Parking Management System
Each parking space is equipped with a battery powered occupancy sensor that can detect the
absence, arrival, presence, and departure of a vehicle. The sensors are self provisioning, with a
unique MAC address assigned to each unit that is associated with its serial number and bar
code. When an occupancy sensor detects vehicle activity, its embedded LoRa transceiver
sends a short message packet containing the change in status to any wireless Internet gateway
within its range. The gateway can be part of a private LoRa network or a node in a public
LoRaMesh service provider
The gateway forwards the packets to Parking Cloud Service application that can reside
either on a Cloud-based or dedicated server. This turnkey parking management solution
uses the sensor's messages to keep track of open and occupied spaces. It can present
parking events on a web interface, and provide parking data to third-party applications that
generate billing information, and advertise available parking spaces to motorists via their
smartphones or other wireless devices. It can also be customized to support a wider range
of specialized services. The LoMesh Protocol supports bi-directional communication
allowing the parking manager to query the sensors to find available/occupied slots.