An Air-Ground Wireless Sensor Network for Crop Monitoring

Sensors

João Valente²  David Sanz²  Antonio Barrientos¹  Jaime del Cerro²  Ángela Ribeiro² 

[1] CAR UPM-CSIC, C/Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain;

关键词: Wireless Sensor Networks;    aerial robots;    vineyard;    frost monitoring;    Precision Agriculture;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s110606088

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a collaborative system made up of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and an aerial robot, which is applied to real-time frost monitoring in vineyards. The core feature of our system is a dynamic mobile node carried by an aerial robot, which ensures communication between sparse clusters located at fragmented parcels and a base station. This system overcomes some limitations of the wireless networks in areas with such characteristics. The use of a dedicated communication channel enables data routing to/from unlimited distances.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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