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Optimization of ICT Street Infrastructure in Smart Cities

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Technology solutions are now helping the urban local bodies in Indian Smart Cities to make smart and effective decisions. With these technologies coming up, there IoT devices can be seen making their place on urban streets. This paper focuses on the overall view of the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) components and their placement in the city at various locations on the streets. Case studies of various cities having different street infrastructure with IoT and ICT components were studied. Data collection involved site visits, interactions with various stakeholders followed by an analysis of the current ICT street infrastructure, and the capex & opex costs. A modular pole was then designed, and a pilot study was conducted at one junction in City A. The research for ICT street infrastructure when deployed for upcoming smart cities would help in optimization of ICT street infrastructure and bring down the total life cycle cost in terms of the cost of ownership and the recurring expense for operation and maintenance, for the deployment in upcoming cities.

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  1. Faculty of Management, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

    Gayatri Doctor

  2. Products and Technology, Amnex, Ahmedabad, India

    Shamik Joshi

  3. Faculty of Management, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

    Axay Gandhi

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This article is part of the topical collection “Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications” guest edited by Kanubhai K. Patel, Deepak Garg, Atul Patel and Pawan Lingras”.

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Doctor, G., Joshi, S. & Gandhi, A. Optimization of ICT Street Infrastructure in Smart Cities. SN COMPUT. SCI. 2, 212 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00577-w

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