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UAV-Enabled WSN and Communication Framework for Data Security, Acquisition and Monitoring on Large Farms: A Panacea for Real-Time Precision Agriculture

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Precision agriculture necessitates the use of sensors and wireless communications technologies for data security, gathering, and analysis. However, most farms are located outside telecommunications infrastructure coverage, thereby creating challenges to their usage for precision farming. Also, the vulnerability of sensitive agricultural data to unauthorized access can undermine food security, prompting the need for a cybersecurity framework to safeguard data communications between farm-wide wireless sensor networks (FWSNs) and cloud server/ground base stations. To collect data from FWSN and relay them to the cloud server/ground base station, we adopted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to carry a special data acquisition gadget that we developed. As an intermediary airborne system, this acts as a mobile base or repeater station that relays data between farm sensor nodes and the cloud server/ground base station. We also proposed a security scheme to secure the UAV-routed data transmission between the FWSN and the cloud server/ground base station. Results show that our system reduces data traffic, improves response time, and ensures the security of the FWSN.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Oladayo O. Olakanmi & Kehinde O. Odeyemi

  2. Department of Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Mbadiwe S. Benyeogor

  3. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759, Bremen, Germany

    Kosisochukwu P. Nnoli

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  1. Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

    Jamal Mabrouki

  2. Department of Computer, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Moulay Ismail University of Meknès, Errachidia, Morocco

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  3. Higher Education Department, Govt. Asghar Mall College Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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  4. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, College of Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Olakanmi, O.O., Benyeogor, M.S., Nnoli, K.P., Odeyemi, K.O. (2023). UAV-Enabled WSN and Communication Framework for Data Security, Acquisition and Monitoring on Large Farms: A Panacea for Real-Time Precision Agriculture. In: Mabrouki, J., Mourade, A., Irshad , A., Chaudhry, S. (eds) Advanced Technology for Smart Environment and Energy. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25662-2_2

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