Precision agriculture monitoring system based on wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is a new technology that can provide processed real-time field data from sensors physically distributed in the field. Based on investigation and applications in precision agriculture, a wireless agricultural and environmental sensing system for crop monitoring is presented in the paper. The setup of smart crop monitoring system is based on TinyOS while system test is implemented using real-time agricultural data and historical data. The results indicate that the application scenarios are correct and reasonable, which enables users precisely acquire information from environment.