Communication Architecture for Smart Cities: a heterogeneous, extensible, and low-cost proposal

• Edson Adriano M. Avelar UFPE
• Lorena M. Avelar UFPE
• Diego Dos Passos Silva UFPE
• Kelvin Lopes Dias UFPE

Abstract

This paper proposes heterogeneous communication architecture for smart cities. The proposal includes the implementation of adaptive systems that allows communication between sensor networks (Sun SPOT / Xbee) based on ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 and WLAN based on IEEE 802.11 operating in mesh mode. Furthermore, the proposal also includes a message-oriented middleware for communication between the Sun SPOT technology and OpenWRT platform. A network testbed was built to monitor noise pollution, temperature and luminosity. Thus, it is possible to create an extensible, robust and low cost architecture, using open source software (OpenWRT) on Linksys routers and open platforms for sensors (Arduino / XBee / Sun SPOT).

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