Research Article

A Multistage Control Mechanism for Group-Based Machine-Type Communications in an LTE System

Table 2

Standardized QCI characteristics [19].

Service classPriorityTypePacket delay budgetPacket error loss rateGuaranteed bit rate

Platinum1Non-GBR100 ms10−6
2GBR100 ms10−2128 kbps
Gold3GBR50 ms10−3858 kbps
4GBR150 ms10−3384 kbps
Silver5GBR300 ms10−6384 kbps
6Non-GBR300 ms10−6
Bronze7Non-GBR100 ms10−3
8Non-GBR300 ms10−6