M2M 2015 - Workshop on M2M Communications: Challenges, Solutions and Applications

Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) or Machine-Type communications (MTC) towards the vision of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and for future 5G systems, where not only humans are connected to humans or the things but also everything is connected to every other object. According to business forecasts, there will be billions of M2M devices that are expected to be connected, and a major portion of them are going to be connected wirelessly. In this regard, M2M communications are expected to open avenues for new type of services and applications such as smart metering, monitoring and control, telemetry, surveillance, healthcare, transportation, and utilities. These applications and services demand further enhancements for communication protocols that are different from the traditional ones used in legacy systems. Novel solutions are needed to efficiently serve a huge number of M2M devices that interact autonomously at a global level. It opens a wide research field for future M2M communications, including research on scalability, reliability, energy-efficiency, wide-area coverage, spectral-efficiency, cost-efficiency, heterogeneity, security, and cooperation. Many research activities have been ongoing both in academia and industry to pave the path towards vast deployment of M2M communications and addressing the challenges mentioned above. In this vein, also many standardization bodies (e.g., 3GPP, ETSI TC M2M, 6LowPAN, IETF, IEEE 802.16p, etc.) have launched activities to support the massive deployment of M2M communications.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from both academia and industry in the forefront of M2M communications to present and debate advanced technologies, techno-economics, and applications.
You are invited to submit your high-quality papers in all areas of M2M Communications. The range of topics addressed by this workshop is wide, including, but not limited to:
New M2M concepts, applications and services
Energy efficiency in M2M Communications
Physical layer requirements for M2M communications
MAC layer requirements for M2M communications
Security, trust and privacy enhancements for M2M
Scalable system architecture and components for M2M communications
Self-organization and autonomous configuration for M2M
Novel traffic modeling and resource/mobility management
Techno-economic models and case study
Mission-critical and massive M2M Communications
Ultra-reliable M2M Communications
M2M test beds and trials
Radio access technologies and protocols
Spectrum management for M2M
M2M communications standards