DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and WSN (Wireless sensor network) have a wide variety of applications and huge potentials. RFID is used to provide detection and identification while WSN can monitor environment condition in a big area. Thus, integrating these two technologies will increase their capabilities and functionality. This project investigates the integration of RFID and WSN methodology to create a smart and reliable bus tracking system.
The author plans to create a system where the traffic of busses in a bus station can be displayed continuously. People can check whether the bus is on schedule or delayed. The estimated time of arrival of the next bus will also be estimated based on the bus schedule. This information will be transmitted to the wireless display around the bus station. Therefore, the main focus of this project is to develop a device that is able to monitor the device by integrating wireless sensor network with RFID. From this project, we could know the location and identity of a targeted vehicle.