| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450022 | Computer Communications | 2015 | 17 Pages |
•We study carefully the IEEE 802.11ah draft standard published in July 2014.•We overview use cases of .11ah, especially related to smart cities scenarios.•We describe in details novel mechanisms and explain why they are needed in .11ah.
Smart technologies play a key role in sustainable economic growth. They transform houses, offices, factories, and even cities into autonomic, self-controlled systems acting often without human intervention and thus sparing people routine connected with information collecting and processing. The paper gives an overview of a novel Wi-Fi technology, currently under development, which aims to organize communication between various devices used in such applications as smart grids, smart meters, smart houses, smart healthcare systems, smart industry, etc.
