Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications: A survey

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• 作者：Pawan Kumar Verma^a ; ^{pvmnnit@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Rajesh Verma^b ; ^{rajeshvermav1@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Arun Prakash^a ; ^{arun@mnnit.ac.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ashish Agrawal^d ; ^{aka2k8@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Kshirasagar Naik^c ; ^{snaik@uwaterloo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Rajeev Tripathi^a ; ^{rt@mnnit.ac.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Maazen Alsabaan^e ; ^{malsabaan@ksu.edu.sa" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Tarek Khalifa^f ; ^{tarek_alwazni@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Tamer Abdelkader^g ; ^{tammabde@cis.asu.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Abdulhakim Abogharaf^c ; ^{ajabogha@uwaterloo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Machine-to-Machine communication ; Ubiquitous ; Automation ; Self-orientation ; Self-configuration ; Quality of Service
• 刊名：Journal of Network and Computer Applications
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：66
• 期：Complete
• 页码：83-105
• 全文大小：1308 K

文摘

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication is a promising technology for next generation communication systems. This communication paradigm facilitates ubiquitous communications with full mechanical automation, where a large number of intelligent devices connected by wired/wireless links, interact with each other without direct human intervention. As a result, M2M communication finds applications in wide areas such as smart grids, e-healthcare, home area networks, intelligent transportation systems, environmental monitoring, smart cities, and industrial automation. However, distinctive features in M2M communications form different challenges from those in human-to-human communications. These challenges need to be addressed, or otherwise it is not easy for this paradigm to gain trust of people. To understand M2M communications deeply, this paper presents a comprehensive review of M2M communication technology in terms of its system model architecture proposed by different standards developing organizations. This mainly includes 3GPP, ETSI, and oneM2M. Further, we have investigated distinctive features of various M2M applications and their supporting attributes, the M2M data traffic and their characterization, various M2M standardization bodies and their unique tasks, and potential M2M communication challenges and their proposed state-of-the-art solutions, followed by future research directions.