—A major problem in large and busy traffic areas is
parking vehicles by searching for empty (and available) spaces.
In the recent days, some parking lot systems are equipped with
sensors and microcontrollers to automatically count the cars
parked in the lot. However, such a parking system may not
indicate any empty spots. In addition, existing systems are very
expensive and suffer due to long processing time and large
energy consumption. Recently introduced ZigBee technology is a
low-cost and low-power wireless communication protocol
targeted towards automation and remote control applications.
In this work, we propose a smart parking system for heavy
traffic environments using ZigBee wireless transmission module.
The proposed system is suitable for multi-floor buildings and
able to send a message to vehicles about the status of parking
spaces. The parking monitoring system continuously collects the
data from parking slot detectors and then it intimates the
vehicle section. We simulate the proposed system using ZigBee
and two other popular wireless technologies: Bluetooth and WiFi.
Experimental results show that ZigBee provides transition
time and power advantages over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.