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This two-part paper considers an uplink massive device communication scenario in which a large number of devices are connected to a base-station (BS), but user traffic is sporadic so that in any given coherence interval, only a subset of…
This paper studies the device activity detection problem in a multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, in which the active devices transmit signature sequences to multiple base stations (BSs) that are connected to a…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is large-scale by nature, which is manifested by the massive number of connected devices as well as their vast spatial existence. Cellular networks, which provide ubiquitous, reliable, and efficient wireless…
Jointly optimizing power allocation and device association is crucial in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks to ensure devices achieve their data throughput requirements. Device association, which assigns IoT devices to specific access points…
Energy harvesting is a promising technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) towards the goal of self-sustainability of the involved devices. However, the intermittent and unreliable nature of the harvested energy demands an intelligent…
Recently, grant-free transmission paradigm has been introduced for massive Internet of Things (IoT) networks to save both time and bandwidth and transmit the message with low latency. In order to accurately decode the message of each device…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is large-scale by nature. This is not only manifested by the large number of connected devices, but also by the high volumes of traffic that must be accommodated. Cellular networks are indeed a natural candidate…
IoT devices particularly microcontrollers are challenged by their inherent limitations in processing capabilities, memory capacity, and energy conservation. Securing communication within IoT networks is further complicated by the…
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications involve real-time monitoring, detection, and data analysis. This is challenged by the intermittent activity of IIoT devices (IIoTDs) and their limited battery capacity. Indeed, the former…
Besides enabling an enhanced mobile broadband, next generation of mobile networks (5G) are envisioned for the support of massive connectivity of heterogeneous Internet of Things (IoT)s. These IoTs are envisioned for a large number of…
With its growing number of deployed devices and applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) raises significant challenges for network maintenance procedures. In this work we address a problem of active fault detection in an IoT scenario,…
Driven by the rapid growth of Internet of Things applications, tremendous data need to be collected by sensors and uploaded to the servers for further process. As a promising solution, mobile crowd sensing enables controllable sensing and…
This paper provides a solution for the activity detection and channel estimation problem in grant-free access with correlated device activity patterns. In particular, we consider a machine-type communications (MTC) network operating in…
Millions of vulnerable consumer IoT devices in home networks are the enabler for cyber crimes putting user privacy and Internet security at risk. Internet service providers (ISPs) are best poised to play key roles in mitigating risks by…
The human activity recognition in the IoT environment plays the central role in the ambient assisted living, where the human activities can be represented as a concatenated event stream generated from various smart objects. From the…
IoT device identification plays an important role in monitoring and improving the performance and security of IoT devices. Compared to traditional non-IoT devices, IoT devices provide us with both unique challenges and opportunities in…
Pervasive applications over large-scale, distributed embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) demand precise coordination with the network; for example, several such applications, like collaborative video streaming and live…
Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are low size, weight and power (SWaP), low complexity and include sensors, meters, wearables and trackers. Transmitting information with high signal power is exacting on device battery life, therefore an…
Nowadays, IoT devices have been widely deployed for enabling various smart services, such as, smart home or e-healthcare. However, security remains as one of the paramount concern as many IoT devices are vulnerable. Moreover, IoT malware…
In this paper, a real-time Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring system is considered in which the IoT devices are scheduled to sample underlying physical processes and send the status updates to a common destination. In a real-world IoT, due…