5G Network Design for Water Quality Monitoring using Agricultural IoT

Abstract

“IoT revolution” is a disruptive phrase that is being a reason for the emergence of many other new technologies learned and practiced. This is due to its seamless connectivity features that enable any type of devices to communicate using any type of the underlying network. The overwhelming data generated from massive Internet of Things applications kindles the curiosity of data scientists and analysts to collect and store the data at remote clouds. Some applications require or given no time to act upon, which may purely based upon the data generated. The supporting technology for this sort of communication plays a vital role for achieving the required efficiency and applications to achieve its purpose. In this paper we discuss the design requirements of 5G cellular network support for agricultural IoT.  We also discuss a low-cost water quality monitoring system for the benefit of high yielding crops. The designed system consists of various sensors for monitoring temperature, pH value, turbidity, conductivity and dissolved oxygen of the water sample. Using the data collected through this measure, water flow to the farm can be controlled, based on water quality.