Design of a low-cost Wireless Sensor Network with UAV mobile node for agricultural applications

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-32

  Polo, Jose ^a   Hornero, Gemma ^a   Duijneveld, Coen ^a   García, Alberto ^a   Casas, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Low cost system; UAV; WSN

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; GROUND NODE; LOW COSTS; LOW-COST SYSTEMS; MOBILE NODES; SERVER SYSTEM; SHORT PERIODS; WSN;

SENSOR NODES;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; COST ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; DISEASE CONTROL; NATURAL HAZARD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PEST CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SENSOR; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84944748931     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.09.024     Document Type: Article

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