As the global population grows, and urbanization becomes more prevalent, cities often
struggle to provide convenient, secure, and sustainable lifestyles due to the lack of …

Rapid urbanization creates new challenges and issues, and the smart city concept offers
opportunities to rise to these challenges, solve urban problems and provide citizens with a …

Wireless sensor network (WSN) systems are typically composed of thousands of sensors
that are powered by limited energy resources. To extend the networks longevity, clustering …

Many modern cities strive to integrate information technology into every aspect of city life to
create so-called smart cities. Smart cities rely on a large number of application areas and …

Tremendous advancements in heterogeneous communication technologies have enabled
smart cities objects to interact with each other while ensuring network connectivity. However …

This paper systematically reviews the top 200 Google Scholar publications in the area of
smart city with the aid of data-driven methods from the fields natural language processing …

This paper provides an overview of the use of small cells (eg, femtocells) in the Internet of
Things (IoT) environments. As a result of rapid increase in the number of mobile connected …

For heterogeneous network, which has been viewed as one pioneering technology for
making cellular networks be evolved into 5G systems, reducing energy consumption by …

Past international trade practices have been associated with opaque information flows that
have hindered traceability and created hurdles in hassle‐free trade. Blockchain and allied …

The purpose of this article is to summarize the current state of understanding the smart city
concept and to present a proposed communication platform for the development of city …