A Platform for Smart Cities based on the Internet of Things

• Valter Henrique de Souza Ferreira da Silva UFSCar
• Alexandre Alvaro UFSCar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2012.14457

Abstract

Nowadays ICT (Information and Communication Technology) are applied to solve the main common issues that cities all over the world are dealing with, such as transportation, public safety, energy, healthcare, and education, etc. The junction with the technology infrastructure and services of a city makes it gradually a Smart City. These emerging technologies, the Internet and an array of sensors that transform objects of day-to-day into smart objects, enabling the Internet of Things to assist in the process that cities becoming intelligent. Thought the Internet of Things, the smart cities are becoming more viable. So, this paper presents a platform to assist in this direction.

Keywords: Platform, Smart Cities, Internet of Things

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