Efficient Data Forwarding for Machine Type Communications in Internet of Things Networks

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">Setting</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cell bandwidth</td><td class="align_center">5 MHz</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PRACH configuration index</td><td class="align_center">6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total number of preambles</td><td class="align_center">64</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Maximum number of preamble transmissions</td><td class="align_center">10</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of uplink grants <br/>per Random Access Response</td><td class="align_center">3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of Control Channel Elements allocated for Physical Downlink Control Channel</td><td class="align_center">16</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of Control Channel Elements per Physical Downlink Control Channel</td><td class="align_center">4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ra-ResponseWindowSize</td><td class="align_center">5 subframes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">mac-ContentionResolutionTimer</td><td class="align_center">48 subframes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Backoff indicator</td><td class="align_center">20 ms</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Simulation parameters for RACH in LTE FDD (Frequency-Division Duplex).

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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