Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges

Ibrar Yaqoob; Khaled Salah; Latif U. Khan; Raja Jayaraman; Ala Al-Fuqaha; Mohammed Omar

doi:10.1109/FNWF58287.2023.10520349

Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges

Ibrar Yaqoob
, Khaled Salah
, Latif U. Khan
, Raja Jayaraman
, Ala Al-Fuqaha
, Mohammed Omar

Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Digital twins have immense potential to enhance the planning, management, and optimization of smart cities across diverse domains. A digital twin represents a real-world physical component through an integrated multiphysics, multiscale, and probabilistic simulation. By leveraging digital twins, smart cities can visualize designs in 3D, conduct virtual tests and simulations, and facilitate configuration, monitoring, diagnostics, and prognostics. Consequently, digital twins can contribute significantly to the development, sustainability, and maintenance of smart cities. In this paper, we explore the potential of digital twins in shaping smart cities to the next level. We highlight some key benefits associated with the adoption of digital twins in smart city contexts. We discuss the networking and communication technologies that provide connectivity support for digital twins. Furthermore, we provide insightful discussions on the role of digital twins in various domains of smart cities. Finally, we present some open challenges along with recommendations.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum
Subtitle of host publication	Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350324587
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FNWF58287.2023.10520349
State	Published - 2023
Event	6th IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2023 - Baltimore, United States Duration: 13 Nov 2023 → 15 Nov 2023

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Name	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum: Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023

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Conference	6th IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	13/11/23 → 15/11/23

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Communication
Digital twins
Internet of Things
Networking
Smart City

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Yaqoob, I., Salah, K., Khan, L. U., Jayaraman, R., Al-Fuqaha, A., & Omar, M. (2023). Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges. In Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum: Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023 (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum: Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/FNWF58287.2023.10520349

Yaqoob, Ibrar ; Salah, Khaled ; Khan, Latif U. et al. / Digital Twins for Smart Cities : Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges. Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum: Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum: Future Networks: Imagining the Network of the Future, FNWF 2023).

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Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges. / Yaqoob, Ibrar; Salah, Khaled; Khan, Latif U. et al.
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Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Benefits, Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges

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