Proposal for an alert and monitoring solution based on the SIP and IoT protocol: the case of agriculture

Abstract

The increase in the world's population is forcing a shift towards smart agricultural practices. This, together with dwindling natural resources, limited availability of arable land and increasing unpredictable weather conditions, makes food security a major concern for most countries. As a result, the use of Internet of Things (IoT), ToIP and data analytics (DA) are helping to improve operational efficiency and productivity in the agricultural sector. There is a paradigm shift from the use of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) as a major driver of smart agriculture to the use of IoT and DA. In this article, we are going to couple the robustness of connected objects with IP telephony (the SIP protocol) to set up a system allowing an agronomist to consult but also to be informed about the state of the soil of his plants in moisture matter. He does not have to be present in the field but simply have his phone to check the condition of the soil in the plants. He will dial a number and the system will communicate the water level in the ground to him and he can make decisions. In case he does not consult for a certain time and the ground level reaches a defined value, the system sends him an alert by automatic call and a channel will communicate to him the state of the garden soil, he can in turn call his sensible gardener will water to restore the condition of the soil to normal.