Performance Evaluation of the Transmission Quality of the Internet of Things in Farmland Environmental Monitoring Based on ns-3

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology focuses on the application of information-sensing equipment, transmission network, and intelligent information processing technology. Through scientific management, it can achieve the rational use of agricultural resources, thus improving the ecological environment, reducing production costs, and improving the yield and quality of agricultural products. At present, the application of agricultural IoT technology faces problems including small network coverage, limited monitoring projects, high transmission cost, and short power supply time, which limit the popularity and ability of farmland environmental monitoring. In this paper, ns-3 is used to simulate the IoT for farmland environmental monitoring based on the long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) protocol. The simulation results show the transmission distance with good transmission quality under the LoRaWAN protocol. Furthermore, we analyze the comparison of the combination range of network transmission quality parameters under the two acknowledgment (ACK) mechanisms. Finally, we present the parameter combination range and suggestions to improve the network transmission quality, which provide a new basis for guiding the farmland environmental monitoring system.