A Flexible Software-Defined Networking-Based Privacy-Preserving Method for Internet of Things-Based Smart City Environment Based on the Neighbors Situation
Mehdi Gheisari, Hamid Tahaei, Christian Fernández‐Campusano, Mazhar Hussain Malik, Ernest Mnkandla, Zenghui Wang, Malusi Sibiya, Julian L. Webber, Muhammad Rizwan Mughal, Cheng‐Chi Lee, Pan Jun Sun, Abolfazl Mehbodniya · Computer · 2025
We introduce “DPSmartCity,” a context-aware dynamic software-defined networking (SDN) framework that preserves privacy in smart cities. Enhancing the Internet of Things (IoT)-centric infrastructure with dynamic network management, the SDN controller employs contextual information and trust evaluation, determining secure routes from IoT devices to the cloud.