P-Track System, Pilgrim Tracking Based on RFID Technology
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Date
2009
Authors
M Jambi, Dalia Ismail
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Abstract
Every year about two million pilgrims from all over the world perform Hajj in
Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The area for performing the ritual is small and becomes
crowded most of the time. There are many cases where the pilgrims lost their family
members in such condition. Besides that, the government of Saudi Arabia government
is facing problem to catch and identify illegal pilgrims with expired visas after Hajj and
Umrah seasons. Under that condition, the Hajj ministry and the related organizations
and companies are looking forward to improve the services and find a suitable solution
to overcome the problems in order to make Hajj performing easier and safe. Track King
Company established and created P-Track system that works effectively in tracking
and locating person which allows monitoring groups of people in an identified area. PTrack
system is an RFIO based technology that consists of three main components;
the readers, tags and application system. Pilgrims carry a tag containing their
information which can be transmitted to the system application by well distributed
readers in the monitored area. As a result of this process, the identity and location of
the person could be detected from a long distance in short period of time. This system
could locate lost pilgrims and people with expired visa.
In this dissertation; we will analyze and design P Track by identifying the customer and
system requirements needs. The most suitable RFIO and networking technology will be
chosen so that P-Track system will be able to identify the location of pilgrims in the
Holy Mosque within the range of 3 to 10 feet in the outdoor area in seconds.
The target markets for this system are the government agencies and private
companies which involves in providing services related to Hajj and Umrah. The
projected profits for Track King are RS 1,730,000 for the first year, RS 3,460,000 for
the second year and RS 5,190,000 for the third year. The system will be continuously
improved based on the advancement in the RFIO technology. In the next stage of the
marketing plan, P-Track will be customized to suit other organizations or companies to
track object or people such as schools to monitor students or staff, hospitals to monitor
patients and inventory tracking.
Keywords: RFIO, tracking outdoor, wireless location technologies, RTLS
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P-Track system that works , in tracking and locating person