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Internet of Things for Smart Cities

Technologies, Big Data and Security

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  • © 2019

Overview

  • Provides an insight of different aspects of smart cities, challenges and common IoT solutions for future cities
  • Provides an overview of the general classification of communication protocols for IoT networks with the analysis of the technical details, and specific advantages and limitations of different protocol
  • Presents an overview of big data analytics, storage and processing in the context of the IoT paradigm
  • Presents a profit maximization approach for EV charge scheduling in smart distribution systems by considering the cost and speed of charging at the charging stations
  • Provides an overview of the use of blockchain technology for IoT

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BRIEFSELECTRIC)

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About this book

This book introduces the concept of smart city as the potential solution to the challenges created by urbanization. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers novel features with minimum human intervention in smart cities. This book describes different components of Internet of Things (IoT) for smart cities including sensor technologies, communication technologies, big data analytics and security.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada

    Waleed Ejaz

  • Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

    Alagan Anpalagan

About the authors

Waleed Ejaz is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at

Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada.      

 

Alagan Anpalagan is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, at Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada.       

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