Low-cost and energy-saving wireless sensor network for real-time urban mobility monitoring system

Joyoung Lee, Zijia Zhong, Bo Du, Slobodan Gutesa, Kitae Kim

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

17 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents a low-cost and energy-saving urban mobility monitoring system based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The primary components of the proposed sensor unit are a Bluetooth sensor and a Zigbee transceiver. Within the WSN, the Bluetooth sensor captures the MAC addresses of Bluetooth units equipped in mobile devices and car navigation systems. The Zigbee transceiver transmits the collected MAC addresses to a data center without any major communications infrastructures (e.g., fiber optics and 3G/4G network). A total of seven prototype sensor units have been deployed on roadway segments in Newark, New Jersey, for a proof of concept (POC) test. The results of the POC test show that the performance of the proposed sensor unit appears promising, resulting in 2% of data drop rates and an improved Bluetooth capturing rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number685786
JournalJournal of Sensors
Volume2015
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Low-cost and energy-saving wireless sensor network for real-time urban mobility monitoring system'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this