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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2014
Semiosbio Technologies Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Michael Gilbert, Vancouver, CA;
Leonard Metcalfe, Surrey, CA;
SemiosBIO Technologies Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
A mesh-based wireless networkof sensor/actuator devices I, D, T for an agricultural production area involves battery-powered sensors and actuators deployed under or within the foliage for broadcast communication with at least one repeater R according to broadcast time slots. The repeaters R are mounted above the vegetation canopy so as to be powered by solar panels. The repeaters R form a mesh network for routing data and commands to and from the sensors and actuators and at least one gateway GW. The gateway communicates over a cellular network with a remote agricultural management serverand database