Date of Publication :17th February 2018

Abstract: The recent Internet of Things (IoT) boom will turn Smart Cities and Smart Homes (SH) from speculation into reality. SH is Smart Cities ' major building block and has been a dream for decades, hobbyists in the late 1970s made Home Automation (HA) possible as personal computers began to invade home spaces. While SH that share most of the IoT technologies, there are unique features that make SH different. This paper defines the main requirements for building SH as a result of a recent research survey on SH and IoT technologies. Seven unique recommendations for requirements are defined and classified according to the specific quality of the building blocks in the SH. A smart city is a developed urban area with strong human capital, social capital and ICT infrastructure that excels in the fields of economy, governance, people and life. It is a modern approach to managing city life's complexities, increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing residents ' quality of life. This paper addresses potential applications for smart cities in the fields of smart transport, smart tourism and recreation Smart Health, Urban Assisted Living, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Governance, Control and Services, Disaster Management, Environmental Management, Smart Homes and Smart Power Such smart city technologies help the cities ' future vision, which aims to leverage ICTs for value-added service delivery, namely Internet of Things Technologies (IoT). In addition, the paper provides a technical solution for energy control and comfort in a smart city network technology home for proof of concept. The example presented here is how smart systems can handle energy efficiency and comfort in a room with a varied number of people and electrical appliances, each of which is a heat source.

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