In the Fifth Generation (5G) wireless standard, the Internet of Things (IoT) will interconnect\nbillions of Machine Type Communications (MTC) devices. Fixed and mobile wearable devices and\nsensors are expected to contribute to the majority of IoT traffic. MTC device mobility has been\nconsidered with three speeds, namely zero (fixed) and medium and high speeds of 30 and 100 kmph.\nDifferent values for device mobility are used to simulate the impact of device mobility on MTC\ntraffic. This work demonstrates the gain of using distributed antennas on MTC traffic in terms of\nspectral efficiency and fairness among MTC devices, which affects the number of devices that can be\nsuccessfully connected. The mutual use of Distributed Base Stations (DBS) with Remote Radio Units\n(RRU) and the adoption of the millimetre wave band, particularly in the 26 GHz range, have been\nconsidered the key enabling technologies for addressing MTC traffic growth. An algorithm has been\nset to schedule this type of traffic and to show whether MTC devices completed their traffic upload\nor failed to reach the margin. The gains of the new architecture have been demonstrated in terms of\nspectral efficiency, data throughput and the fairness index.
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