TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic channel allocation in electromagnetic nanonetworks for high resolution monitoring of plants
AU - Afsharinejad, Armita
AU - Davy, Alan
AU - Jennings, Brendan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We investigate techniques to enable communication in the THz band between graphene-based nanoscale devices and microscale network components for agricultural crop-monitoring applications. The properties of THz communications, in particular sensitivity to moisture levels on the communications path and attenuation by obstacles (e.g., leaves) mean that achieving a desired level of throughput of monitoring data can be difficult. Using a simplified model of plant structure and typical plant moisture patterns, we analyze the performance of four frequency selection strategies in terms of throughput and energy utilization for varying numbers of nano and microscale devices, moisture concentration patterns and plant leaf densities. We find that a Two-Phase optimization strategy for frequency selection performs best in a wide range of operational conditions and that leaf density has a significant impact on achievable throughput. Our plant model could serve as a useful basis for planning the necessary concentration of nano and microscale devices to deploy on particular crop types in order to meet given network performance targets.
AB - We investigate techniques to enable communication in the THz band between graphene-based nanoscale devices and microscale network components for agricultural crop-monitoring applications. The properties of THz communications, in particular sensitivity to moisture levels on the communications path and attenuation by obstacles (e.g., leaves) mean that achieving a desired level of throughput of monitoring data can be difficult. Using a simplified model of plant structure and typical plant moisture patterns, we analyze the performance of four frequency selection strategies in terms of throughput and energy utilization for varying numbers of nano and microscale devices, moisture concentration patterns and plant leaf densities. We find that a Two-Phase optimization strategy for frequency selection performs best in a wide range of operational conditions and that leaf density has a significant impact on achievable throughput. Our plant model could serve as a useful basis for planning the necessary concentration of nano and microscale devices to deploy on particular crop types in order to meet given network performance targets.
KW - Channel allocation
KW - Electromagnetic nanonetworks
KW - Graphene
KW - Nanosensor networks
KW - Plant monitoring
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nancom.2015.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.nancom.2015.01.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028269613
SN - 1878-7789
VL - 7
SP - 2
EP - 16
JO - Nano Communication Networks
JF - Nano Communication Networks
ER -