The SmartSantander project aims to provide a test facility for Internet of Things research and experimentation in the context of smart cities. It will deploy 20,000 IoT devices across eight EU countries over 36 months with a budget of 8 million euros. The project will target researchers, end users, and service providers. It will explore applications in areas like traffic control, elderly assistance, cultural activities, smart metering and environmental monitoring.

1. SmartSantanderwww.smartsantander.eu

2. December 16, 2010Page 2SmartSantander – Overview Smart Santander aims at providing a European experimental test facility for the research and experimentation of architectures, key enabling technologies, services and applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) in the context of the smart city.Smart Santander HighlightsTargeting: Researchers

3. End users

4. Service providersDuration 36 monthsConsortium 15 Organisations

5. 8 EU countries + AUBudget / Funding 8.00 M€ /6.00 M€Resources800 PM20.000 IoT devices

6. December 16, 2010Page 3The actors are the actual users of the SmartSantander facility:Service Providers and Application Developers are high-levelusers using the testbed facility to create higher-level services based on data extracted from the sensor network. Service Consumers are users of the applications/services deployed on the SmartSantander system by the high-level users i.e. Service Providers.FIRE users are low-level users such as researchers intending to develop test and optimize novel algorithms, protocols, implementations and applications.System Administrators – The SmartSantander system and network administrators who are responsible for configuring the system.SmartSantander – Actors

7. December 16, 2010Page 4City driven phased approach targeting ServicesTraffic Control (e.g. parking areas, loading zones, monitoring)Support of the elderly, persons with disabilities and chronically illCultural ActivitiesSmart MeteringEnvironmental MonitoringPublic TransportUrban Waste Management…Smart Santander – User Community