Supporting information services for travellers of public transport by road

Abstract

In this work we describe the main aspects of an information system for travelers of public transport by road, specifically its architecture and functionalities. In the paper we explain how the ubiquitous computing paradigm has been applied to achieve the system goals. Relevant properties of the system are: Its distributed architecture, its capacity to work using local communications infrastructures such as Bluetooth and Wifi, the interaction with the travelers is made using their own mobile devices’ communications, such as: cellular phones, PDAs, etc., etc.