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We present a unique urban computing testbed for studying the utilization of ubiquitous computing technology in the public urban space of a city center. The testbed comprises of a wide range of pervasive computing infrastructure and different middleware resources. We demonstrate the applicability and benefits of the testbed in evaluating technology pilots and prototyping new ubiquitous services in real-world urban setting. We conclude with a discussion on the challenges in deploying this kind of a large-scale testbed in a public urban space.
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Ojala, T. et al. (2011). Open Urban Computing Testbed. In: Magedanz, T., Gavras, A., Thanh, N.H., Chase, J.S. (eds) Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. TridentCom 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_35
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