Intelligent Cities

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INTELLIGENT CITIES

Mesh networking is another inspiring development catapulting IT to

greater heights.

1. Body area network (BAN)

2. Personal area network (PAN)

3. Local area network (LAN)

4. Metro area network (MAN)

5. Wide area network (WAN)

Establishing adroit and active environments is streamlined and sim-

plified with the arrival and acceptance of highly competent technolo-

gies in several spaces as illustrated in the following:

• e technology space—ere is a cornucopia of technologies (com-

puting, connectivity, miniaturization, middleware, sensing,

actuation, perception, analyses, knowledge engineering, etc.).

• e process space—With new kinds of services, applications,

data, infrastructures, and devices joining mainstream IT, ...