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In this work, we consider a random access Internet of Things IoT wireless network assisted by two aggregators collecting information from two disjoint groups of sensors. The nodes and the aggregators are transmitting in a random access…

This paper proposes a hierarchical deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework based on the soft actor-critic (SAC) algorithm for hybrid underlay-overlay cognitive Internet of Things (CIoT) networks with simultaneous wireless information…

Direct-to-satellite (DtS) communication has gained importance recently to support globally connected Internet of things (IoT) networks. However, relatively long distances of densely deployed satellite networks around the Earth cause a high…

The Internet of Things (IoT) has brought new ways for humans and machines to communicate with each other over the internet. Though sensor-driven devices have largely eased our everyday lives, most IoT infrastructures have been suffering…

Feedback transmissions are used to acknowledge correct packet reception, trigger erroneous packet re-transmissions, and adapt transmission parameters (e.g., rate and power). Despite the paramount role of feedback in establishing reliable…

Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications are generating and communicating vast quantities of data, and the rate of data collection is increasing rapidly. These high communication volumes are challenging for energy-constrained,…

In pervasive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the use of short packets is expected to meet the stringent latency requirement in ultra-reliable low-latency communications; however, the incurred security issues and the impact of finite…

In the modern digital world, a user of a smart system remains surrounded with as well as observed by a number of tiny IoT devices round the clock almost everywhere. Unfortunately, the ability of these devices to sense and share various…

Over the recent years, the proliferation of smart devices and their applications has led to a rapid evolution of the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), advancing large scale machine type networks which are characterized by sporadic…

This paper estimates the freshness of the information in a wireless relay communication system that employs simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) operating under ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC)…

This paper considers a cooperative Internet of Things (IoT) system with a source aiming to transmit randomly generated status updates to a designated destination as timely as possible under the help of a relay. We adopt a recently proposed…

NarrowBand-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a new 3GPP radio access technology designed to provide better coverage for a massive number of low-throughput low-cost devices in delay-tolerant applications with low power consumption. To provide…

Nowadays, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most important technologies which enables a variety of connected and intelligent applications in smart cities. The smart decision making process of IoT devices not only relies on…

Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) is a synchronous medium access mode of the IEEE 802.15.4e standard designed for providing low-latency and highly-reliable end-to-end communication. TSCH constructs a communication schedule by combining…

In this paper, we propose a cross-layer scheduling algorithm that achieves a throughput "epsilon-close" to the optimal throughput in multi-hop wireless networks with a tradeoff of O(1/epsilon) in delay guarantees. The algorithm aims to…

In this letters, an energy-efficient integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) for space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN)-based Internet of Things (IoT) systems is proposed to facilitate wide coverage and real-time 6G services. For…

The rising demand for sustainable IoT has promoted the adoption of battery-free devices intermittently powered by ambient energy for sensing. However, the intermittency poses significant challenges in sensing data collection. Despite recent…

This paper investigates the system outage performance of a useful architecture of two-way hybrid visible light communication/radio frequency (VLC/RF) communication using overlay mode of cooperative cognitive radio network (CCRN). The demand…

We introduce hierarchical neighbor graphs, a new architecture for connecting ad hoc wireless nodes distributed in a plane. The structure has the flavor of hierarchical clustering and requires only local knowledge and minimal computation at…

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…