a variety of communication technologies with diverse service requirements to achieve the modern IoT vision. More recent cellular standards like long-term evolution (LTE) have been introduced for mobile devices but are not well suited for low-power and low data rate devices such as the IoT devices. To address this, there is a number of emerging IoT standards. Fifth generation (5G) mobile network, in particular, aims to address the limitations of previous cellular standards and be a potential key enabler for future IoT. In this paper, the state-of-the-art of the IoT application requirements along with their associated communication technologies are surveyed. In addition, the third generation partnership project cellular-based low-power wide area solutions to support and enable the new service requirements for Massive to Critical IoT use cases are discussed in detail, including extended coverage global system for mobile communications for the Internet of Things, enhanced machine-type communications, and narrowband-Internet of Things. Furthermore, 5G new radio enhancements for new service requirements and enabling technologies for the IoT are introduced. This paper presents a comprehensive review related to emerging and enabling technologies with main focus on 5G mobile networks that is envisaged to support the exponential traf c growth for enabling the IoT. The challenges and open research directions pertinent to the deployment of massive to critical IoT applications are also presented in coming up with an ef cient context-aware congestion control mechanism. en_ZA
dc.description.department Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2018 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship In part by the Department of Research and International Support, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and in part by the Meraka Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa. en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Akpakwu, G.A., Silva, B.J., Hancke, G.P. & Abu-Mahfouz, A.M. 2018, 'A survey on 5G networks for the Internet of Things : communication technologies and challenges', IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 3619-3647. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 2169-3536
dc.identifier.other 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2779844
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66459
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers en_ZA
dc.rights © 2017 IEEE. This is an Open access paper. en_ZA
dc.subject 5G New radio en_ZA
dc.subject Internet of things (IoT) en_ZA
dc.subject Machine-type communications (MTC) en_ZA
dc.subject Fifth generation (5G) en_ZA
dc.subject Wireless telecommunication systems en_ZA
dc.subject Wireless networks en_ZA
dc.subject 5G mobile communication systems en_ZA
dc.subject Queueing networks en_ZA
dc.subject Mobile telecommunication systems en_ZA
dc.subject Long term evolution (LTE) en_ZA
dc.subject Global system for mobile communications en_ZA
dc.subject Service requirements en_ZA
dc.subject Seamless connectivity en_ZA
dc.subject 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) en_ZA
dc.subject Communication technologies en_ZA
dc.subject Enabling technologies en_ZA
dc.title A survey on 5G networks for the Internet of Things : communication technologies and challenges en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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