An Edge System for the Safety of Cyclists in the Urban Area

Abstract

Urban areas are evolving towards systems based on sustainable mobility. In particular, thanks to technologies such as Big Data analysis, Cloud, Edge Computing, and IoT, it is possible to design both decision support services for the management of smart cities and services for users. The proposed work presents an innovative device for the safety of cyclists in urban areas. The device is designed to ensure continuous connectivity. Connectivity can be global (via internet) or local thanks to the use of the mesh network. Furthermore, the designed infrastructure provides cyclists with real-time information on the urban area they are crossing, starting from the data collected by the smart city. During the implementation phase, it was of particular interest to test the functioning of the mesh and the energy performance of the device in the field.