The Role of Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities: Technology

Roadmap-oriented Approaches
Name : Sarah Saad Salama
ID : 441670357
01 Introduction 02 Basic concept of
smart city.

03
Key services for
IoT technologies 04 TRMs
in a smart city

05 Describe the results 06 results

Implications of the

07 Conclusions

Outline
 Introduction
Since the concept of a smart city was introduced, IoT has been
considered the key infrastructure in a smart city.
What is a smart city?
The term «smart city» refers to the combination and integration
between ICT and urban functions. 
What is the IOT?
A set of technologies for accessing the data collected by various
devices through wireless and wired Internet networks.
What is the basic infrastructure of a smart city?
Various sensors, support technologies, and background
environments are essential. Among them, the Internet of Things
is considered one of the most important aspects for the
successful implementation of a smart city.

This study describes the importance of IoT technologies in a

smart city. It is interesting because, although IoT has been
considered the key infrastructure in a smart city.
But there are no detailed explanations of the technical
contributions of IoT in smart cities.
IoT components and devices used
in smart cities

2017 About 1.6 billion IoT components and devices were

used in smart cities

2018 about 3.3 billion IoT components.

 The basic concept
of a smart city
Purpose • Environmental sustainability e.g., energy efficiency.
• Economic needs e.g., healthcare.
• Well-being of citizens e.g., new job creation.

Key industry Smart buildings, smart transportation and so on.

City infrastructure Operation systems, sensor networks, smart devices, control systems, data analysis
etc.
 Key services for IoT technologies in a smart city in the following
industries :
Transportation
 Remote parking management.
 Business fleet management.
 Vehicle telematics.
This service is achieved by using remote control services
Energy
and, generalization of management systems for  Automation of transmission.
transportation vehicles. Also utilizing individual mobile
 Reduction of
devices and distributing connected automobiles with IoT
technologies accommodated energy.

Security
 Home security.
 Protection of children and elderly.
This service is achieved using IOT Architecture and building
technology and devices that support video
and voice telecommunication models  Management and
automation of the buildings.
Healthcare and monitoring This service is achieved using
IoT technologies with
 Smart healthcare infrastructure.
 Smart hospital.
 TRMs
We can consider that this study tests this
statement:
"IoT technologies are important and essential for a
smart city."

And the method in which the test was conducted

(study Method) includes :
employed technology roadmaps for a smart city
environment.
Moreover, a survey with about 200 experts was
conducted.
 Technology roadmaps (TRMs) for smart city :

Classification

Security
Wired and wireless Intelligent Smart building
Smart home Home sensor technology for
home network information home automation and
platform technology smart home and
interworking appliances system
building

Home network Home appliance- Sensor Smart building

Smart home Intelligent IP
connection security communication automation
control platform imagining devices
components technology technology technology

Element Smart building

Home network Smart care
user interaction development Analytical energy
service cloud appliance
platform technology for technology management
technology technology
commercialization technology

Smart building
Information
Home context Home sensor- Sensor fusion and optimization
Market vitalization security
awareness network converging technology for
technology technology using
framework technology technology control and
IoT
management

Open architecture
home service
framework
Based on the core technologies presented in
TRMs, the professors were required to answer the
following :

I. How do you rate the importance and

significance of IoT in successfully developing
this core technology?

II. Is IoT essential and indispensable for this core

technology?
 The results
The results of this study were assigned two
numerical values to each of the core technologies
used in a smart city.
These values ​represent the importance and
essentiality of the Internet of Things in
successfully developing this core technology.

The results of the study were of good significance

because the results were limited to clear numerical
values with definitive connotations.
 Implications of the results
Implications of the results include a focus on the following points :

Importance and essentiality: Importance: Technologies for

Sensor-oriented technologies for network services are considered
wireless networking are considered the most important IoT technologies
the top priority of IoT technologies for a smart city infrastructure e.g.,
for a smart city infrastructure e.g., Smart home cloud server
Wireless sensing technology for the technology.
environment.

Essentiality: Energy-related
technologies are considered the
most essential IoT technologies for
the smart city infrastructure e.g.,
Energy load management
technology.
 Implications of the results
In addition to previous points, there are some challenging aspects
that should also be resolved.

Both appropriate solutions and plans for data

security and privacy should be established.

Because IoT technologies should Huge amounts of data are collected

provide various operating systems, by various IoT technology devices,
which includes low- to high-capacity and this means that technologies for
processors, providing appropriately data categorization and intelligent
distributed resources is one of the analysis should be developed
most important tasks required in because the majority of this data is
devices employing IoT technologies. unstructured.

The current IoT technology services are provided through

independent specialized solutions, which are oriented and operated
within a specific environment. Therefore, compatible integrated
applications for providing various IoT technology services should be
developed and prepared by using appropriate network technologies.
 Conclusions
To realize the concept of a smart city, IoT technologies are
one of the most essential elements in carrying forward
detailed plans of a smart city, and related technologies in
the ICT industry for promoting IoT technologies should be
investigated and developed in parallel. In addition, a data-
oriented smart city infrastructure should be developed and
established.

Reference
ID Eunil Park , Angel P. del Pobil and Sang Jib Kwon , The
Role of Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities: Technology
Roadmap-oriented Approaches, 2018