Author:Khumalo, N; Oyerinde, O; Mfupe, Luzango PDate:Sep 2019The fifth generation (5G) of wireless network ecosystem which is expected to be deployed in 2020 promises to provide higher speeds, higher capacity and lower latency than the current mobile networks. 5G also promises to revolutionise the ...Read more
Author:Madhoo, H; Khatri, A; Willemse, T; Oosthuizen, D; Coetzee, LDate:Apr 2015The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a concept where animate and inanimate objects have the ability to collect and exchange data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Through the utilisation of IoT and ...Read more
Author:Olatinwo, DD; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Mar 2021This study proposes a hybrid MAC protocol that can efficiently and effectively optimize the communication channel access of a WBAN multi-class system. The proposed protocol consists of two major processes that include the contention phase ...Read more