Title: Implementing a green bicycle alliance using a wireless sensor network

Authors: Haw-Yun Shin; Chung-Ming Own

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, China ' Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, St. John's University, 25135, China

Abstract: This study used the wireless sensor network (WSN) technique to design a bike device module, a bike path establishment module and a cloud service module. These three modules were used to address issues related to cycling activities, including green power supply, activity and health records, trajectory monitoring and group positioning and immediate safety issues. GPS was not required, and as long as the cyclists remained on the paths provided by the bike path establishment module and used the cloud service module, the previously mentioned issues could be addressed. The cloud service module included a path establishment simulation system that could enable a path manager to simulate paths before they were physically provided, to determine the ideal establishment method for providing wireless sensor nodes. This study use the Danshui Golden Waterfront in northern Taiwan to implement on-site establishment and installation.

Keywords: WSNs; wireless sensor networks; energy saving; environmental monitoring; trajectory tracking; green bicycle alliance; cloud services; cloud computing; cycling; green power supply; health records; trajectory monitoring; group positioning; cyclist safety; simulation; Taiwan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2014.064345

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2014 Vol.16 No.2, pp.103 - 112

Received: 31 Jan 2013
Accepted: 06 Aug 2013

Published online: 19 Aug 2014 *

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