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ToolsMwakwata, Collins Burton, Malik, Hassan, Alam, Muhammad Mahtab, Moullec, Yannick Le, Parand, Sven and Mumtaz, Shahid (2019) Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT): From physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers perspectives. Sensors, 19 (11). ISSN 1424-8220
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Abstract
Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) is a recent cellular radio access technology based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) introduced by Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN). The main aim of NB-IoT is to support massive machine-type communication (mMTC) and enable low-power, low-cost, and low-data-rate communication. NB-IoT is based on LTE design with some changes to meet the mMTC requirements. For example, in the physical (PHY) layer only single-antenna and low-order modulations are supported, and in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layers only one physical resource block is allocated for resource scheduling. The aim of this survey is to provide a comprehensive overview of the design changes brought in the NB-IoT standardization along with the detailed research developments from the perspectives of Physical and MAC layers. The survey also includes an overview of Evolved Packet Core (EPC) changes to support the Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) to manage both IP and non-IP data packets through Control Plane (CP) and User Plane (UP), the possible deployment scenarios of NB-IoT in future Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (HetNet). Finally, existing and emerging research challenges in this direction are presented to motivate future research activities.
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| Additional Information: | Acknowledgments: This project has received funding partly from European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant 668995 and European Union Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Tallinn University of Technology Development Program 2016–2022. This material reflects only the authors’ view and the EC Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 5g,deployment,iot,mac,mmtc,narrowband,nb-iot,phy,survey,analytical chemistry,information systems,atomic and molecular physics, and optics,biochemistry,instrumentation,electrical and electronic engineering ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1602 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2025 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2025 12:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99802 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/s19112613 |
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