Smart cities is an emerging concept that allows the usage of technology to improve the
quality and efficiency of services delivered to the population of a given city, considering a …

Due to various recent improvements in cellular technology, communication networks now
offer information flows with a wide range of transmission speed and service quality …

The monitoring of cultural heritage is becoming common in cities to provide heritage
preservation and prevent vandalism. Using sensors and video cameras for this task implies …

The growth of smart cities is fueled by the vast rise in wireless smart gadgets and
uninterrupted connectivity. WiFi is the dominant wireless technology, enabling Internet-of …

This work presents a video surveillance platform for smart cities designed to exploit the
facilities offered by SDN/NFV networks to achieve gain in terms of scalability, flexibility, OpEx …

In these last years, the increasing request for security coming from civil society led to
intensive exploitation of the most advanced technological tools for solving problems related …

In the past years, surveillance systems have attracted both industries and researchers due to
its importance for security. Automated Video Surveillance (AVS) systems are established to …

Efficient communications are of paramount importance to improve public safety (PS)
operations allowing better coordination, higher situation awareness, lower response times …

There has been a massive increase in the capacities and diversity of data being collected
over the Internet of Things (IoT) applications and the management of such enormous data is …

The Smart City (SC) approach involves the integration and correlation of information coming
from different areas (eg power grid management, water distribution, and more) for the …