ABSTRACT
Issues in transportation relate to traffic congestion, vehicle tracking system, optimization of pavement management, and energy need/supply.
Systems for the collection and transmission of relevant parameters are generally located in sites that are unlikely reached by electricity grid. It turns out that energy harvesting techniques have to be deployed.
Unfortunately, many of the existing energy harvesting technologies and systems have well-known drawbacks that impair their practical use and their effectiveness.
In the light of the above, the goal of the study described in this paper was to investigate the feasibility of a smart device, specifically intended for transportation infrastructure, that is part of a larger Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and integrates different energy harvesting devices.
Results demonstrate the potential of the integrated device in terms of information communication technology and life pavement cycle cost reduction.
Results can benefit both practitioners and researchers.
