Smart Sensor Networks for Smart City Plan: Nelson

This project proposal aims to design and implement smart sensor network architecture for Nelson city in order to develop it as a smart city. The project researches and analyses the emerging technology to have innovative solutions that may be implemented for smart city development.

Statement of Project Proposal
Smart Sensor Networks for Smart City Plan: Nelson
7/31/2018

Statement of Project Proposal
Table of Contents
Project Title...........................................................................................................................................2
Preferred Choice of Supervisor..............................................................................................................2
Fundamental Project Goal.....................................................................................................................2
Statement of Major................................................................................................................................2
Background...........................................................................................................................................2
Project Activities...................................................................................................................................3
Skills Required......................................................................................................................................4
Anticipated Outcomes...........................................................................................................................4
Required Resources...............................................................................................................................5
Possible Limitations..............................................................................................................................5
Anticipated Timeline.............................................................................................................................6
Anticipated Ethical Issues.....................................................................................................................8
Statement of Ownership........................................................................................................................8
References.............................................................................................................................................9
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Project Title
Smart Sensor Networks for Smart City Plan
Preferred Choice of Supervisor
Name of the Supervisor
Fundamental Project Goal
To design and implement smart sensor network architecture for Nelson city in order to
develop it as a smart city.
Statement of Major
Smart sensor networks are a crucial elements in the Internet of Things (IoT) based Smart city
plan that has to be implemented for Nelson city. The project researches and analyses the
emerging technology to have innovative solutions that may be implemented for smart city
development. Sensor networks are an integral part of Information Technology and Systems
and the project would provide an opportunity to develop and enhance IT skills in the areas of
networking, IoT, and information systems (Wang et al., 2018). It will also assist in the
exploration and development of research and management skills.
Background
Smart wireless sensor networks are the networks that are composed of the nodes capable of
sensing and controlling their respective environment. The sharing and transmission of
information is carried out through the wireless links that assists in the development of
interaction between people, systems, and environment. The data sets that are gathered by the
nodes in the sensor networks are then transferred to the sink that may utilize the data locally
or may connect to the other networks with the assistance of a gateway (Islam, Mukhopadhyay
& Suryadevara, 2017). The smart sensor networks will form an integral part in the smart city
plan for the Nelson city. It is because these networks will allow smart connectivity and
information exchange and will be utilized in the areas as smart buildings, environmental
monitoring, health care, security applications, surveillance activities, logistics,
transportations, and several other areas.
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There has been a lot of research done in the areas of sensor networks; however, the
architecture that is needed to use and implement the smart sensor networks is still not known
to many. There are also security aspects that need to be covered while developing the smart
sensor networks so that the security risks and attacks are prevented and controlled. Thus, it is
essential to look into the components and technologies associated with the smart sensor
networks for their implementation (Yang & Honary, 2012). The security analysis would also
be essential to ensure that the security risks are detected, analysed, and mitigated.
Project Activities
The project will be executed in a series of five phased viz. project initiation, planning & data
collection, execution, control & monitoring, and project closure.
The first phase will include the start-up project activities in which the topic of the project as
Smart Sensor Networks for Smart City Plan is determined. Feasibility analysis is one of the
essential project activities that will be necessary to be conducted. The feasibility will be
determined on three aspects as technical, operational, and economic. The project will be
finalized only when the results of the feasibility study will be positive. The next project phase
will be planning and data analysis. The data will be necessary to research upon the smart
sensor networks and the project. The techniques that will be used for information gathering
will be interviews, domain analysis, and observations. Automatic analysis of the data sets will
be carried out using the automated data analysis tools. Literature review will be required to be
carried out so that the work done in the past may be analysed and the in-depth details of the
same may be obtained.
Nelson city is based upon a certain networking architecture that shall be reviewed to
understand the applicability and implementation of smart sensor networks. The analysis and
architecture design will be formed in the project execution phase. Infrastructural changes,
determination of topology, and the components involved will also be analysed. There may
also be security analysis that will be required to be done to have an understanding of the
security risks and attacks that such networks are exposed to (Yang & Honary, 2012). The
measures that shall be taken to detect, prevent, and mitigate the security attacks would be
listed in this step.
