Dependable Wireless Industrial IoT Networks: Recent Advances and Open Challenges

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks are considered the large-scale deployment of IoT devices for industrial applications such as smart manufacturing, harvesting and supply chain management. The Internet of Things (IoT) devices are typically connected over a wireless medium, given the large geographical distribution area and the increasing demand for flexible installations. In some cases, a combination of wired and wireless connectivity can be assumed as common practice. In both scenarios, wireless communications for IIoT networks is a fundamental component of the system architecture that needs to satisfy stringent requirements such as reliable connectivity and minimal delays. Therefore, the dependability of wireless communications for IIoT networks should be carefully studied to provide new solutions, which can guarantee that applications can meet their real-time and reliability requirements while optimizing the control capability of the overall network. This paper focuses on the dependable wireless communications in the IIoT networks, where wireless control and monitoring tasks need to meet stringent real-time and reliability constraints. After reviewing recent solutions and discussing their suitability for IIoT networks, we highlight the yet open challenges that needs to be tackled by both academia and industry

Smart government as a key factor in the creation of a smart city

The essence of the smart city concept is to increase the quality of life in cities with an emphasis on digital technologies. This mainly concerns the participation in decision-making as a part of the smart government. The participation means opportunity for citizens to participate in the management of the city. This academic paper presents basic concepts of a smart city as well as specific ways how smart cities can increase the participation of their citizenry, especially with regard to social media. Based on a literature search it is obvious that the involvement of citizens strengthens democracy and the quality of the decision-making process.[IGA/FaME/2016/010