(CPS)2: Integration of center pivot systems with wireless underground sensor networks for autonomous precision agriculture

Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 79-88

  Silva, Agnelo R ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

cross layer design and adaptation; cyber physical systems; precision agriculture; underground electromagnetic propagation; wireless underground sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AIR PATHS; BURIAL DEPTHS; CENTER PIVOT; CROSS-LAYER DESIGN; CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; HIGH DENSITY; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; NON-TRIVIAL; PHYSICAL WORLD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION; REAL-TIME DATA; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL MEASUREMENT; SOIL SENSORS; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TIME PARAMETER; UNDERGROUND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; VEGETATION CANOPY; WIRED SENSORS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EXPERIMENTS; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SOILS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77954589054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1795194.1795206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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