IoT-based Efficient Streetlight Controlling, Monitoring and Real-time Error Detection System for Smart Cities in Bangladesh

Abstract

Meeting the increasing electricity demand has become a major issue for every nation, especially for a third world country like Bangladesh. A huge wastage of electricity can be seen in Bangladesh due to improper streetlight management that leads to an enormous financial loss every year. Many noteworthy works have been done by researchers from different parts of the world in tackling this issue by using the Internet of Things (IoT) yet very few in Bangladesh's perspective. In this work, we propose an efficient IoT-based integrated streetlight framework that offers cloud powered monitoring, controlling through light dimming as per external lighting conditions and traffic detection, as well as fault detecting system to ensure low power and electricity consumption. We analyzed data from Dhaka North and South City Corporation, Narayanganj City Corporation and Chattogram City Corporation where our proposed model demonstrates a reduction in energy cost of up to approx. 60% than that of the existing system. This intelligent and efficient system can be implemented in major cities of Bangladesh as part of a smart city and the surplus of the electricity can be utilized for household use and other essential purposes.