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World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology

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An International Peer Reviewed Journal for Engineering Research and Technology

An Official Publication of Society for Advance Healthcare Research (Reg. No. : 01/01/01/31674/16)

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Abstract

SCALABLE SMART CITY PLATFORM USING IOT AND CLOUD COMPUTING

*Mustapha Malami Idina, Abubakar Jibo Magayaki, Mubarak Jibril Yeldu

ABSTRACT

Rapid urbanization has significantly increased pressure ontransportation systems, healthcare, energy distribution, environmentalmonitoring, waste management, public safety, and other municipalservices. Traditional city management approaches are increasinglyunable to process the enormous volume of heterogeneous datagenerated by modern urban environments. The integration of theInternet of Things (IoT) with cloud computing provides an effectivesolution for developing scalable smart city platforms capable ofsupporting real-time monitoring, intelligent decision-making, andefficient resource management. This paper presents a scalable cloudenabledsmart city architecture that integrates IoT sensing devices,edge gateways, cloud infrastructure, big data analytics, and artificialintelligence to support multiple smart city services within a unifiedplatform. The proposed architecture employs a layered framework consisting of perception,communication, edge computing, cloud services, data analytics, application, and securitylayers to improve scalability, interoperability, reliability, and service availability. The studycritically reviews recent advances in IoT cloud integration, identifies major challengesincluding security, privacy, latency, interoperability, and energy efficiency, and proposespractical strategies for addressing these limitations through containerization, micro services, edge cloud collaboration, and AI-driven resource orchestration. The proposed framework demonstrates how cloud computing can dynamically allocate computational resources to accommodate growing IoT deployments while maintaining quality of service. The paper concludes that scalable IoT-cloud platforms represent the foundation for next-generation smart cities and recommends future integration with digital twins, federated learning, block chain, and 6G communication technologies for improved sustainability and resilience.

[Full Text Article] [Download Certificate] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22161331