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Realistic Large Scale ad hoc Animal Monitoring

Authors:
Bartosz Wietrzyk
Milena Radenkovic

Keywords: Animal Monitoring, DTN, Energy Conservation, Wireless Routing, Security

Abstract:
Automated cattle monitoring with wireless devices installed on animals is important for profitability of animal production as well as welfare of animals and farmers. In this paper we define requirements for such monitoring on the basis of questionnaires distributed to potential users and processing data from long term animal monitoring. Then we discuss a practical store and forward architecture that allows data retention, issuing notifications and answering remote as well as in situ queries. The core of this architecture disruption tolerant mobile ad hoc routing protocols allows minimizing and balancing energy utilization, which is crucial for labor intensity of animal monitoring. We achieved that by dynamic adaptation to the behavior of monitored animals, in particular utilization of heterogeneity of nodes’ mobility. We evaluate the proposed protocol to show how it satisfies our requirements and then discuss precautions against security threats, which are essential for feasibility of the deployment of the proposed architecture.

Pages: 1 to 17

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2010. Used with permission.

Publication date: September 5, 2010

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ISSN: 1942-2660