Control & Monitoring will be the fourth phase in which there will be reviews and inspections
that will be done. There may be certain changes and improvements that may be required to be
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made. These changes will be implemented in this stage and the KPIs and evaluation checklist
will be formed in this phase. The last phase in the project will be the closure phase. Results
and discussions will be determined in this stage and a closure report will be prepared in this
stage as the final project activity (Chen, Li, Yang & Liu, 2016).
The following set of questions will be answered through the project.
 What is the meaning of smart sensor networks? What are the components and factors
involved?
 What are security risks and attacks that are exposed to the smart sensor networks?
 What are the control and mitigation measures that may be taken to put a check on the
security risks and attacks?
 What is the architecture design that shall be followed for smart city plan?
 What are the infrastructural changes that may be required to be made?
Skills Required
There are a lot many skills that would be required for the project. Project management skills
will be necessary to ensure that all of the project elements are in sync and streamlined. These
skills will assist in the management of project schedule, budget, quality, communication,
risks, and resources. Communication skills will be needed to share the project status and
information and to interact with the other resources. Embedded systems and delay-tolerant
networking skills will be needed for sensor nodes and harsh environments. Database skills
will be required to ensure that the information is kept safe and secure. Security analysis and
data analysis skills will also be required to understand security risks and patterns, data
patterns, and trends.
Anticipated Outcomes
The project outcomes will include network architecture of smart sensor networks for smart
city plan, Nelson. The architecture will provide the blueprint of the network components,
relationships, connectivity of the nodes, and network topology.
The project outcomes will also include a security analysis report that will provide a detailed
account of the security attacks and risks. The risk register will be included in the report that
will have the name of the risks, risk description, likelihood of the risks, and impact of the
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risks, risk rank, and risk response. The report will be used to integrate the security tools and
controls that will be needed to maintain the security of the smart sensor network architecture.
There will be status and progress reports that will be shared with the management committee
to provide the details of the project activities completed and pending. The closure report will
be provided as the final project outcome that will include the details of the project activities
carried out, lessons acquired, performance evaluation, and areas that may be improved upon.
Required Resources
 Project Manager: A Project Manager will be required to manage all of the project
resources and stakeholders. The project areas, such as project schedule, risks, budget,
communication, procurement, and quality will be managed by the resource
(Sunindijo, 2015).
 Finance Officer: There will be various costs that will be associated with the project.
The resource will manage the project costs and will estimate the project budget.
 Data Analyst: The resource will carry out the data gathering techniques and will use
the data analytics tools to understand the patterns and trends involved.
 Network Expert: The smart sensor network architecture will be prepared by the
resource and the implementation details will also be listed out.
 Network Analyst: The gaps in the current infrastructure, decision on the network
topology, and assistance to the Network Expert will be provided by the resource.
 Security Analyst: The network security analysis will be carried out by the resource
and the decisions will be taken on the risk response strategy to be applied on the
security risks and attacks.
 Technical Writer: The documentation associated with the project, such as closure
report, network architecture report, security analysis report, etc. will be prepared by
the resource.
Possible Limitations
IoT is a vast technology that includes a variety of different components in the form of
devices, gadgets, technologies, sensors, and many more. The smart sensor networks that need
to be implemented for the Smart City Plan of Nelson may face compatibility issues with the
other components. The changes in the current infrastructure may be difficult to make as there
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will be additional costs that will be involved. These are some of the limitations that will be
associated with the project (Csaji, Kemeny, Pedone, Kuti & Vancza, 2017).
