Optimization of Low-Cost, Low-Power Irrigation Control System Design

The project will be done in the context of a collaborative project between Prof. Jorg Liebeherr (UofT) and Prof. Maryam Shojaei Baghini (IIT Bombay) on designing a low-cost, low-power irrigation control system, which seeks to address poverty and rural development in India. IIT Bombay has developed a sensor system, called Soilsens, for measuring soil conditions on farms. The current Soilsens stations use cellular networks for data transmissions, which incur high recurring cost and high energy consumption. The joint project seeks to develop a low-cost low-power communication system for Soilsens, which adopts LoRa based wireless radios for data transmissions. The communication system is based on a self-organizing communication protocol, which is developed at UofT using LoRa technology. The system will reduce power requirements by having only one cellular station for 10-20 Soilsens stations. The Globalink project seeks to optimize parameters of the CottonCandy protocol for a deployment in large-scale irrigation systems.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jorg Liebeherr

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Partner:

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

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