Building a Dedicated GSM GPS Module Tracking System for Fleet Management : Hardware and Software

141 Pages·2018·5.489 MB·English

by  El Khoury, Franjieh, Zgheib, Antoine

Building a Dedicated
GSM GPS Module
Tracking System for
Fleet Management
Hardware and Software

Building a Dedicated
GSM GPS Module
Tracking System for
Fleet Management
Hardware and Software
Franjieh El Khoury
Antoine Zgheib
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Names: El Khoury, Franjieh, author. | Zgheib, Antoine, author.
Title: Building a dedicated GSM GPS module tracking system for fleet
management : hardware and software / Franjieh El Khoury, Antoine Zgheib.
Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
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Identifiers: LCCN 2017044898 | ISBN 9781498767026 (hb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Motor vehicle fleets--Equipment and supplies. | Automatic
tracking. | Global Positioning System--Industrial applications.
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
IntroductIon xiii
chApter 1 globAl posItIonIng system (gps) 1
1.1 General Overview of Global Positioning System (GPS) 1
1.2 Locating a Position with the GPS Receiver 3
1.3 Segments of GPS 4
1.3.1 Space Segment 5
1.3.2 Control Segment 5
1.3.3 User Segment 6
1.4 Different Types of GPS Receivers 6
1.4.1 Consumer Model 6
1.4.2 U.S. Military/Government Model 7
1.4.3 Mapping/Resource Model 8
1.4.4 Survey Model 8
1.4.5 Commercial Transportation Model 8
1.5 Application Fields of GPS Receivers 8
1.5.1 Aviation 9
1.5.2 Marine 9
1.5.3 Farming 9
1.5.4 Science 10
1.5.5 Surveying 10
1.5.6 Military 10
1.5.7 Sports 11
1.5.8 Fleet Management 11
1.6 Conclusion 12
VII
VIII Contents
chApter 2 electronIc equIpment for A gps system 13
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Classification of Microcontrollers 13
2.2.1 Classification of Microcontroller Based on
Number of Bits 14
2.2.2 Classification of Microcontroller Based on
Memory Devices 14
2.2.3 Classification of Microcontroller Based on
the Instruction Set 15
2.2.4 Classification of Microcontroller Based on
Memory Architecture 15
2.3 Types of Microcontrollers 16
2.3.1 8051 Microcontroller 16
2.3.2 Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC)
Microcontroller 17
2.3.3 Advanced RISC Machines (ARM)
Microcontroller 18
2.3.4 Alf-Egil Bogen and Vegard Wollan’s RISC
(AVR) Microcontroller 18
2.4 Comparison of the Different Microcontroller Types 20
2.5 Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) 22
2.6 Programmer 22
2.7 Bootloader 22
2.8 Cables and Connectors 23
2.9 SD Card 24
2.10 GPS Antenna 25
2.11 GPS Camera 26
2.12 Audio Kit 26
2.13 Conclusion 27
chApter 3 communIcAtIon modules And protocols 29
3.1 Introduction 29
3.2 Different Communication Modules 30
3.2.1 Global Positioning System (GPS) Module 30
3.2.2 Global System for Mobile Communications
(GSM) Module 32
3.2.3 Satellite Module 33
3.3 Recapitulative Table of Comparison of Different
Communication Modules 35
3.4 Different Communication Protocols 35
3.4.1 Communication Protocols of Microcontrollers 38
3.4.1.1 Universal Asynchronous Receiver/
Transmitter (UART) Protocol 38
3.4.1.2 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Protocol 39
3.4.1.3 Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)
Protocol 41
Contents IX
3.4.2 Comparison of the Different
Communication Protocols of Microcontrollers 43
3.4.3 Internet Communication Protocols 43
3.4.3.1 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 45
3.4.3.2 User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 45
3.4.3.3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Secure (HTTPS) 46
3.4.3.4 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and
File Transfer Protocol Secure
(FTPS) 47
3.4.3.5 Simple Mail Transport Protocol
(SMTP) 49
3.4.3.6 Post Office Protocol (POP3) 49
3.4.4 Comparison of Different Internet
Communication Protocols 50
3.5 Conclusion 52
chApter 4 progrAmmIng mIcrocontroller 53
4.1 Introduction 53
4.2 Development System of Microcontroller Applications 55
4.3 Programming Languages 56
4.3.1 Assembly Language 56
4.3.2 C Programming Language 57
4.3.3 Lua Programming Language 58
4.4 Recapitulative Table of Comparison of Different
Microcontroller Programming Languages 59
4.5 ATtention (AT) Command 59
4.6 NMEA Sentence and GPRMC Sentence 61
4.7 Conclusion 62
chApter 5 our proposed model: Infelecphy gps unIt 63
5.1 Introduction 63
5.2 Proposed Model InfElecPhy GPS Unit (IEP-GPS) 64
5.2.1 Architecture of the Model IEP-GPS with
Microcontroller 65
5.2.2 Architecture of the Model IEP-GPS
without a Microcontroller 67
5.3 Representation of Interactions between Different
Actors of the Model IEP-GPS 70
5.3.1 Interactions between Different Actors of the
Model IEP-GPS with a Microcontroller 70
5.3.2 Interactions between Different Actors of the
Model IEP-GPS without a Microcontroller 72
5.4 Composition of the Model IEP-GPS 74
5.4.1 Module 1—Obtaining a Location and
Posting to the Web 75
5.4.2 Module 2—Sending SMS as an Alert Message 76