Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Big Data and Its Implementation toward Future Smart Cities

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Imminent Communication Technologies for Smart Communities: Part 1

[EN] The articles in this special section focus on new information and communication technologies for smart communities. In the 21st century, we have witnessed a rapid and revolutionary growth in the ICT industry. Also, we can easily identify a variety of challenges that today¿s cities around the world are facing. In developing countries, with rapid population and economic growth, energy demand in urban areas is increasing. In developed countries, challenges are due to declining birth rates, aging societies demanding better health care services, and the deterioration of the physical infrastructure such as buildings, roads, water supplies and sewage systems, and the power grid. Moreover, internationally, global warming caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions and frequent natural disasters are urgent issues. In our Feature Topic, we would like to see how communication technologies can play a vital role in assisting or solving some of the aforementioned issuesAhmed, SH.; Guizani, M.; Lloret, J.; Rawat, DB.; Guibene, W.; Zhong, Z. (2018). Imminent Communication Technologies for Smart Communities: Part 1. IEEE Communications Magazine. 56(1):76-76. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.8255741S767656

Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities

[EN] The articles in this special section focs on mobile and wireless communications technologies and services for deployment in smart citiesAhmed, E.; Imran, M.; Guizani, M.; Rayes, A.; Lloret, J.; Han, G.; Guibene, W. (2017). Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities. IEEE Communications Magazine. 55(1):74-75. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2017.7823341S747555

Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities - Part 3

[EN] The articles in this special section focus on the deployment of mobile and wireless technologies and services in smart citiesAhmed, E.; Imran, M.; Guizani, M.; Rayes, A.; Lloret, J.; Han, G.; Guibene, W. (2017). Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities - Part 3. IEEE Communications Magazine. 55(5):24-25. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2017.7926912S242555

Imminent Communication Technologies for Smart Communities: Part 2

[EN] The six articles in this special section focus on the concept of immient communications for smart communities. While walking on the streets, we can identify hundreds of devices connected to the network in many ways, and this is not the end. As per many recent statistics and predictions, we will have billions of devices connected to the Internet and we will be able to reshape the entire living standards and styles of cities through such connectivity. In such a connected environment, one can easily expect a large amount of data to be generated, collected, and analyzed to provide a variety of services, including smart logistics, health care, agricultural reforming, and Smart Grid, with an ultimate goal of improving the consumer¿s experience. Collectively, we name these services as a step toward Smart Communities, and in this special section, these articles propose very interesting solutions and architectures for the futuristic smarter communities and citiesAhmed, SH.; Guizani, M.; Lloret, J.; Rawat, DB.; Guibene, W.; Zhong, Z. (2018). Imminent Communication Technologies for Smart Communities: Part 2. IEEE Communications Magazine. 56(7):80-81. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.8419183808156

Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities - Part 2

[EN] The articles in this special section focus on communications technologies for use in smart cities. Due to advancements in communication and computing technologies, smart cities have become the main innovation agenda of research organizations, technology vendors, and governments. To make a city smart, a strong communications infrastructure is required for connecting smart objects, people, and sensors. Smart cities rely on wireless and mobile technologies for providing services such as healthcare assistance, security and safety, real-time traffic monitoring, and managing the environment, to name a few. Such applications have been a main driving force in the development of smart cities. Without the appropriate communication networks, it is really difficult for a city to facilitate its citizens in a sustainable, efficient, and safer manner/environment. Considering the significance of mobile and wireless technologies for realizing the vision of smart cities, there is a need to conduct research to further investigate the standardization efforts and explore different issues/challenges in wireless technologies, mobile computing, and smart environments.Ahmed, E.; Imran, M.; Guizani, M.; Rayes, A.; Lloret, J.; Han, G.; Guibene, W. (2017). Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities - Part 2. IEEE Communications Magazine. 55(3):12-13. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2017.7876850S121355

Emerging Technologies for Connected and Smart Vehicles

[EN] The ten articles in this special section focus on new and emerging technologies for connected and smart vehicles. Due to the rapid growth of connected vehicles, many research constraints need to be addressed, e.g., reliability and latency, practical MAC and routing protocols, performance and adaptability to the changes in the environment (node density and oscillation in network topology), and validation of protocols under the umbrella of coherent assumptions using simulation methodologies. In this Feature Topic, we present 10 papers proposing very interesting solutions and architectures for futuristic and smarter connected vehiclesAhmed, SH.; Ben-Othman, J.; Lloret, J.; Khokhar, A.; Beyah, R.; Sánchez, A.; Guibene, W. (2018). Emerging Technologies for Connected and Smart Vehicles. IEEE Communications Magazine. 56(10):20-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.84931122021561