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Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach
Modern infrastructure, such as dense urban areas and underground tunnels, can effectively block all GPS signals, which implies that effective position triangulation will not be achieved. The main problem that is addressed in this project is the design and implementation of an accurate vehicle locati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27271638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16060825 |
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description | Modern infrastructure, such as dense urban areas and underground tunnels, can effectively block all GPS signals, which implies that effective position triangulation will not be achieved. The main problem that is addressed in this project is the design and implementation of an accurate vehicle location system using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in combination with GPS and the Global system for Mobile communication (GSM) technology, in order to provide a solution to the limitation discussed above. In essence, autonomous vehicle tracking will be facilitated with the use of RFID technology where GPS signals are non-existent. The design of the system and the results are reflected in this paper. An extensive literature study was done on the field known as the Internet of Things, as well as various topics that covered the integration of independent technology in order to address a specific challenge. The proposed system is then designed and implemented. An RFID transponder was successfully designed and a read range of approximately 31 cm was obtained in the low frequency communication range (125 kHz to 134 kHz). The proposed system was designed, implemented, and field tested and it was found that a vehicle could be accurately located and tracked. It is also found that the antenna size of both the RFID reader unit and RFID transponder plays a critical role in the maximum communication range that can be achieved. |
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spelling | pubmed-49342512016-07-06 Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach Prinsloo, Jaco Malekian, Reza Sensors (Basel) Article Modern infrastructure, such as dense urban areas and underground tunnels, can effectively block all GPS signals, which implies that effective position triangulation will not be achieved. The main problem that is addressed in this project is the design and implementation of an accurate vehicle location system using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in combination with GPS and the Global system for Mobile communication (GSM) technology, in order to provide a solution to the limitation discussed above. In essence, autonomous vehicle tracking will be facilitated with the use of RFID technology where GPS signals are non-existent. The design of the system and the results are reflected in this paper. An extensive literature study was done on the field known as the Internet of Things, as well as various topics that covered the integration of independent technology in order to address a specific challenge. The proposed system is then designed and implemented. An RFID transponder was successfully designed and a read range of approximately 31 cm was obtained in the low frequency communication range (125 kHz to 134 kHz). The proposed system was designed, implemented, and field tested and it was found that a vehicle could be accurately located and tracked. It is also found that the antenna size of both the RFID reader unit and RFID transponder plays a critical role in the maximum communication range that can be achieved. MDPI 2016-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4934251/ /pubmed/27271638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16060825 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Prinsloo, Jaco Malekian, Reza Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title | Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title_full | Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title_fullStr | Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title_short | Accurate Vehicle Location System Using RFID, an Internet of Things Approach |
title_sort | accurate vehicle location system using rfid, an internet of things approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27271638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16060825 |
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