The Smart Cities Course. Telecommunications The ‘Low-Consumption’ course introduces you to a constantly evolving world where smart cities are redefining the way we live and interact with our environment. Demand for experts in telecommunications and IoT technologies is currently booming, driven by the need to create efficient and sustainable infrastructure. Throughout the course, you will gain an understanding of fundamental concepts, innovative services and enabling technologies that are transforming our cities. You will learn how to develop efficient telecommunications infrastructure, understand security protocols and manage interoperable platforms. This course is ideal for those looking to play a leading role in the smart cities sector, a field with growing demand for skilled workers and opportunities for innovation. Get ready to lead projects that will make a difference to the future of sustainable cities.
Smart Cities. Low-power telecommunications
Architecture, construction and urban planning
35 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand the fundamental concepts of smart cities and their application in urban life.
- To analyse IoT services with a view to improving efficiency in smart cities.
- To identify key enabling technologies for the development of sustainable telecommunications.
- Assess telecommunications infrastructure to optimise energy consumption.
- Compare communication protocols in the context of smart cities.
- Implement security measures to protect information in connected urban environments.
- Understanding interoperability and standards in smart city platforms.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction
TEACHING UNIT 2. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Introduction
Key concepts
TEACHING UNIT 3. IoT-BASED SERVICES FOR SMART CITIES
Introduction
Energy and natural resources
Environment and agriculture
Health and wellbeing
Retail
Industry
Transport and logistics
Security
Buildings and infrastructure
Application requirements
Energy consumption
Scope of communications
Number of nodes
Communications latency
Number of data items to be transmitted
Messages about going up and down
TEACHING UNIT 4. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
Sensor networks
Telecommunications infrastructure
Communication protocols
Cloud computing
Big data analytics
TEACHING UNIT 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction
Wired technologies
Wireless technologies
TEACHING UNIT 6. IoT PROTOCOLS
Introduction
Network layer
Transport layer
Application layer
TEACHING UNIT 7. SAFETY
Introduction
Types of threats
Solutions
TEACHING UNIT 8. INTEROPERABILITY AND STANDARDISATION
Introduction
TEACHING UNIT 9. PLATFORMS
Introduction
Bibliography and references
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