Sensor Network based IoT Solutions for Smart and Safe Logistics

Authors

  • D. Pamela
  • P.Kingston Stanley
  • K. Gerard Joe Nigel

Abstract

The online shopping is the trend of the day and the need for door delivery of products is increasing day by day. To satisfy the increase in demand for online shoppers there is a huge increase in logistic services. Logistic services include transporting of varied items which includes costumes, electronic gadgets, furniture, cosmetics, Jewellery etc. Also, perishable food materials are also being transported daily using its refrigerated trucks. It is Hence it is necessary to have systems that monitors and alerts the physical parameters of the truck continuously. The dealers are been put in punitive action due to retard in matter, destruction of substance and theft. They are dealing with difficult situation for rigorous supervising of the entire issues, however owing to the continuous evolution in cloud computing, communication technologies, big data security solutions, visualizing techniques and Internet of things [IOT] it is very well possible to deal these issues in a smart way. Hence this paper proposes smart ways of sensing the variation in ambient conditions of the truck and alerting the end user when the truck enters an unauthorised area by way of Geofencing and also banging of doors for theft attempts are identified by REED switches. The concept of Geo-fencing has also been introduced to track the boundaries of the movement of the truck. A fencing mechanism using Geofencing along with an altering system has been attached to the system to alert the concerned person if the truck crosses the predefined boundaries. Thus the ultimate smart way of doing logistics is discussed in this paper.

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2020-04-09

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