Abstract
Fleet management is an important topic in research and development nowadays. Companies, security and emergency forces need to keep track of their trucks and cars and know where a vehicle is at a moment in time, and when, where and for how long a vehicle stopped.
In this paper, a system for automating fleet management systems is described. The hardware of our system is a microprocessor-based embedded system. The software consists of firmware embedded in the hardware in addition to remote high-level software that keeps track of the position of the units and prepares reports to be sent to the customers.
The system is currently operational in a couple of Arab countries. More than 2000 units are currently operational in a variety of modes that are described in the paper. The paper also contains suggestions for future research based on the accomplishments reported here.