One of the crucial challenges for future smart cities is to devise a
citywide network infrastructure capable of effectively guaranteeing
resource-efficient and reliable communications while managing the
complexity of heterogeneous devices and access technologies. This edited
book highlights and showcases state of the art research and innovations
in 5G and beyond wireless communications technologies for connected
smart cities. The main objectives of this work include the exploration
of recent advances and application potentials of various communication
technologies as promising enablers for future networked smart cities,
the investigation of design-specific issues for the integration of
different architectural components of smart cities, and addressing
various challenges and identifying opportunities in terms of
interoperability of potential solutions.
The book is aimed at a core and interdisciplinary audience of engineers,
researchers and professionals working on smart cities concepts and
supporting the integration of next-generation information,
communication, networking and sensing technologies. It will also be a
very useful ancillary for advanced students and other professionals
working on next-generation communication networks.