E-Parking: An Electronic Parking Service Using Wireless Networks

Parking is costly and limited in almost every major city in the world. The misparking aggravates the competition of parking slots. Innovative parking systems for meeting near-term parking demand are needed. We propose a novel parking system which adopts the wireless network and sensor technologies to provide an intelligent and automatic parking service. The implementation and a probabilistic analysis of the new parking service are presented as well. The advantage of this parking system, from the drivers’ point of view, is the best quality of service. The drivers will be informed the detailed information, i.e. the vacant parking slots and the route to the slot. The drivers can park without searching slots. The parking process is a non-stop experience. From the investor’s view, the electronic parking system proposed in the chapter is an efficient system in utilization of slots and the maintenance cost. More importantly, it is more profitable. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-765-4.ch007

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