Telecommunication

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The procedures for establishment of focus groups are defined in Recommendation ITU-T A.7. ITU-T Study Group 5 set up the ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC) at its meeting in February 2013. ITU-T Study Group 5 is the parent group of FG-SSC.

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Multi-service infrastructure for
smart sustainable cities in
new-development areas
Acknowledgements

These Technical Specifications were researched and written by Dave Faulkner (Climate Associates), Paolo Gemma (Huawei), Ziqin Sang (Fiberhome Technologies), N.S. Deepu (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India), R.M. Argarwal (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India), Flavio Cucchietti (Telecom Italia), Leonidas Anthopoulos (Technological Education Institute of Thessaly, Greece), John Faulkner (Environment Agency, United Kingdom), Nilesh Kumar Purey (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co. Ltd., India), Satish Kamat (Lavasa Corporation Limited, India), Neeraj Mishra (Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, India) and Keith Dickerson (Climate Associates), as a contribution to ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC).

Additional information and materials relating to this report can be found at: www.itu.int/itu-t/climatechange. If you would like to provide any additional information, please contact Cristina Bueti at tsbsg5@itu.int.


Multi-service infrastructure for smart sustainable cities
in new-development areas

Table of Contents

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1 Introduction 1

2 Scope 2

3 SSC Utility Service Requirements 2

3.1 Opportunities for Infrastructure Sharing in Central City Locations 6

3.2 Growth, Maintenance and Upgrade in New Build Situations 22

3.3 Lifecycle and obsolescence 22

4 Smart Sustainable Building Utility Services 24

4.1 Opportunities for sharing risers (e.g., inside or alongside buildings) 24

4.2 Smart Sustainable Building Service Requirements 24

5 Opportunities for sharing infrastructure at street level 26

6 Opportunities for ICT to support other utilities 27

7 Opportunities for sharing the Application Platform 28

Annex A – Glossary and list of abbreviations 29

Appendix I – Bibliography 30

Multi-service infrastructure for smart sustainable cities
in new-development areas

Executive Summary

This document focuses on answering the question, “How should ICT infrastructure be planned for a new city given that it has to be both 'smart' and 'sustainable'?”.

The approach taken assumes that no infrastructure exists and the city or urban development area is to be built from new. A feature which is new for smart sustainable cities (SSCs) is the need for a sensor layer network and peripheral devices which may be directly connected to the internet, i.e., the internet of things (IoT).

To reduce whole life costs, this document explores the opportunities for infrastructure sharing from the outset. The primary concern for all types of installation is safety.

The location or collocation of ICT infrastructure is considered in urban corridors, trenches, urban tunnels and risers into buildings and rooms. Examples of web-based software platforms are provided which enable data sharing via application programming and other interface.

Urban Corridor, Utility Tunnel, Trench, sensor layer, application program interface.