The document discusses using smartphones to connect citizens in Aveiro, Portugal. It proposes developing simple smartphone applications that utilize existing wireless networks like WiFi, 3G, 4G, and vehicle ad-hoc networks (VANETs). The applications would gather information from vehicles on the road and provide useful information to citizens to enhance urban mobility. Current research challenges include better integrating smartphones with VANETs while addressing privacy and anonymization issues.

1. Smartphones to connect citizens:
A Perspective from Aveiro
José Maria Fernandes (jfernan@ua.pt)
IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro
http://www.ieeta.pt
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

2. A Perspective from Aveiro
Smartphones to connect citizens?
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

3. A Perspective from Aveiro
Smartphones to connect citizens
Using the existing resources
( wifi, 3G, 4G, VANET)
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

4. A Perspective from Aveiro
Smartphones to connect citizens
Using the existing resources
( wifi, 3G, 4G, VANET)
Through simple smartphone
applications
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

5. Universidade de Aveiro
• How?
– infrastructure
– VANET integration
– information from
vehicles
• For what?
– Gathering Information
– Provide useful mobile
applications
– Thinking use cases
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

6. Universidade de Aveiro
• How?
– infrastructure
– VANET integration
– information from
vehicles
• For what?
– Gathering Information
– Provide useful mobile
applications
– Thinking use cases
MISSION
Enhance the urban mobility experience
using smartphones
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

7. Current research challenges
• REINVENT
– Integration Smartphone & VANET
• Feed information to the city
– Retrieve information from car and driver
• From the city to the citizen
– Unique citizen id – ubiquitous presence
– Deal with privacy and anonymization
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

8. Smartphones in VANETs
Logical
Connection
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

9. Smartphones in VANETs
Logical
Connection
REINVENT
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

10. Smartphones in VANETs
Logical
Connection
REINVENT
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

11. Smartphones in VANETs: field tests
Logical
Connection
REINVENT
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

12. Smartphones in VANETs: field tests
Logical
Connection
•
Some questions
• How Good in the mobile – VANET
integration ?
• What is the impact VANET on usability?
• Where are VANETs a suitable option
REINVENT
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

13. Smartphones in VANETs: early results...
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

14. Smartphones in VANETs: early results...
•
•
•
Reliable integration mobile - VANET
VANET has negative impact on usability
Still investigating when VANETs are:
• the only option
• Reasonable: M2M?
• Not worth the effort: Interactive ?
Filipe Oliveira 2013
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

15. Smartphones in Future Cities
• Retrieving information from car and driver
– Working on information integration
• Car  city, city  driver, driver  city
– MyCar– integration vehicule and city information
• Unique Citizen id
– Regardless of place & transport
– VNRide – city hitchhikers and commuters app
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

16. MyCar: the driver, the car and the VANET
The DRIVER
The VANET
The CAR
REINVENT
Tiago Marques 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

17. MyCar: from the city to the driver
Known people
Tiago Marques 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

18. MyCar: from the car to driver & city
Car Info from onboard unit
Tiago Marques 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

19. MyCar: from the car to driver & city
Connection status
Tiago Marques 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

20. MyCar: city info from driver input
Tiago Marques 2014
Report issues, events, ...
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

21. Unique citizen ID: Another scenario
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

22. Unique citizen ID
Here is José Silva
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

23. José Silva is connected
Here is José Silva
1
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

24. ... connected as “José”
José
1
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

25. ...regardless where José Silva is/was
José
1
José
José
5
José
4
2
José
3
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

26. ...regardless of transport used
1
2
José
1
5
José
José
5
José
4
2
José
3
3
4
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

27. Why unique citizen is useful?
1
2
José
1
5
José
José
5
José
4
2
José
3
3
4
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

28. VNRide: an example
A city hitchhikers
support system
Login to
the future city
Paulo Santos 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

29. VNRide: using unique ID
Paulo is now connected
ID Service
Paulo Santos 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

30. VNRide: using unique ID
Paulo is now connected
And is remembered to
Pick up Alex
ID Service
Paulo Santos 2014
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

31. VNRide: locate other persons
Paulo is now connected
And is remembered to
Pick up Alex
That can be located
Paulo Santos 2014
Location Service
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

32. VNRide: locate other persons
Paulo is now connected
And is remembered to
Pick up Alex
That can be located
To pick him up
Paulo Santos 2014
Location Service
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

33. VNRide: ask for a ride
Paulo is now connected
Can look for a ride
Paulo Santos 2014
Ask for ride
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

34. VNRide: place request
Paulo is now connected
Can look for a ride
From ... To ...
Paulo Santos 2014
Place request
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

35. VNRide: receive suggestion
Paulo is now connected
Can look for a ride
From ... To ...
And get suggestion
From the city
Paulo Santos 2014
Receive suggestion
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

36. Present and future
• Mobile and Future Cities
– Make it as simple as looking to weather icon
– Work on User Interface design
– Identify useful services (“killer application”)
• Behind the scenes
– Expose existing services as future cities resources
– Data collection from buses and private vehicles
• REINVENT & MyCar
• Field tests
– Deal with privacy and anonymization
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

37. University of Aveiro and Future Cities
Smartphones to connect citizens
Enhance the urban mobility experience
using smartphones
http://www.ieeta.pt
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt

38. The END
José Maria Fernandes
jfernan@ua.pt