Design, Deployment, and Validation of a Low-Cost IoT Platform based on LoRa for Precision Dairy Farming

Guilherme Pires Pieadade, Samuel Mafra, Danilo Machado de Oliveira, Mateus R Cruz

DOI: 10.14209/sbrt.2023.1570923572

Evento: XLI Simpósio Brasileiro de Telecomunicações e Processamento de Sinais (SBrT2023)

Keywords: Dairy Farming Internet of Things LoRa Network Wireless Sensors Network

Abstract

Precision farming has become essential for increasing food production in the previously used cultivation area. Therefore, animal health monitoring and estrus detection are essential to increase dairy farming production. Wireless Sensor Networks play an important role in replacing manual methods impractical for large herds, and they can be used to collect a large amount of data in real-time. Furthermore, long-range transmission techniques can be used on large farms. This paper proposes applying and validating a Wireless Sensor Network integrated with a database and long-range communications techniques capable of monitoring the dairy herd, generating health, estrus, and theft alerts. The results achieved by integrating system elements, such as the LoRa gateway, MongoDB database and dashboard, demonstrate the viability of the proposed WSN.

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