Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment

Hajj is a huge congregation of muslims from all over the world which happens annually in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It is one of the pillars of Islam and every able Muslim must perform this act at least once in their lifetime. Many challenges are faced by the organizers as well by the pi...

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Main Authors:	Mantoro, Teddy, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Mahmud, Murni
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Language:	English
Published:	IGI Global 2012
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-69762011-11-29T09:37:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6976/ Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment Mantoro, Teddy Ayu, Media Anugerah Mahmud, Murni T Technology (General) Hajj is a huge congregation of muslims from all over the world which happens annually in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It is one of the pillars of Islam and every able Muslim must perform this act at least once in their lifetime. Many challenges are faced by the organizers as well by the pilgrims during this massive religious gathering. The cases of missing Hajj pilgrims are not uncommon and although several tracking and navigation devices have been introduced, there is still a need for a better solution in overcoming the issue. There are several factors that prevent a widespread use of the system, such as the operational costs, availability of the connections and the use in uncommon platform. This paper proposes a framework for tracking Hajj pilgrims in a crowded pervasive environment using a system called HajjLocator. A discussion on the prototype of HajjLocator, as a system to track and monitor pilgrims while performing Hajj and to save alive, SOS mechanism, is also presented in this paper. IGI Global 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6976/1/IJMCMC_HajjLocator_tm_withFigure.pdf Mantoro, Teddy and Ayu, Media Anugerah and Mahmud, Murni (2012) Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment. International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC), 4 (1). pp. 1-29. ISSN 1937-9412 (In Press) http://www.igi-global.com/
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) Mantoro, Teddy Ayu, Media Anugerah Mahmud, Murni Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
description	Hajj is a huge congregation of muslims from all over the world which happens annually in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It is one of the pillars of Islam and every able Muslim must perform this act at least once in their lifetime. Many challenges are faced by the organizers as well by the pilgrims during this massive religious gathering. The cases of missing Hajj pilgrims are not uncommon and although several tracking and navigation devices have been introduced, there is still a need for a better solution in overcoming the issue. There are several factors that prevent a widespread use of the system, such as the operational costs, availability of the connections and the use in uncommon platform. This paper proposes a framework for tracking Hajj pilgrims in a crowded pervasive environment using a system called HajjLocator. A discussion on the prototype of HajjLocator, as a system to track and monitor pilgrims while performing Hajj and to save alive, SOS mechanism, is also presented in this paper.
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author	Mantoro, Teddy Ayu, Media Anugerah Mahmud, Murni
author_facet	Mantoro, Teddy Ayu, Media Anugerah Mahmud, Murni
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title	Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
title_short	Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
title_full	Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
title_fullStr	Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
title_full_unstemmed	Hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
title_sort	hajj crowd tracking system in a pervasive environment
publisher	IGI Global
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6976/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6976/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6976/1/IJMCMC_HajjLocator_tm_withFigure.pdf
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