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Calculating the speed of vehicles using Wireless Sensor Networks
Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2016
  • Omar Alfandi, Zayed University
  • Arne Bochem, Zayed University
  • Mehdi Akbari Gurabi, Zayed University
  • Alberto Rivera Diaz, Zayed University
  • Md Istiak Mehedi, Zayed University
  • Dieter Hogrefe, Zayed University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-3-2016
Abstract

© 2016 Polish Information Processing Society. Speed measurement is an important issue for some types of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), especially for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). However, calculating this value is error-prone and costly. This report intends to demonstrate the calculation of speed of an object without the use of any additional devices or sensor boards, only using Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) for localization of the vehicles and time calculation using synchronization. We implemented these methods in actual IRIS motes, and tested them. The results show that, while not perfectly accurate, our method proved to be reliable and close to the real speed. In addition, the results do not have any linear correlation in divergence of real speed and calculated speed, which means the system avoids systematic errors.

ISBN
9788360810903
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Ad hoc networks,
  • Information systems,
  • Speed,
  • Systematic errors,
  • Vehicular ad hoc networks,
  • Wireless ad hoc networks,
  • Error prones,
  • Linear correlation,
  • Received signal strength indication,
  • Speed measurement,
  • Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs),
  • Wireless sensor networks
Scopus ID
85007240937
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license
https://doi.org/10.15439/2016F511
Citation Information
Omar Alfandi, Arne Bochem, Mehdi Akbari Gurabi, Alberto Rivera Diaz, et al.. "Calculating the speed of vehicles using Wireless Sensor Networks" Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2016 (2016) p. 1043 - 1047
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/omar-alfandi/11/