Term Paper
A Low Power IoT Network for Smart Agriculture
Abstract:-
Traditional agriculture is transforming into smart agriculture due to the
prominence of the Internet of Things (IoT). Low-cost and low-power are the key factors to
make any IoT network useful and acceptable to the farmers. In this paper, we have proposed
a low-power, low-cost IoT network for smart agriculture. For monitoring the soil moisture
content, we have used an in-house developed sensor. In the proposed network, the IITH mote
is used as a sink and sensor node which provide slow-power communication. We have
evaluated our network with state of the art networks, proposed for agriculture monitoring.
Power and cost are the two metrics used for evaluation of these networks. Results show that
the proposed network consumes less power and has on average 83% prolonged lifetime at a
lower cost compared to previously proposed network in the agriculture field.
The technology which plays a key role in this is the Internet of Things
(IoT). Traditional agriculture is transforming into smart agriculture due to the penetration of
the Internet of Things (IoT) in the agricultural sector. The IoT networks are reducing human
labour requirements by monitoring crop health and field environment remotely. IoT uses a
wireless sensor network (WSN) as the backbone for gathering information for these
monitoring and control applications. The monitoring-system consists of end devices equipped
with a variety of sensors to monitor various parameters like temperature, humidity, solar
radiation, soil moisture, etc. and is capable of communicating this data to the other devices.
IoT is helping the farmers by monitoring growth stages of the crop, diseases, and estimation
of the yield by giving otherwise restricted low-power, low-cost devices access to greater
processing capabilities via the Internet.
Submitted by
K. Akhilkumar 160050093