Real-Time and Efficient Traffic Information Acquisition via Pavement Vibration IoT Monitoring System

Abstract

Traditional road-embedded monitoring systems for traffic monitoring have the disadvantages of a short life, high energy consumption and data redundancy, resulting in insufficient durability and high cost. In order to improve the durability and efficiency of the road-embedded monitoring system, a pavement vibration monitoring system is developed based on the Internet of things (IoT). The system includes multi-acceleration sensing nodes, a gateway, and a cloud platform. The key design principles and technologies of each part of the system are proposed, which provides valuable experience for the application of IoT monitoring technology in road infrastructures. Characterized by low power consumption, distributed computing, and high extensibility properties, the pavement vibration IoT monitoring system can realize the monitoring, transmission, and analysis of pavement vibration signal, and acquires the real-time traffic information. This road-embedded system improves the intellectual capacity of road infrastructure and is conducive to the construction of a new generation of smart roads.

Development of a Zigbee-Based Wireless Sensor Network of MEMS Accelerometers for Pavement Monitoring

“…Geophones are used in the system presented in [2] to measure the vertical velocity at the pavement surface and convert it into vertical displacement (deflection). Other systems are based on MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) accelerometers [3][4][5][6][7][8][9], packaged in a nylon box or covered with resin. These accelerometers are buried into the pavement and then connected to the data logger or master, which is placed next to the road.…”

Research on the Reliability of a Core Control Unit of Highway Electromechanical Equipment Based on Virtual Sensor Data

“…As a result, the components break off, resulting in functional failure of the PCB, and affecting the normal operation of the equipment. Although some researchers have developed a system which can realize pavement vibration monitoring [ 5 ], there is some uncertainty about the influence of vehicle–road coupling vibration on the reliability of electromechanical equipment. In order to avoid economic losses, it is necessary to use finite element analysis to prove the concept [ 6 , 7 ].…”