Anticipated Timeline
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
1 Smart Sensor Networks for
Smart City Plan 75 days Tue 31-07-
18
Mon 12-
11-18
1.1 Project Initiation 13 days Tue 31-07-
18
Thu 16-08-
18
1.1.1 Start-up Meeting 1 day Tue 31-07-
18
Tue 31-07-
18
1.1.2 Selection of Topic for the
Project 3 days Wed 01-
08-18
Fri 03-08-
18 3
1.1.3
Analysis of Feasibility -
Technical, Operational, and
Economic
5 days Mon 06-
08-18
Fri 10-08-
18 4
1.1.4 Submission of Project Topic 1 day Mon 13-
08-18
Mon 13-
08-18 5
1.1.5 Statement of Project Proposal 3 days Tue 14-08-
18
Thu 16-08-
18 6
1.1.6 Milestone 1: Statement of
Project Proposal 0 days Thu 16-08-
18
Thu 16-08-
18 7
1.2 Planning & Data Analysis 16 days Fri 17-08-
18
Fri 07-09-
18
1.2.1 Project Aims & Goals 1 day Fri 17-08-
18
Fri 17-08-
18 8
1.2.2 Project Approach Selection -
Estimation of Schedule & Budget 2 days Mon 20-
08-18
Tue 21-08-
18 10
1.2.3
Data Collection Processes -
Interviews, Domain Analysis,
Observations
8 days Wed 22-
08-18
Fri 31-08-
18 10,11
1.2.4 Automated Data Analysis 5 days Mon 03- Fri 07-09- 12
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09-18 18
1.2.5 Literature Review 5 days Mon 03-
09-18
Fri 07-09-
18 12
1.2.6 Submission of Literature
Review 1 day Mon 03-
09-18
Mon 03-
09-18 12
1.2.7 Milestone 2: Literature
Review 0 days Mon 03-
09-18
Mon 03-
09-18 15
1.3 Project Execution 24 days Tue 04-09-
18
Fri 05-10-
18
1.3.1 Analysis of Current Network
Architecture of Nelson 10 days Tue 04-09-
18
Mon 17-
09-18 16
1.3.2 Smart Sensor Networks -
Analysis & Architecture Design 8 days Tue 04-09-
18
Thu 13-09-
18 16
1.3.3 Listing of Infrastructural
Changes 4 days Tue 18-09-
18
Fri 21-09-
18 19,18
1.3.4 Determination of topologies 4 days Mon 24-
09-18
Thu 27-09-
18 20,18,19
1.3.5 Factors & Components
Involved 3 days Fri 28-09-
18
Tue 02-10-
18 21
1.3.6 Security Analysis 3 days Wed 03-
10-18
Fri 05-10-
18 22,21
1.3.7
Milestone 3: Security
Analysis Report, Network
Architecture Details
0 days Fri 05-10-
18
Fri 05-10-
18 23
1.4 Control & Monitoring 15 days Mon 08-
10-18
Fri 26-10-
18
1.4.1 KPIs & Evaluation Checklist 3 days Mon 08-
10-18
Wed 10-
10-18 24
1.4.2 Reviews and Inspections 4 days Thu 11-10-
18
Tue 16-10-
18 26
1.4.3 Implementation of
Improvements and Changes 5 days Wed 17-
10-18
Tue 23-10-
18 27,26
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1.4.4 Ethical Analysis 3 days Wed 24-
10-18
Fri 26-10-
18 28
1.4.5 Milestone 4: Review Report 0 days Fri 26-10-
18
Fri 26-10-
18 29
1.5 Project Closure 11 days Mon 29-
10-18
Mon 12-
11-18
1.5.1 Results and Discussions 2 days Mon 29-
10-18
Tue 30-10-
18 30
1.5.2 Findings and Limitations 4 days Mon 29-
10-18
Thu 01-11-
18 30
1.5.3 Preparation of Closure Report 2 days Fri 02-11-
18
Mon 05-
11-18 33,32
1.5.4 Listing of Lessons Learned 3 days Tue 06-11-
18
Thu 08-11-
18 34
1.5.5 Submission of final report 2 days Fri 09-11-
18
Mon 12-
11-18 35
1.5.6 Milestone 5: Closure Report 0 days Mon 12-
11-18
Mon 12-
11-18 36
Anticipated Ethical Issues
There are ethical issues that will be associated with the project. The smart sensor networks
are prone to certain security risks and attacks. These security issues may include malware
attacks, man in the middle attacks, eavesdropping attacks, denial of service attacks, and many
more. The occurrence of such issues may bring in the risks to information security and
privacy of the sensitive and critical data sets. The misuse of the information may lead to the
violation of the ethical norms and principles. These may bring up legal obligations as the
confidentiality and privacy of the data sets may be violated.
Statement of Ownership
The project will provide smart sensor network architecture as one of the outcomes that shall
be owned by the organization implanting the network in Nelson city. Any of the changes,
risks, and issues shall be managed and handled by the organization.
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