Communication Technologies for Networked Smart Cities

One of the crucial challenges for future smart cities is to devise a citywide network infrastructure capable of effectively guaranteeing resource-efficient and reliable communications while managing the complexity of heterogeneous devices and access technologies. This edited book highlights and showcases state of the art research and innovations in 5G and beyond wireless communications technologies for connected smart cities. The main objectives of this work include the exploration of recent advances and application potentials of various communication technologies as promising enablers for future networked smart cities, the investigation of design-specific issues for the integration of different architectural components of smart cities, and addressing various challenges and identifying opportunities in terms of interoperability of potential solutions.

The book is aimed at a core and interdisciplinary audience of engineers, researchers and professionals working on smart cities concepts and supporting the integration of next-generation information, communication, networking and sensing technologies. It will also be a very useful ancillary for advanced students and other professionals working on next-generation communication networks.

Shree Krishna Sharma is currently a research scientist at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University, Canada. He has (co-)authored more than 100 scientific papers. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has been an associate editor for IEEE Access journal. He is lead editor of the IET book Satellite Communications in the 5G Era.

Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody is a professor at the School of Computer Science & Robotics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is also Head of Infocom Lab, TPU, Russia and Head, Centre for Telecommunication Research, SLTC, Sri Lanka. He has edited 2 books and published over 170 international peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. He is an Area Editor for PHYCOM and MDPI Information & Sensors.

Symeon Chatzinotas is a full professor, the chief scientist I and co-head of the research group SIGCOM in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg. He has (co-)authored more than 400 technical papers. He is in the editorial board of the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology and the International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking. He is co-editor of the IET book Satellite Communications in the 5G Era.

Alagan Anpalagan is a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada. He has co-authored four edited books and co-chaired several conferences. He is a fellow of the IET and EIC. He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada.