Smart Irrigation System Using LoRaWAN

Abstract

The Internet of Things is now playing a crucial role in almost every field throughout the world. As far as the agricultural sector is concerned, for the future, more food would be needed with the same amount of land and water available. Therefore, there is a need for developing a smart irrigation system so as to cater for a better yield of the crops. Even though a large amount of time was spent on research for an effective smart irrigation system, the majority of them did not focus on the real-life issue which relates to connectivity problems due to agricultural lands being mostly found in rural areas where there is poor internet connection. This paper brings forward a smart irrigation system that makes use of LoRaWAN technologies. With the use of LoRaWAN, this problem is solved as connectivity will no longer be an issue with the smart irrigation system. This system uses a wireless sensor network using solar energy that is fully automated and that can be dispatched to different regions of the agricultural field. Backend management system handles all the incoming messages from the IoT system to integrate the information collected into a cloud database. The farmer will also be able to view his/her real time sensor data and irrigation status using his mobile application.