A Wireless Sensor Network-Based Ubiquitous Paprika Growth Management System

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology can facilitate advances in productivity, safety and human quality of life through its applications in various industries. In particular, the application of WSN technology to the agricultural area, which is labor-intensive compared to other industries, and in addition is typically lacking in IT technology applications, adds value and can increase the agricultural productivity. This study attempts to establish a ubiquitous agricultural environment and improve the productivity of farms that grow paprika by suggesting a ‘Ubiquitous Paprika Greenhouse Management System’ using WSN technology. The proposed system can collect and monitor information related to the growth environment of crops outside and inside paprika greenhouses by installing WSN sensors and monitoring images captured by CCTV cameras. In addition, the system provides a paprika greenhouse environment control facility for manual and automatic control from a distance, improves the convenience and productivity of users, and facilitates an optimized environment to grow paprika based on the growth environment data acquired by operating the system.

The Landscape of Wireless Sensing in Greenhouse Monitoring and Control

“…If the type of crop being grown is tall and produces a large volume of a green mass, the communication range using ZigBee technology may not only dramatically reduce, it will also vary by orders of magnitude within the crop growth cycle. Our measurements show that the initial range of a few dozen meters may drop down as drastically as two orders of magnitude, to 1-2 meters in case of tall crops like for instance paprika [15]. If so, a large greenhouse of say 200m length and 100m width would require approx.…”

“…Such reviews were recently included in more general surveys on WSN applications in agriculture [43,36]. Nor its the survey of WSN state-of-the-art technologies and available devices, as such more or less thorough surveys are a part of many papers in the domain, e.g., [15,24,25]. Rather than that, based on some preliminary discussion and field work of ours, we will make an attempt to survey the problem's design space, and make some observations about the possible directions and approaches to solutions.…”

Experimental Assessment of Zigbee as the Communication Technology of a Wireless Sensor Network for Greenhouse Monitoring

“…If the type of crop being grown is tall and produces large volumes of green mass, then not only the communication range is dramatically reduced, but it also varies by orders of magnitude within the crop growth cycle. It was measured that the initial range of a few dozen meters might drop down as drastically as two orders of magnitude, to 1-2 meters in case of tall crops like for instance paprika [9]. Salleh et al presented a system to monitor the greenhouse temperature and humidity parameters by applying ZigBee as the WSN communication technology [10].…”

Wireless Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Sensor Network for Automatic Carbon Dioxide Fertilization in a Greenhouse Environment

“…Therefore, a reasonable method to further reduce potential product losses caused by unpredictable harmful factors is of great importance in current agriculture. Therefore, vertical farming technology with accurate monitoring and control of agricultural factors has gradually attracted more attention in precise agriculture [3,4,5]. …”