GSM-GPRS Based Smart Street Light

TL;DR

This paper presents a GSM-GPRS based smart street lighting system for Bangladesh that automates control to reduce costs and improve maintenance, replacing manual operation with semi-automated and fully automated options.

Contribution

Introduction of a GSM-GPRS shield-based system enabling manual, semi-automated, and fully automated street light control in Bangladesh.

Findings

Reduces manual labor and operational costs.

Improves timely maintenance of faulty lights.

Offers flexible control modes for street lighting.

Abstract

Street lighting system has always been the traditional manual system of illuminating the streets in Bangladesh, where a dedicated person is posted only to control the street lights of a zone, who roams around the zonal area to switch on and switch off the lights two times a day, which brings about the exhibition of bright lights in street even after sunrise and in some cases maybe the whole day. This results in insertion to the budget. In addition to this, faulty lights may not come to the heed of the concerned authority for a long time which leads to the technical downside. This paper demonstrates a process of controlling the street lights in country like Bangladesh employing SIM900 GSM-GPRS Shield which comes up with the provision of manual control, semi-automated control as well as full-automated control.