On the development of self-powered iot sensor for real-time traffic monitoring in smart cities

With the rapidly approaching era of IoT and smart cities, it is anticipated that the market will greatly demand more autonomous and self-powered wireless sensors. Ideally, these sensors should operate for decades without service. This paper reports on the development and implementation of a novel, f...

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Published in2017 IEEE SENSORS pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Balid, Walid, Refai, Hazem H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2017
Subjects
Batteries
Energy-Harvesting
Internet-of-Things
Real-time systems
Smart cities
Smart Wireless Sensor
Surveillance
Traffic control
Traffic Surveillance
Vehicle Detection
Wireless communication
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:With the rapidly approaching era of IoT and smart cities, it is anticipated that the market will greatly demand more autonomous and self-powered wireless sensors. Ideally, these sensors should operate for decades without service. This paper reports on the development and implementation of a novel, fully-autonomous, self-powered wireless sensor for real-time traffic surveillance in smart cities. Multi-disciplinary integration of state-of-the-art, ultra-low-power embedded electronics, smart sensors, and wireless sensor networks - powered by intelligent algorithms - are the basis of developed sensor. The sensor also combines an energy-harvesting subsystem to enable sensor self-powering, as well as a wireless power receiver to facilitate remote charging of sensor's primary battery. The developed sensor is portable and cost-effective; a single node costs only 30. This technology is poised to play vital roles in tomorrow's smart cities.
DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2017.8234157