Smart cities are an innovate concept for managing urban cities to enhance sustainability and
increase quality of life for citizens. Although urban water infrastructure (UWI) performs …

The occurrence of disasters has the potential to impede the progress of sustainable urban
development. For instance, it has the potential to result in significant human casualties and …

This article focuses on the comparison of transmission performances within critical
environments (ie, underwater, within metal enclosures and underground) for two of the most …

This paper aims at proposing an augmented sensing method for estimating volumetric water
content (VWC) in soil for Internet of Underground Things (IoUT) applications. The system …

The aim of this article is to discuss the usability of the long-range (LoRa) transmission
technology together with the LoRa wide-area network (LoRaWAN) protocol for underground …

Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) have potential for providing real-time data
for agriculture and other industries without exposing sensors and communication …

Abstract Narrow-Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a promising wireless communication
technology for harsh signal propagation conditions, including underground connectivity. The …

Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a cellular IoT communication technology
standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for supporting massive machine …

Recent advancements in cellular technologies allow discrete computing devices embedded
with sensors to communicate over long distances with low-cost and low-energy …

This literature review analyzes and classifies methodological contributions that answer the
different challenges faced by smart cities. This study identifies city services that require the …