Abstract
Considering the complex architecture of Smart City environments it should not be forgotten that their foundation lies in communication technologies that allow connectivity and data transfer between the elements in Smart City environments. Wireless communications with their capabilities represent Smart City enabling technologies that gives the opportunity for their rapid and efficient implementation and expansion as well. In that field the evident trend is appearance of numerous technologies, which can be applied in variety of scenarios. In order to be able to make rapid deployment of the Smart City systems it is necessary to perform good analyses of performances and applicability of those technologies. By knowing the characteristics of particular technologies, the professionals will have the opportunity to develop efficient, cost effective and flexible Smart City systems by implementing the most suitable one. In this article the review and discussion on wireless technologies for enabling Smart City services is presented.
Highlights
The rapid development and deployment of Smart City environments impose challenging tasks to the engineers, developers and researches working in that field
The usage of wireless technology is further justified with the extensive use of movable sensor nodes, nodes deployed on various places where it is difficult to install wired infrastructure, and above all, notable decrease in sensor and communication module prices and power consumption
The model of usage of presented wireless technologies in Smart City environment is shown in Fig. 1 where technologies and possible areas of application are given according to [4, 13]
Summary
The rapid development and deployment of Smart City environments impose challenging tasks to the engineers, developers and researches working in that field. It is followed by the classification of various wellestablished and emerging wireless technologies targeting Smart City environments A Smart City can be defined as environment that uses currently available technologies to improve living conditions by offering access to information about parameters that enhance lives of its inhabitants These parameters can range from status of their education and employment possibilities, available utilities for citizens, transportation information, energy consumption information, health-related issues, water and air quality monitoring, waste management and other relevant information that potentially could benefit the community [1]. Those two emerging trends are Machine‐to‐machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT). IoT represents an extension to the existing Internet, with an automatic data collection, control, and supervision of physical infrastructure, through a remote monitoring [2]
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