Title :
Sensor and Actuator Networks: Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Author :
Wark, Tim ; Swain, Dave ; Crossman, Chris ; Valencia, Philip ; Bishop-Hurley, Greg ; Handcock, Rebecca
Abstract :
The authors´ work show how the development of wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs) can help protect environmentally sensitive areas using virtual fencing. Virtual fencing enables the spatial control of large cattle herds to protect environmentally sensitive regions based on real-time decisions made within WSANs. These systems can transform the way we undertake our stewardship of the natural environment by providing pervasive technologies that manage and change the environment.
Keywords :
actuators; wireless sensor networks; environmentally sensitive regions; natural environments; pervasive technologies; real-time decisions; spatial control; virtual fencing; wireless sensor-actuator networks; Actuators; Agriculture; Animals; Area measurement; Cows; Industrial control; Moisture measurement; Protection; Soil measurements; Wireless sensor networks; mobile networks; sustainable agriculture; virtual fencing; wireless sensor and actuator networks;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2009.15
