A study on the implementation of pigpen management system using wireless sensor networks

Abstract

The wireless sensor networks (WSN) technology based on low power consumption is one of the important technologies in the realization of ubiquitous society. When the technology would be applied to the agricultural field, it can give big change in the existing agricultural environment such as livestock growth environment, cultivation and harvest of agricultural crops. This research paper proposes the 'Pigpen Management System' using WSN technology, which will establish the ubiquitous agricultural environment and improve the productivity of pig-raising farmers. The proposed system has WSN environmental sensors and CCTV at inside/outside of pigpen. These devices collect the growth-environment related information of pigs, such as luminosity, temperature, humidity and CO2 status. The system collects and monitors the environmental information and video information of pigpen. In addition to the remote-control and monitoring of the pigpen facilities, this system realizes the most optimum pig-raising environment based on the growth environmental data accumulated for a long time. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.