Introduction For centuries, cities have been key economic and social centers, bringing together people, trade, commerce, and culture. Today, cities are home to over half the world's population, and the UN predicts that this figure will rise to nearly 70% by 2050. A major rural-urban population shift is occurring around the world, and as urbanization ramps up, so does the strain on existing municipal resources, public services, and environmental sustainability. Many cities' infrastructure has neared or surpassed its capacity to accommodate sustainable population growth, and city leaders face increasing...

Quality of Life/Public Benefit Smart cities built upon the Internet of Things are allowing city leaders to reimagine urban life. Digital tools are revolutionizing urban planning, and smart cities aim to make urban life easier by increasing the efficiency, quality, and accessibility of public services. According to a study by McKinsey, cities can achieve measurable improvements in some quality of life indicators of 10-30 percent through the use of IoT and smart city technologies. There are currently dozens of applications for using IoT solutions to improve the quality of life for smart city citizens,...

parking lots, on-street parking bays, and parking meters, enables drivers to be navigated to nearby available spaces and to choose the most efficient payment options. Ultimately, this reduces the stress associated with finding the right parking space, while contributing to less congestion and better utilization of city parking infrastructure. Smart Signs Smart cities require an efficient and interactive way to display relevant and timely information to citizens. IoT technologies are enabling smart signage that can deliver real-time, location-based notifications and announcements, from traffic...

Tracking of City Fleet Vehicles Faced with a growing emphasis on reducing fuel consumption, emissions, and maintenance costs, many cities are deploying IoT solutions to track and monitor city fleet vehicles. Equipping fleet vehicles with IoT technologies, including GPS, enables the city to optimize scheduling and routing, resulting in substantial cost savings in labour, fuel consumption, and vehicle maintenance. Common use cases include snow removal, waste management, and streetcleaning vehicles. Wireless Structural Health Monitoring IoT technologies can assist in connecting and wirelessly monitoring...

Air Quality Monitoring For cities to manage and improve air quality conditions, pollution levels must be accurately measured and monitored. Cities like Birmingham in the UK are deploying IoT sensors to detect air quality in real time. Insights generated from analyzing air quality data can be used to determine the impact on the environment and citizen health, and develop environmental sustainability initiatives to reduce harmful emissions. Urban Agriculture Management Smart urban agriculture is emerging as a viable way to meet the rising food demands in urban environments. Urban farms use space...

benefits of LoRaWAN® technology is it has been proven to result in one-tenth of the power usage, or in the case of battery-powered devices, 10x the battery life of competing M2M technologies. Not only is LoRaWAN® ideal for long range and low power deployments, its multi-usage capabilities accommodate high device capacity in a single network. A carrier-grade LoRaWAN® collection hub, known as a gateway can have the capacity to simultaneously send and receive hundreds of messages every second from the devices deployed in its vicinity. Powered by the Internet of Things, today's cities are rapidly...

continuously improve city resource management and public services. IoT technologies and radio solutions such as LoRaWAN® are coming together with existing city infrastructure and systems to deliver massive change on a global scale, in large and small cities alike. As smart cities continue to evolve, today’s use cases only demonstrate a glimpse of the innovative smart cities of tomorrow. Visit www.tektelic.com to learn more about the end-to-end LoRaWAN® solutions being utilized by smart cities around the world today