Smart cities based on web semantic technologies

A rapid growth of the wireless communications and heavily occupied spectrum lead to an inevitable interference between the heterogenous systems operating in the same frequency band. Having in mind the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) services and networks and widely present WiFi networks on the one hand, and the fact that these two systems occupy the same 2.4 GHz frequency band on the other hand, it is clear that the control of the interference and the spectrum coordination are of the highest importance. The first step in the interference control is to acquire its properties. Since the simulation of a large IoT network is not entirely possible, due to the numerous factors not known in advance, the interference assessment is performed on the SmartSantander, an IoT testbed, located in Santander, Spain. This paper presents a statistical analysis of the sensor data and describes the interference properties and its influence. These results may be used for the spectrum coordination, together with the neural networks and semantic technologies.

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Are We Building Neighbourhoods With Children in Mind? Results From the Smart Cities, Healthy Kids Study

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e507502013-095 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Nazeem Muhajarine

Keyword(s):

Smart Cities

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Smart Cities as Democratic Ecologies

10.1057/9781137377203 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Keyword(s):

Smart Cities

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Technologies Disability and Inclusion

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY ◽

10.3280/ess1-2018oa6064 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tomas Brusell

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Future Development ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Modern Technology ◽

The Social ◽

The Disabled ◽

Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

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Il ruolo delle reti pubblico-private per l'innovazione dei servizi nelle smart cities

ECONOMIA E DIRITTO DEL TERZIARIO ◽

10.3280/ed2015-001002 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 13-39

Author(s):

Luisa Enrichiello ◽

Alessandra Marasco

Keyword(s):

Smart Cities

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SenCity – Evaluating Users’ Experiences of Intelligent Lighting for Well-Being in Smart Cities

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 60-67

Author(s):

Henrika Pihlajaniemi ◽

Anna Luusua ◽

Eveliina Juntunen

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Well Being ◽

Evaluation Methods ◽

Data Analyses ◽

Sense Of Security ◽

System Data

This paper presents the evaluation of usersХ experiences in three intelligent lighting pilots in Finland. Two of the case studies are related to the use of intelligent lighting in different kinds of traffic areas, having emphasis on aspects of visibility, traffic and movement safety, and sense of security. The last case study presents a more complex view to the experience of intelligent lighting in smart city contexts. The evaluation methods, tailored to each pilot context, include questionnaires, an urban dashboard, in-situ interviews and observations, evaluation probes, and system data analyses. The applicability of the selected and tested methods is discussed reflecting the process and achieved results.

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Zukunftschancen erkennen durch einen erweiterten Medienbegriff

MedienWirtschaft ◽

10.15358/1613-0669-2015-1-35 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 35-39

Author(s):

Alexander Roos

Keyword(s):

Smart Cities ◽

Industrie 4.0

Alexander Roos schließlich geht deutlich weiter, er stellt alle auf digitale Kommunikationsmedien aufbauende Lösungen in das Zentrum seines Begriffsverständnisses und kommt so – zumindest implizit – zu einem ausgeweiteten Verständnis der Medienbranche, das z. B. auch die mediale Ausstattung von Städten („Smart Cities“) und die Nutzung digitaler Medien in der industriellen Produktion („Industrie 4.0“) umfasst.

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