Includes bibliographical references.

part Section I From Machine-to-Machine Communicationsto Internet of Things -- chapter 1 From Machine-to-Machine Communications to Internet of Things: Enabling Communication Technologies Hamidreza Shariatmadari, Sassan Iraji, and Riku J¨antti -- chapter 2 Power Control for Reliable M2M Communication Ling Wang and Hongwei Zhang -- chapter 3 Enabling Geo-centric Communication Technologies in Oppor-tunistic Networks Yue Cao, De Mi, Tong Wang, and Lei Zhang -- chapter 4 Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy IoT Networks Xiyuan Liu, Zhengguo Sheng, and Changchuan Yin -- chapter 5 Resource Allocation for Wireless Communication Networks with RF Energy Harvesting Elena Boshkovska, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, and Robert Schober -- part Section II Data Era: Data Analytics and Security -- chapter 6 Distributed Machine Learning in Big Data Era for Smart City Yuan Zuo, Yulei Wu, Geyong Min, Chengqiang Huang, and Xing Zhang -- chapter 7 Security in Smart Grids Julia Sa´nchez, Agusti´n Zaballos, Ramon Martin de Pozuelo, Guiomar Corral, and Alan Briones -- chapter 8 Secret Key Generation under Active Attacks Wenwen Tu and Lifeng Lai -- part Section III Towards Smart World from Interfaces toHomes to Cities -- chapter 9 Applying Human-Computer Interaction Practices to IoT Prototyping Salim Haniff, Markku Turunen, and Roope Raisamo -- chapter 10 Inclusive Product Interfaces for the Future: Automotive, Patrick M. Langdon Aerospace, IoT and Inclusion Design -- chapter 11 Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) Networks for IoT Applications Kan Zheng, Zhe Yang, Xiong Xiong, and Wei Xiang -- chapter 12 A Data-centered Fog Platform for Smart Living Jianhua Li, Jiong Jin, Dong Yuan, Marimuthu Palaniswami, and Klaus Moessner -- chapter 13 Resources and Practical Factors in Smart Home and City Bo Tan, Lili Tao, and Ni Zhu.

"From Internet of Things to Smart Cities: Enabling Technologies explores the information and communication technologies (ICT) needed to enable real-time responses to current environmental, technological, societal, and economic challenges. ICT technologies can be utilized to help with reducing carbon emissions, improving resource utilization efficiency, promoting active engagement of citizens, and more.This book aims to introduce the latest ICT technologies and to promote international collaborations across the scientific community, and eventually, the general public. It consists of three tightly coupled parts. The first part explores the involvement of enabling technologies from basic machine-to-machine communications to Internet of Things technologies. The second part of the book focuses on state of the art data analytics and security techniques, and the last part of the book discusses the design of human-machine interfaces, including smart home and cities.FeaturesProvides an extended literature review of relevant technologies, in addition to detailed comparison diagrams, making new readers be easier to grasp fundamental and wide knowledgeContains the most recent research results in the field of communications, signal processing and computing sciences for facilitating smart homes, buildings, and citiesIncludes future research directions in Internet of Things, smart homes, smart buildings, smart grid, and smart citiesPresents real examples of applying these enabling technologies to smart homes, transportation systems and citiesWith contributions from leading experts, the book follows an easy structure that not only presents timely research topics in-depth, but also integrates them into real world applications to help readers to better understand them."--Provided by publisher.