Abstract
Millions of hectares of forest worldwide are affected annually by fires, which can lead to the loss of human lives, materials, destruction of natural flora and fauna but also can lead to the losses of raw materials. The problem is even greater in forests that are not guarded and do not have communication systems available. Thus, in recent years, have been proposed various systems that use devices based on Internet of Things (IoT) for real-time forest fire detection. In this paper, it is proposed a system capable of quickly detecting forest fires on long wide distance. In the development of this system it is used LoRa (Long Range) technology based on LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) protocol which is capable to connect low power devices distributed on large geographical areas being an innovative and great solution for transmissions of a low data transfer rate and a low transmission power on high ranges, and because has a great efficiency.
Highlights
Forest fires that take place in the warm season can be caused or started by natural events or human negligence
With such a great multitude of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the LoRaWAN protocol and LoRa devices seems to be very efficient in business, contributing to make people lives well around the globe [4]
In this article it is presented a study of a system that follows the integration of LoRa technology in forest fire detection
Summary
Forest fires that take place in the warm season can be caused or started by natural events or human negligence. The LoRa Alliance defines two different layers of this technology: LoRa physical layer and LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) protocol. The “things” from Internet of Things include physical devices equipped with microcontrollers, transceivers for digital communications and stacks of protocols for making possible the communication between users [5][6] With such a great multitude of IoT applications, the LoRaWAN protocol and LoRa devices seems to be very efficient in business, contributing to make people lives well around the globe [4]. LoRa applications are found in various field, such as, agriculture, smart cities, smart environment, healthcare, smart homes and buildings, industrial control, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics In this article it is presented a study of a system that follows the integration of LoRa technology in forest fire detection.
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