Designing an AWS Cloud$-$Based Solution for a Parking Management Application

FIT$52252024$ SM$1$

$1$ Synopsis and Background

PARKED, a parking management operator company, has decided to migrate its on$-$premise parking man$-$

agement application to Amazon Web Services $($AWS$)$ and has hired you as a Cloud Solution Archi$-$tect$/$Consultant to design their cloud solution. As an AWS solution architect, you will be responsible for designing a cloud$-$based solution to efficiently monitor and regulate parking activities.

A Parking Management System equipped with license plate recognition technology. At the entrance, it monitors vehicles entering the parking area and issues tickets based on the duration of parking at the exit. Here$$s how it operates:

$$ Entry Registration: When a vehicle enters the parking area, the system$$s cameras capture images

of its license plate. The system records the entry time and associates it with the vehicle$$s license plate number.

$$ Parking Duration Monitoring: As the vehicle remains parked, the system continuously tracks

the duration of its stay.

$$ Overstay Detection: If a vehicle exceeds the allowed free parking duration, the system identifies

it as a violator, alerts the mobile apps of the vehicle owners, and starts charging.

$$ Plate Verification: The system compares the license plate captured at the exit with the entry

records in its database to verify the vehicle$$s duration of stay.

$$ Exit Process: When the vehicle attempts to leave the parking area, the system$$s cameras once

again capture images of its license plate, issue a ticket and opens the gate after the payment is made.

$$ Ticket Issuance: If the vehicle has exceeded the permitted free parking duration, the system

generates an electronic ticket at the exit point. The ticket includes details such as the license plate number, entry and exit times, and charging fee sent to the mobile app.

$$ Alerts and Notifications: Real$-$time alerts and notifications are sent to parking attendants. This

enables prompt action to be taken to address parking overtime stay.

$$ Reporting and Analytics: The system generates reports and analytics based on parking data

collected over time. These insights can be used to optimize parking space utilization, identify patterns in parking utilization, and improve overall parking management strategies.

Your solution will leverage AWS services and your knowledge gained in the FIT$5225$ unit to enable

PARKED to collect fees from drivers using their mobile application system. You may spend some time researching about how automated parking systems work.