A novel soil measuring wireless sensor network

Qiang Wang, Andreas Terzis, Alex Szalay

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Abstract

Emerging technologies have made low-power and low-cost wireless sensor networks feasible. This paper presents a hierarchical wireless sensor network for measuring soil parameters such as temperature and humidity. Specifically, we designed sensor nodes that are placed completely underground and are used to collect soil measurements. These nodes use their radios to deliver the collected measurements to one of multiple relay nodes located above ground. In turn, relay nodes that are capable of long-range communications forward the data collected from the network's sensor nodes to a base node, which is connected to a workstation. The proposed hierarchical wireless sensor network uses a probabilistic communication protocol to achieve a very low duty cycle and hence a long life-time for soil monitoring applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Proceedings
Pages412-415
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Austin, TX, United States
Duration: May 3 2010May 6 2010

Publication series

Name2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, TX
Period5/3/105/6/10

Keywords

  • Low power communication
  • Soil measurement
  • Wireless sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation

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