UFCity: A Software Architecture to Create Data Ecosystem in Smart Cities

Smart city platforms manage resources and information to offer services to citizens. Developing technological solutions for this scenario is not trivial, given data and resource heterogeneity and the need for platform flexibility and adaptability. This work presents UFCity, a software architecture for smart city data ecosystems using microservices, artificial intelligence, and a three-layer networking structure. As a proof of concept, we developed a prototype and tested it in usage scenarios with real data. These use cases explored how our solution solves identified problems, showing meeting essential requirements for smart city platforms. In this way, UFCity is an alternative for data management in a smart city, presenting advantages over other solutions listed in this work in meeting the platform requirements.