Network Architecture and QoS Issues in the Internet of Things for a Smart City

Abstract

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) that effectively integrates cyber-physical space to create smart environments will undoubtedly have a plethora of applications in the near future. Meanwhile, it is also the key technological enabler to create smart cities, which will provide great benefits to our society. In this paper, four different IoT network architectures spanning various smart city applications are presented and their corresponding network Quality of Service (QoS) requirements are defined. Furthermore, as the beneficiary of smart city, we have the responsibility to actively participate in its development as well. A new network paradigm, participatory sensing, is thus discussed as a special case to highlight the way people may be involved in the information acquisition-transmission-interpretation-action loop.

Meeting Name

2012 International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, ISCIT 2012 (2012: Oct. 2-5, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia)

Department(s)

Computer Science

Keywords and Phrases

Internet of Things; Network Architecture; Participatory Sensing; Quality of Services; Smart Cities

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-146731157-1

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Oct 2012

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