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Title Combining Cloud and sensors in a smart city environment
ID_Doc 40251
Authors Mitton, N; Papavassiliou, S; Puliafito, A; Trivedi, KS
Title Combining Cloud and sensors in a smart city environment
Year 2012
Published
DOI 10.1186/1687-1499-2012-247
Abstract In the current worldwide ICT scenario, a constantly growing number of ever more powerful devices (smartphones, sensors, household appliances, RFID devices, etc.) join the Internet, significantly impacting the global traffic volume (data sharing, voice, multimedia, etc.) and foreshadowing a world of (more or less) smart devices, or "things" in the Internet of Things (IoT) perspective. Heterogeneous resources can be aggregated and abstracted according to tailored thing-like semantics, thus enabling Things as a Service paradigm, or better a "Cloud of Things". In the Future Internet initiatives, sensor networks will assume even more of a crucial role, especially for making smarter cities. Smarter sensors will be the peripheral elements of a complex future ICT world. However, due to differences in the "appliances" being sensed, smart sensors are very heterogeneous in terms of communication technologies, sensing features and elaboration capabilities. This article intends to contribute to the design of a pervasive infrastructure where new generation services interact with the surrounding environment, thus creating new opportunities for contextualization and geo-awareness. The architecture proposal is based on Sensor Web Enablement standard specifications and makes use of the Contiki Operating System for accomplishing the IoT. Smart cities are assumed as the reference scenario.
Author Keywords Internet of Things; sensor networks; Cloud computing; smart cities
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000314187400001
WoS Category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications
Research Area Engineering; Telecommunications
PDF https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1687-1499-2012-247
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