scholarly journals Leveraging LoRaWAN Technology for Precision Agriculture in Greenhouses

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritesh Singh ◽  
Michiel Aernouts ◽  
Mats De Meyer ◽  
Maarten Weyn ◽  
Rafael Berkvens
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Wide Area Networks ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Agricultural Resources ◽  
End To End ◽  
Air Circulation ◽  
Minimal Power Consumption

The technology development in wireless sensor network (WSN) offers a sustainable solution towards precision agriculture (PA) in greenhouses. It helps to effectively use the agricultural resources and management tools and monitors different parameters to attain better quality yield and production. WSN makes use of Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs), a wireless technology to transmit data over long distances with minimal power consumption. LoRaWAN is one of the most successful LPWAN technologies despite its low data rate and because of its low deployment and management costs. Greenhouses are susceptible to different types of interference and diversification, demanding an improved WSN design scheme. In this paper, we contemplate the viable challenges for PA in greenhouses and propose the successive steps essential for effectual WSN deployment and facilitation. We performed a real-time, end-to-end deployment of a LoRaWAN-based sensor network in a greenhouse of the ’Proefcentrum Hoogstraten’ research center in Belgium. We have designed a dashboard for better visualization and analysis of the data, analyzed the power consumption for the LoRaWAN communication, and tried three different enclosure types (commercial, simple box and airflow box, respectively). We validated the implications of real-word challenges on the end-to-end deployment and air circulation for the correct sensor readings. We found that temperature and humidity have a larger impact on the sensor readings inside the greenhouse than we initially thought, which we successfully solved through the airflow box design.

scholarly journals Localization in Low Power Wide Area Networks using Wi-Fi Fingerprints

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Janssen ◽  
Maarten Weyn ◽  
Rafael Berkvens
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Wide Area Networks ◽  
Location Error ◽  
Localization Accuracy ◽  
Communication Signals ◽  
Outdoor Localization ◽  
Localization Element ◽  
Minimal Power Consumption

Supply chain management requires regular updates of the location of assets, which can be enabled by low power wide area networks, such as Sigfox. While it is useful to localize a device simply by its communication signals, this is very difficult to do with Sigfox because of wide area and ultra narrowband nature. On the other hand, installing a satellite localization element on the device greatly increases its power consumption. We investigated using information about nearby Wi-Fi access points as a way to localize the asset over the Sigfox network, so without connecting to those Wi-Fi networks. This paper reports the location error that can be achieved by this type of outdoor localization. By using a combination of two databases, we could localize the device on all 36 test locations with a median location error of 39 m. This shows that the localization accuracy of this method is promising enough to warrant further study, most specifically the minimal power consumption.

scholarly journals Variable Link Performance Due to Weather Effects in a Long-Range, Low-Power LoRa Sensor Network

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3128
Author(s):  
Thomas Ameloot ◽  
Patrick Van Torre ◽  
Hendrik Rogier
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Link Quality ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Received Power ◽  
Link Performance ◽  
Weather Changes ◽  
Minimal Power Consumption ◽  
Seasonal Weather

When aiming for the wider deployment of low-power sensor networks, the use of sub-GHz frequency bands shows a lot of promise in terms of robustness and minimal power consumption. Yet, when deploying such sensor networks over larger areas, the link quality can be impacted by a host of factors. Therefore, this contribution demonstrates the performance of several links in a real-world, research-oriented sensor network deployed in a (sub)urban environment. Several link characteristics are presented and analysed, exposing frequent signal deterioration and, more rarely, signal strength enhancement along certain long-distance wireless links. A connection is made between received power levels and seasonal weather changes and events. The irregular link performance presented in this paper is found to be genuinely disruptive when pushing sensor-networks to their limits in terms of range and power use. This work aims to give an indication of the severity of these effects in order to enable the design of truly reliable sensor networks.

IoT in Precision Agriculture applications using Wireless Moisture Sensor Network

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mat ◽  
Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim ◽  
Ahmad Nizar Harun ◽  
Ismail Mat Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Moisture Sensor

scholarly journals Power Reduction with Sleep/Wake on Redundant Data (SWORD) in a Wireless Sensor Network for Energy-Efficient Precision Agriculture

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haider Jawad ◽  
Rosdiadee Nordin ◽  
Sadik Gharghan ◽  
Aqeel Jawad ◽  
Mahamod Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Power Reduction ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Redundant Data ◽  
Comparison Results

The use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in modern precision agriculture to monitor climate conditions and to provide agriculturalists with a considerable amount of useful information is currently being widely considered. However, WSNs exhibit several limitations when deployed in real-world applications. One of the challenges faced by WSNs is prolonging the life of sensor nodes. This challenge is the primary motivation for this work, in which we aim to further minimize the energy consumption of a wireless agriculture system (WAS), which includes air temperature, air humidity, and soil moisture. Two power reduction schemes are proposed to decrease the power consumption of the sensor and router nodes. First, a sleep/wake scheme based on duty cycling is presented. Second, the sleep/wake scheme is merged with redundant data about soil moisture, thereby resulting in a new algorithm called sleep/wake on redundant data (SWORD). SWORD can minimize the power consumption and data communication of the sensor node. A 12 V/5 W solar cell is embedded into the WAS to sustain its operation. Results show that the power consumption of the sensor and router nodes is minimized and power savings are improved by the sleep/wake scheme. The power consumption of the sensor and router nodes is improved by 99.48% relative to that in traditional operation when the SWORD algorithm is applied. In addition, data communication in the SWORD algorithm is minimized by 86.45% relative to that in the sleep/wake scheme. The comparison results indicate that the proposed algorithms outperform power reduction techniques proposed in other studies. The average current consumptions of the sensor nodes in the sleep/wake scheme and the SWORD algorithm are 0.731 mA and 0.1 mA, respectively.

scholarly journals A Cotton High-Efficiency Water-Fertilizer Control System Using Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1693
Author(s):  
Chanchan Du ◽  
Lixin Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ma ◽  
Xiaokang Lou ◽  
Yongchao Shan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Support System ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sensors And Actuators

Scientific researchers have applied newly developed technologies, such as sensors and actuators, to different fields, including environmental monitoring, traffic management, and precision agriculture. Using agricultural technology to assist crop fertilization is an important research innovation that can not only reduce the workload of farmers, but also reduce resource waste and soil pollution. This paper describes the design and development of a water-fertilizer control system based on the soil conductivity threshold. The system uses a low-cost wireless sensor network as a data collection and transmission tool and transmits the data to the decision support system. The decision support system considers the change in soil electrical conductivity (EC) and moisture content to guide the application of water-fertilizer, and then improves the fertilization accuracy of the water-fertilizer control system. In the experiment, the proposed water-fertilizer control system was tested, and it was concluded that, compared with the existing traditional water-fertilizer integration control system, the amount of fertilizer used by the system was reduced by 10.89% on average, and it could save 0.76–0.87 tons of fertilizer throughout the whole growth period of cotton.

scholarly journals Desarrollo de un sistema inalámbrico escalable de medición de humedad del suelo en un cultivo de vid

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Ortega-Corral César ◽  
B. Ricardo Eaton-González ◽  
Florencio López Cruz ◽  
Laura Rocío, Díaz-Santana Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Drip Irrigation ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless System ◽  
Different Depths

We present a wireless system applied to precision agriculture, made up of sensor nodes that measure soil moisture at different depths, applied to vine crops where drip irrigation is applied. The intention is to prepare a system for scaling, and to create a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) that communicates by radio frequency with a base station (ET), so that the gathered data is stored locally and can be sent out an Internet gateway.

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