Wireless Sensor Networks and Smart Cities
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 321
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging networks and applications; wireless networks; smart cities; internet of things; embedded systems; discrete event systems; automation
Interests: industrial communication systems; dependability/performability modeling and evaluation; safety-critical systems; wireless networks; smart cities; embedded systems
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Dear Colleagues,
The ever-growing population of cities allied with the rapid unorganized urbanization process has brought troubling issues to the entire world. As an extenuating aspect, smart city solutions have emerged to mitigate the impacts caused in different scenarios, such as public safety, public health, traffic management, sustainable resource management, and pollution control. With new communication standards (especially over the Internet) and the development of affordable, low-power electronic devices with embedded capabilities for sensing, smart city solutions are commonly leveraged by employing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Thus, WSNs can be seen as tools to promote distributed data gathering and processing and the efficient exchange of assertive information from diverse urban environments. As a consequence, decisions can be made more quickly and accurately to foster well-being and make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, as expected by the United Nations agenda for 2030. In this context, this Special Issue will discuss this trending topic and compile solutions to classical and new emerging challenges in diverse urban applications, aiming to enhance performance, optimize resources, reduce waste, consumption, and costs, and most importantly, improve the quality of life of citizens.
Dr. Thiago C. Jesus
Dr. Paulo Portugal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart mobility and transportation
- smart energy systems
- smart grid
- smart health and well-being
- smart emergency management
- data security and privacy
- intelligent infrastructure
- reliability, availability, and robustness of sensor networks
- emerging applications of WSNs in smart cities
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