DocumentCode
2771860
Title
Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture
Author
Patil, Pradashgoud ; Vidya, H. ; Patil, Shreedevi ; Kulkarni, Umakant
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng, B.V.B. Coll. of Eng. & Tech, Hubli, India
fYear
2011
fDate
7-9 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
763
Lastpage
766
Abstract
Recent advances in technology and wireless sensor networks made new trends to emerge in agriculture sector. One such new trend is Precision Agriculture(PA). This paper presents an automatic Irrigation Controller for precision agriculture. The irrigation controller regulates the desired moisture level in agricultural soil by making the irrigation pump on or off based on the sensor readings. This controller efficiently monitors moisture level in soil and proves efficient in both dry and heavy rainfall conditions.
Keywords
irrigation; moisture control; wireless sensor networks; agricultural soil; automatic irrigation controller; irrigation pump; moisture level; precision agriculture; wireless sensor network; Communication systems; Computational intelligence; Aagronomy and Irrigation; Irrigation Controller Crop Irrigation; Precision Agriculture (PA);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Gwalior
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2033-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CICN.2011.169
Filename
6112974
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