Title :
Sprinklers and power lines
Author :
Wall, Richard W.
Author_Institution :
Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
fDate :
4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Implementing precision agriculture for farm management requires improved sensing and control beyond that commonly used today. This article describes how existing power lines are being used to reduce implementation and operating costs for automating existing agricultural irrigation controls
Keywords :
agriculture; carrier transmission on power lines; power overhead lines; process control; telecontrol; water supply; agricultural irrigation automation; farm management; operating costs; power lines; precision agriculture; Chemicals; Communication system control; Crops; Distributed control; Irrigation; Peer to peer computing; Programmable control; Radio frequency; Thermal variables control; Valves;
Journal_Title :
Computer Applications in Power, IEEE
