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<p>Guayaquil is one of the most congested cities on the American continent. Several users cannot access on-time transport service according to the demand requested at bus stops. This work presents a simulation of the Wi-Fi technology to determine the number of users present at a bus stop. The objective is to know an estimation of them in different time intervals throughout the day, which could be useful for several actions, e.g., to set up a better distribution of transportation schedules or to place the bus stops in more demanding sites by users. The methodology included simulation scenarios for user counting at the bus stops. The results depicted that Wi-Fi technology performed suitable even in high-level attenuation scenarios.</p>
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Guayaquil is one of the most congested cities on the American continent. Several users cannot access on-time transport service according to the demand requested at bus stops. This work presents a simulation of the Wi-Fi technology to determine the number of users present at a bus stop. The objective is to know an estimation of them in different time intervals throughout the day, which could be useful for several actions, e.g., to set up a better distribution of transportation schedules or to place the bus stops in more demanding sites by users. The methodology included simulation scenarios for user counting at the bus stops. The results depicted that Wi-Fi technology performed suitable even in high-level attenuation scenarios.

Occupancy Estimation at Bus Stops Through Wi-Fi Connectivity Assessment – A Study in Guayaquil City

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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Guayaquil is one of the most congested cities on the American continent. Several users cannot access on-time transport service according to the demand...

Occupancy Estimation at Bus Stops Through Wi-Fi Connectivity Assessment – A Study in Guayaquil City

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Feb. 2022

Seitenbereich: 93 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2022-0009

Schlüsselwörter
Bus stops, design thinking, transport system, user counting, Wi-Fi assessment, Wi-Fi simulation

© 2022 Viviana Mero Cheme et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Occupancy Estimation at Bus Stops Through Wi-Fi Connectivity Assessment – A Study in Guayaquil City

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Feb. 2022

Seitenbereich: 93 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2022-0009

SchlüsselwörterBus stops, design thinking, transport system, user counting, Wi-Fi assessment, Wi-Fi simulation

© 2022 Viviana Mero Cheme et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Bus stops, design thinking, transport system, user counting, Wi-Fi assessment, Wi-Fi simulation