5G Reference IoT Board for Smart Farm

Recently, smart farms are being introduced to solve problems in farms such as severe manpower shortage and global warming. Currently, 4G and LTE are being used in smart farms. Using 5G, which is about 20 times faster than 4G and LTE, can build a smart farm with improved quality. In this paper, we propose a 5G reference IoT board for smart farms. Sensors that measure temperature, carbon dioxide and illuminance are used to measure the state of the smart farm. In our system, each sensor seamlessly exchanges data with the reference IoT board via 5G communication.