WIRELESSLY ENABLED TRAILER LOCKING/UNLOCKING

摘要

A system and method for providing improved handling of tractors (16) and trailers (18) (or any powered vehicle and storage devices towed thereby) at a staging area (12) or hub is disclosed. One aspect relates to the provision of automatic locking or unlocking of a trailer door when the trailer (18) leaves or enters the staging area (12), respectively. A RFID signal strength evaluation scheme is also provided, which monitors successful RFID-to-antennae communications under various weather conditions, in order to determine an optimum read process. Under another embodiment, Geofencing and/or Wi-Fi can be used to trigger various events.