Smart Parking Zones using Dual Mode Routed Bluetooth Fogged Meshes

Abstract

Contemporary parking solutions are often limited by the need for complex sensor infrastructures to perform space occupancy detection, and costly to maintain ingress and egress parking systems. For outdoor lots, network infrastructure and computational requirements often limit the availability of innovative technology. We propose the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon technology and low power sensor nodes, coupled with sensible placement of computational support and data storage near to the sensor network (a Fog computing paradigm) to provide a seamless parking solution capable of providing parking maintainers with accurate determinations of where vehicles are parked within the lot. Our solution is easy to install, easy to maintain, and does require significant alterations to the existing parking structures.