An air-ground wireless sensor network for crop monitoring

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 clust...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Valente, João, Sanz Muñoz, David, Barrientos, Antonio, Cerro, Jaime del, Ribeiro Seijas, Ángela, Rossi, Claudio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/157727
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157727
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wireless sensor networks
Aerial robots
Vineyard
Frost monitoring
Precision agriculture
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Sumario: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.