Telecom Italia

Roberta Manzueto

Maura Turolla

Elisa Alessio

Andrea Bragagnini

Maura Santina Turolla

The system allows a reliable and automatic detection of moving vehicles and advantageously also identification of the moving vehicles. A WPAN node device (advantageously a ZigBee node device) is installed on a vehicle to be detected when the vehicle is moving. Three WPAN node devices (advantageously three ZigBee node devices) are installed on the ground. One of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as an 'exciter' of the vehicle WPAN node device. Another one of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as the 'parent' of the vehicle WPAN node device. A further one of the three WPAN node devices has a narrow radio coverage area and acts as a &#x201c;detector&#x201d; of the vehicle WPAN node device. The three radio coverage areas are sized and located so that a moving vehicle to be detected enters the area of the &#x201c;exciter&#x201d; before entering the area of the &#x201c;parent&#x201d; and before entering the area of the &#x201c;detector&#x201d;. After detection, the system provides for sending information to a fourth WPAN node device present in a user mobile telephone terminal.

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Procida, Italy

Roberta Manzueto