A Low-Cost On-Street Parking Management System Based on Bluetooth Beacons.

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Urban Planning

Background:

• City governments are adopting information and communication technology (ICT) to enhance on-street parking management.
• Current smart parking solutions like wireless magnetic sensors and image-recognition meters have limitations in cost or functionality.
• Existing systems often fail to identify vehicles or require expensive infrastructure.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the feasibility of a novel on-street parking management system utilizing low-cost Bluetooth beacons.
• To develop a system capable of detecting both parking space occupancy and vehicle identification.
• To provide a cost-effective and efficient smart parking solution.

Main Methods:

• Deployment of Bluetooth beacon transmitters in vehicles and receivers along roadside parking spaces.
• Utilizing Kalman filter for processing received beacon signals to estimate vehicle presence and location.
• Leveraging signal strength analysis for parking space occupancy detection.

Main Results:

• The developed Bluetooth beacon system successfully detects parking space occupancy.
• Vehicle identification is achieved through the processing of beacon signals.
• Experimental results confirm the system's effectiveness despite potential inaccuracies in distance estimation.

Conclusions:

• A Bluetooth beacon-based system offers a feasible and low-cost solution for on-street smart parking management.
• The system effectively addresses the limitations of current technologies by providing both occupancy detection and vehicle identification.
• This approach presents a viable strategy for improving urban parking efficiency and management.