An energy efficient real-time vehicle tracking system

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing technology that combines and connects a variety of devices to generate more beneficial information. In this paper, an example of IoT portable system has been built and tested, which is called Smart Vehicle System (SVS). SVS includes three main parts: the Tracking Unit, Cloud, and Android application. The Tracking Unit is positioned inside a vehicle to sense the vehicle's temperature, speed, and location then uploads them to the cloud via a GSM network. Components and communication of the SVS are described in detail. constraints are included in the system to notify the administrator and the driver of certain events. SVS is a portable system, whose operation depends on batteries; therefore, a power reduction algorithm is proposed and examined. We have performed 19 different experiments, before and after applying the proposed algorithm, four of them are dynamic and 15 are at a fixed location. With the power reduction algorithm, we are able to reduce the energy consumption of the tracking unit by up to 17%.