The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Stavanger, 4021 Stavanger, Norway
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Academic Editors: G G Md Nawaz Ali, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam and Xuejun Li
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5188; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095188
Received: 26 March 2021 / Revised: 29 April 2021 / Accepted: 29 April 2021 / Published: 6 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicular Networks and Sustainability)
A smart city is an urban area that collects data using various electronic methods and sensors. Smart cities rely on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and aim to improve the quality of services by managing public resources and focusing on comfort, maintenance, and sustainability. The fifth generation (5G) of wireless mobile communication enables a new kind of communication network to connect everyone and everything. 5G will profoundly impact economies and societies as it will provide the necessary communication infrastructure required by various smart city applications. Intelligent Transporting System (ITS) is one of the many smart city applications that can be realized via 5G technology. The paper aims to discuss the impact and implications of 5G on ITS from various dimensions. Before this, the paper presents an overview of the technological context and the economic benefits of the 5G and how key vertical industries will be affected in a smart city, i.e., energy, healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, and automotive and public transport. Afterward, 5G for ITS is introduced in more detail.
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Keywords:
5G applications; autonomous vehicle; Internet of Things; intelligent transportation system; smart cities; sustainability; V2X; wireless communication
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Gohar, A.; Nencioni, G. The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095188
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Gohar A, Nencioni G. The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System. Sustainability. 2021; 13(9):5188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095188
Chicago/Turabian StyleGohar, Ali, and Gianfranco Nencioni. 2021. "The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095188
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