ABSTRACT Bus service is the main mode of transportation in Chennai. By this service, public are able to travel to anywhere and any places in Chennai. This leads to increase in bus routes which cause confusion to bus users. Although, at present, many routing information systems have been implemented but none of them provide the passenger travel information that they require. As a consequence of the shortages of such significant information, the current bus information services cannot fulfil users need. Current bus information services are based on GPS and operated in licensed frequency band which requires a high implementation and operation cost, these systems are used to provide travel-time approximation only. This paper proposes a system, Real Time Empirical System of Bus Service that can provide valuable information not only bus routes, also provides information of buses based on destination to the passengers. This system is aimed to reduce the operative cost of the existing system. The implementation of Real Time Empirical System of Bus Service involves use of Zigbee and RFID communication technology. This system is operated in 2.4GHz which is ISM band and no external network backbone is required for transmission and reception.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER N o. TITLE ABSTRACT LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 EXISTING SYSTEM 1.2 DRAW BACKS IN EXISTING SYSTEM 1.3 PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT 1.4 BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT 2. REAL TIME EMPIRICAL SYSTEM OF BUS SERVICE 2.1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION 2.2 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 2.2.1 Bus Module 2.2.2 Bus Stop Module 2.3 BLOCK DIAGRAM 2.3.1 Bus Module 2.3.2 Bus Stop Module 2.4 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 2.4.1 Bus Module 2.4.2 Bus Stop Module 3. DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS 3.1POWER SUPPLY UNIT iv PAGE No. iii viii x

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3.1.1Circuit Diagram 3.1.2Block Diagram