IoT Architectures, Models, and Platforms for Smart City Applications

Smart-city technology is not just a matter of connecting more devices. It also raises questions about energy consumption, reliable communication, privacy, and how distinct systems can work together. IoT Architectures, Models, and Platforms for Smart City Applications brings these questions into focus through research on Internet of Things (IoT) approaches to urban services and infrastructure.

From connected healthcare to city-scale systems

This edited collection surveys a broad range of applications and enabling technologies. The chapters consider IoT in healthcare and wearable sensing, energy harvesting for medical devices, cloud service agreements, and power-saving schemes. Other contributions explore artificial intelligence and FPGA-based designs, drone-enabled networks, crop-health monitoring, IPv6 connectivity for low-power devices, and antenna design.

Look beyond the devices

Connected systems must do more than collect information: they need to communicate, use resources thoughtfully, and protect the data they handle. The book addresses these concerns through work on communication protocols, privacy, security, and reliability, including IoT applications in Industry 4.0. Together, the topics offer a cross-disciplinary view of the technical choices and trade-offs involved in smart-city development.

A research collection for technical readers

With contributions from multiple authors, the volume is suited to researchers, engineers, technology developers, and advanced students interested in IoT, computer and electrical engineering, wireless communications, or urban technology. Its range makes it useful for readers examining a particular application area as well as those seeking a wider view of the systems behind smart-city projects.

Explore the connected city

Rather than treating smart cities as a single technology, this book brings together research on the devices, networks, platforms, and safeguards that can support them. It offers a technical perspective on how IoT applications meet real-world demands—from monitoring crops and health to managing energy and securing connected systems.