Crowdsensing in smart cities: Overview, platforms, and environment sensing issues

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Alvear, Oscar ^a,b   Calafate, Carlos T ^a   Cano, Juan Carlos ^a   Manzoni, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Crowdsensing; Internet of Things; Sensor design; Smart city

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SMART CITY;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; CROWDED URBAN AREAS; CROWDSENSING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); SENSOR DESIGNS;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85041451408     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s18020460     Document Type: Review

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