SMART ATTENDANCE MONITORING SYSTEM USING WIFI
AND MAC ADDRESS
Dr. Sreeja Mole S S1, Sujatha.k2, Kaviyaraj R3, Susmitha U4
1
Professor/HOD, Dept of ECE, CJITS, Janagon
2
Associate professor, 3,4 ME Student
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sri Krishna College Of Engineering and Technology Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore

ABSTRACT every hour of the day, month and year. There are
Attendance monitoring system is the most so many attendance monitoring systems are
important thing for measuring the available in the market like biometrics,
performance of the student. Over the past fingerprint scanner, iris scanner but these are all
years the attendance is taken by the pen and make the very high cost for providing and
paper in the time view sheet or distributes the maintain the database for all the students. Here
paper to get the sign from the students and we are using the android smartphone with help
mark the attendance. It takes so much time of the WiFi and face recognition technique for
and consumes man power to make the making the attendance for the students, the
attendance for the students and also it attendance is capture for every hour and it stores
consumes large number of paper. The stored in the database for providing the attendance and
details in the register are very hard to manage making report of the student.
the records. Here we introduce the attendance
management system using the Smartphone 2. LITERATURE SURVEY
with the help of WiFi and the MAC address, Attendance Management System is used
the smartphone is connected to the router or to develop for student attendance in schools,
the modem in the classroom. When the colleges and institutes. It helps to manage the
student gets into the class he will connect to attendance details of a particular student in a
the specific router to give the attendance. All particular class. Using the application software
the data are stored in the database and send development is view knowledge as this project
to the Staffs and the Principle for the presence progresses.
of the student in the classroom.
In olden days generally, the attendance is
1. INTRODUCTION taken by using the pen and paper to sign the
The attendance monitoring system is play attendance register or timesheet, or the staff
a the most important vital role in the school, needs to spell out the student’s names to get the
college, workplace or anywhere in the attendance of the student to get the presence. By
management environment for providing the using the smartphone, it saves more time and
people for making the attendance percentage and consumes less energy and also helps to reduce
calculate the percent and absent. In old days the the wastage of the paper
attendance is capture by the saying names of the RFID based Participation Framework
students in the classroom or making a signature utilizes RFID peruse to get the understudy data
in the signature paper or register for making the through understudy lattice card. In the wake of
attendance, it takes so much time for making the getting the understudy data, it will send it to the
attendance in the classroom with the large PC in that class or lab. From that point forward,
number of students are there and also it takes the the person in control (educator, staff, and
human work for providing the logs for each and understudy) must associate with the PC utilizing
 
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Bluetooth to make his/her see the understudy 4. IMPLEMENTATION
specialist in that class. An exploration on Close This proposed system will work on the
Field Correspondence based frameworks for any smartphonesystem like android, iOS,
participation stamping has been done, yet there windows and blackberry with the help of WiFi.
were sure constraints in it. There are a few 4.1Modules
deficiencies in this framework. The participation There are several modules are given to explain
checking process is tedious and dreary. To evade the system and the working procedure of the
intermediary of understudy, manual head check system how it will work.
additionally requires to be performed. To defeat 4.1.1 Student WiFi
the above inadequacies, joining capable In this module the student has to connect the
highlights of android OS and wifi would be modem or router in the class room using the
extremely useful. Smartphone WiFi for making the attendance for
that particular student, the attendance is only
In the current framework the designers or marked when the mobile is connected to the
scientists are build up the idea that is made for modem or router in the classroom. The
just the android application which runs just on connection is established between the router and
the android cell phone however in the proposed the database server with the help of particular
framework will take a shot at any working MAC address. In themeanwhile, the student
framework with the assistance of Wireless connects the class WiFi the local time is captured
association. and stored in the database. The student name and
3. PROPOSED SYSTEM details will be stored in the database server with
For the manual attendance taking the help of student Smartphone MAC address all
problem, the best solution is provided by in this student details are stored in the data base with the
the proposed system. The system concept is MAC address. The students’ needs to connect the
made with the smartphone WiFi and MAC WiFi for every hour of the class.
address to the database for making the 4.1.2 Router or WiFi modem
attendance for the students and also gives the WiFi modem or router is used to provide the
study materials via server. First the students WiFi signal for the student to connect the
mobile and their details are stored in the data smartphone in the class room, the modem or
server. And all the details are stored in the WiFi router is placed in the class room and the
database with the help of WiFi modem or router student are connect the modem with their
for each classroom. This proposed system has smartphones for providing the attendance. The
limited range of the WiFi signals like in the modem is connected to the database server the
classroom. If the student enters the class room modem sends the student mobile MAC address
then only he receives the signal from the router for the reference for the database. With the help
or WiFi modem after the student in the signal of the MAC address. The Media Access Control
range and connect the WiFi with the help of the (MAC) address is a unique 12-character
specific router and login with the particulars identifier (e.g. 00:00:00:00:00:0X) for a specific
details that are previously stored in the database piece of hardware, like the network adapter
server. The student must be connected in the located in WiFi devices. If you are using
WiFi modem for making the attendance this Optimum.net to register a WiFi device, you'll
saves the time for the staffs and students for need to know the device's MAC address. The
taking the attendance by giving the timesheet or MAC address is provided for the e very
signature register or else saying the names of the smartphone when it connects to the internet with
students one by one. If the student leaves the the router it sends the MAC address to the
class room the signal gets lost and the data stored database and search for the student details and
to the system and mark absent. All the details are makes the attendance for the student.
stored in the database server and this data can be Here our idea is, the WiFi connected in the
view by the staffs and the principle. student smartphone is automatically disconnect
after the hour of the class gets over or the given
set of time period to disconnect the device form
the router. This is used to help the student
presence in the class room. If he fails to connect

 
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after the disconnection of the WiFiconnection and the students are connect the mobile with the
then the MAC address for the student will be classroom and give attendance for that hour after
marked in the database. And the disconnected the completion of the student’s attendance in the
student details will store in the different database database it will send a copy of the student’s
for the reference and the stored data will send to details to the staff mobile. The staff has a
the respected staffs who handle the hour. different database to access the details of the
students.
4.1.3 Database server
The data base server developed with the SQL All the data are stored in the database server for
database server for storing the student’s the future reference and the stored data will be
information with the primary key as MAC used to check the students’ performance and
address for the student’s smartphone with the analysis the student presence of the class room.
help of the WiFi connected with the router or
modem. The data like the student name, roll 4.1.4 SOFTWARE REQUIRMENTS
number, department, semester and year are Operating System: Windows and Android
stored with the MAC address of the student
mobile in the database server. Software: Wifi
The database is also having the subjects and the Database: SQL
staff details, when the staff enters the classroom

Fig: System Architecture

CONCLUSION Research Colloquium (ICSGRC), 2012 IEEE.
Nowadays the students bring mobile IEEE, 2012.
phones to the college as their part of the life. So,
[2] Sultana, S., Enayet, A., & Mouri, I. J. (2015).
we can implement this technique for maintain the
A SMART, LOCATION BASED TIME AND
attendance using the smartphone Wifi with the
ATTENDANCE TRACKING SYSTEM
help of MAC address. This proposed technique USING ANDROID APPLICATION.
is used to change the system for maintaining the International Journal of Computer Science,
student’s attendance and also saves the time and Engineering and Information Technology
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for future usage.
[3] Shanbhag, Gautam, et al. "Mobile Based
Attendance Marking System using Android and
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