Wireless Communication and Management System for E-Bike Dynamic Inductive Power Transfer Lanes
José A. Afonso, José A. Afonso, Helder G. Duarte, Luiz A. Lisboa Cardoso, Vítor Monteiro, João L. Afonso, João L. Afonso
Abstract
This paper presents the design, implementation, and testing of a wireless communication system for automatic identification of e-bikes and management of their battery charging in the context of dynamic inductive wireless power transfer (DIWPT) lanes. The proposed system checks if an e-bike, uniquely identified by its RFID tag, is authorized to receive energy from the lane coils and acts accordingly. An authentication mechanism was developed based on the use of embedded Wi-Fi boards attached to the coils and communicating with a central HTTP server with a MySQL database. The developed management system also provides other features, such as the recording of the number of lane coils used by each e-bike for billing purposes. The results from experimental tests on a laboratory prototype were used to validate the developed functionalities and assess the quality of service provided by the proposed system.