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Record W4411966225 · doi:10.1016/j.dcan.2025.06.007

Balancing sustainability and security: A review of 5G and IoT in smart cities

2025· review· en· W4411966225 on OpenAlexaff
Ghadah Aldehim, Sunawar Khan, Tariq Shahzad, Muhammad Amir Khan, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Weiwei Jiang, Tehseen Mazhar, Habib Hamam

Bibliographic record

VenueDigital Communications and Networks · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicSmart Cities and Technologies
Canadian institutionsUniversité de Moncton
FundersPrincess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
KeywordsComputer scienceInternet of ThingsSustainabilitySmart cityComputer securityUrban sustainability

Abstract

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This century's rapid urbanization has disrupted urban governance, sustainability, and resource management. The Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G have the potential to transform smart cities through real-time data processing, enhanced connectivity, and sustainable urban design. This study investigates the potential of 5G connectivity with the IoT's hierarchical framework to enhance public service provision, mitigate environmental effects, and optimize urban resource management. The article asserts that these technologies can enhance urban operations by tackling scalability, interoperability, and security issues. The research employs case studies from Singapore and Barcelona. The document moreover analyzes AI-driven security systems, 6G networks, and the contributions of IoT and 5G to the advancement of a circular economy. The essay asserts that the growth of smart cities necessitates robust policy frameworks to guarantee equitable access, data protection, and ethical considerations. This study integrates prior research with practical experiences to tackle data-informed municipal governance and urban innovation. The importance of policy in fostering inclusive and sustainable urban futures is emphasized.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.009

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0040.007
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.269
Teacher spread0.255 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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