DEVELOPING SYSTEM OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK AND UNMANED AERIAL VEHICLE FOR AGRICULTURE INSPECTION

Abstract

Agricultural production using high technology is an inevitable trend in
Vietnam. Especially for material crops which typically need large growing areas,
wireless sensor networks has been clearly playing a significant role in increasing
productivity, monitoring pests and diseases, mitigating the impact of climate
change, and reducing the direct labor of cultivators. This paper constructs an
experimental model of agricultural crop field monitoring using a combination of
LoRa wireless sensor networks and unmanned aerial vehicles to collect data on
conditions of weather and soil, plant health, which helps growers easily making
right decisions on solutions for irrigation, pest treatment, and fertilization with
the currently planted crops. The system has been developed and experimentized
in the field to evaluate some basic features and justified the stability and
reliability of the obtained data.