Machine-To-Machine (M2M) Communications Architecture, Performance And Applications
Carles Antón‐Haro, Mischa Döhler · 2015
This introductory chapter, by the editors, highlights fundamental concepts related to machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. To this end, the concept and ecosystem of M2M are introduced, with emphasis on connectivity technologies and data flows. Then, the market opportunity is explored where challenges and opportunities are also highlighted. Thereupon, examples of commercial rollouts and deployments, as well as experimentations, are discussed. The standards ecosystem is then explored in great detail, where some references to early research projects are also given. Finally, the rationale of the book is provided with some executive summaries to each chapter included.