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ITM Web Conf.
Volume 76, 2025
Harnessing Innovation for Sustainability in Computing and Engineering Solutions (ICSICE-2025)
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Article Number | 03001 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | IoT & Edge Computing | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/itmconf/20257603001 | |
Published online | 25 March 2025 |
Internet of Things Integration in Smart Cities Enhancing Urban Living through Connected Technologies
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeshwatrao Chavan College of Engineering, Wanadongri, Hingna, Maharashtra, India
2 Assistant Professor, Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal Campus, Uttarakhand, India
3 Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, J.J. College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
5 Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
6 Associate Professor, Department of EEE, New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Urban population growth and increasing urbanization are driving the need for smart city solutions that implement connected technologies to improve urban living. However, the theoretical potential for IoT to connect and automate city infrastructures through real-time data processing and intelligent automation to have much more valuable use for the commons has proven limited in practice due to scalability, security, compatibility, and cost issues. In this regard, this research paper presents an IoT-based intelligent framework designed for smart cities, serving as a scalable, secure, powerful architecture for tackling these challenges. It emphasizes practical deployment and economic feasibility, rather than hardware or pure performance in theory. This framework spokes out low-power networks (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT) with edge computing for energy efficiency optimization, operation cost reduction, and high-level data processing. Blockchain achieves communication that is tamper-proof and privacy-preserving, which strengthens the existing cybersecurity. Another innovation lies in real-time urban analytics via AI and ML models that help predict when maintenance will be required and provide insight on operational decision-making for strong services that matter to the city. Additionally, an intercommunicable IoT enables collaboration between smart grids, transportation systems, health devices, and emergency actions. Citizen-focused design persists through the use of AI-driven mobile applications, open-data platforms, and real-time public engagement that ensures inclusivity, privacy, and transparency. What IoT have in common is: IoT versus IoT devices are powered by renewable energy sources to reduce their carbon footprints and work toward sustainability goals. This work therefore acts as not only a holistic, secure and scalable solution that mirrors the fundamentals of theory in actual practice, but also a case study that provides actionable insights for city planners, policymakers and developers alike in rolling out the next generation of sustainable smart cities.
Key words: Smart Cities / Internet of Things (IoT) / AI-Driven Urban Management / Blockchain Security / Energy-Efficient IoT
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
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