An RFID based system for bus location tracking and display

Abstract

RFID is a technology similar to that of bar code scanning. An RFID system consists of tags, which use radio frequency signals to transmit its location information to a reader, which usually sends this information to a server that processes it according to the needs of the application. This paper presents a system that can track buses across a city by placing RFID tags in the buses and the readers in every alternative bus stop. The local server for the city recieves the location information, and alerts the forthcoming bus stops in the route of the bus, of the bus' number, route and expected time of arrival, which are then displayed at the stop. This system thus describes is a cost effective and easy to implement scheme for tracking buses in real time.