Research Article

Wireless Communication Technologies for IoT in 5G: Vision, Applications, and Challenges

Table 4

Statistics of recently proposed IoT applications based on communication technologies in 5G.

Ref. noTechnologyApplication domainCase study: Key focus

[31]SigFoxAgricultureThis proposal aims to design an autonomous IoT sensor to collect data in smart agriculture based on the solar energy system.
[32]SigFoxCity, industry, building, home, trafficThis research evaluates the performance of the SigFox communication protocol under different scale and density conditions.
[33]SigFoxCity, environmentThis research deployed a network system in the real world at 311 locations of Brno city to measure the real performance of SigFox.
[34]LoRaCity, environment, healthcare, agricultureThis research designs and deployment a LoRa network for performance improvement, flexible, and reduced cost.
[35]LoRaBuildingThis research real deployed a LoRa mesh system on a university campus to consider the real system performance.
[36]LoRaIndustryThis research introduced a medium access strategy for LoRA, called RT-LoRa, to reduce service response time for real-time IIoT applications based on LoRa communication protocol.
[37]Wi-FiHomeThis research introduced the AAC mechanism at the Wi-Fi access point to reduce service response time for home Wi-Fi IoT applications.
[38]Wi-FiHomeThis research introduced the Wi-Fi IoT access point (Wiotap) to address saving energy and reducing delay for home IoT applications.
[39]Wi-FiHomeThis research introduced a tracking and location IoT solution based on Wi-Fi to improve accuracy and reduce delay indoor environments.
[40]ZigBeeSecurity IoT networksThis research designs a ZigBee receiver against jamming attacks for IoT networks based on MIMO technology.
[41]ZigBeeSecurity IoT networksThis research proposes a new security schema based on a timestamp against ability reply attacks in the ZigBee-based IoT networks.
[42]ZigBeeEnvironmentThis research designs an IoT sensor that combines two communication modules, ZigBee and LoRa, to improve energy consumption and performance.
[43]NB-IoTIoT ecosystemsThis research designs a prototype NB-IoT network based on open source for IoT in 5G applications.
[44]NB-IoTIoT ecosystemsThis research introduced a scheduling schema to improve the NB-IoT protocol to enhance performance.
[45]NB-IoTIoT ecosystemsThis research presents how to design the physical layer of the NB-IoT device according to 3GPP.