Internet of Things in Smart Cities

Running head: INTERNET OF THINGS IN SMART CITIES
Internet of Things in Smart Cities
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1INTERNET OF THINGS IN SMART CITIES
Introduction to the problem:
IoT is being utilized by various developing cities which is associated with providing a
mode of interaction that is easy to use and is accessible by everyone living in the cities. The
rapid advances of the IoT along with the artificial intelligence has boosted the market of
smart cities (Zanella et al., 2014). In today’s world many cities are armed with various
technologies which are used for the purpose of increasing the various services in the city like
the transportation, healthcare and many more.
The most important challenge that is faced by the smart cities are the security
challenges. Due to the reason that the IoT smart cities are associated with providing internet
connectivity to various kind of devices which makes the security face a critical challenge. It
is seen that 70% of the IoT devices used by the smart cities are at risk due to sufficient
vulnerabilities which includes the insufficient authorization, inadequate amount of
protections to the software and many more (Theodoridis, Mylonas, & Chatzigiannakis, 2013).
This vulnerabilities are associated with instigating various kind of threats or attacks which
leads different kind of issues related to the security and privacy.
Another challenging factor is the interoperability which refers to the capability that
two different devices and devices are having while communicating with one another, during
the process of exchanging information (Perera et al., 2014). A very vital role is played by
interoperability in the smart cities while providing connectivity amongst the devices that are
operating inside the smart cities with the different communication technologies.
Followed by this is the problem related to low-power and low-cost communication. The IoT
devices are small in size and are assisted by various kind of sensors. So as to make sure that
this devices are working properly there must exist a continuous power source which initially