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Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology and have great potential to be applied in critical environments. In that regard, IoT is a remarkable solution to the challenge of collecting data from physical environments, thanks to their flexibility, low cost and ease of deployment. It has always been a dependent factor for early alert signals for the possibility of unforeseen technical issues that may occur within the mass transport networks. Our proposed infrastructure, called “RailMon” and based on IoT, is able to detect either rail track damages due to unbearable temperature or determine fixed object in a far-away distance in a railway network. Thus, an early warning system is deployed to avoid unforeseen fatal accidents.
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The authors gratefully acknowledges the World Bank - Africa Center of Excellence STEM project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology of The Government of The Gambia and the University of The Gambia for supporting this research work.
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Kebbeh, P.S., Seye, M.R., Ngom, B., Gueye, B., Diallo, M. (2018). RailMon: Distance, Temperature and Location Railway Monitoring Using IoT Technologies. In: Kebe, C., Gueye, A., Ndiaye, A., Garba, A. (eds) Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. InterSol 2018. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 249. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98878-8_20
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