New system helps locate car park spaces
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 03:35
in Mathematics & Economics
A research group from the UAB Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering, led by Jose Lopez Vicario and Antoni Morell, took part in the development of a new system which locates unoccupied car park spaces and guides users to the nearest one. The new network of sensors for the management of public car parks and locations, which researchers have named XALOC (Xarxes de sensors per a la gestio d'Aparcaments publics i LOCalitzacio), was developed by a consortium formed by the firm WorldSensing (consortium leader) and the Centre for Telecommunications Technology of Catalonia (CTTC). The project was financed by Catalan Government's Agency for Administration of University and Research Grants (AGAUR)...