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IoT-Enabled Smart Traffic Management
Overview:
apid urbanization has led to severe traffic congestion,
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resulting in lost man-hours, in-creased fuel consumption, and
elevated pollution levels. Traditional fixed-time traffic lights
cannot adapt to fluctuating traffic patterns, while uncoordinated
route-guidance services lack real-time intersection control.
Objective:
evelop an end-to-end IoT-based Smart Traffic Management
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System that collects real-time traffic data from sensors or
vehicles, dynamically controls traffic signals across multiple
intersections, and provides alternate route recommendations to
drivers. The system should also include a live dashboard to
visualize traffic metrics and demonstrate performance
improvements.
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Problem Description:
esign and demonstrate an end-to-end IoT-based Smart Traffic
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Management system that:
. Collects live traffic data from roadside sensors or connected
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vehicles.
2. Optimizes multi-intersection signal timings in real time.
3. Recommends alternate routes to drivers via a mobile or web
interface.
4. Visualizes performance metrics on a dashboard. Your solution
should clearly show how dynamic control and driver guidance
together reduce average waiting times and improve overall
throughput.
Primary Requirements (Mandatory)
• Real-Time Signal Control: Compute and dispatch updated
green/amber/red timings for at least 5 intersections, adapting every
30–60 seconds based on current data.
• Route Guidance Service: Generate on-demand alternate-route
suggestions (with
estimated time savings) via an API , front-end app or a simple web
service .
• Data Visualization Dashboard: Live display of queue lengths,
average delay, throughput (vehicles/hour), and a network
congestion heat-map.
• Performance Reporting: Quantify before/after metrics (e.g., %
reduction in wait time, % increase in throughput) and decision-loop
latency.
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econdary Requirements (Optional – up to 10%
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bonus)
• Predictive congestion alerts (e.g., forecast next-interval queue
buildups)
• Adaptive coordination with public-transport priority (buses or
trams)
• Fault-tolerance under sensor or network failures
Constraints & Assumptions
se commercially available IoT hardware (e.g., ESP32, Raspberry
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Pi) or a traffic simulator (e.g., SUMO) for emulation. Employ a
secure wireless protocol (Wi-Fi, LTE, LoRaWAN) with end-to-end
encryption. Justify edge- versus cloud-based analytics trade-
offs. Assume a city-scale map of at least 5 signalized intersections,
each with up to four approaches.
Deliverables:
. Technical Report (max 6 pages): System architecture, algorithms,
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trade-off analysis, test results.
2. Source Package: Code, configuration files, scripts.
3. Demo Video ( 5 min): Live operation on hardware or simulator,
highlighting
control loop and dashboard.
4. Presentation Slides (10 min): Key design decisions, performance
charts etc.
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Evaluation Criteria:
Criterion Weight (%)
Functionality & Correctness 35
Real-Time Performance 20
(latency/uptime)
Innovation & Robustness 15
Usability & Visualization 15
Quality of Report & 15
Presentation
ote:Your system will be tested on unseen traffictraces and under
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simulated sensor failures. Designs that gracefully handle missing
data and network delays will score higher.
Good luck!
