This paper describes the deployment and high-level architecture of the Internet of Things experimentation facility being deployed at Santander city. SmartSantander is a unique in the world city-scale experimental research facility in support of typical applications and services for a smart city. The testbed that has been deployed has a dual purpose. On the one hand it will allow real-world experimentation on Internet-of-Things related technologies (protocols, middlewares, applications, etc.). On the other hand it is currently supporting the provision of smart city services aimed at enhancing the quality of life in the city of Santander. Tangible results are expected to greatly influence definition and specification of Future Internet architecture design from viewpoints of Internet of Things and Internet of Services. This paper presents the physical deployment carried out in the city of Santander and the high-level architecture supporting the experimentation and service provision duality. Moreover, a brief description of the mechanisms supporting the experimentation life cycle will be done. Finally, the services that are being provided to the city will also be sketched. This is the accepted version of a work published in 2013 16th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC). The definitive version can be found at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6618633. This work has been funded by research project SmartSantander, under FP7-ICT-2009-5 of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Community. © National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Authors retain the right to reproduce or authorize others to reproduce the above paper for authors’ personal use or for company use if the source and WPMC copyright notice is indicated. Based on this, conference paper is also available at https://hdl.handle.net/10902/32540.
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