Research Article

An Improved LTE RACH Protocol for M2M Applications

Table 3

The 3 GPP recommended traffic model [16].

ParameterSetting

Number of MDs5 K, 10 K, and 30 K only (however we run the simulation on 1 K, 2 K, …, 30 K)
Arrival distributionBeta distribution over
Distribution period ()10 sec