Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives
Internet of underground things (IoUTs) and wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) are new technologies particularly relevant in agriculture to measure and transmit environmental data, enabling us to optimize both crop growth and water resource management. The sensor nodes can be buried anywher...
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| author | Christophe Cariou Laure Moiroux-Arvis François Pinet Jean-Pierre Chanet |
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| description | Internet of underground things (IoUTs) and wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) are new technologies particularly relevant in agriculture to measure and transmit environmental data, enabling us to optimize both crop growth and water resource management. The sensor nodes can be buried anywhere, including in the passage of vehicles, without interfering with aboveground farming activities. However, to obtain fully operational systems, several scientific and technological challenges remain to be addressed. The objective of this paper is to identify these challenges and provide an overview of the latest advances in IoUTs and WUSNs. The challenges related to the development of buried sensor nodes are first presented. The recent approaches proposed in the literature to autonomously and optimally collect the data of several buried sensor nodes, ranging from the use of ground relays, mobile robots and unmanned aerial vehicles, are next described. Finally, potential agricultural applications and future research directions are identified and discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af86b703bf154ac9a8c5386fded3387c2023-11-17T21:18:29ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-04-01238405810.3390/s23084058Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and PerspectivesChristophe Cariou0Laure Moiroux-Arvis1François Pinet2Jean-Pierre Chanet3Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UR TSCF, 9 av. Blaise Pascal CS 20085, F-63178 Aubière, FranceUniversité Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UR TSCF, 9 av. Blaise Pascal CS 20085, F-63178 Aubière, FranceUniversité Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UR TSCF, 9 av. Blaise Pascal CS 20085, F-63178 Aubière, FranceUniversité Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UR TSCF, 9 av. Blaise Pascal CS 20085, F-63178 Aubière, FranceInternet of underground things (IoUTs) and wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) are new technologies particularly relevant in agriculture to measure and transmit environmental data, enabling us to optimize both crop growth and water resource management. The sensor nodes can be buried anywhere, including in the passage of vehicles, without interfering with aboveground farming activities. However, to obtain fully operational systems, several scientific and technological challenges remain to be addressed. The objective of this paper is to identify these challenges and provide an overview of the latest advances in IoUTs and WUSNs. The challenges related to the development of buried sensor nodes are first presented. The recent approaches proposed in the literature to autonomously and optimally collect the data of several buried sensor nodes, ranging from the use of ground relays, mobile robots and unmanned aerial vehicles, are next described. Finally, potential agricultural applications and future research directions are identified and discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/8/4058Internet of underground thingswireless underground sensor networksagriculture |
| spellingShingle | Christophe Cariou Laure Moiroux-Arvis François Pinet Jean-Pierre Chanet Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives Sensors Internet of underground things wireless underground sensor networks agriculture |
| title | Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives |
| title_full | Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives |
| title_short | Internet of Underground Things in Agriculture 4.0: Challenges, Applications and Perspectives |
| title_sort | internet of underground things in agriculture 4 0 challenges applications and perspectives |
| topic | Internet of underground things wireless underground sensor networks agriculture |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/8/4058 |
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