In week 6, I have learned more about the different technologies involved in the communication of the sensors in the farming and there characteristics.

The author has elaborated the fusion of agriculture with IT by introducing Wireless sensor network (WSN) for precision agriculture (PA) to increase the productivity and quality of the crops and soil as well as reducing water wastage. Author has classified WSN into various types and on basis of transmission & sensing power and its applications for different purposes. Technologies like ZigBee with less consumption and data rate is widely used whereas WiMAX has been suggested for longer distance. A study has also made on the future of IoT in agriculture by taking a case study on nanotechnology and Nano-Bio Sensors.

 

Reference:

Kumar, S., & Ilango, P. (2017). The Impact of Wireless Sensor Network in the Field of Precision Agriculture: A Review. Wireless Personal Communications, 98(1), 685-698. doi: 10.1007/s11277-017-4890-z