Hardware implementation of intruder recognition in a farm through Wireless Sensor Network

In rural areas of India thefts in farms are more common. The farm owners struggle a lot for high yield in various ways. But, their yield is curtailed due to the interference of animals and unauthorized humans. The unauthorized humans enter the farm and steal the farm products or cause some damage to crops. While domestic animals like goat, cow cause damage to the crops either by consuming or damaging them. These result in poor yields which in turn reduces their gain, leading to frustration. Fencing the farm is not easy and affordable, especially when the field is large in area. Even if fenced, unauthorized human entries are still possible. Hence, it is very much essential to monitor the boundaries of the farm to detect movement of unauthorized entries into the farm. To implement this, a Wireless Sensor network based system is developed. Motion sensors are placed at various locations around the farm. These sensors continuously sense the movement and communicate to the Co-ordinator through Radio-frequency transceiver. The Co-ordinator on detection raises an alert and a call is made to the mobile of the farm owner through Global System for Mobile. Further, to differentiate between authorized and unauthorized entries Radio-frequency identification tags are used.