An Investigation of the Policies and Crucial Sectors of Smart Cities Based on IoT Application

Abstract

As smart cities (SCs) emerge, the Internet of Things (IoT) is able to simplify more sophisticated and ubiquitous applications employed within these cities. In this regard, we investigate seven predominant sectors including the environment, public transport, utilities, street lighting, waste management, public safety, and smart parking that have a great effect on SC development. Our findings show that for the environment sector, cleaner air and water systems connected to IoT-driven sensors are used to detect the amount of CO2, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen to monitor air quality and to detect water leakage and pH levels. For public transport, IoT systems help traffic management and prevent train delays, for the utilities sector IoT systems are used for reducing overall bills and related costs as well as electricity consumption management. For the street-lighting sector, IoT systems are used for better control of streetlamps and saving energy associated with urban street lighting. For waste management, IoT systems for waste collection and gathering of data regarding the level of waste in the container are effective. In addition, for public safety these systems are important in order to prevent vehicle theft and smartphone loss and to enhance public safety. Finally, IoT systems are effective in reducing congestion in cities and helping drivers to find vacant parking spots using intelligent smart parking.

Intelligent Feature Engineering Based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Network Security

“…IoT technologies are now seen as a 'must-have' in emerging smart cities across the globe. Today, a sensor network can be used to monitor the air quality of an area, manage traffic during rush hours, keep track of energy/water usage in every home, automate street lighting, optimize waste management, enhance public safety, and even help drivers find parking more efficiently [16]. Aside from improving our quality of life, these networks also generate a large amount of data around the clock.…”

“…These constraints establish the need for low-power networks that can transfer small amounts of data continuously, known as IoT networks. In recent years, IoT networks have been incorporated into industrial plants, healthcare facilities, logistics frameworks, and several other high-impact applications [16]. As such, the data being exchanged over them is sensitive and must be secured.…”

Smart Energy Public Street Lighting System

“…This monitoring and control system are carried out by utilizing a technology called the Internet of Things (IoT) which can control a public street lighting lamp from one location or control center wirelessly using internet connection facilities either via a mobile network (3G/4G) or other internet connections. As smart cities (SCs) emerge, the Internet of Things (IoT) can simplify more sophisticated and ubiquitous applications employed within these cities [7]. Monitoring the public street lighting system will greatly assist the government, be it provincial, city, district, or non-government in monitoring the condition of installed public street lighting and arranging for these public street lighting lamps to work optimally and efficiently.…”

Analysis of Employees’ Competencies in the Context of Industry 4.0

“…The fourth industrial revolution has initiated many changes in production companies concerning the technologies or solutions that directly affect an organisation, including the workforce [2][3][4]. The increasingly widespread use of technologies such as the Internet of Things [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15], cyber-physical systems [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] or artificial intelligence [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] causes not only technological development but also social and personal changes [34]. In connection with the development of Industry 4.0, there is also a growing demand for unprecedented employee competencies, which are becoming necessary in the efficient management of companies.…”