Passenger authentication and payment system using RFID based on-board unit for Surabaya mass rapid transportation

摘要

This paper proposes a new system for passenger payment and authentication using e-ticket, which is more user-friendly and simple. The designed system consists RFID card as e-ticket, OBU (On-Board Unit), access point at stop location, network, and management revenue server. Passenger will do the payment on OBU that installed in transportation vehicles by tapping the RFID card when they enter and exit the vehicle. OBU will read passenger data in RFID card and send it to server. To access server, OBU will connect to network through access point at bus stop. The server will receive data from OBU twice for each passenger. Each of the data consists passenger ID and stop location. The stop locations indicated passenger's current location and used to calculate the fare required for service by comparing start and end location. The optimum range for OBU to connect via Wi-Fi is around 4-6 meters. OBU need at least 1-s interval between each passenger. The overall system already performed quite well, although the system still have some limitation that detected on evaluations, such as distance to read RFID card and connect to access point. This paper also present possible development for the system for future research.