chapter 1. M2M communications in the cyber-physical world : case studies and research challenges / Jiafu Wan, Min Chen, and Victor C.M. Leung -- chapter 2. Architecture and standards for M2M communications / Dejan Drajic, Nemanja Ognjanovic, and Srdjan Krco -- chapter 3. M2M traffic and models / Markus Laner, Navid Nikaein, Dejan Drajic, Philipp Svoboda, Milica Popovic, and Srdjan Krco -- chapter 4. Practical distributed coding for large-scale M2M networks / Yuexing Peng, Yonghui Li, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, and Lei Shu -- chapter 5. Evaluating effectiveness of IEEE 802.15.4 networks for M2M communications / Chao Ma, Jianhua He, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, and Zuoyin Tang -- chapter 6. Reliability of wireless M2M communication networks / Lei Zheng and Lin Cai -- chapter 7. Energy-efficient machine-to-machine networks / Burak Kantarci and Hussein T. Mouftah -- chapter 8. Machine-to-machine communications in the smart grid / Melike Erol-Kantarci and Hussein T. Mouftah -- chapter 9. Intrusion detection system for machine-to-machine communication in the smart grid / Nasim Beigi Mohammadi, Jelena Misic, Vojislav B. Misic, and Hamzeh Khazaei -- chapter 10. M2M interactions paradigm via volunteer computing and mobile crowdsensing / Symeon Papavassiliou, Chrysa Papagianni, Salvatore Distefano, Giovanni Merlino, and Antonio Puliafito.