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The relentless development of the Internet of Things (IoT) communication technologies and the gradual maturity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have led to a powerful cognitive computing ability. Users can now access efficient and convenient…
In the wake of disruptive IoT technologies generating massive amounts of diverse data, Machine Learning (ML) will play a crucial role in bringing intelligence to Internet of Things (IoT) networks. This paper provides a comprehensive…
Towards realizing an intelligent networked society, enabling low-cost low-energy connectivity for things, also known as Internet of Things (IoT), is of crucial importance. While the existing wireless access networks require centralized…
NarrowBand-IoT has just joined the LPWAN community. Unlike most of its competitors, NB-IoT did not emerge from a blank slate. Indeed, it is closely linked to LTE, from which it inherits many of the features that undoubtedly determine its…
The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart agriculture has transformed farming practices by enabling real time monitoring, data-driven decision making, and automation. However, ensuring reliable connectivity in diverse…
Multiple LPWANs have been rolled out to support the variety of IoT applications that are crucial to the ongoing digital transformation. These networks vary largely in terms of quality-of-service, throughput and energy-efficiency. To cover…
Large geographical regions of our planet remain uncovered by terrestrial network connections. Sparse and dense constellations of near-Earth orbit satellites can bridge this gap by providing Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity on a…
We consider a novel ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) architecture design for uplink transmission of a massive number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices over multiple multiplexing bands. An IoT device can randomly…
The broad range of requirements of Internet of Things applications has lead to the development of several dedicated communication technologies, each tailored to meet a specific feature set. A solution combining different wireless…
During the initial years of its inception, the Internet was widely used for transferring data packets between users and respective data sources by using IP addresses. With the advancements in technology, the Internet has been used to share…
Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) are evolving as an enabling technology for Internet-of-Things (IoT) due to their capability of communicating over long distances at very low transmission power. Existing LPWAN technologies, however,…
Connectivity is probably the most basic building block of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Up to know, the two main approaches to provide data access to the \emph{things} have been based either on multi-hop mesh networks using…
This paper presents a comprehensive framework designed to facilitate the widespread deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) for enhanced monitoring and optimization of Water Distribution Systems (WDSs). The framework aims to investigate…
LoraWAN has turned out to be one of the most successful frameworks in IoT devices. Real world scenarios demand the use of such networks along with a robust stream processing application layer. To maintain the exactly once processing…
LoRaWAN is a compelling low-cost solution for large-scale indoor Internet of Things (IoT) data backhaul, owing to its strong penetration capability and low power consumption. However, its default pure ALOHA access mechanism leads to severe…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that aims to connect heterogeneous and constrained objects to each other and to the Internet. It has grown significantly in a wide variety of applications such as smart homes, smart…
Microlocation plays a key role in the transformation of traditional buildings into smart infrastructure. Microlocation is the process of locating any entity with a very high accuracy, possibly in centimeters. Such technologies require high…
Several Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications provide location-based services, wherein it is critical to obtain accurate position estimates by aggregating information from individual sensors. In the recently proposed narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)…
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are expected to play an important role in the deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the major advantages of LPWAN is the low power consumption characteristics which allow devices to be…