TY - GEN
T1 - A LoRaWAN-based camel crossing alert and tracking system
AU - Balushi, Tariq Al
AU - Al Hosni, Ayoub
AU - Theeb Ba Omar, Hashim Al
AU - Al Abri, Dawood
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Vehicle accidents caused by camel crossing is a serious problem in regions where there is a large population of camels. This paper presents a camel alert and tracking system that tracks the locations of camels and warns drivers whenever the camels approach the road. The proposed system consists of four components: collars that are attached to the camels, a control unit located in the area where the system is deployed, warning signs that are fixed along the road, and a system server. In this system, the collar unit will periodically obtain the camel location using GPS and transmit it to the control unit using LoRaWAN. The control unit will process the received data and activate, via a LoRaWAN broadcast, the warning signs if there are camels approaching the road. The control unit will also forward the received data to the server where it will be stored in a database that can be accessed by authorized personals to track and locate camels. A prototype has been built and tested to validate the proposed system. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the system in terms of functionality, safety, and cost.
AB - Vehicle accidents caused by camel crossing is a serious problem in regions where there is a large population of camels. This paper presents a camel alert and tracking system that tracks the locations of camels and warns drivers whenever the camels approach the road. The proposed system consists of four components: collars that are attached to the camels, a control unit located in the area where the system is deployed, warning signs that are fixed along the road, and a system server. In this system, the collar unit will periodically obtain the camel location using GPS and transmit it to the control unit using LoRaWAN. The control unit will process the received data and activate, via a LoRaWAN broadcast, the warning signs if there are camels approaching the road. The control unit will also forward the received data to the server where it will be stored in a database that can be accessed by authorized personals to track and locate camels. A prototype has been built and tested to validate the proposed system. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the system in terms of functionality, safety, and cost.
KW - Animal crossing
KW - Animal-vehicle accident
KW - Camel
KW - Engineering design
KW - GPS
KW - LoRaWAN
KW - System integration
KW - Tracking
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U2 - 10.1109/INDIN41052.2019.8972063
DO - 10.1109/INDIN41052.2019.8972063
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85079071834
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
SP - 1035
EP - 1040
BT - Proceedings - 2019 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 17th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2019
Y2 - 22 July 2019 through 25 July 2019
ER -