Energy Efficient IoT Data Collection in Smart Cities Exploiting D2D Communications

Fifth Generation (5G) wireless systems are expected to connect an avalanche of “smart” objects disseminated from the largest “Smart City” to the smallest “Smart Home”. In this vision, Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) is deemed to play a fundamental role in the Internet of Things (IoT) arena prov...

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Main Authors: Antonino Orsino, Giuseppe Araniti, Leonardo Militano, Jesus Alonso-Zarate, Antonella Molinaro, Antonio Iera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/836