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Yet new techniques are being proposed to address modern challenges in WSN and efficient resource utilization. Moreover, solutions are required to integrate existing deployed WSN with ever increasing numbers of IoT devices in Smart Cities, that benefit both. In this work, we present an approach for routing in a WSN, in which IoT is used opportunistically to reduce the communication overhead of the sensors. In our approach, WSN deployed in a Smart City interacts with the IoT devices to route the data to the sink. We build a prototype Integration Platform for the WSN that allows interaction with IoT devices and utilizes them opportunistically that results in an energy efficient routing of data. Simulation results show that the direction is quite promising and our approach offers to utilize IoT to gain unique advantages.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jsan7040046","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,31]],"date-time":"2018-10-31T03:50:56Z","timestamp":1540957856000},"page":"46","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Opportunistically Exploiting Internet of Things for Wireless Sensor Network Routing in Smart Cities"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Shaza","family":"Hanif","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M.","family":"Khedr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE"},{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zaher","family":"Al Aghbari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dharma P.","family":"Agrawal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Friess, P. 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