An Autonomous Wireless Device for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Needs

The agri-food sector is in constantly renewing, continuously demanding new systems that facilitate farmers´ work. Efficient agricultural practices are essential to increasing farm profitability, and reducing water consumption can be achieved by real-time monitoring of water needs. However, the prices of automatic systems for collecting data from several sources (soil and climate) are expensive and their autonomy is very low. This paper presents a low-consumption solution using the Internet of Things (IoT) based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) technologies. By means of low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) communication, a farmer can monitor the state of crops in real time thanks to a large number of sensors connected wirelessly and distributed across the farm. The wireless sensor node developed, called BoXmote, exhibits very low power, since it has been optimized both in terms of hardware and software. The result is a higher degree of autonomy than commercial motes. This will allow the farmer to have access to all of the information necessary to achieve an efficient irrigation management of his crops with full autonomy.

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Low Power Wide Area Network: Technical Review for Wireless sensor Networks and Its Utilization in Smart Cities Deployment Through Internet of Things (IoT) System

Communications in Computer and Information Science - Applied Technologies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-42531-9_10 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 113-126

Author(s):

Diego F. Paredes-Páliz ◽

Edgar Maya-Olalla ◽

José C. Nogales-Romero ◽

Cristian A. Padilla-Calderón

Keyword(s):

Wireless Sensor Networks ◽

Sensor Networks ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Low Power ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Wireless Sensor ◽

Wide Area ◽

Area Network ◽

Wide Area Network ◽

Technical Review

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LPWAN in Civil Engineering

Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication - Principles and Applications of Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIoT) ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4775-5.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 223-244

Author(s):

Alberto Alvarellos González ◽

Juan Rabuñal Dopico

Keyword(s):

Low Power ◽

Real Time ◽

Civil Engineering ◽

Detection System ◽

Wide Area ◽

Area Network ◽

Wide Area Network ◽

Detection Problem ◽

Wave Overtopping ◽

Ultrasonic Ranging

Wave overtopping is a dangerous phenomenon that, in a port environment, takes place when waves that are higher than the port's breakwater meet it and water passes over the structure. This event can lead to property damage or physical harm to port workers. It is difficult to detect an overtopping, so this chapter proposes a solution to the overtopping detection problem by describing the design and development of a system that can detect an overtopping event in real-time and in a real environment. To achieve this goal, the proposed overtopping detection system is based on devices that use ultrasonic ranging sensors and communicate using the Sigfox low-power wide-area network, together with a backend that processes the data the devices send, issuing alerts to inform the interested parties that an overtopping took place.

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An Autonomous Wireless Device for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Needs

10.20944/preprints201807.0360.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

JUAN D BORRERO ◽

JOSE GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ ◽

CAMILO RODRIGUEZ

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Wireless Sensor ◽

Wireless Sensor Node ◽

Real Time Monitoring ◽

Food Sector ◽

Physical Evidence ◽

Efficient Management ◽

Wireless Device ◽

Automatic Systems

A The agri-food sector is in full renovation, continuously demanding new systems that allow farmers to facilitate their work. Efficient agricultural practices are essential for increasing farm profitability. Efficient agricultural practices can be increased by understanding and managing water neeeds. However, real-time monitoring of water needs is currently slow, and irrigation decisions are based on previous data or physical evidence. Furthermore, the prices of automatic systems for collecting data from several sources (soil and climate) are expensive and the autonomy is very low. Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such as wireless sensor networks can be used to collect vast amounts of data recorded via apps. By means of an LPWAN communication the farmer can know in real time the state of his crops thanks to a large number of sensors connected wirelessly and distributed across his farm. This paper presents a low consumption solution based on LoRaWAN technology. The wireless sensor node, called BoX, exhibits very low power since it has been optimized both in terms of hardware and software. The result is a higher degree of autonomy than commercial motes. That will allow the farmer to have all the information necessary to achieve an efficient management of his crops with full autonomy.

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Worldwide Connectivity for the Internet of Things Through LoRaWAN

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi11030057 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lorenzo Vangelista ◽

Marco Centenaro

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Low Power ◽

Cellular Network ◽

Wide Area ◽

The Internet ◽

Area Network ◽

Wide Area Network ◽

Frequency Bands ◽

The Moment ◽

The Internet Of Things

The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) paradigm is gradually gaining market acceptance. In particular, three prominent LPWAN technologies are emerging at the moment: LoRaWAN™ and SigFox™, which operate on unlicensed frequency bands, and NB-IoT, operating on licensed frequency bands. This paper deals with LoRaWAN™, and has the aim of describing a particularly interesting feature provided by the latest LoRaWAN™ specification—often neglected in the literature—i.e., the roaming capability between different operators of LoRaWAN™ networks, across the same country or even different countries. Recalling that LoRaWAN™ devices do not have a subscriber identification module (SIM) like cellular network terminals, at a first glance the implementation of roaming in LoRaWAN™ networks could seem intricate. The contribution of this paper consists in explaining the principles behind the implementation of a global LoRaWAN network, with particular focus on how to cope with the lack of the SIM in the architecture and how to realize roaming.

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TECNOLOGIA DE LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK (LPWAN) PARA MONITORAMENTO DE FROTAS: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação: Desafio para um Mundo Global ◽

10.22533/at.ed.0131929077 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 47-54

Author(s):

Paulo Renato Câmera da Silva ◽

Herman Augusto Lepikson ◽

Marcus Vinícius Ivo da Silva ◽

Rafael Barbosa Mendes

Keyword(s):

Low Power ◽

Wide Area ◽

Area Network ◽

Wide Area Network

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Environment Monitoring System for Precise Agriculture Based on Wireless Sensor Network

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.475-476.127 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 475-476 ◽

pp. 127-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jing Jiang Song ◽

Ying Li Zhu

Keyword(s):

Wireless Sensor Network ◽

Real Time ◽

Sensor Network ◽

Monitoring System ◽

Wireless Sensor ◽

Wireless Sensor Node ◽

Real Time Monitoring ◽

Agricultural Modernization ◽

Modern Agriculture ◽

Software Implementations

With the development of agricultural modernization, agricultural environment protection, Wireless Sensor Networks are used in the field of environmental monitoring for modern agriculture, which brings a broad and bright application prospects. The paper presents a real-time monitoring system based ZigBee wireless sensor network and GPRS network. The system gives the hardware design of wireless sensor node and software implementations. The system design provided a guarantee to achieve accurate, remote and real-time monitoring agricultural environmental information.

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