On the Use of Information and Infrastructure Technologies for the Smart City Research in Europe: A Survey

Juan Ramón SANTANA; Martino MAGGIO; Roberto DI BERNARDO; Pablo SOTRES; Luis SÁNCHEZ; Luis MUÑOZ

doi:10.1587/transcom.2017ITI0001

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On the Use of Information and Infrastructure Technologies for the Smart City Research in Europe: A Survey

Juan Ramón SANTANA, Martino MAGGIO, Roberto DI BERNARDO, Pablo SOTRES, Luis SÁNCHEZ, Luis MUÑOZ

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The Smart City paradigm has become one of the most important research topics around the globe. Particularly in Europe, it is considered as a solution for the unstoppable increase of high density urban environments and the European Commission has included the Smart City research as one of the key objectives for the FP7 (Seventh Framework Program) and H2020 (Horizon 2020) research initiatives. As a result, a considerable amount of quality research, with particular emphasis on information and communication technologies, has been produced. In this paper, we review the current efforts dedicated in Europe to this research topic. Particular attention is paid in the review to the platforms and infrastructure technologies adopted to introduce the Internet of Things into the city, taking into account the constraints and harshness of urban environments. Furthermore, this paper also considers the efforts in the experimental perspective, which includes the review of existing Smart City testbeds, part of wider European initiatives such as FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) and FIWARE. Last but not least, the main efforts in providing interoperability between the different experimental facilities are also presented.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E101-B No.1 pp.2-15

Publication Date: 2018/01/01

Publicized: 2017/07/05

Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.2017ITI0001

Type of Manuscript: INVITED SURVEY PAPER

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Juan Ramón SANTANA
  University of Cantabria
Martino MAGGIO
  Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA
Roberto DI BERNARDO
  Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA
Pablo SOTRES
  University of Cantabria
Luis SÁNCHEZ
  University of Cantabria
Luis MUÑOZ
  University of Cantabria

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Internet of things, Smart City, Horizon 2020, 7th Framework Program, FIWARE, FIRE

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Juan Ramón SANTANA, Martino MAGGIO, Roberto DI BERNARDO, Pablo SOTRES, Luis SÁNCHEZ, Luis MUÑOZ, "On the Use of Information and Infrastructure Technologies for the Smart City Research in Europe: A Survey" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E101-B, no. 1, pp. 2-15, January 2018, doi: 10.1587/transcom.2017ITI0001.
Abstract: The Smart City paradigm has become one of the most important research topics around the globe. Particularly in Europe, it is considered as a solution for the unstoppable increase of high density urban environments and the European Commission has included the Smart City research as one of the key objectives for the FP7 (Seventh Framework Program) and H2020 (Horizon 2020) research initiatives. As a result, a considerable amount of quality research, with particular emphasis on information and communication technologies, has been produced. In this paper, we review the current efforts dedicated in Europe to this research topic. Particular attention is paid in the review to the platforms and infrastructure technologies adopted to introduce the Internet of Things into the city, taking into account the constraints and harshness of urban environments. Furthermore, this paper also considers the efforts in the experimental perspective, which includes the review of existing Smart City testbeds, part of wider European initiatives such as FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) and FIWARE. Last but not least, the main efforts in providing interoperability between the different experimental facilities are also presented.
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