Acronym · Analog, RF & Mixed-Signal
mMTC (Massive machine-type communications)
One of the three usage scenarios ITU defined for 5G (IMT-2020), covering very large numbers of low-power, low-data-rate devices such as sensors and meters. ITU's minimum requirement is a connection density of one million devices per square kilometre.
- Also known as
- Massive machine-type communications, Massive IoT, mIoT
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Analog, RF & Mixed-Signal, Wireless technology
Notes
Primary source: Report ITU-R M.2410-0 (11/2017). McKinsey on Semiconductors, No. 9, March 2024, p. 37, calls it massive IoT.
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