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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Jay M. Ham, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/10 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are embodiments of a system comprising an underground sensor network that measures soil moisture by quantifying how changes in soil water content affect the attenuation of radio signals between buried sensor nodes. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the described system for measuring soil moisture and using the measurement for various control aspects including for example controlling irrigation in agricultural and urban settings.