Smart City Applications of Sensor Networks and Intelligent Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Today, we live in a global world where people and objects are increasingly interconnected, regardless of their geographical location. Buildings, cities, vehicles, smartphones, and other devices are already equipped with digital sensors capable of recording large amounts of data. Sensor systems represent a fundamental element of the information age in which we live. Due to these systems, we are able to measure the real world and obtain precise values that were impossible to measure before. These new data have brought about a revolution in how users interact with the environment and provide new intelligent services.

The city plays a fundamental role in providing the basic infrastructure and access to the data necessary to manage these new intelligent services. The city can actively work toward the creation of an ecosystem from which citizens, companies, and society can benefit.

We therefore assume that the futures of our cities depend on technological investment in new infrastructure and global platforms that provide the basis for the development of smart services. Among these key technologies when designing advanced cities and environments, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), wireless communication systems, big data and services in the cloud or cloud services can be highlighted. All are fundamental elements when conceptualizing the nearest future in intelligent systems for urban environments or smart cities.

The IoT concept is one of the most used in recent years to refer to all those connected devices that make up smart environments. One of the main problems with IoT environments is the amount of data collected by their devices. These data are generally sent to central cloud servers where they are analyzed to obtain derived information or activate certain events. For this reason, concepts such as edge computing or fog computing have emerged that seek to change the passive behavior of IoT nodes and make devices an active part of the system. By equipping these devices with data analysis mechanisms, data are processed closer to where they are created instead of being sent over long distances to reach external data centers.

In this Special Issue, we look for studies that focus on innovative and disruptive solutions focused on wireless sensor networks and IoT environments in smart cities. This Special Issue invites industry and academic researchers in computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and communications engineering, as well as engineers and professionals from the ICT industry, to contribute original articles on all aspects of the wireless sensor network and IoT systems for smart cities.

Dr. Jordi Mongay Batalla
Dr. Daniel H. De La Iglesia
Guest Editors

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