Smart city applications is not just limited to the use of technology in building better cities and improving the citizens’ quality of lives. In reality, it is capable of building comprehensive solutions for the development of sustainable communities, irrespective of being urban or rural. Different communities will have their own dynamics and complexity, some communities are widespread and distributed, while some are more dense and concentrated. Each of these characteristics can either become an advantage or a barrier while developing solutions for these communities, which can be addressed with the proper use of technology. Internet of things (IoT) and wireless sensor networks (WSN), are the technologies in particular that can help in building comprehensive solutions for creating sustainable communities as they have a wide variety of applications such as disaster management, healthcare, energy, water, surveillance, structural health monitoring and environmental monitoring. This paper describes about four major research works in smart city application areas such as (a) design and deployment of an IoT system for early warning of landslides, (b) heterogeneous wireless communication design and optimization for enabling real-time management of interoperation of heterogeneous devices and data services in a hybrid electrical network, (c) development of (low-cost) IoT sensors for remote patient monitoring and (d) design and deployment of systems and solution for providing mobile offshore connectivity for fishing vessels—internet over sea. This paper details the current state of the art, challenges to be solved, and the methodology that we have adapted for developing solutions in all these research areas. The extensive research in IoT, WSN and its applications has resulted in receiving the award, titled “World Center of Excellence in Landslide Risk Reduction” and five patents, namely (a) network-based system for predicting landslides and providing early warnings (b) mobile infrastructure for coastal region offshore communications and networks (c) wearable wireless tongue controlled devices (d) Systems, methods, and devices for remote health monitoring and management (e) Systems, methods, and devices for remote health monitoring and management using internet of things sensors

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通过智慧城市应用实现可持续发展：使用物联网和无线传感器网络的协议，系统和解决方案

智慧城市的应用不仅限于使用技术来建设更好的城市和改善市民的生活质量。实际上，无论城市还是农村，它都有能力为可持续社区的发展建立全面的解决方案。不同的社区将具有自己的动态和复杂性，一些社区是广泛分布的，而某些社区则更为密集和集中。在为这些社区开发解决方案时，这些特征中的每一个都可以成为优势或障碍，可以通过适当使用技术来解决。物联网（IoT）和无线传感器网络（WSN），这些技术尤其可以帮助构建全面的解决方案，以创建可持续发展的社区，因为它们具有广泛的应用，例如灾难管理，医疗保健，能源，水，监视，结构健康监测和环境监测。本文介绍了智慧城市应用领域中的四项主要研究工作，例如：（a）设计和部署用于滑坡预警的物联网系统；（b）异构无线通信设计和优化，以实现异构异构互操作的实时管理。混合电网中的设备和数据服务，（c）开发用于远程患者监控的（低成本）IoT传感器，以及（d）设计和部署系统和解决方案，以为渔船提供海上移动连接-海上互联网。本文详细介绍了当前的最新技术，需要解决的挑战以及我们为在所有这些研究领域中开发解决方案所采用的方法。在物联网，无线传感器网络及其应用方面的广泛研究获得了该奖项，该奖项名为“世界减少滑坡风险卓越中心”和五项专利，即（a）基于网络的滑坡预测和预警系统（b）沿海地区离岸通信和网络的移动基础设施（c）可穿戴无线舌头控制设备（d）远程健康监控和管理的系统，方法和设备（e）系统，