Introducing Fog Computing (FC) Technology to Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud-Based Anti-Theft Vehicles Solutions

Abstract

Securing vehicles, especially against theft, has become a significant concern. Smart antitheft solutions have emerged to provide better protection. However, most existing smart vehicle antitheft solutions use (GSM) and (GPS) technologies to track stolen vehicles and these technologies are not sufficiently efficient in tracking vehicles in real-time. Hence, there is a need to optimise solutions to incorporate new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Fog Computing (FC), and Face Recognition (FR) technologies. This paper introduces the new concept of Fog Computing to existing tracking systems and presents the design and the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud-based vehicle anti-theft system to pinpoint the exact location of the stolen vehicle in real-time. The proposed system extends the existing tracking systems to include advanced features influenced by advanced computing technologies such as Fog, Cloud, IoT and FR. Furthermore, it sheds light on the benefits of using FC combined with Cloud Computing (CC) to provide a more accurate and reliable tracking system.