How can drones play an essential role for smart cities safety? As smart cities are emerging, connectivity needs are increasing dramatically in various scenarios of citizens everyday lives. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), largely known as drones, are expected to play a key role in smart cities environment, providing services for traffic management, public safety, situation awareness and connectivity during large crowd events.

EURECOM’s professor Adlen Ksentini, expert in mobile and wireless networks, explains the potential role of drones within smart cities. Currently, EURECOM is a key partner of the European project 5G!Drones, demonstrating that 5G is crucial in supporting challenging use cases that could put pressure on network resources, such as low-latency and reliable communication, massive number of connections and high bandwidth requirements, simultaneously.

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