Smart Cities Unleashed: Leveraging IoT and Big Data for Urban Advancement

The implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Technology has facilitated the development of Smart Cities. IoT collects data through sensors and actuators from different sources, such as smart devices, wearables, infrastructure, vehicle and so on, are tightly coupled with the usage of big data analysis to generate significant insights. This paper first introduces the reason for the emergence of smart cities, following with the concept overview of IoT, big data and smart cities. In addition, the following reviewing different frameworks proposed to implement IoT and big data in various domains.