After technical textiles and functional textiles, also smart textiles came into force a few years ago. The term ‘smart textiles’ covers a broad range. The application possibilities are only limited by our imagination and creativity. This paper gives an overview of the functions that can be achieved by smart textiles in general. In vehicles as well, smart textiles can introduce new features. Two...

Efficient and reliable access control in smart cities is critical for the protection of various resources decision making task execution. Existing centralized schemes suffer from limitations single point failure, low reliability, poor scalability. This article, therefore, proposes a distributed framework by combining blockchain contract technology attribute-based (ABAC) model. The consists one ...

Smart antenna is considered as one of the most effective means for enhancing wireless system capacity. When fractional loading is accompanied with slow-frequency hopping (SFH), soft capacity can be realized in time-division multiple access (TDMA) wireless networks. Then, the interference reduction due to smart antennas, power control, and discontinuous transmission can be directly translated in...

As an integral part of the Smart Grid, smart transformers both work independently to constantly regulate voltage and maintain contact with the smart grid in order to allow remote administration if needed and to provide information and feedback about the power supply and the transformers themselves. Through a process known as voltage optimization, a smart transformer provides the exact amount of...

Enabling electricity markets is one of main characteristics of a smart grid that integrates advanced sensing technologies, control methodologies, and communication technologies into current power distribution systems. Intelligent Multi-Agent System (MAS) that provides platform for modeling autonomous decision making entities in de-centralized fashion can be used to implement market based power ...

This paper proposed a new smart home system that is designed based on ZigBee network and STM32F407 microprocessor. The system architecture, the basic circuit diagram and the flowchart of the software system are also provided. This smart home system integrates home appliances, lighting system, entry guard system, smoke sensors, automatic curtains and other equipment by connecting them to a ZigBe...

The term "smart grid" generally refers to a next-generation power grid in which the generation, transmission, distribution, and management of electricity are upgraded and automated by incorporating advanced computing and communication technologies for improving the efficiency, reliability, economics, and safety of the grid. Loosely speaking, a smart grid is composed of a power grid and a two-wa...