Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard
Recent advances in agriculture-oriented sensors and wireless communication technologies offer great opportunities for the development and application of precision agriculture. This article describes our experience during the deployment of an experimental in-field sensor network that provided real-ti...
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| description | Recent advances in agriculture-oriented sensors and wireless communication technologies offer great opportunities for the development and application of precision agriculture. This article describes our experience during the deployment of an experimental in-field sensor network that provided real-time monitoring in a 10-year-old date palm orchard. Taking into account the spatial variability of multiple growth-determining soil variables, the sub-regions of the sensor placement were determined by delineating the orchard into several monitoring zones. Then, the specific number of the required sensors was calculated based on the requirement of data accuracy. The sensors were distributed into the target orchard by combining the tree number with the coefficient variability of growth-determining soil variables in the monitoring zones. Finally, the networking was realized by means of synthesizing the received wireless signal strength distribution, the layout of monitoring zones, and the number of the required sensors. Some data from the deployed wireless sensor network are presented and discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d838060ae7c2412ebd16b1465a7eccac2025-02-03T05:55:22ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772017-05-011310.1177/1550147717705847Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchardYuan Rao0Wenjun Xu1Jun Zhu2Zhaohui Jiang3Ruchuan Wang4Shaowen Li5The Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, IsraelCollege of Information and Computer Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaJiangsu High Technology Research Key Laboratory for Wireless Sensor Networks, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, ChinaRecent advances in agriculture-oriented sensors and wireless communication technologies offer great opportunities for the development and application of precision agriculture. This article describes our experience during the deployment of an experimental in-field sensor network that provided real-time monitoring in a 10-year-old date palm orchard. Taking into account the spatial variability of multiple growth-determining soil variables, the sub-regions of the sensor placement were determined by delineating the orchard into several monitoring zones. Then, the specific number of the required sensors was calculated based on the requirement of data accuracy. The sensors were distributed into the target orchard by combining the tree number with the coefficient variability of growth-determining soil variables in the monitoring zones. Finally, the networking was realized by means of synthesizing the received wireless signal strength distribution, the layout of monitoring zones, and the number of the required sensors. Some data from the deployed wireless sensor network are presented and discussed.https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147717705847 |
| spellingShingle | Yuan Rao Wenjun Xu Jun Zhu Zhaohui Jiang Ruchuan Wang Shaowen Li Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| title_full | Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| title_fullStr | Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| title_full_unstemmed | Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| title_short | Practical deployment of an in-field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| title_sort | practical deployment of an in field wireless sensor network in date palm orchard |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147717705847 |
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