Smart Cities

Chapter 10Bringing Named Data Networks into Smart Cities

Syed Hassan Ahmed¹, Safdar Hussain Bouk¹, Dongkyun Kim¹ and Mahasweta Sarkar²

¹School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

²Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Chapter Menu

Introduction

Future Internet Architectures

Named Data Networking (NDN)

NDN-based Application Scenarios for Smart Cities

Future Aspects of NDN in Smart Cities

Conclusion

Objectives

• • To provide an overview of the Internet legacy and its role in envisioning a smart city.
• • To become aware of technology trends from traditional Internet to Future Internet.
• • To become familiar with Named Data Networking.
• • To discuss a set of Future Internet applications that can be considered as an integral part of any city to be referred as smart city.

10.1 Introduction

According to recent studies, it has been stated that by the year 2050, we will be having around 9 billion humans on the Earth, and almost 70% of them would be living in urban areas. This steady and consistent growth in the world population is alarming and indicates that we need to redesign our cities in terms of constructions, roads, medical assistance, and, on top of everything, our information and communication technology (ICT). For the past few decades, we have witnessed that the ICT services have been improving the lifestyle of laymen, for example, various medical advancements, communication advancements, ...