Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments
This paper presents a system with location functionalities for the inventory of traffic signs based on passive RFID technology. The proposed system simplifies the current video-based techniques, whose requirements regarding visibility are difficult to meet in some scenarios, such as dense urban area...
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doaj-943c00d64d064676a1e492e98cbf5eae2020-11-25T01:21:24ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-07-01187238510.3390/s18072385s18072385Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban EnvironmentsJosé Ramón García Oya0Rubén Martín Clemente1Eduardo Hidalgo Fort2Ramón González Carvajal3Fernando Muñoz Chavero4Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, SpainDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, SpainDepartment of Electronics Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, SpainDepartment of Electronics Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, SpainDepartment of Electronics Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, SpainThis paper presents a system with location functionalities for the inventory of traffic signs based on passive RFID technology. The proposed system simplifies the current video-based techniques, whose requirements regarding visibility are difficult to meet in some scenarios, such as dense urban areas. In addition, the system can be easily extended to consider any other street facilities, such as dumpsters or traffic lights. Furthermore, the system can perform the inventory process at night and at a vehicle’s usual speed, thus avoiding interfering with the normal traffic flow of the road. Moreover, the proposed system exploits the benefits of the passive RFID technologies over active RFID, which are typically employed on inventory and vehicular routing applications. Since the performance of passive RFID is not obvious for the required distance ranges on these in-motion scenarios, this paper, as its main contribution, addresses the problem in two different ways, on the one hand theoretically, presenting a radio wave propagation model at theoretical and simulation level for these scenarios; and on the other hand experimentally, comparing passive and active RFID alternatives regarding costs, power consumption, distance ranges, collision problems, and ease of reconfiguration. Finally, the performance of the proposed on-board system is experimentally validated, testing its capabilities for inventory purposes.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/7/2385inventoryinfrastructure-to-vehiclelocation systemsradio propagationRFIDtraffic signsurban environment |
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José Ramón García Oya Rubén Martín Clemente Eduardo Hidalgo Fort Ramón González Carvajal Fernando Muñoz Chavero Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments Sensors inventory infrastructure-to-vehicle location systems radio propagation RFID traffic signs urban environment |
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José Ramón García Oya Rubén Martín Clemente Eduardo Hidalgo Fort Ramón González Carvajal Fernando Muñoz Chavero |
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Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments |
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Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments |
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Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments |
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Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments |
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Passive RFID-Based Inventory of Traffic Signs on Roads and Urban Environments |
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passive rfid-based inventory of traffic signs on roads and urban environments |
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This paper presents a system with location functionalities for the inventory of traffic signs based on passive RFID technology. The proposed system simplifies the current video-based techniques, whose requirements regarding visibility are difficult to meet in some scenarios, such as dense urban areas. In addition, the system can be easily extended to consider any other street facilities, such as dumpsters or traffic lights. Furthermore, the system can perform the inventory process at night and at a vehicle’s usual speed, thus avoiding interfering with the normal traffic flow of the road. Moreover, the proposed system exploits the benefits of the passive RFID technologies over active RFID, which are typically employed on inventory and vehicular routing applications. Since the performance of passive RFID is not obvious for the required distance ranges on these in-motion scenarios, this paper, as its main contribution, addresses the problem in two different ways, on the one hand theoretically, presenting a radio wave propagation model at theoretical and simulation level for these scenarios; and on the other hand experimentally, comparing passive and active RFID alternatives regarding costs, power consumption, distance ranges, collision problems, and ease of reconfiguration. Finally, the performance of the proposed on-board system is experimentally validated, testing its capabilities for inventory purposes. |
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inventory infrastructure-to-vehicle location systems radio propagation RFID traffic signs urban environment |
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