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Global City Teams Challenge Public Safety SuperCluster Progress Report 2018-2019

March 31, 2020
Author(s)
Sokwoo Rhee, Brenda Bannan, Samantha Dubrow, Michael Dunaway, Dean Skidmore, Elisa Torres
NIST co-hosted the 2018-2019 GCTC Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge (SC3) program with DHS S&T and NTIA. The objective was to encourage participating teams to include cybersecurity and privacy as integral project elements alongside goals

BELLEVUE SMART - DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF A SMART CITY PORTAL

February 3, 2020
Author(s)
Cuong Nguyen, Chelo Picardal, Andrew Lee, Brian Pugliese, Raja Kadiyala, Ken Thompson, Sokwoo Rhee
This paper describes efforts by the City of Bellevue, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), CH2M, and Quantela, Inc.—the Bellevue Smart Team (Team)—to develop and pilot test technologies to leverage real-time data to enhance citizen

Towards Edge-Based Deep Learning in Industrial Internet of Things

January 1, 2020
Author(s)
Fan Liang, Wei Yu, Xing Lu, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie
As a typical application of the Internet of Things (IoT), the Industrial Internet of Things (I- IoT) connects all the related IoT sensing and actuating devices ubiquitously so that the monitoring and control of numerous industrial systems can be realized

Output Power Maximization of a Microgenerator Using Machine Learning Approach

December 5, 2019
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Masoud Roudneshin, Amir G. Aghdam
Wearable medical sensors are one of the key components of remote health monitoring systems which allow patients to stay under continuous medical supervision away from the hospital environment. These sensors are typically powered by small batteries which

Human Factors in Smart Home Technologies Workshop Summary

November 4, 2019
Author(s)
Julie Haney, Susanne M. Furman
On September 24, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a one- day workshop entitled "Human Factors in Smart Home Technologies." The workshop addressed human considerations for smart home devices, including usability, user

Security Automation for Cloud-Based IoT Platforms

October 21, 2019
Author(s)
Robert B. Bohn, Mheni Merzouki, Charif Mahmoudi, Cihan Tunc
Internet of Things (IoT) is reshaping the way Cloud Service Providers (CSP) collect data from sensors. With billions of devices deployed around the world, CSP are providing platforms dedicated to IoT that provides advanced features for those devices. This

A Simulation Platform to Study the Human Body Communication Channel

October 7, 2019
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Katjana Krhac, Gregory Noetscher, Dina Simunic
Human Body Communication (HBC) is an attractive low complexity technology with promising applications in wearable biomedical sensors. In this paper, a simple parametric model based on the finite-element method (FEM) using a full human body model is

A demonstration of Low Power Wide Area Networking for city-scale monitoring applications

September 25, 2019
Author(s)
Sebastian Barillaro, Dhananjay Anand, Avi Gopstein, Julian Barillaro
Networks of sensors are key components of an Internet of Things. This paper outlines a demonstration of a wireless technology called LoRa/LoRaWAN that may be used to network sensors over a range of several kilometers. LoRa is an example of a Low Power Wide

Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) for Communications of Mobile Sensor Data

September 10, 2019
Author(s)
Sebastian Barillaro, Sokwoo Rhee, Raghu N. Kacker, Mark L. Badger, David R. Kuhn, Gustavo Escudero
There are multiple options for communication of data to and from mobile sensors. For tracking systems, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is often used for localization and mobile- phone technologies are used for transmission of data. Low-power wide

Towards Cross-Layer Optimization of Virtualized Radio Access Networks

August 15, 2019
Author(s)
Vladimir Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Behnam Rouzbehani, Luis Correia
This paper proposes an approach to cross-layer optimization of virtualized Radio Access Network resources in future mobile communications. Assuming that the Virtual Network Operators (VNOs) guarantee contracted Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the

Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile

May 20, 2019
Author(s)
Keith A. Stouffer, Timothy A. Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Joshua Lubell, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, John McCarthy
This document provides the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) implementation details developed for the manufacturing environment. The "Manufacturing Profile" of the Cybersecurity Framework can be used as a roadmap for reducing cybersecurity risk for

Replication of Smart-City, Internet of Things Assets in a Municipal Deployment

April 17, 2019
Author(s)
Sokwoo Rhee, Cuong T. Nguyen, Alexander Nelson, Greg Toth, Dennis Linders
Recent efforts to integrate Internet of Things into Smart City constructs have proven successful through proof of concept deployments in multiple cities. To facilitate additional deployments, standardization and dissemination of best practices for these

Principles for Designed-In Security and Privacy for Smart Cities

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Corey Dickens, Paul A. Boynton, Sokwoo Rhee
This paper presents the design and implementation of a process for an exploratory study that identifies a set of principles for designed-in security and privacy for smart city projects from among Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) - Smart and Secure Cities

Soft MUD: Implementing Manufacturer Usage Descriptions on OpenFlow SDN Switches

March 24, 2019
Author(s)
Mudumbai Ranganathan, Douglas Montgomery, Omar Ilias El Mimouni
Manufacturer Usage Descriptions are generalized network Access Control Lists (ACL) that allow manufacturers to declare intended communication patterns for devices (Things). MUD-enabled Things are restricted to only communicate in the manner intended by the

Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

March 7, 2019
Author(s)
Christopher Greer, Martin J. Burns, David Wollman, Edward Griffor
This NIST Special Publication describes the relationship between the phrases "cyber-physical systems" and "Internet of Things." CPS and IoT both refer to trends in integrating digital capabilities, including network connectivity, with physical devices and

A Study of Capsule Endoscopy Orientation Estimation Using Received Signal Strength

December 20, 2018
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Katjana Krhac, Mehdi Alasti, Kamya Yazdandoost, Dina Simunic
Comprehensive study of wireless communication for ingestible electronics is a very challenging task. To initiate the study on wireless capsule endoscopy, an innovative immersive platform containing an enhanced 3D human body model has been developed. This

Impact of Measurement Points Distribution on the Parameters of UWB Implant Channel Model

December 20, 2018
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Katjana Krhac, Concepcion GarciaPardo, Dina Simunic, Narcis Cardona
Sophisticated medical implants that allow vital information delivery to/from the human body are opening the door to novel approaches in diagnosis and/or therapy of various health related issues. Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology is gaining the attention of
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