Humanity is currently facing immense challenges related to the reduction of CO 2 emissions
and satisfying energy demand whilst mitigating environmental impacts, hence, developing …

In a few years, the world will be populated by billions of connected devices that will be
placed in our homes, cities, vehicles, and industries. Devices with limited resources will …

Abstract The Internet of things (IoT) has recently become an important research topic
because it integrates various sensors and objects to communicate directly with one another …

The convergence of technology and the city is commonly referred to as the 'smart city'. It is
seen as a possible remedy for the challenges that urbanisation creates in the age of global …

The concept of smart city evolved with the integration of information and communication
technology (ICT) in various sub-systems and processes in urban environment. The …

The ongoing diffusion of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is opening new possibilities,
and one of the most remarkable applications is associated with the smart city paradigm …

Visible light communication (VLC) is a new paradigm that could revolutionise the future of
wireless communication. In VLC, information is transmitted through modulating the visible …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the rising innovations of the current era that has
largely attracted both the industry and the academia. Life without the IoT is entirely …

The goal of intelligent transport systems (ITSs) is to enhance the network performance of
vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Even though it presents new opportunities to the …

Due to the dramatic increase in high data rate services and in order to meet the demands of
the fifth-generation (5G) networks, researchers from both academia and industry are …