Wireless sensors in agriculture and food industry -Recent development and future perspective

摘要

This paper presented an overview on recent development of wireless sensortechnologies and standards for wireless communications as applied to wireless sensors.Examples of wireless sensors and sensor networks applied in agriculture and food productionfor environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, M2M -based machine and process control,building and facility automation, and RFID-based traceability systems were given. The paperalso discussed advantages of wireless sensors and obstacles that prevent their fast adoption.Finally, based on an analysis of market growth, the paper discussed future trend of wirelesssensor technology development in agriculture and food industry.