Machine-Type Communication (MTC)

Machine-Type Communication (MTC) denotes the broad area of wireless

communication with sensors, actuators, physical objects and other devices not
directly operated by humans. Different types of radio access technologies are
targeting MTC . For Long Term Evolution (LTE), it has emerged as an important
communication mode during the recent standard evolution. The research and
development efforts made to enhance LTE in a way to support MTC clearly
indicate the need for the wireless system architecture to address MTC. As the role
of MTC is expected to grow in the future, there is a good opportunity in the
development of a 5G wireless system to address MTC from the very beginning in
the system design.