TY - JOUR
T1 - Software platforms for smart cities
T2 - Concepts, requirements, challenges, and a unified reference architecture
AU - Santana, Eduardo Felipe Zambom
AU - Chaves, Ana Paula
AU - Gerosa, Marco Aurelio
AU - Kon, Fabio
AU - Milojicic, Dejan S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ACM.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be instrumental in progressing towards smarter city environments, which improve city services, sustainability, and citizens' quality of life. Smart City software platforms can support the development and integration of Smart City applications. However, the ICT community must overcome current technological and scientific challenges before these platforms can be widely adopted. This article surveys the state of the art in software platforms for Smart Cities. We analyzed 23 projects concerning the most used enabling technologies, as well as functional and non-functional requirements, classifying them into four categories: Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. Based on these results, we derived a reference architecture to guide the development of nextgeneration software platforms for Smart Cities. Finally, we enumerated the most frequently cited open research hallenges and discussed future opportunities. This survey provides important references to help application developers, city managers, system operators, end-users, and Smart City researchers make project, investment, and research decisions.
AB - Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be instrumental in progressing towards smarter city environments, which improve city services, sustainability, and citizens' quality of life. Smart City software platforms can support the development and integration of Smart City applications. However, the ICT community must overcome current technological and scientific challenges before these platforms can be widely adopted. This article surveys the state of the art in software platforms for Smart Cities. We analyzed 23 projects concerning the most used enabling technologies, as well as functional and non-functional requirements, classifying them into four categories: Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. Based on these results, we derived a reference architecture to guide the development of nextgeneration software platforms for Smart Cities. Finally, we enumerated the most frequently cited open research hallenges and discussed future opportunities. This survey provides important references to help application developers, city managers, system operators, end-users, and Smart City researchers make project, investment, and research decisions.
KW - Software platforms
KW - Wireless sensor networks
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U2 - 10.1145/3124391
DO - 10.1145/3124391
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040256528
SN - 0360-0300
VL - 50
JO - ACM Computing Surveys
JF - ACM Computing Surveys
IS - 6
M1 - a78
ER -